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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.

Olympia, Washington, trio Naomi Punk keep the energy of their punk tracks pent up and ready to explode. With their…

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…

Filed under “remember these??”: Kensington has resurrected the middle-school binders that kept you so organized (and awesome) that you just had to…

Photos by Max Sweeney

This summer, Merge Records will celebrate their silver anniversary, and no, not with flatware. From July 28 through August 9,…

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…

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…

Tokyo Police Club’s “Hot Tonight” is one breezy summer jam fit for coasting along the highway with friends. Now the…

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.

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…

The debut album from Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, Tyranny is set to drop on September 23 via Casablancas’s own Cult Records,…

Life Is Beautiful, the inspiring social platform that launched with a signature festival that brings together various forms of art…