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.
Towa Bird, Gentleman
The shred-bending guitarist is out for blood on her second LP as she channels femme-punk fury and four-on-the-floor disco beats into songs aiming to bust the heads of the pop patriarchy.
Telehealth, Green World Image
The Seattle band mashes up Millennial malaise with ’80s synthpunk and biting satire on a playful second LP that crowds out the more emotional elements with terminally online irony.
Nara’s Room, Tearless, thoughtless
The Brooklyn band bring more dimension to their sound on a magnetic second record that’s framed by a mix of analog technology and Y2K aesthetics.
Margaret Farrell
The classic rock–indebted LP is a delicious blend of sugary pop and cathartic rock.
From her sharp delivery and bite-me bravado, Meg flexes at 150 percent on her debut album.
Felix Walworth’s third LP documents some of the most massive and complex sounds they’ve ever dreamed up.
Ben Shemie and Liam O’Neill talk covering Zappa, becoming a conceptual band, and the restrictions of the LP format.
The tracks on the Big Thief vocalist’s double album are warm and spacious with high ceilings.
Morby’s sixth album is both cosmic and terrestrial, with tracks seeped in death and change.
The two songwriters talk collaboration, inspiration, and fighting the good fight.
This debut LP illustrates enthralling production, thoughtful suspicion, and poetic compassion.
“Hannah” is a capsule of acceptance, frustration, and growth.
The Lawrence brothers fail to maintain any exciting spark that existed on their 2014 debut.
McEntire’s sophomore record is an album to escape into without being a delusional utopia.
The R&B songwriter’s album is for “the women who like to say what’s on their mind.”
“Skullcrusher” is an exciting, strange collection of songs from a new songwriter who showcases immense promise.
The EP marks the Colombian-Canadian songwriter’s first release since cutting ties with her major label.
The Courtneys offshoot roams across tennis courts and parties they don’t want to attend on “Somewhere.”
“how i’m feeling now” finds Charli stuck at home with her own anxieties and a tumultuous relationship.
Lipa’s vocal dexterity and blissful pop production carry the weight of her second record.
Sophie Allison on how she’s handling being stuck inside and her post-release reflections on “Color Theory.”
Australian singer Martha Brown explains how familial research and a move to LA inspired her glittering debut.
The celebration of indulgence contended with Deborah Dugan’s firing and Kobe Bryant’s tragic death.
