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.
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.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
FLOOD Staff
Ten shows that kept us watching, through binge and cringe.
Ten movies that defined the year, for better or for worse.
Twenty-five full-lengths that kept us going, one way or the other.
Ten compositions that changed our landscapes, big and small.
Our latest print edition features Miguel in conversation with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, and an in-depth chat with artist Sage Vaughn.
Eighteen food and drink recipes straight from the stars of the fest’s fourth year.
Featuring in-depth stories on Hundred Waters, Buff Monster, Vince Staples, and Demetri Martin, in addition to our picks and tips for this year’s festival slate.
photo by Santos Social Club
Belle and Sebastian, Fleet Foxes, Kaytranada, and more play in the Bay.
Party at the lake house.
Sylvan Esso at FLOODfest Chicago 2017 / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
Sylvan Esso, Grace Mitchell, Gus alt-J, and Flint Eastwood helped a massive crowd ball to the break of dawn.
The drink menu for your “Twin Peaks” viewing parties is now finalized.
The filmmaker—and expert in all things Beastie Boys—gives us an inside look at the music video career of MCA’s Swiss uncle, who was definitely a real person.
Your festival food experience doesn’t have to be limited to the confines of the festival itself.
Tame Impala / photo by Joyce Jude
Setting sail to Randall’s Island.
photo by James Richards IV
Still plenty of sand in the hourglass.
Plus, enter to win a trip to Chicago to take in the whole weekend.
The crowd at FYF Fest / photo by Rozette Rago
“Missy…[checks notes]…Elliott?”
James Sunderland and Brett Hite reveal the songwriting bonafides that power their synth-pop jams.
We’re halfway there.
For International Albinism Awareness Day, the “White African Power” producer shares how music gave a forgotten people a sense of self.
