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, 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.
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.
FLOOD Staff
Floris van Luijtelaar strips back their Before It Might Be Gone single “Gold” for an acoustic set at Skatepark Kardinge in the band’s hometown.
kali Uchis
Clipse, Larry June, A$AP Rocky, Paris Texas, Earl Sweatshirt, and more from Tyler, the Creator’s annual music fest and carnival at Dodger Stadium.
Singer/rapper/producer Dani Bojorges-Giraldo shares a live take of “Whoever Said Silence Is Peace” from their new EP Strange World, out now via drink sum wtr.
With their second album Glory out now via Mom + Pop, the Aussie punks spin tracks from The Strokes, Fontaines D.C., LCD Soundsystem, and more.
The UK indietronica duo shares a photo diary of their time in San Diego for this year’s edition of the electronic music festival.
The British songwriter and producer hosted four nights at the famed Los Angeles venue.
The Arizona cult dream-pop band shares a dispatch from the first half of their US co-headlining run with Tanukichan.
The Irish trio played the track “Killeagh” from their recently released debut LP Halcyon ahead of a show at the city’s Park West venue.
On the heels of releasing her third LP Liquorice, Harriette Pilbeam spins tracks by Chanel Beads, Nala Sinephro, Men I Trust, and more.
The theatrical synthpop duo just wrapped up their first-ever North American tour, which featured plenty of costumes, specialty acts, and memorable dining experiences.
Starcrawler joined the band on their North American tour closer.
The pop-rap star gave a high-energy performance earlier this week in San Diego.
The duo gives an acoustic performance of the song “Everyday Feels Like Tomorrow” from their recent Super Love 3 LP in their local pocket park.
Deftones
Clipse, Deafheaven, Rico Nasty, 2hollis, and more from Deftones’ sixth annual fest in San Diego.
With their second LP Rude out now, the Bay Area garage-punks spin tunes by Interpol, Metric, Model/Actriz, and more.
The indie rockers give a rousing acoustic performance of “Do You See Me?,” the opening track from their recently released LP Lovesick.
The Swedish punks played one of their biggest headlining shows to date this past weekend in Los Angeles.
The husband-and-wife electro-pop duo spins tracks by Interpol, Magdalena Bay, Fleetwood Mac, and more ahead of the release of their LP Fata Morgana: Dusk on December 5.
The 18-track collection features Elliott Smith, Rilo Kiley, The Flaming Lips, Norah Jones, Local Natives, and more in support of wildfire recovery efforts in Los Angeles.
The LA-based songwriter performs the track from her newly released Brainfeeder debut The Prophet and the Madman, which was inspired by the Lebanese-American poet.
