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 second single from My Soft Machine features production assistance from Brockhampton’s Romil Hemnani and Carter Lang.
It’s the Jagjaguwar signee’s first release of the year.
SPEED RUN, the hyperpop duo’s first release for True Panther, is out April 14.
Other notable acts include Ela Minus, Zeds Dead, Caribou, and Uniiqu3 for the fest taking place Memorial Day weekend.
It’s the third single from Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume, which arrives March 17 via Warp Records.
Water From Your Eyes at Matador
The follow-up to 2021’s Structure is out May 26 via their new label home of Matador Records.
The Valley of Vision is out March 10 via Loma Vista.
It’s the second single from their forthcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, which arrives April 28 via 4AD.
AW & Molly Neuman Brats
The Oakland fest featuring Le Tigre, Gravy Train!!!!, ESG, and more will take place the weekend of July 1.
We’re getting lucky with 35 minutes of unreleased music on May 12.
I Hope You Can Forgive Me is out May 12.
The duo’s new album So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously is out May 5 via Rhymesayers.
Margaret Sohn discusses how sci-fi texts such as Ex Machina and Donna J. Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto inspired their debut album Follow the Cyborg.
It’s the second single from their forthcoming debut album Past // Present // Future that’s out March 10 on Fueled by Ramen.
photo Jolene Sian
The tour kicks off in April and will run through May.
The single arrives ahead of the band’s upcoming dates supporting White Reaper.
Big Picture is out April 14 via Dead Oceans.
The original version appeared on Samira Winter’s album from last year What Kind of Blue Are You?.
The new single announces her EP BAD PREMONITION that’s out March 17.
It’s the second sample from their forthcoming album Continue as a Guest, which arrives March 31 via Merge.
