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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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?

The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.

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.
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2015. Sound Board dark green

Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of August 31–September 4, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

September 04, 2015

Housse de Racket // Turquoise Video

PREMIERE: Start the Weekend with Housse de Racket’s “Turquoise”

The second single from the French duo’s “The Tourist”.

September 04, 2015

Totoro // Studio Ghibli

Art & CultureFilm + TV
Hayao Miyazaki Building Nature Preserve for Children off of Japanese Coast

Somehow this is not a Studio Ghibli movie.

September 03, 2015

2015. “Born to Be Blue” clip

Film + TV
WATCH: Ethan Hawke Channels Chet Baker in “Born to Be Blue” Clip

The film will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 13.

September 03, 2015
Start Saving Your Pennies: There’s Going to Be a Career-Spanning Neko Case Box Set

Just in time for the holidays…

September 03, 2015

2015. Concussion trailer screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: Will Smith Takes on the NFL in the Trailer for “Concussion” [UPDATED]

“You’re going to war with a corporation that owns a day of the week.”

September 03, 2015

Mad Max Video Game DTS Party at the FLOOD Gallery. Photo by Colin Young-Wolff.

Art & CultureEvents
RECAP: The FLOOD Gallery Goes Post-Apocalyptic for “The World of ‘Mad Max'” DTS Party

Lucky guests got a sneak peek at the new “Mad Max” video game

September 03, 2015

Whole Foods in Ann Arbor, MI. Photo by Dwight Burdette // Creative Commons

Art & Culture
Whole Foods to Open Smaller, Less Expensive Grocery Stores

The new markets will serve existing food deserts.

September 03, 2015

Oneohtrix Point Never // photo by Andrew Strasser

LISTEN: Oneohtrix Point Never Shares “Garden of Delete” Single “I Bite Through It”

With Ezra’s blessing, presumably.

September 03, 2015
WATCH: EL VY Releases Monochromatic Lyric Video for New Track “I’m the Man to Be”

“Return to the Moon” is out on October 30 via 4AD

September 03, 2015

Alpenglow // photo by Eduardo Santana

PREMIERE: Head to the Hills with Alpenglow on the Track “Dreaming Too Much”

Scan the treeline.

September 03, 2015

2015. CRT Boston control room. Photo by Converse

Converse Rubber Tracks Is Sending Bands from Across the Globe to the Industry’s Most Iconic Recording Studios

From Abbey Road in London to Tuff Gong in Kingston, some of the finest studios in existence are hosting a select group of young bands for a two-week period.

September 02, 2015

2015. FLOODfest BKN coheadlining

Events
FLOODfest Brooklyn Tickets on Sale Now

We’re taking over Brooklyn Bowl, October 13–14. Don’t miss it.

September 02, 2015
Events
RSVP: Current: Upstairs at the Ace Hotel Downtown LA

Featuring guest DJ sets by Matt Mondanile of Ducktails, Benedek + D/A/D

September 02, 2015

Battles // photo by unknown

LISTEN: Battles Defy Pronunciation With “FF Bada”

Precision!

September 02, 2015

Martin Courtney “Northern Highway” video

WATCH: Martin Courtney Explores “Northern Highway” in New Video

“Many Moons” is out October 30.

September 02, 2015

SANTA MONICA, CA – APRIL 06: Josh Gad arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of FX’s new series “The Comedians” held at The Broad Stage on April 6, 2015 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)

Film + TV
Josh Gad to Play Roger Ebert in “Roger & Russ”

Will Ferrell to co-star as Russ Meyer.

September 02, 2015

Little Wings press photo

PREMIERE: Catch a Wave With Little Wings in “By Now” Video

Follow Kyle Field up the coast in the video for the “Explains” cut.

September 02, 2015

Animal Collective // photo by Atiba Jefferson

LISTEN: Animal Collective Announce New Live LP, Share “Did You See The Words”

The “Feels” opener gets a live makeover.

September 01, 2015

the domestics. it came to me music video screenshot.

PREMIERE: The Domestics Explore the Joys of Summer in New Video for “It Came To Me”

The band’s self-titled debut record is out now.

September 01, 2015
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