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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Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
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BROCKHAMPTON, “iridescence”
The American rap group—or boy band, if you ask them—have found the right balance of vulnerability and abrasive freneticism.
October 02, 2018
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Ariana Grande, “Sweetener”
“Sweetener” is a pop remedy for anxiety, while also explicitly detailing its crippling nature.
August 21, 2018
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Ross from Friends, “Family Portrait”
Ross from Friends’ debut indulges in humor and the minutiae of legacy, handling the details with care.
August 02, 2018
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The Internet, “Hive Mind”
“Hive Mind” solidifies The Internet’s sound as a newly formed molecule, sharing skills and attributes like electrons in a covalent bond.
July 25, 2018
Let’s Eat Grandma Are Wizards of an Everyday Reality
More playful than cannibalistic, Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton want you to join them in the supermarket of their dreams.
July 03, 2018
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Parquet Courts, “Wide Awake!”
Parquet Courts are practicing a kind of self-care: the self-care of rebellion, of questioning, of not taking things at face value.
May 23, 2018
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Tinashe, “Joyride”
Tinashe is confident and proud, but at the end of thirty-six minutes there doesn’t seem to be a clear understanding of who she is.
April 25, 2018
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Frankie Cosmos, “Vessel”
A hodgepodge of contemplations on love at its best and worst.
April 13, 2018
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Dream Wife, “Dream Wife”
Over fortified vocal harmonies, punching rock drum beats, and growling guitars that ring like fire alarms, Dream Wife have conceived a pointed but fun debut.
February 09, 2018
