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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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Julia Jacklin and RVG Join Forces to Cover Björk’s “Army of Me”
It’s the first new music we’ve heard from Jacklin this year.
May 27, 2021
Jelani Aryeh Runs From the Flames in New Video for “From These Heights”
His debut album “I’ve Got Some Living to Do” is out this July.
May 26, 2021
Track by Track
nasimiYu Leads Us Through the Magic of “P O T I O N S” Track by Track
After a seven-year hiatus, the dancer/activist/musician returns with ten glorious tracks.
May 26, 2021
Justus Proffit Finds Control Amidst the Flames on “Burning the Ground”
His new album “Speedstar” is coming August 20 via Bar/None Records.
May 26, 2021
Art & Culture
Solange’s Saint Heron Announces Its Next Chapter
Saint Heron was founded in 2013 by Solange, and today the the organization dedicated to uplifting radical and innovative voices…
May 25, 2021
Wye Oak Connect with the Unpredictability of Time and Personal Growth on “TNT”
The duo has another new single, “Its Way With Me,” coming June 22.
May 25, 2021
Playlist
Bad Waitress Share a Playlist of Their Favorite Tracks by Toronto Artists
The noxious punks’ latest single “Too Many Bad Habits” is out now via Royal Mountain Records.
May 24, 2021
appleby’s New Single “Half Life” Is an Alleviating Exercise Against Failure
It’s the latest in a series of singles since his “Happiness” EP from 2018.
May 21, 2021
Track by Track
Sons of Raphael Lead Us to Hell and Back in Their Track by Track Breakdown of Their Debut LP
The brothers’ “Full-Throated Messianic Homage” is out today.
May 21, 2021
Playlist
PACKS Share a Playlist of Their Favorite Tracks by Other Artists with All-Caps Names
Their debut album “take the cake” is out tomorrow via Fire Talk/Royal Mountain Records.
May 20, 2021
Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen Cross Paths on new Single “Like I Used To”
Their first collaborative single comes with a striking video directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch.
May 20, 2021
SOFI TUKKER, Foster the People, Vagabon, and More to Appear on New Red Hot Comp
“Red Hot + Free,” a double album of dance music, is out July 2.
May 20, 2021
N0V3L Details the World at a Strained Distance on “Stranger”
It’s the third single from their forthcoming debut album “NON-FICTION,” which is out May 28.
May 19, 2021
Rosalía Hops on Rework of Oneohtrix Point Never’s “Nothing’s Special”
The two became friends in 2018 and have been working together on music since.
May 19, 2021
Michael Imperioli Stars in Japanese Breakfast’s Blood-Sucking Video for “Savage Good Boy”
It’s the third single from Michelle Zauner’s upcoming album “Jubilee.”
May 19, 2021
Lollapalooza Officially Returns to Chicago with Foo Fighters, Tyler, the Creator, and Miley Cyrus
Post Malone, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, and Modest Mouse will also play the fest scheduled for the weekend of July 29.
May 19, 2021
Faye Webster Keeps Her Thoughts Candid on “I Know I’m Funny haha”
It’s the title track from her forthcoming album out June 25 on Secretly Canadian.
May 18, 2021
Vundabar Show Vampires Need Friends Too in “Aphasia” Video
It follows the Boston trio’s 2020 album “Either Light.”
May 18, 2021
Pitchfork Festival Returning to Chicago This September
Erykah Badu, Phoebe Bridgers, and St. Vincent will headline in Union Park.
May 17, 2021
Soccer Mommy Releases Cover of The Chicks’ “Wide Open Spaces”
The cover, which she recorded a few years ago, is finally on streaming.
May 14, 2021
