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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Kneecap, Fenian
With bigger melodies and broader synth soundscapes, the rage-rave rap trio’s second LP takes an unexpected turn inward as they continue to take the politics of the world at large to task.
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Penetratingly exact and proudly undefinable, Nick Llobet’s first album since expanding the project to a duo adds more definition to the sinewy, searching palette of their previous material.
Various artists, All These Things I Thought I Knew: A Compilation Tribute to the Late LD Beghtol
This tribute to the late songwriter and Magnetic Fields collaborator is something of a family affair, with close friends and clever familiars gathering to celebrate the artist’s dearly dour discography.
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First Listen
Zoon Turns Anger Into Positivity on New Single “I Was Younger”
The Canadian shoegazer shares another psychedelic track from their upcoming LP Happy Thought School, which arrives June 19 via Paper Bag Records.
April 29, 2026
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Tempers’ Lucid New LP “Delusion”
From Annie Ernaux to the “dive bar of air travel” Spirit Airlines, Jasmine Golestaneh shares how her fourth full-length collection of synthpop came together.
April 24, 2026
Track by Track
Gay Meat Takes Us on an Emotional Journey Through Each Track of His Debut LP “Blue Water”
Karl Kuehn shares how memories of his late mother and an impressive set of collaborators helped him bring this project to fruition after nearly a decade.
April 24, 2026
First Listen
Dominique and the Diamonds Reclaim Their Dream on “I Don’t Mind”
Dominique Gomez shares her band’s origin story ahead of the release of her debut full-length Honky Tonk Queen, out June 26.
April 24, 2026
Non-Musical Influences
4 Non-Musical Influences on Touché Amoré’s Grief-Stricken Opus “Stage Four”
With the post-hardcore band recently reissuing their fourth LP for its 10th anniversary, guitarist Nick Steinhardt shares how gardening, collage-making, and more provided a sense of grounding during the record’s making.
April 23, 2026
First Listen
88 Ultra Creates a Sense of Tension Between Distance and Intimacy with “Better with You”
One half of Blue Sky Black Death, the producer’s latest solo effort Trapper Keeper drops in full tomorrow.
April 23, 2026
Playlist
Blu & Exile’s “Time Heals Everything” Influences Playlist
The emcee/producer duo share how Black Thought, Jean Dawson, Aceyalone, and more laid the groundwork for their fourth collaborative album.
April 21, 2026
First Listen
Bayonne Gives Himself a Pep Talk with New Single “Oxygen”
Roger Sellers also shares that his fourth album, Filters, will arrive in September via Nettwerk.
April 21, 2026
Magdalena Bay Announce Tribeca Debut of “Imaginal Disk” Film
The art-pop duo’s Amanda Kramer–directed feature will premiere at the annual film festival in June.
April 20, 2026
Geese, Turnstile, Lorde, Blood Orange, and More Announced for FORM Arcosanti 2026
Adrianne Lenker, Fcukers, and Kamasi Washington—as well as DJ sets from Tinashe and Disclosure—will take over the Arizona desert on the weekend of October 9.
April 20, 2026
First Listen
Spencer Krug Goes Berserker Mode (Well, Not Exactly) on New Piano Tune
The Wolf Parade co-leader is joined by Elbow Kiss on the latest cut from his solo album Same Fangs, arriving May 15.
April 20, 2026
First Listen
Hockitay Channels a Timeless Human Exhaustion on New Track “Buttons”
The Montreal-based songwriter returns with his second single of the year following February’s “Over/Over.”
April 15, 2026
Playlist
Teen Suicide’s “Nude Descending Staircase Headless” Influences Playlist
Sam Ray and Kitty trade off reference points for their latest LP, including Shellac, Christina Aguilera, and Tom Waits.
April 14, 2026
First Listen
Casi Stick It to ICE with New Rap-Rock Rager “Jumper”
The self-titled debut from Xay Young and Enumclaw’s Eli Edwards will arrive on June 19 via Carpark.
April 14, 2026
First Look
Pleasure Pill Find Their Lust for Life in Video for “Feel Alive”
The San Diego rockers’ Alive EP will be released on April 24 via Quiet Panic.
April 13, 2026
First Listen
JWords Figures Things Out with the Help of Nappy Nina on New Single “Clarity”
Sound Therapy, Jennifer Hernandez’s new collection of Jersey-club-inspired hip-hop, arrives May 8.
April 13, 2026
First Listen
Winyah Reflect on the Sacrifices They’ve Made Along the Way with “Rat Race”
The single arrives as the band makes their way across the US on their “No Place I’d Rather Be” tour.
April 10, 2026
Reviews
Sugar Horse, “Not a Sound in Heaven”
On their cleanest-sounding record yet, the doomy Bristol band’s idea of dance music feels perfectly suitable for the turbulent year 2026 has already proven to be.
April 09, 2026
First Listen
Trophy Wife Try on Different Identities with New Single “Kind of Girl I Am”
The Brooklyn trio reveal a video for the lead track from their newly announced Pathetic LP, out July 24 via AWAL.
April 09, 2026
Playlist
Wesley Joseph’s “Forever Ends Someday” Influences Playlist
The alt-R&B artist shares how Sampha, Jai Paul, King Krule, and more helped inspire his debut full-length for Secretly Canadian, out this week.
April 08, 2026
