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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Dua Saleh, Of Earth & Wires
The Sudanese-American songwriter’s second album blends R&B and electronic pop with spoken-word poetry to create a tapestry of lush sounds and mythic language.
Kraftwerk, Radio-Activity [50th Anniversary Edition]
This re-release presents a band that’s palatably gleeful to have figured out their formula with an astonishingly cohesive and weirdly poppy picture of a Cold War–fogged world.
Towa Bird, Gentleman
The shred-bending guitarist is out for blood on her second LP as she channels femme-punk fury and four-on-the-floor disco beats into songs aiming to bust the heads of the pop patriarchy.
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Playlist
Soft Palms’ Happy Sundays Festival Playlist
Julia Kugel and Scott Montoya, the husband-and-wife duo behind the free Long Beach event, share a handful of tracks from the artists taking the stage this weekend.
August 23, 2023
First Listen
DRÄGER Embrace Primal Summer Nights on New Synthwave Track “Midnight Mystery”
The single was originally intended for an Italians Do It Better comp.
August 23, 2023
Essay
I Miss Shitgaze, Man
On nostalgia, bygone sub-subgenres, and, ultimately, the increasingly fallible state of music archiving.
August 22, 2023
First Listen
Sea Lemon Contemplates Forgiveness on Day Wave–Featuring New Single “Breakdown”
Natalie Lew’s dream-pop EP Stop at Nothing arrives this Friday via Luminelle Recordings.
August 22, 2023
First Listen
Mermaid Call Out Performative Allies on New Single “Purr”
Brittany Campbell and Candace Quarrels’ debut album Iridescence will arrive later this year.
August 21, 2023
Track by Track
Dizzy Take Us Track by Track Through Through Their Bittersweet Self-Titled Record
Katie Munshaw shares how friendships, isolation, and expectations for adult life shaped the Ontario group’s latest project, out now via Royal Mountain Records.
August 18, 2023
First Listen
Le Couleur Straddle the Line Between Reality and Illusion on New Single “À la rencontre de Barbara”
The Quebecois nu-disco trio’s latest record Comme dans un penthouse arrives September 22 via Lisbon Lux Records.
August 18, 2023
Britta Phillips and Kramer Share an Aptly Surreal Visual for Collaborative Track “Dream #3”
Created by Kramer, the video recycles footage from Jean Renoir’s 1928 film The Little Match Girl.
August 17, 2023
First Listen
Juicebumps Become Part of Something They Don’t Understand in Video for New Track “Wiggler”
The horror-B-movie visual arrives with news of the San Francisco post-punks’ new album Jumbo, landing October 13 via Rocks in Your Head Records and Time Room Records.
August 16, 2023
First Listen
Miso Extra’s “50/50” Is a Reminder to Enjoy the Ride
The London-based musician’s new EP MSG is out this Friday via Transgressive Records.
August 16, 2023
First Listen
PAWS Enter the Disenchanted Forest in Video for First Single From New Self-Titled LP
“Disenchanted” arrives ahead of the Scottish punks’ fifth record on October 27 via Ernest Jenning Recording Co. + Wish Fulfillment Press.
August 16, 2023
First Listen
Ovef Ow Depict a Day in the Life of a Lonely Wooden Hand in Video for New Track “Daylight”
The song will appear on their debut album Vs. the Worm, arriving August 25 via What’s for Breakfast? Records.
August 15, 2023
Sufjan Stevens Goes Full “Sufjan Stevens” on New Single “So You Are Tired”
The single arrives ahead of Javelin, his first indie-folk release since 2015’s Carrie & Lowell.
August 14, 2023
First Listen
Divine Horsemen Explore Diverging Paths to Fulfillment on New Single “Bitter End”
The cowpunks return with their second album since reforming in 2020 with Bitter End of a Sweet Night arriving on October 27 via In the Red Records.
August 14, 2023
First Listen
Sarah Mary Chadwick Shares Ode to Mid-Week Drinking Buddies “Drinkin’ on a Tuesday”
Messages to God, the Melbourne-based songwriter’s debut for Kill Rock Stars, is out September 15.
August 14, 2023
First Listen
PYNKIE Gets Lost Staring Into the Face of a Clock in Video For New Track “Time_60bpm”
Lindsey Radice’s third LP Songies lands August 18.
August 11, 2023
First Listen
Rain Phoenix and Kirk Hellie Share Debut Single and Video as Escape Artist Lovers, “Hey Motherf*cker”
Hellie previously produced and co-wrote songs on Phoenix’s 2019 release River.
August 11, 2023
First Listen
Cathedral Bells and Beach Vacation Team Up on Dreamy New Track “Blurred Out”
The single follows Cathedral Bells’ announcement of a set of West Coast tour dates, and will appear on the upcoming album from Beach Vacation.
August 10, 2023
First Listen
Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse’s New Single “Nena” Is, in Some Capacity, a Song About Pink Floyd’s “Vera”
The not-quite-cover arrives with a video that contemplates the important question: Do vampires celebrate birthdays?
August 10, 2023
First Listen
Meditations on Crime Rock Your Mind with the Help of Money Mark, Quelle Chris, and Jean Grae on New Track “Robbin’ Hoods”
Harper Simon’s multimedia project also prepares for special events this weekend at Printed Matter’s 2023 LA Art Book Fair and Zebulon.
August 09, 2023
