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.
Caroline Rose, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
Blending synthpop, alt-country, and punk, the songwriter’s surrealist vision of American suburbia in 2026 is fueled by tracks that rip and soak in the moments they depict.
Sour Widows, Sigil
The Bay Area duo confronts grief and cruelty while making space for necessary indulgence on their second LP, with producer Melina Duterte pushing them toward bolder arrangements.
Grumpy, Unfindable Ring
After a pair of EPs opened the door to shapeshifting unpredictability, Heaven Schmitt’s second LP leans into an emotive, purposefully fragmented sound that remains impossible to pin down.
FLOOD Staff
Jack Gibson will be joined by Earlimart, Petra Haden, Rain Phoenix, Nate Cole, and more special guests this Thursday.
Katie Stelmanis spins tracks by Japanese Breakfast, Jane Inc., Sarah McLachlan, and more as she tours her latest project, Chin Up Buttercup.
The London post-punk band was joined by Canadian duo Ribbon Skirt at the historic Philly congregation.
The band’s hometown show raised funds for Hope the Mission and the Los Angeles Mission.
LA-via-Seattle songwriter Aarin Wright and her band play “Lucky” from her recent Platonics EP and the single “Montana Dream Wife” in the shadow of Dodger Stadium.
The songwriter and producer plays “Still Blue” and “Charcoal Juice” from his forthcoming debut album, I know trash people who keep the oceans clean.
The Brooklyn trio played their first gig of 2026 in Kansas City this past weekend.
Recorded in recognition of last January’s LA wildfires, Jeffrey Paradise spins a handful of tracks including his collaboration with Satin Jackets featured on our new Gimme Shelter benefit comp.
Fcukers
From Fcukers and Gorillaz to Austra and Tokyo Tea Room, here are the songs we couldn’t stop spinning over the past 12 months.
50 incredible live moments that defined our year in music, including Doechii, Turnstile, David Byrne, Clairo, Wet Leg, Rilo Kiley, Charli XCX, My Chemical Romance, Geese, and many more.
40 unforgettable live moments featured on FLOOD over the last 10 years.
Before closing out their tour in LA in February, the Swedish rockers are sending a robot ambassador to Inglewood today in order to assist the YMCA in making food deliveries.
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.
