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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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Watch Jack White Talk About His Impromptu Wedding and Getting Advice From Prince
The musician gave an interview and performed “What’s the Trick” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
April 21, 2022
Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall Announce That The WAEVE Is Coming
The former Blur guitarist and former Pipettes vocalist will release their debut via Transgressive Records.
April 21, 2022
Spooky King John Carpenter Announces “Firestarter” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Carpenter and fellow Halloween collaborators Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter shared the upcoming adaptation’s end title theme.
April 21, 2022
Ethel Cain Delivers a Summer Anthem with “American Teenager”
It’s the second single from her debut album Preacher’s Daughter that’s out May 12.
April 21, 2022
Purity Ring Return with Opalescent Single “Graves”
It’s the title track from their forthcoming EP, out June 3.
April 20, 2022
Watch Cat Power’s Jim Jarmusch–Directed Video for “A Pair of Brown Eyes”
The Pogues cover comes from her recent album Covers.
April 20, 2022
Bartees Strange Announces New Album, Takes Stock of Big Life Changes with “Cosigns”
Farm to Table, the follow-up to 2020’s Live Forever, is out June 17 via 4AD.
April 20, 2022
The Smile Announce Debut Album with New Single “Free in the Knowledge”
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner will release A Light for Attracting Attention on May 13.
April 20, 2022
Ravyn Lenae Is Unstoppable on New Single “M.I.A.”
The Chicago-born musician announced her debut album Hypnos is out May 20.
April 19, 2022
Ruth Radelet Ruminates on the Pursuit of Success on “Crimes”
It’s the first original solo single from the former lead singer of Chromatics.
April 19, 2022
Zola Jesus’ “Desire” Is an Emotional Exorcism
It’s the latest offering from her forthcoming album Arkhon, out May 20.
April 19, 2022
SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Pusha T, Mitski, and More Announced to Play This Year’s Outside Lands
The event—which also sees Green Day and Post Malone claiming headlining slots—will take place on the weekend of August 5 in Golden Gate Park.
April 19, 2022
Hot Chip’s New Single “Down” Will Have You, Well, Getting Down
It’s the first look at their forthcoming album Freakout/Release, out August 19 on Domino.
April 19, 2022
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In Conversation
Vundabar’s Brandon Hagen on Reframing Reality on “Devil for the Fire”
With the group’s latest record out now, Hagen talks horror, neuroplasticity, and newfound TikTok fame.
April 18, 2022
Make Your Day a Little Brighter with Tomberlin’s Soul-Searching “sunstruck”
The latest cut from i don’t know who needs to hear this… arrives with a Ryan Schnackenberg–directed video.
April 14, 2022
L7 Celebrate 30 Years of “Bricks Are Heavy” with Reissue and Tour Announcement
The trailblazing grunge rockers will be playing 17 dates across the US this October.
April 14, 2022
In the Mood for a New Moog? The Etherwave Theremin Is Back
Moog Music announced their latest update on the whimsical instrument.
April 14, 2022
Sonic Youth Share Live Kyiv Concert with Proceeds Going Toward Ukrainian Relief
Proceeds from the purchase of the 1989 set benefit World Central Kitchen, which provides meals amidst world crises.
April 14, 2022
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First Listen
Nutrients Aren’t Fighting Over Seating Arrangements on Their Breezy New Single “Window Seat”
It’s the first release from the Toronto-based group since their 2019 self-titled album.
April 14, 2022
Wild Pink’s “Q. Degraw” Pairs a Momentous Rush of Distortion with Personal Reflection
The new single follows last year’s A Billion Little Lights and the follow-up single “Florida.”
April 13, 2022
