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.
Joyce Manor, I Used to Go to This Bar
The Torrance punks’ seventh album sees the trio firing on all cylinders with their signature punchy hooks and catchy choruses culminating in 19 minutes of sheer pop-punk glory.
Searows, Death in the Business of Whaling
Alec Duckart’s nautically themed second album infuses its emotionally fragile indie-folk with a trudging heaviness that pushes toward doom-metal territory.
Camper, Campilation
Flush with a historic list of Black voices both past and present, the producer’s debut album sees him devise yet another way to remake the wheel of soul.
Mike Hilleary
photo by Marisa Bettencourt
The longtime “Rolling Stone” critic’s new book examines the Fab Four in a new light.
Since starting over three years ago, the song dissection podcast has turned into an institution—but it continues to surprise its creator with each episode.
Lucy Dacus / photo by Dusdin Condren
The up-and-coming singer-songwriter is the latest in a suddenly strong line of musicians who call Richmond, VA, home.
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Many associate the sense-blending experience of synesthesia with music and painting, but for one chef at least, it’s entered the kitchen.
The man who whetted your appetite for some of the best films of the past twenty-five years tells us how a preview comes together.
Carseat Head Rest, Photo By Anna Webber
The Virginia native has always used his songwriting to confront his anxiety about the future. On the eve of his biggest release to date, he reflects on where that’s gotten him.
The Wild Feathers / photo by Frank Maddocks
The Nashville quartet’s 2013 debut won them gigs opening for Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. So how do they follow it up? By getting on the road again with a new LP.
2016. Ra Ra Riot Need Your Light cover hi-res
Ra Ra Riot’s journeyed state of identity—adapting to several lost members of the years, incorporating synthesizers to their original baroque pop sound—has managed to culminate in their most balanced record to date.
2016. Cross Record Wabi Sabi cover hi-res
While “Wabi-Sabi”‘s wounded specter aesthetic keeps it from becoming a work of frequently repeated listens, it’s probably not healthy for most people seeking an emotional purge to keep picking at scar tissue anyway.
Chvrches photo by Danny Clinch
We sat down with the Glaswegian synth-pop trio backstage at Landmark Music Festival to chat about the creation of their new record, “Every Open Eye.”
Deradoorian photo by Bennet Perez
Angel Deradoorian returns from the wilderness with her first solo full-length record, “The Expanding Flower Planet.”
