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.
This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy
Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50
This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]
Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
FLOOD Staff
From Massive Attack to Marvin Gaye, Red shares a mix of songs that inspired his latest LP Paranoïa, Angels, True Love.
25 of our favorite listens from the first half of the year.
The singer performs his single a cappella as a peaceful protest toward the injustices against the LGBTQ+ community.
Plus enter to win tickets to see Sparks and They Might be Giants at the FLOOD-sponsored Bowl show on July 16.
Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Sparks and They Might Be Giants on July 16, 2023
She performs outside of the cabin where she wrote much of her debut album, Playing the Part of You is Me.
The Smile at ACL Live at The Moody Theatre in Austin, TX. June 25, 2023. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s other group returned for the second swing of their US tour last night in Austin.
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The Chicago-bred songwriter’s sophomore album Supermodels is out July 14 via Saddest Factory Records.
The Cure at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. June 21, 2023. Photo by David Iskra
The new wave icons played three sold-out shows with The Twilight Sad in New York this week.
Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker’s sold-out tour hit the Steel City on Tuesday.
The newly reunited post-hardcore band played their first live show since 2019 on Friday.
The Bristol-based songwriter performs “Sound of the Morning,” “Float,” and “Alligator” at the Mattachine Steps, a monument dedicated to the gay rights organization the Mattachine Society.
The French pop songwriter’s new album The Fool is out now.
Jazmine Sullivan
From Leimert Park in LA to Central Park in NYC, here’s where you can catch some great music events to celebrate the holiday.
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.
