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.
Paul McCartney, The Boys of Dungeon Lane
On his 20th album, the octogenarian pop-rock architect builds a time machine out of scuffed acoustic guitars, warm tape hiss, and the kind of indelible melodies that cast a long shadow.
Iceage, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
By returning to the rustic environment that birthed their mid-career peak, the Danish post-punks rekindle their core artistic flame with a masterclass in controlled chaos.
Sparta, Cut a Silhouette
Produced by Jawbox’s J. Robbins and featuring songs written by MCR’s Frank Iero, the post-hardcore band’s third album since reuniting sees them firing on all cylinders from start to end.
Margaret Farrell
Their self-titled EP will see a physical release on June 18 via Partisan.
Available June 3, the deluxe version of her debut album comes with three new tracks.
The Nashville rapper’s new album Metropolis drops June 3 via Mello Music Group.
After a three-year hiatus, the series will return to the LA art museum from June through September.
The video celebrates the one-year anniversary of Maria Ulven’s debut album if i could make it go quiet.
Strange details a painful reality for Black youth in America on his latest single from Farm to Table.
Nine Inch Nails / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Other performers include Ice Cube, Sleater-Kinney, Bauhaus, Descendents, Yellowcard, Alice Glass, The Wonder Years, Bully, and Sunny Day Real Estate.
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.
