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Salad Boys. cred Jim Nothing.

LISTEN: Salad Boys Share Nostalgic Surf Tune “Dream Date,” Announce Debut Record

The New Zealanders’ debut, “Metalmania,” is out this September on Trouble in Mind

July 13, 2015

Palma Violets. Girl You Couldn’t Do Much Better on the Beach video. screenshot.

WATCH: Palma Violets Hit the Rocky Shores of England in New Video for “Girl, You Couldn’t Do Much Better on the Beach”

The UK punk outfit’s sophomore album Danger in the Club is out now

July 13, 2015

HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 08: Honoree Hayao Miyazaki attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 2014 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 8, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Film + TV
Hayao Miyazaki Working on Computer-Generated Short Film

The legendary director of “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbor Totoro” leaves pencil and paper behind.

July 13, 2015

Show me a hero trailer screengrab

Film + TV
WATCH: The First Trailer for David Simon’s “Show Me a Hero” is Here

“It’s the American way, right?”

July 13, 2015

Beach Goth 4 Poster

Beach Goth 4 Lineup Is Announced

The two-day fest will feature more than fifty bands and attractions

July 10, 2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – OCTOBER 20: Omar Sharif attends the Lawrence Of Arabia Restoration Screening as part of the 56th London BFI Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 20, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty Images)

Film + TV
RIP: Omar Sharif (1932–2015)

The legendary actor has passed away at 83 years old.

July 10, 2015

2015. Sound Board july

Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of July 6–10, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

July 10, 2015

Shopping // photo by Jenna Foxton

LISTEN: Shopping Share “Why Wait,” Announce Second LP “Why Choose”

The prolific East London post-punks’ new album follows this spring’s “Consumer Complaints”

July 10, 2015

Chance the Rapper’s Goose Island Beer

Art & Culture
Chance the Rapper Gets His Own Beer From Goose Island

Goose Island’s No Collar, a Helles-style lager, will debut at next weekend’s Pitchfork Music Festival

July 10, 2015

WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 05: Pulitzer Prize winner and “To Kill A Mockingbird” author Harper Lee smiles before receiving the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House November 5, 2007 in Washington, DC. The Medal of Freedom is given to those who have made remarkable contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, culture, or other private or public endeavors. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Art & Culture
READ: The First Chapter of Harper Lee’s “Go Set A Watchman” is Here

Meet Scout Finch: a sexually liberated woman in her twenties

July 10, 2015

Fine Points // photo by Amy Harrity

LISTEN: Fine Points Premiere Their Debut Album, “Hover”

Evan Reiss and Matt Holliman trade Sleepy Sun’s psychedelia for hazy narco-pop in this FLOOD exclusive.

July 10, 2015

2015. Current #2 header

Events
RSVP: Current: Upstairs at the Ace Hotel Downtown LA

Featuring guest DJ sets by Chain Gang of 1974 and Yasi.

July 09, 2015

Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies

Film + TV
WATCH: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Coen Brothers Cold War Thriller “Bridge of Spies” Gets First Trailer

It’s been five years since Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg collaborated on 2010’s The Pacific, and now the longtime actor-director duo are being…

July 09, 2015

Julia Holter in “Feel You” video (with dog)

WATCH: Julia Holter Plays with Her Excellent Dog in the Video for “Feel You”

It’s the first single from her new album, Have You in My Wilderness, out September 25.

July 09, 2015

Mark Zuckerberg in 2014

Art & Culture
Facebook Planning Music Streaming Service

Finally, some choices!

July 09, 2015

Marina City Towers

Art & Culture
WATCH: 1965 Documentary Shows the Construction of Chicago’s “Wilco Buildings”

“And this design will eliminate one of the builder’s biggest problems: the useless and highly inefficient corner.”

July 08, 2015

Deradoorian “A Beautiful Woman” video screengrab

WATCH: Deradoorian Constructs “A Beautiful Woman” in Live Video

The first video from the former Dirty Projector’s solo debut, “The Expanding Flower Planet.”

July 08, 2015

Ultimate Painting // photo by Jose Ortiz

LISTEN: Ultimate Painting Share “(I’ve Got the) Sanctioned Blues”

The jumpy folk-rock track was written in protest of the UK’s ruling Conservative party.

July 08, 2015

Ducktails “Surreal Exposure” video

WATCH: Get “Surreal Exposure” of Mac DeMarco in the New Ducktails Video

Matthew Mondaline and Mac DeMarco: just two cool guys hanging out and having fun.

July 08, 2015

Destroyer “Girl in a Sling” video

WATCH: Dan Bejar Enters the Darkroom for Destroyer’s “Girl in a Sling” Video

The second single from August 28’s “Poison Season” gets dramatic.

July 08, 2015
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