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Best Binge-Watching of 2014: Every “Simpsons” Ever On FXX

2014 was an incredible year for binge-worthy television. Thanks to Netflix’s growing market and competitors like HBO GO and Amazon…

FLOOD Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Fashion / Beauty / Grooming

Stumped on what to buy someone on your gift list? Here at FLOOD, we polled the staff and put together…

Daft Punk’s “Alive” Live Records Are Being Released on Vinyl and Limited-Edition Box Sets

Daft Punk, 2014, Alive limited edition boxset.

There’s a reason why people want to see Daft Punk headlining every festival possible. Their insane live shows are a…

Michael Keaton as “Riggan” in BIRDMAN. Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures. Copyright © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox.

Best Films of 2014: “Birdman,” directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

A “fictional” story about a washed-up action-movie-franchise hero’s return to the spotlight in a last-ditch effort to retrieve the cred…

Best Albums of 2014: The Budos Band, “Burnt Offering”

The BUdos Band / 2014 / photo credit: Harrison Boyce

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The first way I ever heard the music of The Budos Band described was “the Dap-Kings meets Black Sabbath.” I…

WATCH: Yuna Embraces the “Lights and Camera” in Ernie Ball’s “Set Me Up” Session

Yuna performs for Ernie Ball’s “Set Me Up” Session

The Malaysian pop-crooner Yuna has soared into global recognition in the last few years largely due to the quality of…

Apr 5, 2014; Arlington, TX, USA; Kentucky Wildcats guard Aaron Harrison (2) hits a three-point shot over Wisconsin Badgers guard…

Most Exciting Run Through A Sporting Event’s Postseason in 2014: Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament

The casual college hoops fan may not remember as clearly as the Big Blue Nation does, but on Selection Sunday…

Broad City / 2014 / Photo credit Walter Thompson

Best Television of 2014: “Broad City”

This year, if we had to pick the one show that taught us the most about the power of friendship through strong female…

Insane Lineup for Burgerama Four Announced, Including Weezer, Ariel Pink, Ty Segall, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Along with the fantastic, low-key Woodsist Fest, Burger Records’ annual Burgerama festival has quickly become an indie rock tradition for…

FLOOD Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Food/Drink

Stumped on what to buy someone on your gift list? Here at FLOOD, we polled the staff and put together…

Best Albums of 2014: Beck, “Morning Phase”

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It would be pretty easy to write Beck Hansen’s twelfth full-length album off as Sea Change 2: Electric Boogaloo considering…

LISTEN: Twin Shadow Drops New Single, “Turn Me Up”

2014. Twin Shadow press photo by Milan Zrnic.

Twin Shadow, Los Angeles’s synthpop king, just dropped his newest single “Turn Me Up.” The nearly three-minute track is a…

WATCH: Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts Cling to Their Youth in “While We’re Young” Trailer

2014. “While We’re Young” film still courtesy of A24 films

Film + TV

The trailer for Noah Baumbach’s (Frances Ha, The Squid and the Whale) latest film While We’re Young follows the story of…

WATCH: Father John Misty Goes Kaleidoscopic in Video for “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)”

2014. Father John Misty, “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)” screenshot

In case you didn’t notice from the album trailer, things are starting to get pretty personal for Father John Misty…

Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood / 2014 / photo courtesy of IFC

Best Films of 2014: “Boyhood,” directed by Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater’s 2014 tour de force comes twelve years in the making.

FLOOD Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Outdoor/Adventure

Stumped on what to buy someone on your gift list? Here at FLOOD, we polled the staff and put together…

Best Albums of 2014: Courtney Barnett, “The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas”

Courtney Barnett / 2014 / photo by Leslie Kirchhoff

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At the beginning of 2014, whenever you turned on the radio (to a college or indie station), you might have…

James Turrell, Afrum (White), 1966, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, partial gift of Marc and Andrea Glimcher in honor…

Druggiest Museum Exhibit (Without Having To Actually Do Drugs) of 2014: “James Turrell: A Retrospective” at LACMA

American artist James Turrell is the foremost exemplar of the visual art field called the Southern California Light and Space…

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FLOOD’s Best of 2014

Over the next two weeks, we’ll be celebrating the year in the best way we know how: looking back at our…