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.
Caroline Rose, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
Blending synthpop, alt-country, and punk, the songwriter’s surrealist vision of American suburbia in 2026 is fueled by tracks that rip and soak in the moments they depict.
Sour Widows, Sigil
The Bay Area duo confronts grief and cruelty while making space for necessary indulgence on their second LP, with producer Melina Duterte pushing them toward bolder arrangements.
Grumpy, Unfindable Ring
After a pair of EPs opened the door to shapeshifting unpredictability, Heaven Schmitt’s second LP leans into an emotive, purposefully fragmented sound that remains impossible to pin down.
FLOOD Staff
The video arrives ahead of the duo’s full set scheduled to air this Saturday, October 15, on PBS.
Joined by Great Grandpa’s Al Menne, the songwriter performs two tracks from his new LP Quitters.
Plus shots of MUNA, Carly Rae Jepsen, Japanese Breakfast, SZA, and other acts from weekend one in Texas.
Liz Stokes and John Pearce will be spinning tunes and sharing stories on a new episode airing daily October 10-14.
The track will appear on the electro-pop duo’s third LP Chrysalism.
Ahead of the release of Alpha Zulu, Thomas Mars and Laurent Brancowitz will be spinning tunes from their personal record collections.
Queen, Pink, Rush, Them Crooked Vultures, Joan Jett, Alanis Morrisette, and more paid tribute to the Foo Fighters drummer.
The track comes from the Americana mainstays’ album El Mirador released earlier this year.
Shots from the inaugural electronic music festival at Pier 80 in San Francisco.
Shots of Sunny Day Real Estate, Alice Glass, Taking Back Sunday, The Joy Formidable, and more from Chicago’s Douglass Park.
The FLOOD-sponsored event on September 30 also features Arushi Jain.
Shots from the band’s hometown show in the midst of their reunion tour.
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.
