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.
Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
FLOOD Staff
The LA shoegazers captured a live performance of their breakout single during a recent set at Warehouse XI outside of Boston.
The indie-pop duo play “Hot Blooded” and “Dandelion” from their debut LP It Comes in Waves outside of the art space/Airbnb Lonesomeville Studios in their hometown.
Coming off a series of features on Kevin Abstract’s Blush LP, Taegan Harris takes us behind the scenes of his recent “Crutch” single release show in LA.
Before they hit the road to celebrate 35 years of Whirlpool, the trailblazing shoegazers spin tracks by The Cure, Beach House, Pixies, and more.
The post-rock groovers play “Un Disparo al Corazón” from their new album Under the Moon in front of an epic backdrop of desert and sandstone.
Getting ready before the set
A behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Southern indie rock band’s time at the desert fest.
The Canadian indie-electro vets celebrated the release of their 10th album Romanticize the Dive with a roller disco night in Brooklyn.
Ryan Kaiser performs two songs from his new LP Simpleton at his home studio in LA.
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.
