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The Tenth Anniversay Issue

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.

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This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy

Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.

Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50

This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.

Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]

Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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Staff Picks
Celebrate the First Day of Lolla 2016 with 19 Videos from 19 Lollapaloozas

One from every year of the festival’s history.

July 28, 2016

CHICAGO, IL – JULY 31: Kevin McKeown of Black Pistol Fire crowd surfs at the BMI Stage at Grant Park on July 31, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

WATCH: Lollapalooza Comes to You Live from Chicago’s Front Yard

Pour yourself a shot of Malört and settle in.

July 28, 2016

Panorama / photo by Joyce Jude Lee

Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Panorama (7/22–24/2016)

Coachella goes east.

July 28, 2016

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Suffering Is Stiff: of Montreal Courts Trauma on “my fair lady”

No relation to “Pygmalion.”

July 22, 2016

Union Park / photo by James Richards IV

Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Pitchfork Music Festival (7/15–17/2016)

Sufjan Stevens, Savages, Blood Orange, and more keep it 100 at Union Park.

July 18, 2016

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PREMIERE: Rawkus Records Founder Joins Sherbert Gang, Heads West for Beat-Happy “Battle Cry”

Brian Brater and Amir H. Fallah set their sights on the sun.

July 18, 2016

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Events
RSVP: FLOODfest Chicago 2016

Local Natives, Classixx, and Baio will bring the party to our very own mini-fest rocking Chicago on Saturday, July 30.

July 17, 2016

Wilderado / photo by Cara Robbins

PREMIERE: Wilderado Offer You a Glimpse of “Morning Light” in New Video

From the LA-via-Dustbowl quartet’s debut EP, “Latigo.”

July 13, 2016

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Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
Another Green World: Our Favorite Non-Musical Forays from Musicians

The new semi-animated Toro Y Moi concert film got us thinking: when it comes to making things that aren’t music, which musicians have done it best?

July 13, 2016

2015 Beach House press photo cred Shawn Brackbrill

We’re Giving Away Fresh-Pressed “Vinyl” from Beach House, Martin Courtney, Holy Ghost!, and MOORS at Pitchfork Fest

Made from recycled plates and cut on demand!

July 13, 2016

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PREMIERE: XYLØ Escape to the “Afterlife” for Original Tracks

The LA brother-sister duo deliver a stripped-down take on the “America” EP cut.

July 12, 2016

Cloud Nothings at Pickathon / photo by Tim LaBarge

PREMIERE: Cloud Nothings Achieve Liftoff in Pickathon Galaxy Barn with “Separation”

If you caught our premiere of A Giant Dog’s “Sex & Drugs,” or if you’ve spent any time looking at this…

July 12, 2016

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PREMIERE: Your Grunge Idols Co-Shred on Dumb Numbers’ “Will You Earn a Star”

Lou Barlow! David Yow! Dale Crover! And more!

July 11, 2016

2016. MJ Guider photo by Darin Acosta

PREMIERE: MJ Guider Encases a Dystopia in Their Misty “Former Future Beings”

Elusive futurism from the thoughtful New Orleans–based experimental project.

July 08, 2016

Steve Brule / photo by Marc Lemoine

Art & CultureDigital CoverFilm + TV
How To Be Cool and Fashionable Without Breaking the Bank, Starring Dr. Steve Brule

The host of Adult Swim’s “Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule” is here to keep you looking good on a budget.

July 07, 2016

CW Stoneking / photo by Kane Hibberd

Playlist
PLAYLIST: C. W. Stoneking Shares the Songs that Influenced “Gon’ Boogaloo”

From Ethiopian jazz to Hank Williams to Kanye West.

July 05, 2016
Staff Picks
FLOOD’s Best Records of 2016 (So Far)

It’s been six months already?

June 30, 2016

Best Coast / photo by Jasmine Safaeian

Events
RECAP: Camp DTS Space with Best Coast and Moonsville Collective

To kick off summer ’16, we had Bethany and Bobb spin some tunes and Moonsville Collective give a campfire serenade.

June 29, 2016

Roskilde / photo by Vegard S. Kristiansen

WATCH: Live From Denmark, It’s Roskilde 2016

Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke!

June 28, 2016

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Art & CultureFilm + TV
Announcing FLOOD 4, Available Now for Physical Purchase and Free Download

Featuring cover stories on Neil Young and Dr. Steve Brule.

June 28, 2016
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