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.
MEMORIALS, All Clouds Bring Not Rain
The genre-hopping fifth LP from Verity Susman and Matthew Simms is more ornate and ambitious than their earlier material, though ultimately the whole is lesser than the sum of the parts.
Filth Is Eternal, Impossible World
Vibrant, dexterous, and unrelentingly compelling, the Seattle hardcore-punks’ fourth album sees them mature into a band adept at writing songs lasting more than two minutes.
Arlo Parks, Ambiguous Desire
Vulnerability is baked into the heartbeat of the British songwriter’s third album with an aching groove lifted to new levels courtesy of the ecstasy of dance music.
FLOOD Staff
From the forthcoming “Who Cares About Tomorrow.”
photo by Todd Weaver
Plus Xander Singh lends a hand.
Analog synths, gentle moods, and “Doctor Who.”
The Denver duo keep their heads in the clouds.
In case you happen to be looking for an excuse to get out of the country for a bit.
photo by Cara Robbins
The former Passion Pit member confronts the loss of love and his sense of self on his new album “Muffin.”
The recent City Slang signee played a sundown set for us in her hometown of Tel Aviv.
Prince-approved and straight from Australia, the funk-rock maestro was in support of his upcoming LP, “Smoke Fire Hope Desire.”
Taken from the “AMMA RMXD” LP, out now via Foehn.
Mute your TV. Turn up your stereo.
The darkwave Brooklyn band released “If Language” back in September.
photo by Sean Macneil
The New York quartet’s new album Bloodshot Tokyo is out February 3.
Radiohead, Beyoncé, and Kendrick Lamar are your headliners.
Our pals from the worlds of music, film, and TV offer their lists for the best of the year.
Our favorite tracks of the year, (almost) all in one place.
Media’s boundaries are more porous than ever, and great artwork abounds. So does weirdness.
Has the era of the antihero come to an end?
Don’t get too comfortable.
Great year for music, terrible year for everything else.
The Brooklyn duo’s ludicrously titled second album, “You Can Catch a Lobster With Eggs But Not Egg Salad,” is out February 10.
