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The Tenth Anniversay Issue

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.

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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.
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Fargo Season Two Trailer still

Film + TV
Okay Then: “Fargo” Showrunner Noah Hawley Details Season Three

It’s back to the 21st century for the acclaimed FX show.

December 04, 2015

2015. Bjork “Mouth Mantra” video

WATCH: Live Inside Björk’s Throat for “Mouth Mantra” Video

“Vulnicura” is out now via One Little Indian.

December 04, 2015

Blackalicious “Sports Aerobics” grab

WATCH: Blackalicious Re-write “Alphabet Aerobics” to Make it About Sports

Alley-alley-alley-alley-oop on amateurs.

December 04, 2015

2015. “Petals By The Beach” by Ian, age 14

Art & CultureEvents
Pablove Shutterbugs’ Fifth Annual Gallery Show In Los Angeles

Head to the FLOOD gallery this Saturday for the exhibit and cocktail reception.

December 04, 2015

Kumail Nanjiani / photo by TheeErin via Creative Commons

Film + TV
Kumail Nanjiani’s “Big Sick” to be Directed by Michael Showalter, Produced by Judd Apatow

Nanjiani co-wrote the film with his wife, Emily V. Gordon.

December 04, 2015

2015. Sound Board dec

Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of November 30–December 4, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

December 04, 2015

Bill Murray and Phoenix single

LISTEN: Phoenix and Bill Murray Get in the Spirit with “Alone on Christmas”

From the Sofia Coppola–directed A Very Murray Christmas

December 04, 2015

Scott Weiland / photo by CRL/Creative Commons

RIP: Scott Weiland (1967–2015)

The Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman was found dead on his tour bus in Bloomington, MN.

December 04, 2015

2015. Holiday Gift Guide Header

Art & CultureStaff Picks
FLOOD Holiday Gift Guide: Apparel

Stumped on what to buy someone on your gift list? Here at FLOOD, we polled the staff and put together…

December 04, 2015

Margo Price “Hurtin’ on the Bottle” video

WATCH: Margo Price Puts a “Hurtin’ (on the Bottle)” in Debut Video

The Nashville singer is the first country artist to sign to Jack White’s Third Man Records.

December 03, 2015

2015. American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson

Film + TV
WATCH: The Star-Studded Full Trailer for “American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson” Is Here

The FX limited series premieres on February 2, 2016.

December 03, 2015

Kendrick Lamar on Austin City Limits

WATCH: Kendrick Lamar Does “Alright” on Austin City Limits

The full episode airs on January 9 on PBS.

December 03, 2015

2015. Holiday Gift Guide Header

Art & CultureStaff Picks
FLOOD Holiday Gift Guide: Travel and Outdoor

Stumped on what to buy someone on your gift list? Here at FLOOD, we polled the staff and put together…

December 02, 2015

The Great Escape 2015 / photo by C. Faruolo

Brighton’s Great Escape Festival Announces Initial Lineup for 2016

Oh Wonder, Shura, and Mura Masa will headline when the extravaganza returns in May.

December 02, 2015

Lena Dunham. Girls. Screenshot Season 5.

Film + TV
WATCH: “Girls” Grow Up (Kind of) in New Trailer for Season Five

“Settle in, son, and just let the nightmare wash over you.”

December 02, 2015

2015. Mario Bros video game. Photo by Sam Howzit/Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/aloha75/8399499012

Art & Culture
Yes, the “Mario Bros.” Video Game Theme Song Has Lyrics

“Go Go Mario!!” is now available in Joysound–powered karaoke cafes across Japan.

December 02, 2015

La Sera / photo by Julie Brokaw

LISTEN: La Sera Share “High Notes” from Ryan Adams–Produced “Music for Listening to Music to”

The followup to last year’s Hour of the Dawn is out March 4 on Polyvinyl.

December 02, 2015

Waxahatchee “La Loose” video

Film + TV
WATCH: Waxahatchee Share “La Loose” Video

From this year’s “Ivy Trip.”

December 02, 2015

Tom Hiddleston in “I Saw the Light”

Film + TV
WATCH: There’s Some Sorrow in Sight in the Trailer for “I Saw the Light”

The Hank Williams biopic is out March 25.

December 02, 2015

2015. Holiday Gift Guide Header

Art & CultureStaff Picks
FLOOD Holiday Gift Guide 2015: Food and Drink

Stumped on what to buy someone on your gift list? Here at FLOOD, we polled the staff and put together…

December 01, 2015
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