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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Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Fucked Up, Year of the Goat
Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.
Max Freedman
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Digital Cover
It’s Not Just Weyes Blood, It’s Everybody
In our latest digital cover story, Natalie Mering discusses the heartbreak and global concerns that intertwine on her doom-laced yet oddly sanguine new album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.
November 16, 2022
In Conversation
Beach House on Growing and Staying Grounded with Once Twice Melody
Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally discuss how their core aesthetic remains the same as they expand their sonic boundaries.
February 21, 2022
Digital Cover
The Community of Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records
With her new record label, Bridgers is using an ever-growing platform to promote her musical community in Los Angeles and beyond. Here, she and the label’s signees—including Claud, MUNA, Charlie Hickey, and Sloppy Jane—discuss their growing circle and the challenges of sharing their music through what’s ultimately a business.
February 14, 2022
In Conversation
In Conversation: Hana Vu on the Metaphors and Metamorphosis of “Public Storage”
The LA-based musician discusses her most collaborative, rock-oriented release yet—one whose “debut album” label tells only part of the story.
November 18, 2021
St. Vincent’s “Strange Mercy” at 10: How Annie Clark Brought Life to Not Feeling Alive
Her first of many albums in a highly tailored musical and narrative costume, Clark’s third and most consistent LP set her on a mercurial, cryptic path that continues today.
September 10, 2021
Mykki Blanco Is Here To Stay
The genre-defying artist discusses the freedom they felt on “Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep,” their first release in five years.
June 24, 2021
SOPHIE’s Loss Is Devastating for Pop Music, LGBTQ+ Culture, and Everything Between
SOPHIE massively impacted 21st century music and queer discourse, and the musician’s sudden death leaves a vast, heartbreaking gap.
February 01, 2021
The Most Surprising Collaborations of 2020
10 head-turning guest verses to match these strange times.
December 28, 2020
Jesse Kivel’s Guide To Los Angeles Via the Landmarks of “Infinite Jess”
Kivel’s new LP is his memory map of LA, so we invited him to walk us through his version of the city.
November 12, 2020
Knot on Returning to Music and Living an Explicitly Political Life
The Boston rock band Krill is back with a new name, a new member, years of activist experience, and plenty to say about living politically.
October 28, 2020
On “Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea,” PJ Harvey Accidentally Predicted America
As the mercurial British artist’s fifth album turns 20, its unintentional foreshadowing of the U.S.’s bleak future remains unsettling.
October 23, 2020
Sooper Records Gives Back to Chicago
NNAMDÏ, Sen Morimoto, Glenn Curran, KAINA, and Blacker Face, the label’s co-founders and artists, wind up succeeding as activists without thinking too much about it.
October 21, 2020
How Artists Are Making Some of the Year’s Best Music Videos in Quarantine
Evanescence, Glass Animals, Jessy Lanza, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, and their video directors talk about transcending quarantine’s creative limits.
June 11, 2020
IDK, RMR, Warner Records Executives, and Partners Discuss the Music Industry Fight for Black Lives
The town hall meeting addressed injustice, the power of donating, and mentoring Black youth.
June 05, 2020
Caroline Rose Is (Carefully) Becoming a Superstar
The narrator of “Superstar” is an ostentatious caricature, but their journey speaks to real concerns.
March 04, 2020
Don’t Worry, U.S. Girls Is Still an Anti-Capitalist Project
Meg Remy’s newest album may at first seem apolitical, but it’s just a different take on longtime interests.
March 03, 2020
Caribou’s Dan Snaith: the Family Man Surrounded By Change
His long-awaited seventh album, “Suddenly,” is an exercise in empathy.
February 25, 2020
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Best Coast: Feeling OK for the First Time
In our new digital cover story, Bethany Cosentino talks “Always Tomorrow” and how she got to the point of finally feelin’ good and getting sober.
February 20, 2020
With Three Reissues, Deerhoof Is Challenging Their Own Critical Narratives
Deerhoof is said to have grown more accessible over its twenty-five years. Greg Saunier and Satomi Matsuzaki couldn’t agree less.
November 19, 2019
Art & Culture
Shepard Fairey Is Here To Stay
With a new mural and a 30-year retrospective in Downtown LA, the massively influential artist is moving forward while looking back.
November 13, 2019
