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.
Allison Russell, In the Hour of Chaos
Clearly written in the pressure cooker of Trump’s America, the artist’s community-oriented third album battles the darkness with an at-times overwhelming sense of optimism.
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Stones come as close as they ever will to reckoning with their twilight years on a surprisingly effective 25th LP that finds them bringing a fresh spark to their signature sound.
Kelela, New Avatar
The songwriter’s earliest soul and jazz influences can be found swirling throughout her third album, which also expands into the realms of hypnotic electronic music and alt rock.
FLOOD Staff
Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas—and their baby daughter—take us to some of their favorite spots across three boroughs ahead of the release of their seventh album, Roses.
Following last week’s release of the Jay Som–produced In Through the Front with Lasers LP, the songwriter plays “Microwave” and “Dogs” in her vibraphone player’s backyard in Troy Hill.
The LA-based songwriter breaks down all six tracks on the release, which match the intimacy and thoughtfulness of their lyrics.
Supporting her newly released debut album, Grohl will hit the San Francisco venue on October 27.
Behind the scenes in Napa Valley with Teddy Swims and Tré Cool, Absolutely, Girl Tones, Charlotte Lawrence, Bush, and…John Stamos.
Live scenes of Foo Fighters, Joan Jett, sombr, Folk Bitch Trio, The Beths, Ludacris, Absolutely, and more from the Napa Valley fest.
Gearing up for the release of her new LP Run, Run Pure Beauty this week, Jana Bahrich gives us a bike tour of her European hometown.
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.
