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.
Lime Garden, Maybe Not Tonight
The cocktail of frustration, insecurity, and lust that courses through the Brighton quartet’s buzzing and adventurous second album mirrors the trajectory of an energetic night out.
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.
FLOOD Staff
2014. Yoko Ono with Kids in front of the John Lennon Bus.
Yoko Ono helps to celebrate the bus tour’s residency in New York City
Earlier this year, the post-punk British band Eagulls put out a fantastic self-titled debut, which included the outstanding single “Nerve…
Hey, LA! Come and join us next Wednesday, September 17, as we throw down an awesome night of music with…
The legendary director portrays the history and cultural impact of the New York Review of Books over the last fifty years.
Björk courtesy of Wellhart One Little Indian
There’s no question that anything Björk is involved with is a whimsical spectacle. Her avant-garde costumes, theatrical performances, and ethereal…
screenshot from Death From Above 1979’s “Trainwreck 1979” music video
Music’s inspirational power—that spark your favorite band ignites in your soul—is limitless. In the first music video from Death From…
2014 Jeff Golbum on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
Last night, your cool uncle Jeff Goldblum swung by Late Night with Seth Meyers to serenade a willing audience (who…
The tech giant revealed not just one, but three new products, and some major improvement features to go with them.
The punk band returns to NBC after being banned for nearly three decades.
Phantogram header from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on 9/5/2014 / Photo by Alix Spence
Photos by Alix Spence
Behind the music and the songs of Nick Cave, there is a brilliant and fascinating man. 20,000 Days On Earth…
2014 press photo of Karen O. Photo by Barney Clay.
We’ve been waiting for Karen O to release Crush Songs for quite some time now. It’s her first solo album, featuring…
Some of the members of Radiohead have been pretty busy in the last few years with their own side projects….
2014 “David Bowie Is” documentary still
David Bowie’s career is marked by iconic music, memorable visuals, and unique costumes that are so quintessentially…Bowie. The Victoria and…
2014 Aphex Twin press photo for “Syro”
Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin, has emerged from musical obscurity after thirteen years of mostly silence. The…
With so many arts and culture festivals popping up around the country, it’s hard to distinguish which weekend offerings are…
Writer-director-actress Miranda July doesn’t believe technological communication should replace human interaction, but she also knows that phones are something we…
From left to right: Hannah Murray as Cassie, Olly Alexander as James and Emily Browning as Eve in Stuart Murdoch’s…
After decades of writing songs filled with visual imagery, Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch has finally turned his storytelling talents…
2014. The New Pornographers, “Brill Bruisers” album art
Their sixth full-length Brill Bruisers takes another wild stab at salvaging the vigor present during the group’s invincible stretch from 2000’s Mass Romantic to 2005’s outright classic Twin Cinema.
