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.
Bleachers, Everyone for Ten Minutes
The bigness that Jack Antonoff holds on his band’s latest album is dedicated to the human spirit and the hope of something better—and rockier—for our future.
Lowertown, Ugly Duckling Union
The NYC duo return to their DIY roots on their creatively unbridled second LP, turning a highly unusual concept into something rather heartfelt and wonkily majestic.
Hammock, The Second Coming Was a Moonrise
The Nashville veterans blend the understated melancholia of dream pop with the more dramatic scale of post-rock on their latest album with a nice push-and-pull effect.
Margaret Farrell
Asphalt Meadows, the follow-up to 2018’s Thank You for Today, is out September 16.
Cheat Codes—out August 12—features MF Doom, Raekwon & Kid Sister, Joey Bada$$, Conway the Machine, and A$AP Rocky with Run the Jewels.
Apple announced the discontinuation of the iPod Touch—the last variation of the product originally launched over 20 years ago.
It’s the lead single from her forthcoming album Pre Pleasure, out August 26 via Polyvinyl.
Caroline Polachek
The Jack Antonoff–produced project also includes Thundercat, Brockhampton, and Phoebe Bridgers covering classic ’70s hits.
The Pipettes’ Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur’s Graham Coxon share their first song as a duo.
The single follows Rocky’s recent collaborations with A$AP Ant, $NOT, and Nigo.
It’s the English songwriter’s first release since dropping her sophomore album Colourgrade last year.
Enter to win a pair of tickets to the Pasadena festival taking place on August 27 & 28, and featuring The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, and many more.
Beach House 2021
Get a taste of the duo’s soundtrack in the two teasers shared ahead of the film’s release this Friday.
It’s Blanco second collaborative single of the year following “Family Ties” with Michael Stipe.
Beach Bunny
It’s the third single from their forthcoming sophomore album Emotional Creature, out July 22.
The single comes with an Alaska-directed video featuring some steamy scenes with a robot.
Events throughout June at The O2 in London will bring together artists and climate experts to discuss global change.
How Do You Burn? is out September 9 on Royal Cream/BMG.
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Shaun Fleming recalls how a house party fire, middle school bullies, family trauma, and lost friends shaped their most personal album to date.
Humberstone’s second single co-written with The 1975’s Matty Healy arrives with a video.
Co-produced by John Congleton, the single is the first look at the duo’s tenth album.
It’s the first single from their forthcoming album Formentera that’s out July 8.
The Versions, out June 10, also features ANOHNI, Greentea Peng, Sudan Archives, Jamila Woods, TYSON, Kelsey Lu, and Seinabo Sey.
