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.
Helado Tropical, Helado Tropical
An open-hearted meeting of minds, the collaborative debut from Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical’s Fabi Reyna is a warm, Latin-inspired electronic-pop collection made to soundtrack blissful summer evenings.
The Menzingers, Everything I Ever Saw
Rather than merely reveling in pop-punk nostalgia on their eighth LP, the Scranton band instead opts to reexamine moments from their past in sharper focus.
sundayclub, sundayclub
Largely defined by unease, disillusion, and melancholy, the Winnipeg dream-pop duo’s debut leans heavily on atmosphere yet rarely pushes beyond it.
Eli Enis
Frontman Philip Taylor discusses the difficulty of enduring loss and the ease with which it inspired ideas for “Your Church on My Bonfire.”
JPEGMAFIA, Tierra Whack, The Spirit of the Beehive, and more were on the songwriter’s turntable.
Ten-minute jams aren’t exactly in vogue right now, but the LA quartet have no problem pushing for a second coming of experimentalism in rock.
Living in the nation’s capital hasn’t made the trio any more or less political—but they know that being political isn’t really a choice no matter what town you’re in.
Dave Benton has quietly—and perhaps reluctantly—played a key role in shaping indie rock throughout the 2010s through collaborative work. Now he’s stepping out on his own.
