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.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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.
Kim March
The 17-year-old songwriter follows up a trio of EPs with a single co-written with The Vaccines’ Justin Young.
The clip channels Russian propaganda and a chain-smoking clown.
It’s the third single from “The New Abnormal,” which drops this Friday.
CHVRCHES / photo by Daniel Cavazos
The “Love Is Dead” single gets the social distance treatment.
Photoshoot with music band Grouplove. Shot for Flood Magazine on 3.10.2020. Photographed in Los Angeles, California.
The five musicians (and one mascot) sync perfectly on the “Grouplove group chat.”
The song will appear on his latest LP, “Rock Bottom Rhapsody,” which drops next week.
7th and Red River
Titles from this year’s festival will be screened for free on Prime over a ten-day period.
The Indian-American songwriter shares his latest single from the forthcoming album “Melismatic.”
The duo share on more single before the release of their third album, “Womb,” this Friday.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band by Jennifer Mccord
It’ll provide grants to the Hall’s Collective to help with expenses resulting from loss of work due to COVID-19.
Coinciding with the release of her second album, Devotion, the songwriter lists her favorite soulful jams.
The Toronto-based singer has released a new track off “JOYRiDE,” out April 23.
The vid features a rapping robot, dancing skeletons, and a life-size game of Operation.
Her second song of the year translates to “hurt me” in Spanish.
Their first new music since 2011…with bagpipes.
Father John Misty at Lollapalooza 2015 / by Chad Kamenshine
Proceeds go to the Recording Academy’s MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.
The Detroit native made over 100 records and wrote more than 3,000 original songs.
Photos with Ladytron on Day 2 of their L.A. Fonda Theatre performance. Photographed for Flood Magazine on 3..1.19 in Los Angeles, CA.
Their playlist features Cocteau Twins, Harmonia, Françoise Hardy, and more.
The new “Always Tomorrow” dates are in September.
More coronavirus cancellations.
