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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FLOOD FM’s “F Yeah Fridays” Ep. 22 feat. Noga Erez, Wet Leg, Courtney Barnett, and More
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes IDLES, Wallows, MUNYA, and Spill Tab.
October 01, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch Fiona Grey Perform “Sick of It” on Top of an Ambulance in Studio City, CA for “Neighborhoods”
Grey plays her recent MNDR-produced single in the LA neighborhood.
September 28, 2021
Events
Portraits from Firefly Music Festival 2021 with Reignwolf, SOFI TUKKER, Pom Pom Squad, and More
Behind-the-scenes shots of some of our favorite up-and-coming artists from this past weekend’s Dover-set fest.
September 27, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch 99 Neighbors Perform “Right Now” in Foggy Nashville for “Neighborhoods”
The Vermont collective’s major-label debut “Wherever You’re Going I Hope It’s Great” arrives Friday along with their appearance at Governors Ball.
September 23, 2021
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Events
Portraits from Riot Fest 2021 with Vic Mensa, Best Coast, Meg Myers, and Taking Back Sunday
When photographer Timothy Hiatt wasn’t busy traipsing across the Douglass Park festival grounds shooting live performances at Riot Fest, he…
September 23, 2021
Events
Live, in Photos: Riot Fest 2021
Shots of The Flaming Lips, Run the Jewels, Morrissey, Smashing Pumpkins, Slipknot, Vic Mensa, and more from Chicago this past weekend.
September 21, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch Alexa Rose Play “Haywood” (and Shop for Records) in Asheville, NC for “Neighborhoods”
Rose performs the track from her recent LP “Headwaters” on the roof of Citizen Vinyl.
September 21, 2021
Events
Live, in Photos: Second Sky Festival 2021
The second live edition of Porter Robinson’s Oakland-set fest included sets by Toro y Moi, Madeon, and Jai Wolf.
September 20, 2021
Events
Live, in Photos: Life Is Beautiful 2021
Shots of St. Vincent, Tame Impala, Green Day, HAIM, Brittany Howard, and more from the annual music and art festival in Las Vegas.
September 20, 2021
Photo by Shawn Brackbill
FLOOD FM’s “F Yeah Fridays” Ep. 21 feat. The War on Drugs, Snail Mail, Hatchie, and More
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Metronomy feat. Biig Piig, Charlotte Cornfield, Kaina, and Magdalena Bay.
September 17, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch Yuma Abe Perform “Omaemo” in Atami, Japan for “Neighborhoods”
The Tokyo-based songwriter plays through the track from his recent debut LP in the seaside city.
September 14, 2021
Events
Live, in Photos: Pitchfork Music Festival 2021
Shots of Phoebe Bridgers, Big Thief, Erykah Badu, Animal Collective, and more from this past weekend’s event in Chicago’s Union Park.
September 13, 2021
Photo by Eric Voake
FLOOD FM’s “F Yeah Fridays” Ep. 20 feat. Glass Animals, Radiohead, Amyl and the Sniffers, and More
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Lana Del Rey, MUNA with Phoebe Bridgers, Sports, Big Thief, and Guided by Voices.
September 10, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch Slow Motion Rework Dwson’s “Forbidden” in Porto Belo, Brazil for “Neighborhoods”
The Brazilian artist performs a live version of his recent take on the track in front of a dramatic natural backdrop.
September 07, 2021
Neighborhoods
T. Hardy Morris Brings Two Tracks From His Recent LP to His “Neighborhoods” Set in Athens, GA
Watch Morris perform “Fake Gold” and “DirtRocker” from “The Digital Age of Rome” at Athens’ Zomba Farm.
August 31, 2021
FLOOD FM’s “F Yeah Fridays” Ep. 19 feat. Caribou, Kacey Musgraves, My Morning Jacket, and More
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Sleigh Bells, Helado Negro, MUNYA, BANKS, and Porches.
August 27, 2021
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In Conversation
A Different Drum: Charlie Watts Interview by Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley
Remembering the Rolling Stones legend with an interview by Sonic Youth’s drummer originally published in the September 1996 issue of “RayGun Magazine.”
August 26, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch Junior Mesa Battle the Joshua Tree Winds for His “Neighborhoods” Performance of “Listen Close”
The songwriter plays an acoustic take on the Cirque Du Freak single from a balcony in the California desert.
August 26, 2021
FLOOD FM’s “F Yeah Fridays” Ep. 18 feat. Disclosure, Lorde, Parquet Courts, and More
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Still Woozy, Bakar, Circuit des Yeux, and The Wombats.
August 20, 2021
FLOOD FM’s “F Yeah Fridays” Ep. 17 feat. Chloe Moriondo, The Weeknd, Courtney Barnett, and More
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor, Jorja Smith, Big Thief, and Phoebe Bridgers covering Metallica.
August 13, 2021
