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.
Flea, Honora
While the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist’s collaboration-heavy foray into jazz occasionally errs on the side of pensive, it’s never anything less than heartfelt.
Robyn, Sexistential
The Stockholm-based electropop auteur’s ode to motherhood falls right in line with her always-mature, somewhat-confrontational manner of making desire-driven dance pop.
Holy Fuck, Event Beat
The Canadian band’s sixth collection of percussion-driven, electronically augmented art-rock walks a fascinating tightrope between hard-hitting noise and grooving synth-funk.
FLOOD Staff
2014. Bootstraps “Oh Ca” video
LA-based folk-rock quartet Bootstraps recently released yet another live music video, this time, the short film depicts a killer performance…
2014. Tycho press photo by Reuben Wu
Just in time for the three-day holiday weekend, Tycho (one of our favorite records of the year so far) has…
SOUND ADVICE: FLOOD’s 10 Best Records of 2014 (So Far) header
At the half-year mark, we’re here to reflect on the sounds of the year 2014 to date. From a self-titled siren and a long-awaited solo debut to a career-defining record and a sound-scaping journey, here the editorial staff of FLOOD discusses the best albums of the year so far.
2014. Naomi Punk press photo.
Olympia, Washington, trio Naomi Punk keep the energy of their punk tracks pent up and ready to explode. With their…
2014. De Lux “Moments” video
De Lux’s video for their single, the new-wave-nostalgic “Moments,” follows a lovelorn human robot-wannabe searching for love on the streets…
Much like their music, Allah-Las’ newest video for their sun-soaked single, “501-415,” is laced with vintage vibes. Taking place in…
2014. Trapper Keeper Tablet Cover
Filed under “remember these??”: Kensington has resurrected the middle-school binders that kept you so organized (and awesome) that you just had to…
Hundred Waters performs live in 2014 at The Earl in Atlanta, Georgia / photo by Max Sweeney
Photos by Max Sweeney
This summer, Merge Records will celebrate their silver anniversary, and no, not with flatware. From July 28 through August 9,…
2014. Spoon press photo for “They Want My Soul” by Tom Hines.
Spoon has done it again, debuting yet another powerhouse preview of their upcoming album They Want My Soul. We’ve already…
Fifty years ago, on July 6, 1964, crowds of teenagers across the UK poured into movie theaters to see the…
The influential blues and soul musician has died at age 70.
A Sunny Day In Glasgow shared their new video for their Sea When Absenttrack, “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry…
2014. Cloud Boat press photo by Simon Lesley
Cloud Boat, the London electronic duo of Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke, have released a few singles in the lead-up…
This morning, Pink Mountaintops debuted the video for their latest single, “The Second Summer of Love,” off of their fourth…
2014 press photo of Tokyo Police Club. Photo by Andrew Strapp.
Tokyo Police Club’s “Hot Tonight” is one breezy summer jam fit for coasting along the highway with friends. Now the…
2014 press photo of Karen O. Photo by Barney Clay.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ frontwoman, Karen O, has collected some personal songs from 2006 and 2007, for what she calls her…
Sam Smith has publicly acknowledged his love of ’80s and ’90s soul singers, like Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, and Luther…
“Two Weeks” encapsulates the allure of a rare, exotic bird—colorful, attractive, and unattainable.
Shabazz Palaces / 2014 / credit: Patrick O’Brien-Smith
Seattle-based hip-hop collective Shabazz Palaces have shared the second single from their upcoming album and it’s a bass-heavy, new black wave…
