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.
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.
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Mick Harvey / photo by L. J. Spruyt
“Delirium Tremens,” which dropped last month, is the third in a series of albums that finds Harvey taking on the catalog of the French provocateur.
“IV” serves as the best example yet of the Toronto jazz quartet’s ability to synthesize their disparate influences.
Rhys Darby / no credit
The Kiwi actor/comedian/writer (“Flight of the Conchords”/”What We Do in the Shadows”) ponders the New Zealand film renaissance and the Paranormal.
Band of Horses / photo by Andrew Stuart
Ben Bridwell is working from home.
Teaming with Grandaddy leader Jason Lytle, the South Carolina band confidently turns the wheel in another direction with their fifth studio album.
Following breakout remixes and production on material by Mobb Deep, Freddie Gibbs, and Katy B, the Haitian-born DJ seems intent on making multiple statements with his debut LP.
Volcom art by Don Pendleton
Originally just a kid who liked doodling on notebooks and reading “Thrasher,” the award-winning artist has turned into a force to be reckoned with both inside and out of the skateboarding world—all from Dayton, Ohio.
In light of recent blockbuster records like the expansive “Lemonade” and the constantly shifting “Life of Pablo,” “Views” feels anticlimactic.
Photo by Alice O’Malley
With her new electronic pop album, the singer formerly known as Antony Hegarty unpacks the meaning of “HOPELESSNESS.”
The legendary comics artist takes on The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine,” plus talks the current crop of superhero movies.
2016. Brian Eno The Ship
Vessels have long served as a reference point in the works of Brian Eno. But on his new ambient album, “The Ship,” he evokes one of the most symbolically loaded boats in history: the “Titanic.”
Wimmen’s Comix header
Bringing together the likes of Phoebe Gloeckner, Lynda Barry, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Alison Bechdel, Robbins’ series blazed a trail for female comic artists.
The former Cul de Sac guitarist’s alternately tuned acoustic guitar and banjo tug and pull on the conventions of American Primitivism.
2016. Iggy Pop Post Pop Depression cover hi-res
If Iggy’s going anywhere, it won’t be quietly.
2016. Mount Moriah How to Dance cover hi-res
What’s this new breeze blowing over North Carolina group Mount Moriah?
2016. Lucinda Williams The Ghosts of Highway 20 cover hi-res
The road has long served as a symbol in American roots music, and few have sung about it as distinctly as Lucinda Williams.
Children’s Hospital Season 7 7/8/2015 EPs 701 & 706 ph: Darren Michaels
The medical-show parody returns to Adult Swim this Friday, January 22.
2015. Bruce Springsteen The Ties That Bind The River Collection box set cover hi-res
It’s a loose, effortless-sounding record, but new deluxe box set “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection” attests to the fact that as grand as the album is, its twenty-song track list only came after obsessive pruning and labored deliberation.
2005. Spoon Gimme Fiction cover hi-res
The group’s friskiness wasn’t sacrificed for the sake of accessibility. It was enhanced.
Paul Scheer / credit unknown
You might know him as Andre from “The League”—which ends its seven-season run this week—but Paul Scheer is cooking up many a strange brew.
