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 German producer takes us behind the scenes of his set at the San Francisco festival last weekend.
The songwriter continues to promote his new country-tinged LP The Hard Way with a radio takeover featuring T. Rex, Foster the People, Mitski, and more.
The legendary French duo played their largest stand-alone US show yet at the iconic Los Angeles venue, along with opener Thundercat.
Peaches at Portola in San Francisco, CA / photo by Wilson Lee
Anderson .Paak, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, JPEGMAFIA, Gesaffelstein, Empress Of, Shygirl, and more from Pier 80 in San Francisco.
The Australian quartet shares photos taken during and after their set at the Dana Point, California festival last weekend.
Fleet Foxes / photo by Okay Niicolita
The annual festival celebrated its third year at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut this past weekend.
Shots of Remi Wolf, Conan Gray, Bleachers, Reneé Rapp, Hozier, Maisie Peters, and more from Merriweather Post Pavillion
Chappell Roan Drag Party
Julien Baker, Janelle Monáe, Ethel Cain, Samia, Holly Humberstone, Soccer Mommy, Coco & Clair Clair, and more from Forest Hills Stadium.
With their new album Flood out now, the indie-pop quartet spins tracks by Jessica Pratt, The Pogues, Hotline TNT, and more they’ve had on repeat.
Following the releases of his first solo album in 12 years and his debut memoir, Wynn performs the title track from Make It Right ahead of touring the new material later this month.
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James Blake, Peggy Gou, Jamie xx, LP Giobbi, Thundercat, and more from the reconfigured annual fest in Las Vegas.
IDLES at Forest Hills credit Dutch Doscher 9
Both bands delivered enthralling performances at the Queens, NY venue this past Friday.
Air at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA / photo by Eric Tra
The French ambient-pop duo kicked off their North American tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Moon Safari over the weekend.
With the songwriter’s new live film out now, he shares how Talking Heads, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, and more set high bars for the medium.
Sprints, Taking Back Sunday, Pixel Grip, Sum 41, and more backstage shots from Chicago’s Douglass Park.
Zach Hurd plays “Setting Free” from his new LP Rivers in Lands End park, overlooking the Golden Gate strait between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay.
Ahead of the annual San Francisco festival this weekend, the event’s curator spins tracks from a few of this year’s biggest draws, including Jamie xx, Justice, and Shygirl.
Kneecap in New York, NY / photo by Dutch Doscher
The Irish rap trio performed their biggest US show yet in New York this week.
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.
