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.
Caroline Rose, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
Blending synthpop, alt-country, and punk, the songwriter’s surrealist vision of American suburbia in 2026 is fueled by tracks that rip and soak in the moments they depict.
Sour Widows, Sigil
The Bay Area duo confronts grief and cruelty while making space for necessary indulgence on their second LP, with producer Melina Duterte pushing them toward bolder arrangements.
Grumpy, Unfindable Ring
After a pair of EPs opened the door to shapeshifting unpredictability, Heaven Schmitt’s second LP leans into an emotive, purposefully fragmented sound that remains impossible to pin down.
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Both tracks appeared on the songwriter’s recently released debut EP “A World Gone By.”
Maceo Vidal-Haymes plays an acoustic version of the track as the slow-zooming camera reveals his surroundings.
Burgess will be playing his favorite records from the early-’90s while reminiscing on the early Madchester days this Sunday.
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FLOOD FM will be running interviews recorded on the Golden Gate Park festival grounds from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. PST.
Halloween was in full swing this past weekend with Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Lizzo, Kehlani, Caroline Polachek, and more taking the stage at Golden Gate Park.
Kayla Graninger performs the track from her recently released debut LP “No Pain for Us Here” in her friends’ backyard.
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Japanese Breakfast, Thundercat, The Hives, black midi, and more from Halloween weekend in Austin.
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Ultra Q, Spoon, Snail Mail, Ross From Friends, Ruthven, and Deadmau5 feat. Foster the People.
The LA-based songwriter performs the recent single from his “Alchemy/Dark Corners” series.
Both tracks will appear on their debut LP “XVI,” out November 12 via Thurston Moore’s Daydream Library Series.
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Hannah Jadagu, Shamir, Smile x Robyn, Black Country, New Road, and Geographer.
The former Wild Beasts vocalist performs a track from his new solo LP at Low Sizergh Farm in the U.K.’s Lake District.
The New York–based songwriter performs the track from his new LP “WANDERKID” in Killington, Vermont.
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Tank and The Bangas with Big Freedia, Hand Habits, Big Thief, and White Lies.
The songwriter brings two songs to ancestral grounds outside of Bushman’s Cave.
Megan Thee Stallion, Phoebe Bridgers, Tyler, the Creator, girl in red, and more took the stage this past weekend.
This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes IDLES, Wallows, MUNYA, and Spill Tab.
Grey plays her recent MNDR-produced single in the LA neighborhood.
Behind-the-scenes shots of some of our favorite up-and-coming artists from this past weekend’s Dover-set fest.
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.
