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.
Courtney Barnett, Creature of Habit
Still flatliningly deadpan, the Australian songwriter uses the back-and-forth fear of the new as a start point for further depth-diving and confession on her fourth solo album.
The Twilight Sad, It’s the Long Goodbye
The sixth album from the Scottish proponents of existential angst is centered around the intertwining duality of death and life, fueled in turn by feelings of despair, disbelief, and defiance.
deary, Birding
Sounding like a band well into their second decade of existence, the London-based dream-pop trio stretch each song on their debut without ever letting them overstay their welcome.
Kim March
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.
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.
