Celebrate our tenth anniversary with the biggest issue we’ve ever made. FLOOD 13 is deluxe, 252-page commemorative edition—a collectible, coffee-table-style volume in a 12″ x 12″ format—packed with dynamic graphic design, stunning photography and artwork, and dozens of amazing artists representing the past, present, and future of FLOOD’s editorial spectrum, while also looking back at key moments and events in our history. Inside, you’ll find in-depth cover stories on Gorillaz and Magdalena Bay, plus interviews with Mac DeMarco, Lord Huron, Wolf Alice, Norman Reedus, The Zombies, Nation of Language, Bootsy Collins, Fred Armisen, Jazz Is Dead, Automatic, Rocket, and many more.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Minnesota Artists United Against ICE, Melt ICE
This gigantic comp album featuring 110 Minnesotan artists raising funds for immigrant communities terrorized by ICE may also happen to be where you find your new favorite band.
FLOOD Staff
The recently reunited Brazilian dance-punk quartet will be playing their last US show “for a long while.”
Matthew Caws gives an acoustic performance of their single “In Front of Me Now” from new LP Moon Mirror and “Come Get Me” from 2020’s Never Not Together.
The inaugural event at LA’s Belasco will also feature Olivia Jean, The Paranoyds, ADULT., Babe Haven, the magic of Zabrecky, and others on November 23.
The Tulsa-based trio’s second LP Talker is out this week via Bright Antenna Records.
With the band’s 32-stop US run supporting their self-titled record kicking off next week, Brett Torrence shouts out the hand-picked local openers that just barely missed the cut in each city.
Clairo hosted a five-night residency at the relatively intimate LA venue before embarking on her Charm world tour.
With his seventh album Dreamweaver landing this week, the Danish dream-pop composer shares his itinerary for an ideal day in his hometown.
Behind-the-scenes shots from the annual festival in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.
JPEGMAFIA, Snail Mail, MJ Lenderman, Wednesday, BADBADNOTGOOD, and more from the annual three-day festival in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.
Gep Repasky performs a solo rendition of the unreleased track “Erase All the B’s” from the band’s forthcoming LP Everything Matters, Everything’s Fire.
The recent FLOOD digital cover stars are in the midst of an extensive world tour in support of their new album X’s.
The British duo spins tracks by The Dare, Yeasayer, Sabrina Carpenter, and more in the midst of their North American tour supporting their upcoming self-titled debut EP.
Portraits and live shots from Seattle’s annual music and arts festival.
Dispatches from the Swedish group’s summer tour of Europe and the UK, which wrapped up last month.
Sleater-Kinney
Backstage shots of Nation of Language, HotWax, King Hannah, Water From Your Eyes, and more from Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset, England.
With the folk-rock duo’s debut album One of a Kind out this week via ATO, Georgie Fuller and Will Turner walk us through an ideal day in the city they call home.
English Teacher, Yo La Tengo, Nation of Language, Jockstrap, Ty Segall, and more from the annual fest at Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset, England.
The folk-rockers play through “Later On” from their sophomore album Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat, released earlier this summer.
The duo’s baguette-filled DJ set in LA coincided with the release of their third album last week.
Ahead of the release of the band’s third album Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden, frontman Rob Laska walks us through an ideal day in the band’s hometown.
