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.
Caroline Rose, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
Blending synthpop, alt-country, and punk, the songwriter’s surrealist vision of American suburbia in 2026 is fueled by tracks that rip and soak in the moments they depict.
Sour Widows, Sigil
The Bay Area duo confronts grief and cruelty while making space for necessary indulgence on their second LP, with producer Melina Duterte pushing them toward bolder arrangements.
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.
FLOOD Staff
The Swiss group performs the cut from their newly released GLUT LP at their Rote Fabrik rehearsal space.
The NYC group shares a photo diary from the first leg of their North American tour supporting Vundabar, with the second leg kicking off next week.
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.
