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.
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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
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.
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The Year in FLOOD: 25 Best Live Photos of 2019
We got around a lot this year.
December 23, 2019
Art & Culture
The 2019 FLOOD Holiday Gift Guide
Stressed about gift giving? We got you.
December 13, 2019
Film + TVStaff Picks
The Best TV of 2019
There’s a lotta TV out there. But this is the cream of the crop.
December 12, 2019
Film + TVStaff Picks
The Best Films of 2019
There’s really no telling what you’re getting into when you purchase a movie ticket anymore.
December 11, 2019
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Angel Olsen at Oakland’s Fox Theater
Olsen is on tour in support of “All Mirrors,” joined here by opener Vagabon.
December 09, 2019
Staff Picks
The Best Songs of 2019
Ten tracks we’ll go to the mat for.
December 06, 2019
Staff Picks
The Best Albums of 2019
Twenty-five records that brought joy in a tough year.
December 06, 2019
Staff Picks
FLOOD Essentials: November 2019 feat. Jim Sullivan, FKA Twigs, Deerhoof, and More
Our recommendations from turkey month.
December 03, 2019
Staff Picks
The 2010s: Artists Pick Their Top 10 Albums of the Decade
We asked Charly Bliss, Best Coast, Grouplove, Local Natives, and more to tell us the records they loved most this decade.
November 27, 2019
Angel Olsen at Levitation in Austin, TX. November 7, 2019. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Levitation 2019
Angel Olsen, The Flaming Lips, Chelsea Wolfe, Dinosaur Jr., and more brought their psychedelic sounds to Austin this past weekend.
November 12, 2019
FLOOD Essentials: October 2019 feat. Nick Cave, Wilco, Kim Gordon, and More
Here’s what’s good.
October 30, 2019
Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Austin City Limits Festival 2019, feat. Tame Impala, Lizzo, and The Cure
Electrifying sets from Thom Yorke, Kali Uchis, King Princess, and more.
October 07, 2019
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019 by David Iskra
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LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019
Featuring sets from Emmylou Harris, Fantastic Negrito, Robert Plant, and more.
October 07, 2019
FLOOD Essentials: September 2019 featuring Jenny Hval, Pixies, Vivian Girls, and More
Recent stuff you should get into.
September 30, 2019
Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: The Strokes Feat. Eddie Vedder at Ohana Fest 2019
New York’s fab-est five hit the Doheny State Beach stage with a special appearance by Eddie Vedder.
September 30, 2019
Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Jenny Lewis at Ohana Fest 2019
She was one of the headliners at this year’s Dana Point, CA coastal fest.
September 30, 2019
Events
CONTEST: Win a Pair of VIP Tickets + Meet and Greet Ladytron in Boston or New York
Wanna see the electropop icons IRL? Of course you do.
September 19, 2019
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Massive Attack Brings “Mezzanine” to San Francisco
In addition to cuts from their classic 1998 album, the Bristol trip-hop duo surprised their audience with plenty of covers.
September 09, 2019
Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Metallica Rocks S&M2 with the San Francisco Symphony
The band celebrated the twentieth anniversary of “S&M” in SF this weekend.
September 09, 2019
FLOOD Essentials: August 2019 featuring BJ the Chicago Kid, King Gizzard, Taylor Swift, and More
A round-up of what we’ve been digging lately.
August 28, 2019
