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.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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.
FLOOD Staff
Behind the scenes portraits from the recent LA wildfire relief benefit show held at the Hollywood Palladium.
We’ve assembled a list of artist merchandise, art prints, and compilation albums benefiting those impacted by the recent LA wildfires.
Our latest digital cover star hand-picks tunes from Portishead, Pylon, Nilüfer Yanya, and more for her radio takeover.
Jenny Lewis with Hayley Williams, Katie Gavin, and Pierre de Reeder
Lucy Dacus, Juliette Lewis, FINNEAS, Reggie Watts, The Linda Lindas, Perfume Genius, Courtney Barnett, and others joined forces at the Hollywood Palladium for LA fire relief.
Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter take us behind the scenes of their “Running Through Colors” tour before it wraps up in LA at the end of the month.
Dillon Basse and Tristan Duncan play through “Window” and “Sunlight” from their newly released second album, Burnout Days.
The SF-based producer spins Miike Snow, Michael Kiwanuka, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and more as he gears up for a set of dates in Florida and across the West Coast later this month.
In a night that included everyone from Dr. Dre joining Anderson .Paak to Billie Eilish jamming with Green Day, nothing was more stunning than this surprise set.
The alt-rockers play “Rat People” and “Post Hang” from their forthcoming debut album Vacation, landing next month via Warner/War Buddha Records.
The indie-pop duo share photos from their 14-date tour of China following the release of their second LP, Wah!!!.
St. Vincent
Jenny Lewis, FINNEAS, The Linda Lindas, Juliette Lewis, Fred Armisen, and Courtney Barnett, among others, will also perform on February 5 at Hollywood Palladium.
The Canadian duo are in the midst of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their explosive debut album, You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine
The powerhouse vocalist spins tracks by Jungle, Victoria Monét, A$AP Rocky, and more on the heels of her newly released My Way EP.
The Stranger Things star also revealed dates for a global Djo tour kicking off in February.
Jamie XX
In honor of the producer’s weekend set at San Francisco’s Cow Palace, he’ll be taking over the airwaves on Friday and Saturday to spin an eclectic playlist.
The Belgian-born, LA-based creative director and photographer is making an impact through her visual work with Bruno Major, slimdan, and more.
Kristyn Chapman and her band perform “Blue Light” and “Half of Two” from their recently released Morpho Season EP in the city’s River North neighborhood.
The band’s FLOOD-sponsored Los Angeles show was their last in the US for the foreseeable future.
Her 12-song debut album was written over a three-year period and recorded in London and Los Angeles.
The Belarusian coldwave trio recently performed a brief set outside the hotel in Slovakia that’s featured on the cover of their breakout 2018 album Etazhi.
