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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Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Tragic Magic
Pairing early modern harp and vintage analog synths, the duo cope with disaster by forging soothing atmospheric compositions fueled by their unique creative connection.
Westside Cowboy, So Much Country ’Till We Get There
The buzzy Manchester group’s new EP doubles down on affability with five tracks of straightforward indie rock coursing with charm and easy-going, edgeless quirks.
Xiu Xiu, Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1
These covers capture the broad spectrum of artists who’ve inspired Jamie Stewart over the past 24 years—and prove that Xiu Xiu is able to even make Robyn sound unwaveringly dark.
Gareth O'Malley
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First Listen
Elliott Green Finds Respite in the Midst of Loss on “Goodness”
The Seattle-based songwriter’s sophomore LP Everything I Lack arrives January 27 via Count Your Lucky Stars.
December 20, 2022
First Listen
abracadabra Dodge the Pitfalls of Modern Technology on New Single “talk talk”
Hannah Skelton and Chris Niles’s second album shapes & colors is out January 20 via Melodic.
November 30, 2022
First Listen
Ingredient Search for Meaning in the Midst of Pain on Captivating New Single “Wolf”
The avant-pop duo’s self-titled debut arrives this Friday via Telephone Explosion Records.
November 21, 2022
Playlist
Dazy’s “OUTOFBODY” Influences Playlist
James Goodson’s debut under the grungy power-pop moniker is out now via Lame-O Records.
October 28, 2022
Track by Track
Scout Gillett Unpacks the Quiet Intimacy of Her Debut LP “no roof no floor”
The Brooklyn-based songwriter takes us track by track through the record, out now via Captured Tracks.
October 28, 2022
First Listen
Colony House Let Loose on New Single “Landlocked Surf Rock”
The new track arrives ahead of the Nashville-based quartet’s fourth LP The Cannonballers, as well as its accompanying tour kicking off in February.
October 24, 2022
First Listen
Mt. Oriander Battles Creative Exhaustion on New Track “We Should Get Out of Here Before Something Goes Terribly Wrong!”
The track comes from the Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) founder’s debut LP under the new moniker.
October 13, 2022
First Listen
Gabrielle Shonk Surveys a Love Gone Sour on New Single “How We Used to Be”
The Québécoise songwriter’s first new song in five years arrives with the news that her second LP is slated for a 2023 release via Arts & Crafts.
October 11, 2022
First Listen
Richard Edwards Shares a Cover of Radiohead’s “True Love Waits” to Benefit the International Rescue Committee
The single arrives ahead of the former Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s vocalist’s latest solo record Ghost Electricity/Vampire Draw, out next week.
September 29, 2022
Reviews
The Wonder Years, “The Hum Goes on Forever”
The Philly punk six-piece work through the pandemic era’s toughest battles on what could go down as their masterpiece.
September 22, 2022
Track by Track
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Walk Us Through Their Long-Anticipated Sophomore LP Track by Track
Orlando Higginbottom shares how Vegas, clowns, and cosmic warmth inspired When the Lights Go, his first full-length in a decade.
September 09, 2022
First Listen
Couch Prints Are Crawling in Their Skin on Melancholic New Single “Alive”
The New York duo share a shoegazey new cut from their Waterfall EP, expected out September 23.
August 29, 2022
Reviews
Stella Donnelly, “Flood”
Exhibiting a markedly different side to Donnelly, the free-flowing eagerness to try new things or reconnect with old ideas is a cornerstone of this sophomore LP’s overall approach.
August 26, 2022
