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
10 titles that provided exclusive access to some of music’s greatest mysteries.
The special programming of eclectic holiday tunes spanning indie, punk, soul, electronic, hip-hop, and beyond kicks off this Saturday, December 21, and runs through the rest of the year only on FLOOD FM.
The 10 most invigorating series among a new era of prestige television.
10 movies that offered new perspectives on familiar themes.
The Americana group’s co-founder plays “Jungle Full of Ghosts” and “Running” from his third solo album, Para Llevar, which is out now via Normaltown and New West Records.
Smashing Pumpkins at KROQ Acoustic Chrristmas at Kia Forum in Los Angekes, CA / photo by Skylar Watkins
The Smashing Pumpkins, Franz Ferdinand, The Linda Lindas, Jimmy Eat World, and more from the annual LA event’s 33rd year.
Fontaines D.C., Kacey Musgraves, Justice, The Last Dinner Party, and more top our individual ballots.
The Brooklyn neo-psych rockers toured the UK, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands in support of their recent sophomore album Illuminator.
10 stunning collaborations and bold solo cuts that defined the year.
The songwriter gives an acoustic performance of the two lead singles from her upcoming LP Forever on her back porch.
50 records that dispel the notion that the 2020s will be remembered as the decade of the single.
FLOOD presented the LA band’s only hometown headlining show of the year on Sunday, with support from Forest and Finnish Postcard.
The multi-talented “Model, Actress, Whatever” brought The Sparklemuffin Tour to Indianapolis this week.
Ten films and series that approached the most engaging untold stories among various genres and time periods.
Featuring cameos from fantasy of a broken heart, Venus Twins, Tempers, Drew McDowall, and more from the recent show in Ridgewood.
Brandon Gomez gives a night-time performance of the GEM cut “Top of the World” while visiting his home on Hawaii’s main island.
Their take on Purple Mountains’ “Snow Is Falling in Manhattan” appears on Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips’ new holiday album with Sonic Boom, A Peace of Us.
With their new album Dust out today, twins Elektra and Miranda Kilbey walk us through some favorite spots in their Swedish hometown.
The Austin surf-punk trio share candid moments from the US leg of their “EELS on Wheels” tour.
The band gives an acoustic performance of “Find the Ground” and “Grand Junction” from their recent album Roll It Out outside of New West Records’ offices.
