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.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Minnesota Artists United Against ICE, Melt ICE
This gigantic comp album featuring 110 Minnesotan artists raising funds for immigrant communities terrorized by ICE may also happen to be where you find your new favorite band.
FLOOD Staff
The Nashville-based songwriter kicks off the second season of the subseries dedicated to the music and arts fest on California’s Central Coast.
The duo shares photos from their recent East Coast dates opening for Wisp.
On a break from touring in Perfume Genius’ band, the songwriter plays his song “Pleasure Drives” outside of his home at the foot of the Verdugo Mountains.
The New Zealand alt-pop group spins tracks by Pachyman, Kokoroko, and more ahead of the release of their fifth album Welcome to the Mood, dropping September 12 via Nettwerk.
With her Epic Records debut people stories out now, the alt-R&B songwriter takes us from the beach to an inspiring trip to the bookstore to a gig, all in her adopted hometown.
The Georgia-based songwriter plays “Good Game” and “Virginia Slim” from her upcoming debut album Finer Things at the Idaho Botanical Garden.
Following the release of their third LP Easier Said Than Done, the Tallahassee emo-pop group spins tracks by Waxahatchee, Mini Trees, Pretty Rude, and more on their radio takeover.
Live shots and backstage portraits with Beth Gibbons, Queens of the Stone Age, girl in red, Kneecap, Kelly Lee Owens, and more from the annual festival in Oslo, Norway.
The museum’s summer concert series continues on August 19 with free live music in the courtyard.
Noise for Now and Abortion on Our Own Terms have teamed up for three shows across Brooklyn, Nashville, and New Orleans this fall.
India-born and LA-based songwriter Shaan Chhadva plays “michigan,” “funny life,” and “weight of the moon” from his forthcoming EP felt like forever.
The songwriter’s summer tour with Russ and Big Sean touched down in LA last week.
Vampire Weekend, Mannequin Pussy, Wallows, Thundercat, Glass Animals, Hozier, Anderson .Paak, and more from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Ben Schneider brings “Cliff Q, a.k.a. Mr. Madness, a.k.a. the Laughing Ghoul” to the FLOOD FM airwaves all week in tandem with our digital cover story on the band’s new LP The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1.
Australian indie-pop songwriter Sophie Payten takes us through an ideal afternoon in the city as she celebrates the release of her third album, Like Plasticine.
Backed by a full band, the British songwriter performs an extended version of the Dog Eared album cut at producer Philip Weinrobe’s Sugar Mountain studio in Brooklyn.
Behind the scenes at Grant Park with Ratboys, Bôa, Wild Rivers, and Caroline Kingsbury.
The Marías, Clairo, Remi Wolf, Djo, Wallows, TWICE, Cage the Elephant, and more from Grant Park in Chicago.
Jonathon Linaberry plays the track “Heart Attack” from his new LP Radio Waves outside of his home in Upstate New York.
Backstage shots of FIDLAR, Cap’n Jazz, Say She She, The Exploding Hearts, and more from this past weekend’s festivities in Portland.
