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.
Bedouine, Neon Skin Summer
Flowing out of a period of stillness, Azniv Korkejian’s fourth LP dusts up a world of childhood innocence as it diverges from the folk-pop tradition—and her own catalog—of lovelorn intensity.
Kurt Vile, Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me
The slacker-folk songwriter’s latest is an uncharacteristically fuzzy ode to his hometown that feels like a late-night hang surrounded by the ghosts of his various musical heroes.
Elder, Through Zero
With their seventh LP, the heavy psych-rockers demonstrate what experimental majesty a band can create when they’ve spent two decades working to play together on the same wavelength.
Margaret Farrell
The Israeli pop artist’s 2nd album is a messy, confrontational, entrancing explosion of socio-political thoughts.
Recorded between 1998 and 1999, “Tallahassee: Archive Series Volume no. 5” is out May 7 via Sub Pop.
It’s the first single from “Crooked Machine,” the reshaping of last year’s “Róisín Machine” by producer Crooked Man.
The London five-piece have made an accompanying music video for each track.
Batmanglij’s sophomore album of the same name is out June 4 via Matsor Projects.
The Philly rapper collaborated with kids and LEGO to create her latest music video.
“Daddy’s Home” is out May 14 on Loma Vista.
Re-released as a double-LP with 15 new tracks, Alejandro Rose-Garcia’s debut celebrates 10 years of existence.
The latest single from the Swedish singer follows last year’s “A Bite of Papaya.”
The Busta Rhymes-sampling single follows last year’s “2000AND4EVA.”
The trailblazing new wave group is nominated for Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction this year.
Their new LP “Smash” will be out this July on Walkmen bassist Peter Bauer’s label Fortune Tellers.
The newest signing to Mark Ronson’s Zelig Records has an EP coming this spring.
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The Manchester, TN festival is scheduled for the weekend of September 2.
Their collaborative full-length “Utopian Ashes” is out July 2 on Third Man Records.
The set, which is out May 7, includes a bonus album called “Far Memory.”
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Their next album “No Gods No Masters” comes June 11.
The Bay Area artist’s debut is due later this year via Park the Van Records.
The three new covers appear on a deluxe version of “Saint Cloud.”
Unlike that ’00s compilation, it’s actually really great.
