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.
Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
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.
FLOOD Staff
I Hope Hell Isn’t Real, the St. Louis–born songwriter’s debut EP for Epitaph Records, is out now.
Rina Sawayama, SOFI TUKKER, Lil Nas X, Suki Waterhouse, Ice Spice, Kim Petras, and more from Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York.
The songwriter and Walking Dead star will release her latest album Swimteam in September.
The Australian songwriter/producer performs a stripped-down version of the single outside of his label’s offices on a recent visit to LA.
The UK bass trailblazer’s new collaboration-heavy LP The Rat Road is out now.
Anderson .Paak (aka DJ Pee Wee) at Levi’s 501 Experience in Sand Francisco, CA. May 18, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
Shots of mxmtoon, Tune-Yards, Noodles, and more from the 150 year celebration of 501 in San Francisco.
Ahead of her tour with Quinn XCII, the alt-pop songwriter performed the opening track from her debut album Good Thing We Stayed.
Los Angeles band the Regrettes at the “old zoo” in Griffith Park. (L to R) bassist Brooke Dickson, lead guitarist Genessa Gariano, singer-guitarist Lydia Night, and drummer Drew Thomsen .
Ahead of their upcoming tour with Yungblud, the LA up-and-comers spin some of their favorite tunes.
Hosted by Adrian Spinelli, “FLOOD FM Backstage” will air all day at the top of each hour.
The Norwegian songwriter performs two tracks in Silver Lake amid her tour in support of her recent LP Crazy Life, out now.
Gary Numan, Love and Rockets, Boy Harsher, Billy Idol, and more from the event’s second year in Pasadena.
Ahead of their performance at Lightning in a Bottle this weekend, Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter take over the station with a handful of their favorite tunes.
Ethel Cain, Run the Jewels, Pavement, Pixies, and more from the fourth annual fest in Salt Lake City.
Turnstile at Ottobar in Baltimore, MD. May 15, 2023. Photo by Skylar Watkins.
The Baltimore hardcore band took a break from their North American arena tour with blink-182 for a raucous, intimate hometown set benefitting Baltimore Youth Arts.
Behind the scenes with several of the Pasadena festival’s iconic artists.
Derek VanScoten’s latest album Bloom Bap landed back in March via Nettwerk.
The Bay Area luminaries are set to help the brand celebrate 150 years at a free event from May 19 to May 27.
Peaches at Just Like Heaven in Pasadena, CA. May 13, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
M83, The Hives, Fever Ray, The Walkmen, and much more from Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.
Ahead of her new LP Lucky for You, Alicia Bognanno is spinning everything from PJ Harvey to Soccer Mommy.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, The Walkmen, and more will be playing at the Pasadena fest.
