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.
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.
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.
FLOOD Staff
Plus The Joy Formidable, Pale Waves, carolesdaughter, Foxy Shazam and more behind the scenes from Chicago’s Douglas Park.
Plus Fontaines D.C., Arca, Clairo, PinkPantheress, Khruangbin, and more from Los Angeles State Historic Park.
Kicking off September 19, the Irish post-punks are taking over FLOOD FM for the final installment of “Hacked” episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.
The psych rockers perform the song outside Space ATX studio ahead of the release of their new LP Wilderness of Mirrors this Friday.
Beginning September 12, the two bands are taking over FLOOD FM for a series of “Hacked” episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.
The LA-based songwriter’s EP State Lines dropped last month.
Beginning September 5, the Houston-based trio takes over FLOOD FM for the second installment in a series of “Hacked” episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.
The track appears on the musician’s latest solo LP Woven Together, which arrived earlier this month.
Shots of Le Tigre, IDLES, Caroline Polachek, Sparks, Earl Sweatshirt, Turnstile, and more from Pasadena, CA.
Gibbard shares stories and handpicked tunes ahead of his band’s 10th studio album Asphalt Meadows arriving in September.
Flume
Every Saturday leading up to the event on the weekend of September 24, we’ll be exclusively playing tracks by artists performing at the festival.
The LA-based artist and producer performs the track from his new EP IT’S OKAY, WE’RE DREAMING II: don’t worry, i’ll be fine.
The LA-based band takes over FLOOD FM for the first in a series of Hacked episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.
Celebrate the Clash frontman’s birthday on August 21 with his favorite songs curated by his widow Lucinda Tait with input from friends, family, and bandmates.
The Inland Empire rapper dropped his sophomore EP Energy at the beginning of the summer via Secretly Canadian.
The synthwave duo will be taking over FLOOD FM all week beginning August 15 with hand-picked songs and stories.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Today’s show also includes new music from Dodie, Alvvays, and Surf Curse.
Green Day
Shots of Wet Leg, Pussy Riot, Sampa the Great, Local Natives, The Marías, and more from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Scenes from Grant Park in Chicago over the weekend.
Plus, shots of Green Day’s festival headlining set from Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower.
