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The Tenth Anniversay Issue

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.

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This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy

Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.

Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50

This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.

Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]

Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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Morrissey. FYF Fest 2015. credit Rozette Rago.

Art & Culture
Morrissey to Release First Work of Fiction “The List of the Lost” in September [UPDATED]

There’s no US release date for the novel yet. [There is now; it’s September 24.]

August 26, 2015

Julia Holter // photo by Tonje Thilesen

LISTEN: Julia Holter Shares “Sea Calls Me Home”

Alas, no more visuals of her dog.

August 26, 2015

Emilie & Ogden “Ten Thousand” Video Screengrab

PREMIERE: Emilie & Ogden Share Live Video for “Ten Thousand”

Start counting.

August 25, 2015

Girlpool / photo by Rozette Rago

Events
FYF 2015: The Portraits

Behind the scenes at LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park with Neon Indian, Tennis, The Drums, and more.

August 25, 2015

ATLANTA, GA – August 21: Bruce Springsteen performs with The E-Street Band at Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom on August 21, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/WireImage)

Staff Picks
Searching for His Groove: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” Turns Forty

We hide beneath the covers and study your pain on the fortieth anniversary of Springsteen’s maximalist masterpiece.

August 25, 2015

Petite Noir // photo by Travys Owen

LISTEN: Petite Noir Shuffles Into “MDR”

The African artist drops a third single ahead of “La Vie Est Belle / Life is Beautiful.”

August 25, 2015

Mike Krol

PREMIERE: Mike Krol Takes a Bite Out of Crime in “Neighborhood Watch” Video

The LA-via-Milwaukee punk gets behind the badge.

August 25, 2015

Grace Mitchell “Jitters” video screengrab

LISTEN: Grace Mitchell Goes All Out in “Jitter”y New Track

The seventeen-year-old pop singer’s debut EP is out now.

August 21, 2015

2015. The Libertines by Roger Sargent

LISTEN: The Libertines Drop Sweeping New Track “Anthem for Doomed Youth”

“Anthems for Doomed Youth” is out September 4 via Harvest Records.

August 21, 2015

“Aqua Teen Hunger Force” still

Film + TV
LISTEN: Patti Smith Sends “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” Off with a Song

The Adult Swim tentpole will be ending this Sunday.

August 21, 2015

Sound Board August

Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of August 17–21, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

August 21, 2015
WATCH: Music and Cinema Become One in The Black Ryder’s “Throwing Stones” Video

Keep an eye out for the duo’s upcoming tour dates.

August 20, 2015

2015. Panda Bear portrait. Photo by Tonje Thilesen

A Brand-New Panda Bear EP Is Available Right Now

“Crosswords” EP is out today via Domino, but will be released physically on November 15.

August 20, 2015

The Last Hurrah!! press pic.

PREMIERE: The Last Hurrah!! Stream New Album “Mudflowers”

One Angeleno and one Norwegian craft some classic Americana.

August 19, 2015

Savages New Album screengrab

WATCH: Savages Drop Trailer for As-Yet-Untitled New Album

London post-punks Savages seemingly came out of nowhere in 2013 to dominate the conversation about the role of music and media…

August 19, 2015

Peaches and Kim Gordon in “Close Up” video

WATCH: Peaches Takes on the World in “Close Up” Video

With a big assist from Kim Gordon.

August 18, 2015

2015. Deafheaven press photo by Kristen Coffer

LISTEN: Deafheaven Shares Nine Minutes of Extended Doom in the Track “Brought to the Water”

New Bermuda is out October 2 via Anti-

August 18, 2015
WATCH: Steven A. Clark Shares Emotional “Can’t Have” Video

The lead single from Clark’s debut LP, “The Lonely Roller,” gets its own clip.

August 18, 2015
WATCH: Help Zach Condon With Beach Cleanup in Beirut’s “Gibraltar” Video

Climb to the mountaintop in the video for the second single from “No No No.”

August 18, 2015

NEW ORLEANS, LA – JANUARY 31: James Carville attends the 2013 Legends For Charity Dinner Honoring Archie Manning at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans on January 31, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Art & Culture
Everyone From James Carville and Meghan McCain to VICE News and Upright Citizens Brigade to Participate in First-Ever Politicon Conference

Even in the most stern of times, it’s hard not to think of politics as one giant performance. As we inch…

August 17, 2015
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