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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Kelsey Lu, So Help Me God
On their second LP, Lu taps Jack Antonoff and Yves Rothman to co-produce a fascinating tapestry of pop, R&B, electronica, classical, folk, and everything avant-garde in between.
Genghis Tron, Signal Fire
The cacophony of ideas on display on the transhumanist metal band’s dystopian fourth album reflects the relentless, manic digi-present we find ourselves in today.
Vince Staples, Cry Baby
On his first release away from Def Jam, the emcee spends more time looking outward than inward, peering into a communal politic with more rock to his roll than ever before.
Margaret Farrell
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Wallows Recruit Remi Wolf and Solomonophonic for “OK” Remix
The remix follows the trio’s quarantine-recorded “Remote” EP.
February 05, 2021
Hear H.E.R.’s New Golden Globe-Nominated Song “Fight for You”
The track is featured in the Shaka King–directed film “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
February 04, 2021
Hayley Williams Details New Album Coming Tomorrow
“FLOWERS for VASES / descansos” is out at midnight.
February 04, 2021
Lil Uzi Vert Got a Pink Diamond Forehead Piercing Worth Millions
“Pain Is Beauty,” indeed.
February 03, 2021
boygenius Reunites For Julien Baker’s Latest Single “Favor”
The supergroup, including Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, jumped on the track off Baker’s forthcoming album “Little Oblivions.”
February 03, 2021
The Midnight Hours’ Adrian Younge Shares New Track “The American Negro”
Younge releases the title track of his forthcoming album and announces a multimedia project.
February 02, 2021
Watch Bully Cover PJ Harvey and Talk Mental Health
Alicia Bognanno covers “Dry” from Harvey’s 1993 album “Rid Of Me.”
February 02, 2021
Music in 2020—Very Much Unlike 2020 Itself—Was All About Fairy Tales
How everyone from Phoebe Bridgers and Soccer Mommy to Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift found escape from this hell year in fantasy.
December 21, 2020
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Jordana, “Something to Say to You”
Jordana Nye continues to experiment with crunching rock, hip-hop, and jazz into enticing three-minute morsels.
December 09, 2020
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Miley Cyrus, “Plastic Hearts”
The classic rock–indebted LP is a delicious blend of sugary pop and cathartic rock.
November 30, 2020
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Megan Thee Stallion, “Good News”
From her sharp delivery and bite-me bravado, Meg flexes at 150 percent on her debut album.
November 24, 2020
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Told Slant, “Point the Flashlight and Walk”
Felix Walworth’s third LP documents some of the most massive and complex sounds they’ve ever dreamed up.
November 17, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Suuns Discuss Pursuing New Ideas on Their Experimental “Fiction” EP
Ben Shemie and Liam O’Neill talk covering Zappa, becoming a conceptual band, and the restrictions of the LP format.
October 29, 2020
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Adrianne Lenker, “Songs” + “Instrumentals”
The tracks on the Big Thief vocalist’s double album are warm and spacious with high ceilings.
October 26, 2020
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Kevin Morby, “Sundowner”
Morby’s sixth album is both cosmic and terrestrial, with tracks seeped in death and change.
October 19, 2020
Digital CoverIn Conversation
H.E.R. and Cordae Will Lead You to Truth
The two songwriters talk collaboration, inspiration, and fighting the good fight.
October 06, 2020
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Nana Adjoa, “Big Dreamings Ants”
This debut LP illustrates enthralling production, thoughtful suspicion, and poetic compassion.
September 25, 2020
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Lomelda, “Hannah”
“Hannah” is a capsule of acceptance, frustration, and growth.
September 09, 2020
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Disclosure, “Energy”
The Lawrence brothers fail to maintain any exciting spark that existed on their 2014 debut.
September 03, 2020
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H.C. McEntire, “Eno Axis”
McEntire’s sophomore record is an album to escape into without being a delusional utopia.
August 24, 2020
