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.
Steve Lacy, Oh Yeah?
With a warmer, looser take on anthemic soul-pop, the guitarist and songwriter’s third solo effort sees him move way beyond the reach of The Internet.
Quicksand, Bring on the Psychics
The post-hardcore band’s razor-sharp fifth album finds the perfect balance between doing what they’ve done best since 1990 and successfully trying out new ideas.
Helado Tropical, Helado Tropical
An open-hearted meeting of minds, the collaborative debut from Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical’s Fabi Reyna is a warm, Latin-inspired electronic-pop collection made to soundtrack blissful summer evenings.
FLOOD Staff
The Gelliverse landed in Chicago this past weekend with support from Big Sis.
The songwriter plays an acoustic version of “shape of my heart” from his recently released LP up above.
All proceeds will support our FLOOD/Anthemic family member’s fight against stage-four pancreatic cancer.
Returning earlier this month with his first solo album in a decade, the electroclash artist spins a selection of overlooked tracks from his own discography.
The LA dream-pop duo documents their Coachella debut on the Sonora stage.
The frequent collaborators are in the midst of a North American co-headlining tour.
Maria Crawford plays an acoustic version of “Body” on a gloomy day in NYC.
The English songwriter brings us along for her Cruel World release-day set on the Gobi stage of the Empire Polo Club grounds.
Ryan Kaiser spins tracks by Blondie, The Meters, Half Japanese, and more after releasing his latest record, Simpleton, last week.
Scenes from Austin and San Antonio as the LA-based songwriter continues her US tour with The Happy Fits.
The Italian dance duo takes us behind the scenes of their first weekend in the desert playing at the Sonora tent.
Nine Inch Noize, PinkPantheress, Geese, Ethel Cain, Jack White, Die Spitz, and much more from the 25th edition of the annual festival on the Empire Polo Club grounds.
The Brooklyn-based artist plays “Water-Lily Bloom” from her newly released album STORIES.
The songwriter was joined by her partner Christian Lee Hutson in Brooklyn over the weekend for an intimate set teasing her forthcoming record Maitreya Corso.
This year’s fest will feature performances from The Strokes, The xx, FKA twigs, Nine Inch Noize, Ethel Cain, Geese, Turnstile, and dozens more.
The LA-based songwriter plays “Story’s End” from her first new album in seven years on the roof of her garage.
Jack Whitescarver debuted his band’s experimental noise-rock record Amiture Music at Bed-Stuy’s unconventional new palazzo-brownstone venue.
The “Body High Tour” in support of 2025’s EUSEXUA and EUSEXUA Afterglow albums hit Seattle this past week.
The British pop star brought her “This Tour May Contain New Music” North American run to Seattle this week.
Joyce Manor’s I Used to Go to This Bar tour stop in Chicago also featured support from Combat and Teen Mortgage.
