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.
Punchbag, I Am Obsessed
The South London sibling duo take stock of the clutter in their life with a second EP of rave-infused pop-punk that may convince the listener that it was actually recorded in 2012.
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang, Pompeii // Utility
Working over Surf Gang’s emollient cloud-rap sound beds, both rappers’ blackly comic takes on the fall of mankind in the 21st century come together in a show of unity, utility, and futility.
Jessie Ware, Superbloom
Three albums into her tenure as a pure-pleasure purveyor, Ware leans into the featherweight grooves of the ABBA era for a smooth yet occasionally frictionless epilogue to the trilogy.
Lily Moayeri
The English expat talks her new album, alter egos, settling in LA, and giving back to the community.
An incidental enrollment in a performative poetry class led the Chicago artist to a career in music.
Jeff and Steve McDonald on “Beyond the Door” and keeping the party going for over forty years.
The Icelandic band’s frontwoman Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir on their new album and why they won’t move to America.
When she’s not touring behind her debut album, she’s eager to share her passion for music with younger generations.
The artist formerly known as Chet Faker balances solidarity and collaboration on his new LP, “Run Fast Sleep Naked.”
Desert Daze moves to a new location but keeps the same far out vibe.
