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.
Allison Russell, In the Hour of Chaos
Clearly written in the pressure cooker of Trump’s America, the artist’s community-oriented third album battles the darkness with an at-times overwhelming sense of optimism.
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Stones come as close as they ever will to reckoning with their twilight years on a surprisingly effective 25th LP that finds them bringing a fresh spark to their signature sound.
Kelela, New Avatar
The songwriter’s earliest soul and jazz influences can be found swirling throughout her third album, which also expands into the realms of hypnotic electronic music and alt rock.
Margaret Farrell
The rotating roster also includes Alvvays, Bartees Strange, Faye Webster, Indigo De Souza, Lucy Dacus, Sleater Kinney, Snail Mail, and Waxahatchee.
The album, out June 17, features Mike Hadreas’ two 2019 singles “Pop Song” and “Eye in the Wall.”
The single announces her forthcoming album Sometimes, Forever out June 24.
It’s the latest single from Apollo’s forthcoming album Ivory, out April 8.
The follow-up to 2019’s Fine Line is out May 20.
It’s the Swedish musician’s first new original music since 2020’s “BRON.”
It’s the latest music from Blanco following their mini-album from last year Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep.
It’s the latest glimpse of the A24 film’s soundtrack, which boasts contributions from Mitski, David Byrne, Randy Newman, and more.
The cover is part of the trio’s massive reissue project, and comes from their forthcoming EP Letting Off the Happiness: A Companion which arrives May 27.
Charli XCX
Charli XCX, Turnstile, Jazmine Sullivan, Caroline Polachek, Glass Animals, Maxo Kream, and Willow make for a more exciting lineup.
The new single announces their forthcoming album WE that’s out May 6.
The follow-up to last year’s Inbred EP is out May 12.
The former tourmates collaborate for the first time one-on-one following both artists’ debut albums dropping in 2021.
It’s her first new music since 2019’s Athena.
What’s the Furthest Place From Here? continues its 7-inch series this September.
The follow-up to 2020’s You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere is out now via Fat Possum.
It’s the latest single from Sylvan Esso’s artist-forward record label Psychic Hotline.
The now-duo are releasing Love Is Yours, the follow-up to 2018’s Constant Image, on June 17.
Arcade Fire / photo by Andy Sawyer
The group will be releasing “The Lightning I, II” as a single on Thursday morning.
The new single announces their forthcoming self-titled album, out June 24 via Saddest Factory Records.
