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.
Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere
Awash in twang and thick pedal steel, the country star’s seventh album explores the solitary no man’s land that exists between the ending of one relationship and the beginning of another.
Kneecap, Fenian
With bigger melodies and broader synth soundscapes, the rage-rave rap trio’s second LP takes an unexpected turn inward as they continue to take the politics of the world at large to task.
youbet, youbet
Penetratingly exact and proudly undefinable, Nick Llobet’s first album since expanding the project to a duo adds more definition to the sinewy, searching palette of their previous material.
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Keanu Reeves never accepted the band’s invitation to play bass with them, but Tony Hawk showed up.
Live shots, portraits, and behind-the-scenes pics from the songwriter’s release show and signing for her third album, Bloodless.
The Dirty Projectors member plays “In a Dream It Could Happen” from her new solo album Goodbye Long Winter Shadow, out now via Last Gang.
Behind the scenes shots with Grouplove, Of Montreal, Wild Nothing, and more from the fest grounds at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
TV on the Radio, Bloc Party, Empire of the Sun, and more from the nostalgia-heavy indie fest in Pasadena.
Before taking the stage this weekend in Pasadena in support of their new LP Mausoleum, the band will join us all week with a radio takeover.
FLOOD presented the band’s return to Los Angeles along with opener Sophie Hunter.
The English five-piece are in the midst of a North American tour supporting their third album, Cowards.
The New Mexico–based songwriter gives an acoustic performance of “Had To” from her newly released fifth album Want.
Michelle Zauner’s three-night run in Chicago featured opener Ginger Root.
On the heels of their new album Mortal Primetime, the NYC-based trio’s radio takeover features Sonic Youth, Hole, Nick Drake, and more.
Mt. Joy
Backstage shots with The Backseat Lovers, The War and Treaty, Medium Build, Goldie Boutilier, and others from the annual festival in North Charleston
The Dublin quintet brought their Romance tour to Nashville this week.
The Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson-directed film opens in Los Angeles on May 2 at the Nuart.
Ahead of the release of the pop-punk trio’s LP Big Symmetry tomorrow, they perform an acoustic version of the single in Jefferson Park.
The musical project of actor/songwriter Joe Keery stopped in Detroit this week in the midst of a North American tour supporting his latest album, The Crux.
The two-day fest returned to Riverfront Park in North Charleston this past weekend.
The Aussie indie rockers play their singles “All the Noise” and “How to Kill Houseplants” from the forthcoming If That Makes Sense LP.
Nigerian Gothic
The youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti takes us behind the scenes of the legendary Egypt 80’s sets at Coachella and The Roxy.
Before the Australian indie rockers reveal their new album If That Makes Sense next week, the quartet spin tracks by Arctic Monkeys, Mavis Staples, Prefab Sprout, and more.
