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.
Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Fucked Up, Year of the Goat
Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.
FLOOD Staff
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Scowl, Car Seat Headrest, Indigo De Souza, Sylvan Esso, Fat Dog, and more from the 52nd year of the annual music and arts festival in Seattle.
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.
