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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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Tame Impala / photo by Joyce Jude
Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Panorama (7/28–30/2017)
Setting sail to Randall’s Island.
August 01, 2017
photo by James Richards IV
Art & CultureEvents
Welcome to Festival Week
Still plenty of sand in the hourglass.
July 31, 2017
RSVP: FLOODfest Chicago 2017 with Sylvan Esso, Grace Mitchell, alt-J, and Flint Eastwood
Plus, enter to win a trip to Chicago to take in the whole weekend.
July 25, 2017
The crowd at FYF Fest / photo by Rozette Rago
Events
5 Under-the-Radar Acts to Catch at FYF Fest
“Missy…[checks notes]…Elliott?”
July 19, 2017
PREMIERE: FRENSHIP Stay True to Their Core on “1000 Nights” for Original Tracks
James Sunderland and Brett Hite reveal the songwriting bonafides that power their synth-pop jams.
July 11, 2017
Staff Picks
FLOOD’s Best Records of 2017 (So Far)
We’re halfway there.
June 23, 2017
Grammy-Nominated Producer Ian Brennan Reflects on Working With At-Risk Albino Community in Tanzania
For International Albinism Awareness Day, the “White African Power” producer shares how music gave a forgotten people a sense of self.
June 12, 2017
Art & CultureEvents
RECAP: DTS Space x The Sounds of Summer with XYLØ
June gloom be damned, we got summer started on a Hollywood rooftop.
June 07, 2017
PREMIERE: Thao & the Get Down Stay Down Rip Through “Kindness Be Conceived” for Pickathon’s Slab Sessions
Throwing it back to a Slab Session so nice we premiered it twice.
June 02, 2017
PREMIERE: Husky Spot “Splinters in the Fire” on New Single
The erstwhile folk-rockers get knotty.
May 17, 2017
photo by David Iskra
Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: PJ Harvey at The Masonic, San Francisco (5/9/2017)
Hope comes to SF.
May 11, 2017
photo by Conor Collins
Film + TV
Aaron M. Olson of LA Takedown Offers Up His Ten Favorite Film Scores
Wanna see movies of your dreams? Look no further.
May 11, 2017
Art & Culture
WATCH: Michelin-Starred Chef Ragnar Eiriksson Brings the Icelandic Heartland to Reykjavik in “You Are Here”
The head chef at Reykjavik’s DILL is our guide in the latest episode of our video series touring the cities that inspire the world.
May 09, 2017
(Photo by Todd Cooper / @toddcooper)
PREMIERE: Blossom and Myke Bogan Offer Up “Acouasm” for Pickathon’s Slab Sessions
You may wanna float right into the weekend on this one.
May 05, 2017
The Beastie Boys filming the “Pass the Mic” video / photo courtesy of Mario Caldato Jr.
Get Nice: Pharrell, Henry Rollins, Bad Brains, and More Pay Tribute to the Beastie Boys
Twenty-five years later, “Check Your Head”‘s influence still looms large.
April 21, 2017
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Art & CultureFilm + TV
Announcing FLOOD 6, Available Now for Purchase and Free Download
In addition to a cover story on “Silicon Valley”’s Thomas Middleditch, our latest print issue also features an extended celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beastie Boys’ “Check Your Head.”
April 19, 2017
WATCH: Fan Your FOMO with Some Coachella 2017 Video Highlights
From Radiohead’s unforeseen crowd-pleasing to “Kung Fu” Kenny’s cinematic themes
April 18, 2017
WATCH: APE Records and Tamir Muskat Welcome You to Tel Aviv in the Latest Episode of “You Are Here”
Israel’s vibrant art scene is front and center in the second episode of our video series touring the cities that inspire the world.
April 17, 2017
Eight Lower-Billed Coachella Artists You Need to Rework Your Schedule For
Have you heard of this band Radiohead?
April 12, 2017
photo by Ziv Sade
PREMIERE: Balkan Beat Box’s “Shout It Out” Gets a Pair of Fresh Remixes
Must be nice to have talented fans.
April 10, 2017
