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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Flying Lotus, Big Mama
A hodgepodge of electronic textures, genres, and styles, the artist’s proper debut for his own Brainfeeder label feels improvisational despite its meticulous craftsmanship.
Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live
These early live recordings and studio demos of tracks familiar from the band’s first three LPs provide worthwhile peeks into the ensemble’s process as a trio.
Various artists, HELP(2)
The sequel to the Britpop-era War Child comp couldn’t have arrived at a better time, with its guest-filled track list embodying the charity’s mission of healing in the midst of global violence.
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First Listen
The Feelies Share Their Version of “All Tomorrow’s Parties” From Forthcoming Live Velvet Underground Covers LP
Originally recorded at Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall in 2018, Some Kind of Love arrives tomorrow via Bar/None.
October 12, 2023
A7PHA Enlist Buck 65, Self Jupiter, Aesop Rock, and WHY? on New Posse Cut “Many Headed (Deluxe)”
The project of rappers Doseone and Mestizo shares the single along with a truncated version and B-side “King Me.”
October 11, 2023
First Listen
Kurupi Announces New “Mano” EP, Says Goodbye to His Teens with Lead Single “Deep State Nine”
Josh Sanchez’s latest release will be the Paraguayan songwriter’s first for Hit the North Records.
October 11, 2023
Brandon’s telling everyone what time it is. It’s probably, like, 9:30. / photo by Dave Decker
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: FIDLAR
The West Coast punks document their recent tour through Florida before heading out to the UK next month.
October 09, 2023
Playlist
Mutual Benefit’s Liminal Bangers Playlist
Growing at the Edges, Jordan Lee’s own collection of bangers, arrives Friday via Transgressive.
October 04, 2023
Playlist
Daktyl & Benni Ola’s “Why Does This Work?” Playlist
Part two of the duo’s Chaos Theory EP series arrives this week via TOKiMONSTA’s Young Art Records.
September 28, 2023
First Listen
Kacey Johansing Sheds Her Cocoon on New Single “Old Friend”
The LA-based songwriter’s new LP Year Away will arrive October 13 via Night Bloom Records.
September 28, 2023
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Al Menne’s Debut Solo Album “Freak Accident”
The Great Grandpa vocalist shares how long drives and short stories helped them shape their new record, out now via Double Double Whammy.
September 27, 2023
Carriers Pay Tribute to Their Hometown of Cincinnati in New Video for “Patience”
Along with the visual for the track from Curt Kiser’s new EP of reworked recordings, the band shares a handful of shots from their recent performance at The National’s Homecoming Festival.
September 27, 2023
First Listen
Teenage Halloween Piledrives Into Confrontation in Video for New Single “Armageddon Now”
Till You Return, the New Jersey–based punks’ second album, drops October 20 via Don Giovanni Records.
September 27, 2023
First Listen
Filth Is Eternal Look to Avant-Garde Theater in Video for New Track “Cherish”
The Seattle hardcore-punks’ third LP Find Out drops this Friday via MNRK Heavy.
September 25, 2023
First Listen
HNRY FLWR Peddles Organic Euphoria in Video for New Single “The Bliss”
The Brooklyn-based songwriter’s latest album Visions of the Daytime Moon will be released on October 6.
September 25, 2023
Track by Track
Mykki Blanco Breaks Down Their Globetrotting “Postcards From Italia” EP
Spanning vastly different genres, continents, and emotions, the six-song collection is out now via Transgressive.
September 22, 2023
First Listen
Fur Trade Celebrate the Legacy of Underground French Disco in Video for New Single “Monaco”
The video arrives alongside Dark Celebration, the long-anticipated sophomore album from the project formed by Hot Hot Heat’s Steve Bays and The Gay Nineties’ Parker Bossley.
September 22, 2023
First Listen
Voxtrot Are Reborn in Video for “Another Fire,” The Band’s First New Single in 14 Years
After selling out shows for a reunion tour supporting a pair of archival vinyl comps last year, the band is back in full swing with all five original members bringing the new single to life.
September 22, 2023
Playlist
underscores’ “Wallsocket” Influences Playlist
From the geographical conceptualism of Sufjan Stevens to the country stylings of Gillian Welch to the slapstick of Beck, the alt-pop songwriter shares 12 songs that helped shape her new LP.
September 21, 2023
First Listen
Arcy Drive Go Acoustic on New Single “Time Shrinks”
The upbeat track lands ahead of their debut EP, out later this year via Grand Jury.
September 21, 2023
boygenius Come Undone in New Video for “Cool About It”
The animated clip arrives on the verge of the trio embarking on the fall leg of their tour in support of their debut LP the record.
September 20, 2023
First Listen
Hear an Early Stream of Anton Barbeau’s New Double Album “Morgenmusik/Nachtschlager”
The power-pop songwriter’s latest “series of fictions” features members of XTC, The Soft Boys, and Elf Power.
September 20, 2023
First Listen
French Cassettes Are No Match for a Suave Alien in Their Video for New Single “Medium Horny”
Next week the Bay Area band sets off on a string of live dates spanning the East Coast and Midwest US.
September 19, 2023
