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
For our tenth anniversary, we asked Lucy Dacus, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Amyl and the Sniffers’ Amy Taylor, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Indigo De Souza, OMD’s Andy McCluskey, Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Phantogram, Blondshell, and more to write about the records that inspired them the most from 2015 to 2025.
10 shows that made us a little bit more optimistic about the future of streaming.
The special programming of eclectic holiday tunes spanning indie, punk, soul, electronic, hip-hop, and beyond, new and old, runs through the rest of the year.
The Philly funk-soul outfit braves the cold weather with a stripped-down performance of their single “SUNSHINE” from earlier this year.
The year’s 10 best movies about devastation and hope.
The recent FLOOD cover stars wrapped up their The Clearing tour in Ireland last night.
Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Yanran Xion, Julian Song, Skylar Watkins, Graham Tolbert
10 musical highlights setting the stage for the second half of the decade.
Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Mark Sommerfield, Noah Dillon, Wilson Lee, Zachary Gray
50 records that largely do away with any sense of boundaries in sound or feeling.
Art by Shepard Fairey. Amoeba photo by Preston Groff
The event is set for December 16 in LA.
After releasing her debut album back in October, the LA-based songwriter shares some favorite tunes by Radiohead, Dora Jar, Dido, and more.
Celebrating a decade of FLOOD with Mac DeMarco, Lord Huron, Wolf Alice, Norman Reedus, The Zombies, Nation of Language, Bootsy Collins, Fred Armisen, and many more.
Backed by a full band, the songwriter plays “Touching You” and “Cicadas” from her 1.1 EP on a rooftop.
De Souza played her hometown of Asheville at the beginning of November with Mothé opening.
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.
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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.
