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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Flea, Honora
While the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist’s collaboration-heavy foray into jazz occasionally errs on the side of pensive, it’s never anything less than heartfelt.
Robyn, Sexistential
The Stockholm-based electropop auteur’s ode to motherhood falls right in line with her always-mature, somewhat-confrontational manner of making desire-driven dance pop.
Holy Fuck, Event Beat
The Canadian band’s sixth collection of percussion-driven, electronically augmented art-rock walks a fascinating tightrope between hard-hitting noise and grooving synth-funk.
Jeff Terich
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Bush Tetras, “They Live in My Head”
The cult post-punks ease into a more accessible form of noise rock than their skronkiest early works exhibited that nonetheless feels like a natural progression from where we last heard them.
July 26, 2023
In Conversation
Titus Andronicus on Revisiting the Past, Personal Growth, and the Pursuit of Ultimate Rock
Patrick Stickles discusses the group’s new album The Will to Live, out this week via Merge Records.
September 29, 2022
IDLES Are on a Mission to Destroy Macho Rock ’n’ Roll
On the follow-up to their 2017 debut, the Bristol punks are louder, fiercer, and entirely more vulnerable.
August 22, 2018
photo by Ray Lego
Sense and Sensuality: Torres and the Healthy Hedonism of “Three Futures”
Mackenzie Scott maps out the mental spaces, color palettes, and newfound sensuality that influenced her third LP.
November 13, 2017
The Nominal Potency of Omni
Don’t call it slacker rock, but the Atlanta trio provide only the bare minimum.
November 03, 2017
In Conversation
In Conversation: Ted Leo Is Building a Home
Having formally stepped away from the Pharmacists for the first time in his career, Leo is taking a new approach at this whole rock star thing.
August 30, 2017
photo by Lance Laurence
Making Mischief with Black Lips
The baddest dudes in Hotlanta know how to find the weird wherever they go.
July 30, 2017
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The Mountain Goats, “Goths”
More than anything, “Goths” seems to operate like an extended love letter to the oft-misunderstood subculture.
June 06, 2017
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Future Islands, “The Far Field”
“The Far Field,” much like Future Islands albums that preceded it, is a deeply romantic album.
April 14, 2017
Ty Segall / photo Denée Petracek
Freedom Rock: The Fuzzbox Liturgy of Ty Segall
Having conquered a variety of genre albums in recent years, the genre this time around is that there isn’t a genre—just a dedication to the sanctity of the music and music alone.
January 20, 2017
Born Again: Preoccupations Reintroduce Themselves
After their strong debut found them playing to passionate crowds, controversy over the Calgary band’s original name caused them to retreat and regroup. Now they’ve returned with a new name and a second debut record that might be darker—and more powerful—than the first.
September 13, 2016
