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.
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Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
Lyndsey Parker
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Doublespeak Speaks: Vince Clarke, Blancmange’s Neil Arthur, and Benge Break Down Their New Covers LP
The supergroup shares a track-by-track guide to their self-titled debut album, featuring their take on everyone from ABBA to Fad Gadget.
May 29, 2026
The Human League’s Hard-Won Hits
Ahead of their first US tour in 15 years—including dates at the Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, and Grand Ole Opry—Philip Oakey talks five decades of impostor syndrome, reinvention, redemption, and being “the haircut at the front.”
May 21, 2026
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Silversun Pickups and Butch Vig Are Putting Each Other at Ease
In our latest digital cover story, Brian Aubert and producer/Garbage drummer Vig discuss their strong chemistry on SSPU’s latest album, Tenterhooks, at a recent Q&A event hosted by FLOOD.
March 24, 2026
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The House Gorillaz Built
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett celebrate 25 years of their massively successful multimedia project with input from collaborators Posdnuos of De La Soul and Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon, and also reflect on their latest conquest: their spiritual new record The Mountain.
December 12, 2025
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Gorillaz Announce Ninth Album “The Mountain,” Share Sparks Collab “The Happy Dictator”
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett give us the scoop on the project’s “part beautiful, part deadly, part futuristic” new record landing March 20.
September 11, 2025
No Regrets: Lydia Night Is Officially in Her Pop Era
The former Regrettes frontwoman unpacks her ambitious and attitudinal solo debut, Parody of Pleasure, and “the existential dread of being an artist.”
August 11, 2025
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Lucy Dacus: Creation in Destruction
In our latest digital cover story, the songwriter discusses Forever Is a Feeling, her first new solo album since boygenius’ hiatus, and how she’s learned to just enjoy the ride—no matter how long it lasts.
March 26, 2025
Standing in Front of Poseur: Redd Kross’ Guide to Lost Los Angeles
With their documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story opening on Thursday, Jeff and Steven McDonald take us on a tour of Redd Kross’ LA.
December 02, 2024
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Music Is in Maya Hawke’s Wise Blood
In our latest digital cover story, the actor and musician discusses her sophisticated new album Chaos Angel, her new Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat, and the unlikely ways in which they intersect.
May 30, 2024
