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The Tenth Anniversay Issue

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.

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This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy

Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.

Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50

This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.

Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]

Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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Hibou (Peter Michel) // photo by Jenny Jimenez

WATCH: Hibou Are At Home “Above Us” in Video Premiere

The Seattle group share an intimate acoustic performance of the cut from their self-titled album.

July 22, 2015

Angel Deradoorian // photo by Bennet Perez

LISTEN: Deradoorian Shares “The Eye”

The second single from her August 21 solo debut, “The Expanding Flower Planet.”

July 22, 2015

2014 press photo of Jessica Pratt by Colby Droscher

WATCH: Jessica Pratt Graces Chicago Basic Cable with “Back, Baby”

“On Your Own Love Again” is out now on Drag City.

July 21, 2015

Dam-Funk in the video for “We Continue”

WATCH: Dam-Funk Shares New Video, Announces Dates with Live Band

Fans of hard-edged, meaningful funk, today is your lucky day: first Thundercat, now Dam-Funk. The LA-based R&G-funk star has released a smoke-filled…

July 21, 2015

Thundercat “Them Changes” video screengrab

WATCH: Thundercat Wields Katana in Video for “Them Changes”

“The Beyond/Where Giants Roam” standout cut gets its own video ahead of Thundercat’s fall tour.

July 21, 2015
LISTEN: Noah Stitleman Emerges with New Band Total Makeover, Premieres Single “New England Highway”

The driving force behind synth-poppers Neighbors gives himself over to tension and release on self-titled EP.

July 21, 2015

Alex Rocco is getting lectured by his son Michael Ontkean in a scene from the film ‘Voices’, 1979. (Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images)

Film + TV
RIP: Alex Rocco (1936–2015)

He was Moe Greene, he made his bones when you were going out with cheerleaders.

July 20, 2015

Bon Iver. Justin Vernon. Credit D.L. Anderson

LISTEN: Bon Iver Play Two New Songs at Eaux Claires Festival

Justin Vernon’s curated fest in Wisconsin gets the debut of the first new Bon Iver material since 2011.

July 20, 2015

Wavves // photo by Alexandra Gavillet

LISTEN: Wavves Announce “V,” Share Hooky “Way Too Much”

Nathan Williams is ready for the radio.

July 20, 2015

2015. Peaches press photo by Daria Marchik

LISTEN: Peaches Releases Brand-New Single for Adult Swim, “Bodyline”

The stand-alone track features Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner

July 20, 2015

2015. “Joy” trailer screenshot.

Film + TV
WATCH: The Trifecta of Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, and David O. Russell Is Back for “Joy”

The bizarre inventor biopic will be out this Christmas

July 17, 2015

2015. “The Revenant” trailer. Leonardo DiCaprio

Film + TV
WATCH: Leonardo DiCaprio Attacks, is Under Attack in “The Revenant” Trailer

Alejandro Iñárritu’s follow-up to “Birdman” also stars Tom Hardy.

July 17, 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 13–17, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

July 17, 2015

2015. Best Coast for “Guitar Center Sessions.” photo by Ryan Hunter/Guitar Center

PREMIERE: Best Coast Gets Atmospheric with Live Video of “California Nights” for “Guitar Center Sessions”

When you think about summer in Los Angeles, your mind immediately drifts to Dodger games and lounging by the big,…

July 17, 2015

Wilco / photo by Aaron Schorch

There’s a New, Free Wilco Album Available RIGHT NOW

And it’s called “Star Wars.”

July 16, 2015

Chvrches photo by Danny Clinch

LISTEN: Chvrches Announce “Every Open Eye,” Share “Leave a Trace”

The Scottish dance group have finished work on the followup to 2013’s “The Bones of What You Believe.”

July 16, 2015
LISTEN: Mike Krol Shares “This is the News,” Mustachioed Album Cover

“A little bit louder now, a little bit louder now!”

July 16, 2015

Kelis // photo by Jørund F Pedersen

Art & Culture
Kelis to Release Cookbook “My Life on a Plate”

“Hey guys, are you hungry? My mom made food.”

July 16, 2015

Lower Dens “Sucker’s Shangri La” video

WATCH: Sing Along with Lower Dens in Karaoke-Bar “Sucker’s Shangri-La” Video

They couldn’t splurge on a private room?

July 16, 2015

An Emmy statue awaits placement as preparations are underway for the 64th annual Emmy Awards, outside the Nokia Theatre at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, California September 19, 2012. The Emmy, a statuette of a winged woman holding an atom, will be awarded for excellence in television at the Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)

Film + TV
It Starts: The 2015 Emmys Nominations Are Here

“Game of Thrones” leads the pack with twenty-four nominations.

July 16, 2015
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