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.
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.
The Nerves, Best Collection
Third Man collects everything the power-pop legends ever released 50 years after their lone EP, with these live tracks and demos proving why such a short-lived group was so influential.
Fenne Lily, Win Win
With an assured sense of vulnerability and potent imagery, the Brooklyn-via-Dorset songwriter’s fourth album finds comfort in post-breakup acceptance and personal renewal.
FLOOD Staff
Shots of Toro y Moi, Smerz, Tortoise, Nourished by Time, and more from the two-day fest in Chicago.
Shots of Lorde, Magdalena Bay, The Last Dinner Party, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, Blood Orange, Alex, G, and more from over the weekend in SLC.
The Canadian trio play “Here Comes” from their upcoming LP Souvenir on top of a friend’s garage in Villeray.
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, Taegen 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.
