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Barack Obama Between Two Ferns

Art & CultureFilm + TV

Barack and Michelle Obama Reveal Their Best of 2015 Picks

Songs, TV shows, books, and more.

December 09, 2015

Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox: TouchTunes Releases Most-Played Tracks from Nation’s Sports Bars

And anywhere else those Internet-connected jukeboxes are found.

December 09, 2015

I’ll Buy: Definitive Replacements Biography to be Released in March

“Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements” was written with the band’s cooperation.

December 09, 2015

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WATCH: Field Music Faces the Ghost of Indie Past in “The Noisy Days Are Over” Video

The Sunderland, England, group’s fifth LP “Commontime” is out February 5 via Memphis Industries.

December 08, 2015

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Sundance Film Festival Announces 2016 Lineup [UPDATED]

Here’s what you’ll be hustling around Park City to see this January.

December 08, 2015

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WATCH: Prince Covers “Creep” at Coachella 2008

There’s no telling how long this video will be online, so watch it now.

December 08, 2015

WATCH: Jon Stewart Returns to “The Daily Show” to Stump for the Zadroga Act

“I heard about this in American TV—have you come to take your show back?”

December 08, 2015

Actress and Broadway star Cicely Tyson (L), Conductor Seiji Ozawa (2nd-L), actress and singer Rita Moreno (C), filmmaker George Lucasa (2nd-R), and singer-songwriter Carole King (R) are introduced at a 2105 Kennedy Center Honors recipients, December 6, 2015 during a reception at The White House in Washington DC. AFP Photo/ Chris Kleponis / AFP / CHRIS KLEPONIS (Photo credit should read CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Art & CultureFilm + TV

George Lucas, Carole King, Rita Moreno, and More Celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors

The complete ceremony will air on CBS on December 29.

December 07, 2015

Sleigh Bells “Champions of Unrestricted Beauty” video

LISTEN: Sleigh Bells Share “Champions of Unrestricted Beauty”

And offer very few details to go along with it.

December 07, 2015

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Nominees for Fifty-Eighth Grammy Awards Announced

Kendrick Lamar leads the way with eleven nominations, including Album of the Year.

December 07, 2015

FLOOD’s Best of 2015: Music (#25–5)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. 2015 has been rough in a lot of ways, but it’s been…

December 07, 2015

Matisyahu on “Guitar Center Sessions”

PREMIERE: Matisyahu Rocks “King Without a Crown” on Guitar Center Sessions

The entire episode drops tonight at 9 p.m. ET on AUDIENCE Network.

December 04, 2015

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WATCH: Julian Casablancas and Savages’ Jehnny Beth Cover “Boy/Girl”

The collaborative single is out on December 18 via Pop Noire Records/Cult Records.

December 04, 2015

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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

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

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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

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