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.
Telehealth, Green World Image
The Seattle band mashes up Millennial malaise with ’80s synthpunk and biting satire on a playful second LP that crowds out the more emotional elements with terminally online irony.
Nara’s Room, Tearless, thoughtless
The Brooklyn band bring more dimension to their sound on a magnetic second record that’s framed by a mix of analog technology and Y2K aesthetics.
Winston Hightower, 100 Acre Wood
The 14 songs featured on the Columbus native’s second album may be as short as the ones on its lo-fi predecessor, but they’re far more fleshed out with catchier and on-point rock music.
Kim March
The emo/pop-punk kings of the 2000s are back.
The track, off her forthcoming album “U kin B the Sun,” is Angie Stone–inspired.
It’s the lead single from “New Me, Same Us,” out March 27.
It’ll be their first in nine long years.
Frontman Matt Shultz had the most wardrobe changes in a single show in “ACL” history.
The psych/soul blend comes off an album of the same name, out March 13 via Colemine Records.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / photo by Luis Moreno
The Amazon Original exclusive track is available today.
“Simmer” is the first track off “PETALS FOR ARMOR,” her new album out in May.
“Traditional Techniques” will be out March 6 via Matador.
“Other Side of Town” mixes New Orleans R&B with doo-wop gang vocals in a psychedelic blender.
The 1975 at Shrine Expo Hall / photo by Joyce Jude Lee
The upcoming tour also comes with some environmental promises.
Featuring Tame Impala, Missy Elliott, Flume, Vampire Weekend, and more.
The track is off “The Turning” movie soundtrack, and is inspired in part by the late Jay Reatard.
H.E.R., Bonnie Raitt, Camila Cabello, and the Jonas Brothers will also be hitting the Grammy stage this year.
MIA at Riot Fest / photo by Brigid Gallagher
Prince William made her a Member Of The Order Of The British Empire.
Daphne Nguyen
The track is off her new EP “Stranger Heart,” due out February 14.
The event will also feature performances by Boogie and Bobby Gonz.
Including covers of “Flea Market,” “Fruit Salad,” “Hungry Hippo,” and “Hookers & Pretty Ugly.”
She’s also announced pop-up art galleries in NYC and LA to celebrate the upcoming release of “Likewise.”
Since the paper’s annual music poll has been discontinued, Glenn Boothe continues the tradition himself.
