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.
This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy
Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50
This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]
Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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There’s only so many times you can spin Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas (JK—it’s the gift that keeps on giving), so…
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The Lego Movie is loud, brash, and packed shamelessly with pop culture references that lean toward people who grew up…
2014. “Better Call Saul” trailer screenshot
Better Call Saul’s publicity rollout has been both peculiar and awesome so far, but as the show’s premiere quickly approaches, it…
As the train chugs up to the Utrecht station, they begin appearing by the thousands. Bikes. Multi-tiered racks burst at…
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In the wake of her debut solo album Love Songs, Karen O recently spoke with NME about the future of…
St. Vincent / photo by Suzanne Cordeiro
The Black Keys and St. Vincent have made for one unlikely but electrifying touring duo this year, and their Austin show at the Frank Erwin Center was no exception to their respective reputations as top-notch live performers.
Since 2008, Zach Galifianakis has been asking A-list celebrities the tough questions that other talk show hosts are too scared…
SNL Dr. Evil appearance Mike Myers
After more than twelve years of hiding, Dr. Evil stepped out this weekend (presumably from his underground lair) in order…
2014. Joe Cocker press photo
Joe Cocker has passed away, Sony Music confirms. He was most famous for his inimitable gravelly, soulful voice. The singer succumbed to small…
Willett Distillery bourbon barrels
Yes indeed-y, it’s a bold statement that this Willett baby rye is among the best to come from the river of…
Snowpiecer screenshot
If you haven’t seen (or, ugh, even heard of) this dystopian masterpiece, you can hardly be blamed. In addition to…
Game of Thrones Dany season 4 / photo by Macall B. Poloy/HBO
In all honesty, writing a brief, succinct, and informative rundown of why Game of Thrones was some of the best…
The War on Drugs / 2014 / photo by Dusdin Condren
On The War on Drugs’ third longplayer, frontman Adam Granduciel is a travelin’ man. Whether escaping some domestic restraint for…
Screenshot from Pink Floyd’s “Live in Pompeii”
A look back on some of the defining moments in music history, played on the Stratocaster.
The Evil Within video games
In The Evil Within, the latest game from Resident Evil designer/creator Shinji Mikami, police detective Sebastian Castellanos investigates a brutal mass murder…
Run the Jewels / 2014 / photo by Vic Michael
There’s no hotter rap duo on the planet right now than Jamie and Mike, and this second Run The Jewels…
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Bryan Lee O’Malley is most famous for his six-volume set about slacker superhero Scott Pilgrim, and it’s been four long…
2014. St. Vincent, “Birth In Reverse” video still
Like an uninhibited toast at the end of the night, St. Vincent is bookending her long and fruitful 2014 with a mesmerizing…
True Detective season one / credit: James Bridges/HBO
Two stars, somewhat removed from the A-list place at the table they had enjoyed for most of the past two…
Shabazz Palaces / 2014 / credit: Patrick O’Brien-Smith
The best way I could describe Lese Majesty, and what makes Shabazz Palaces so special, is a line from their…
