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.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Minnesota Artists United Against ICE, Melt ICE
This gigantic comp album featuring 110 Minnesotan artists raising funds for immigrant communities terrorized by ICE may also happen to be where you find your new favorite band.
Jacob Uitti
Joe Talbot tells us how he’d spend his last day on earth while discussing his band’s fourth LP.
The Nashville-based songwriter tells us about the personal direction of her new album and the “self-education” detailed on the record’s latest single.
The virtuosic Mexican guitar duo have created a sonic stage play in three acts with three unique covers.
The Seattle rockers tell us about the new visual ahead of the track’s placement on an episode of ABC’s “Rebel” tonight.
This reissue is two albums at once, ranging in creative impact from Van Etten’s ghostly harmonies to IDLES’ industrial wallop.
