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.
Boys Noize, 7LLVSION
Made bigger and brawnier by his recent collaboration with Nine Inch Nails, the German-Iraqi electronic producer’s first new solo album in five years proves the most maximal of his career.
Catherine Elicson, River of Fat
Quietly defiant and beautifully insular, the Empath vocalist’s solo debut is a capsule of self-discovery and experimentation outside the confines of any kind of relationship structure.
Bad Brains, Are You Ready
With these raw recordings from 1979, the DC band provides a glimpse into the birth of modern hardcore-punk—which would be far more exciting if we didn’t already have the incendiary Black Dots collection.
Kim March
“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.
Sahara / Coachella 2015 Weekend 1 / photo by Max Sweeney
Rage Against the Machine are also headlining, practically the only rockers who made the cut.
The gala takes place at The Hollywood Palladium this Saturday.
The jazzy tune comes off their sophomore record, “mō’zā-ik.”
EASY EYE SOUND/FANTASY
The track is off his Dan Auerbach–produced solo debut “El Dorado,” out in January via Fantasy Records.
The duo covered “It Must Have Been Love” on Swedish radio.
Plus, the full line-up for the second half of “ACL” season 45.
The new supergroup has a full album coming in March.
The new record from the ex-Black Lips guitarist is out this Friday.
The dream rock duo’s new track is off their forthcoming EP, set for release in early 2020.
