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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Butthole Surfers, After the Astronaut
The noise rockers’ long-shelved follow-up to Electriclarryland arrives as a fascinating artifact of a band caught between self-sabotage and the lure of commercial pop accessibility.
Sierra Spirit, Rodeo Clown
On her latest EP, the Native songwriter blends personal and ancestral histories with soft-plucked steel string and powwow drumming to create a shimmering portrait of her heritage.
Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Maria Lewczyk
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5 Russian Bands Giving the Next Emo Revival a Run For Its Money
If we’re due for another wave of emo soon, we’re looking somewhere colder than Eastern Pennsylvania.
February 05, 2021
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Turnover’s Grooves That Inspired “Altogether”
Along with a playlist curated by the band, Austin Getz goes deep on his newfound love of jazz.
November 18, 2019
Through Glitterer, Ned Russin Finds Solace in Challenging Himself
The Title Fight vocalist juggles his internal and external worlds on “Looking Through the Shades,” his debut LP for ANTI-.
July 11, 2019
PREMIERE: Bad Heaven Ltd. Explores Immobilizing Depression in “bed” Video
Frontman John Galm opens up about his struggles with mental illness and how he channeled it into his current project’s new album, “strength.”
July 08, 2019
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Carly Rae Jepsen, “Dedicated”
It’s fun, it’s frivolous, it’s insightful.
May 16, 2019
La Dispute’s Jordan Dreyer Talks Crystal Healing, the Impermanence of Being, and Radiohead
With “Panorama” marking the Grand Rapids emigrants’ first album in five years, Dreyer tells us what set the project into motion.
March 21, 2019
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Sir Babygirl, “Crush on Me”
Debut album “Crush on Me” explores maturity, queer identity, and how it all relates to the frosted pink, hardcore world we live in.
February 19, 2019
Adam McIlwee Talks Comics, Conspiracies, and the Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Mythology
Saturn is the center of our universe, and gothbois love it.
February 07, 2019
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Better Oblivion Community Center, “Better Oblivion Community Center”
“Better Oblivion Community Center” is a folk rock album that proves Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers to be perfect singing companions.
January 28, 2019
