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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Flying Lotus, Big Mama
A hodgepodge of electronic textures, genres, and styles, the artist’s proper debut for his own Brainfeeder label feels improvisational despite its meticulous craftsmanship.
Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live
These early live recordings and studio demos of tracks familiar from the band’s first three LPs provide worthwhile peeks into the ensemble’s process as a trio.
Various artists, HELP(2)
The sequel to the Britpop-era War Child comp couldn’t have arrived at a better time, with its guest-filled track list embodying the charity’s mission of healing in the midst of global violence.
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Amindi Talks Self-Love, Nods to The Weeknd and Drake While Breaking Down Her “nice” EP
The debut EP is out today via Human Re-Sources.
July 29, 2021
Riddy Arman Finds Resolve When It’s “Too Late to Write a Love Song”
It’s the second single from her self-titled debut album coming September 10 on La Honda Records/Thirty Tigers.
July 29, 2021
Mount Kimbie Release Atmospheric New Tracks “Black Stone” and “Blue Liquid”
The two tracks didn’t make the cut for their 2017 album “Love What Survives.”
July 28, 2021
Sleigh Bells Announce Sixth Album with the Ominous “Locust Laced”
The duo’s new album “Texis” is out September 10 on Mom + Pop Music.
July 28, 2021
Turnstile Come Back Into the Spotlight with “BLACKOUT”
The group’s forthcoming album “GLOW ON” is out August 27 via Roadrunner Records.
July 28, 2021
Zelma Stone Channels the Faith and Grace of Familial Support on “Money Honey”
The new single is from her third EP “The Best,” out August 20.
July 28, 2021
IAN SWEET’s Cover of Coldplay’s “Yellow” Shares the Charm of the Original
The cover follows this year’s “Show Me How You Disappear” LP, out now on Polyvinyl.
July 27, 2021
Snow Ellet Toasts to the Exciting Prospect of Becoming Oneself with “Wine on the Carpet”
Eric Reyes’ debut EP “Suburban Indie Rock Star” is getting a re-release that features two new tracks.
July 27, 2021
SASAMI Is the Babysitter From Hell in the Video for Her Cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Sorry Entertainer”
The video was directed by Patti Harrison and Alan Resnick.
July 27, 2021
On Pageants’ “Worse,” There’s No Cure for a Lonesome Heart (Even With FaceTime)
The duo’s album “Sun and Settled Days” is out July 30 via Eye Dull.
July 27, 2021
Future Crib Protect True Love with the Help of a Monk, Jester, and Wizard on “BG”
The track is from the Nashville group’s forthcoming album “Full Time Smile,” which is out September 10.
July 27, 2021
koleżanka’s “A Mouthful” Reveals Why No One Wants to Work in Food Service
“Place Is” is out this Friday, July 30 on Bar/None Records.
July 26, 2021
박혜진 Park Hye Jin Achieves Understated Tension on “Whatchu Doin Later”
It’s the second single from her debut album “Before I Die,” which is out September 10 via Ninja Tune.
July 26, 2021
Caroline Polachek Enters the Storage Facility of Her Mind in “Bunny Is a Rider” Video
The video she co-directed with Matt Copson finds Polachek teleporting within a labyrinth of boxes.
July 26, 2021
Lil Nas X Gives Us Countless Additional Reasons to Love Him with “Industry Baby” Video
The new single features rapper Jack Harlow and was produced by Kanye West and Take a Daytrip.
July 23, 2021
Common Holly Shares Two Hushed Singles “Preoccupy” and “The Moon”
It’s the first music from the Montreal musician since 2019’s “When I Say to You Black Lightning.”
July 23, 2021
Beck Is a Young Paul McCartney in the Video for “Find My Way”
“McCartney III Imagined” is out now.
July 22, 2021
illuminati hotties and Buck Meek Take Us to the Wild West and the Beach on “u v v p”
“Let Me Do One More” is out October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks and Hopeless Records.
July 22, 2021
alexalone’s “Electric Sickness” Is a Comforting Wash of Existential Fuzz
It’s the newest single from their album “ALEXALONEWORLD,” which is out August 13 on Polyvinyl.
July 22, 2021
Clinic Take Us on an Enigmatic Rockabilly Trip to “Fantasy Island”
It’s the title track from the band’s forthcoming ninth album, which is out October 22 via Domino.
July 22, 2021
