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.
The Durutti Column, Renascent
Sixteen long years since his last album, Vini Reilly makes a welcome return with a low-key album that’s still rich and lovely, unpretentious and open-hearted.
Shearwater, The New World
Jonathan Meiburg’s lyrical approach flits between apocalyptic soothsaying and naturalist poetry on his band’s ambitious and worldly eleventh album, which thrums with field recordings.
Ween, 12 Golden Country Greats [30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Embellished with over 20 unreleased demos and session outtakes, the brothers’ 1996 foray into country was as devoted to a single sound as they would ever be.
FLOOD Staff
The track closes out Blair Howerton’s project’s second LP Wish on the Bone, which is out now via Fire Talk.
PJ Harvey at Terminal 5 in New York, NY / photo by Dutch Doscher
The alt-rock icon is in the midst of a North American tour suppporting 2023’s I Inside the Old Year Dying LP.
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.
