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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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.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
Sadie Sartini Garner
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True Widow / photo by Stephanie Hageman
PREMIERE: The Meditative Metal of True Widow’s “FWTS:LTM” Gets an Equally Aching Video
The Dallas “stonegaze” trio released their latest album “AVVOLGERE” via Relapse last month.
October 13, 2016
Model/Actriz / photo by Peter Tomka
PREMIERE: Model/Actriz Get Physical in Video for Visceral “3/3”
The Boston threesome bring new meaning to the term “power trio.”
October 12, 2016
Navy Gangs / photo by Kyla Rae Polanco
PREMIERE: Fight Your Post-Debate Malaise with Navy Gangs’s “Mondays” Video
From the New York-via-Omaha group’s self-titled EP.
October 10, 2016
PREMIERE: New Madrid Serve Up a Psychedelic Burger in the “Not Up to Me” 360º Video
From the band’s latest album, April’s “MAGNETKINGMAGNETQUEEN.”
October 07, 2016
PREMIERE: Real Numbers Are Here to Give You a Jingle-Jangle Morning with their “Wordless Wonder” LP
Four dudes from Minneapolis are ready to step into the spotlight.
October 06, 2016
Playlist
PLAYLIST: With Help From Steely Dan, Parliament, and John Cale, Savoy Motel Take ’er Easy
The Nashville post-punks share the influences behind their self-titled debut.
October 05, 2016
Elohim / photo by Chase O’Black
PREMIERE: Elohim Serenades You with Mariachi Version of “Hallucinating”
The LA-based electro-pop artist flexes her versatility.
October 04, 2016
photo by Suzanne Cordeiro
Events
WATCH: Live Stream the First Weekend of ACL Fest, the Best Little Festival in Texas
Crack a few Lone Stars and tune in live.
September 29, 2016
PREMIERE: According to The Olympians, “Apollo’s Mood” is Kinda Funky, Kinda Chill
The dude with the world on his shoulders is taking it pretty easy.
September 28, 2016
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Playlist
PLAYLIST: Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster Has a Set of Short Stories for You
The Oxford, Mississippi singer-songwriter shares the tracks that inspired his new literary new album, “Constant Stranger.”
September 26, 2016
PREMIERE: Aan Turn Things Around Thanks to a “Hollywood Buyout” from Former UMO Drummer
Dada Distractions, produced by former Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Riley Geare, is out November 18.
September 20, 2016
PREMIERE: Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster Communes with “The Dirt, The Bells, and I” in Perfectly Constructed Folk Single
The Water Liars singer steps out on his own.
September 19, 2016
PREMIERE: And Now, A Special Message for the Far-Right from The Peep Tempel
“In Tony’s little factories of misguided pride, entitled greed / Blunt skulled foreman ring their bell, parading with their fear to sell.”
September 15, 2016
Trails and Ways / photo by Ginger Fierstein
PREMIERE: Trails and Ways Make Change Appealing Again in “Get Loud”
The Oakland duo will release their new LP, Own It, on October 7.
September 13, 2016
Living / photo by Simen Peder Aksnes Aarli
PREMIERE: Living Links Brazilian Grooves with Norwegian Pop on “Risen” Single
The Brazilian-cum-Bergenser returns with a new single ahead of an October EP.
September 12, 2016
Art & Culture
Andrew Bird and Natalie Morales Team Up to Fight Gun Violence with Moving Short Film
Plus Bird will be donating a portion of his ticket sales to Everytown for Gun Safety.
September 08, 2016
Black Marble / photo by Joseph Jagos
PREMIERE: Black Marble’s “Frisk” Slides By With a Very Light Touch
Imagine finding a synthy cassette on the hot dash of an old Pontiac.
September 08, 2016
Fresh Snow / photo by Gwendolyn Giovanni
PREMIERE: Toronto Krautrockers Fresh Snow Take You Through the “Three-Way Mirror”
From their new album, “ONE.”
September 07, 2016
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PREMIERE: Slow Mass Are Here to Help You Return to the Grind with the “Treasure Pain” EP
You get hardcore to wake you up and you get experimentation to keep you engaged.
September 06, 2016
Nick Waterhouse
PREMIERE: Nick Waterhouse Wants to Blow the Doors off the “Old Place” in New Video
“Never Twice” is out September 30 via Innovative Leisure.
September 02, 2016
