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.
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Playlist
Maple Glider’s Playlist for Long Drives Out of the City and Into the Countryside
Tori Zietsch’s sophomore album I Get Into Trouble lands October 13 via Partisan.
August 29, 2023
First Listen
Atka Explores Our Relentless Growth Into the Collective “Other” on New Track “Desiring Machines”
London- and Berlin-based musician Sarah Neumann will release her debut EP The Eye Against the Ashen Sky on November 3.
August 29, 2023
Who Is She? Share 13 Movies That Exude Goddess Energy
From Run Lola Run to Mamma Mia!, there is no disputing the goddess-ness of the films selected by Seattle’s most banned-from-Jeff-Bezo’s-Climate-Pledge-Arena supergroup.
August 28, 2023
First Listen
Uni Boys Rationalize Young Love on New Single “Two Years”
Produced by The Lemon Twigs’ D’Addario brothers, Buy This Now! arrives October 13 via Curation Records.
August 28, 2023
First Listen
Lydia Loveless Shares a Self-Deprecating Postcard From the Road with New Single “Sex and Money”
Arriving with a comedic video, the track lands ahead of the Columbus-based songwriter’s new LP Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way Again.
August 28, 2023
First Listen
Oh Land Combats Existentialism with Synthpop on New Track “Bucket List”
Danish songwriter Nanna Øland Fabricius’ sixth LP Loop Soup arrives September 29 via her own imprint Tusk or Tooth.
August 24, 2023
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
