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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Ol’ Burger Beats Takes Us Track by Track Through His New Sample- and Guest-Heavy Jazz Rap LP
The Oslo-based producer’s time-traveling collection 74: Out of Time features verses from billy woods, Lil B, Tha God Fahim, Fly Anakin, and many more.
February 16, 2024
First Listen
GospelbeacH Anticipate the Revolution with New Single “The Dropouts (Parts One and Two)”
Wiggle Your Fingers, the new project from Beachwood Sparks’ Brent Rademaker, will be out April 26 on Curation Records.
February 15, 2024
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Sam Evian Reflects on Life with Meditative New Single “Rollin’ In”
The songwriter and producer’s new album Plunge will be out March 22 via Flying Cloud Recordings/Thirty Tigers.
February 14, 2024
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Camp Saint Helene Serenade Prom Night Attachment Issues in Video New for New Track “Anniversary”
It’s the first single from the Catskills-based outfit’s newly announced sophomore record, Of Earth and Its Timely Delights.
February 13, 2024
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VIAL Feel Strongly About Feeling Nothing on New Single “apathy”
The punk trio’s new album burnout lands March 29 via Get Better Records.
February 13, 2024
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Layzi Puts Herself Back Together on New Single “close 2 u”
The Boston-based songwriter will release her debut EP for Born Losers Records later this year.
February 12, 2024
Track by Track
Chelsea Wolfe Walks Us Through Her New Industrial-Goth LP “She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She”
The veteran songwriter explores trip-hop and darkwave influences on her new “complex journey into the inner realm,” out now via Loma Vista.
February 09, 2024
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Heavy Feelings Cross State Lines—and International Borders—in Video for New Track “Bootlickers”
The self-titled EP from the new project of former Ganser member Nadia Garofalo and Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist Ben Shillabeer will land March 1 via Hoofbeats.
February 09, 2024
Playlist
Ducks Ltd.’s “Harm’s Way” Influences Playlist
From Merle Haggard to My Bloody Valentine, the Toronto jangle-pop duo shares what sounds helped them shape their second LP.
February 08, 2024
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Doris Club Ruminates on Familial Heartbreak on Debut Single “The Sleeper and the Bed”
Hot off the release of her latest dream-pop EP, Linying returns with a new full-length album of gentle folk music under a new moniker.
February 08, 2024
Track by Track
MX Lonely Walk Us Through Their Intense “Spit” EP Track by Track
The Brooklyn-based shoegazers’ latest release is out now via Candlepin Records.
February 07, 2024
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Sierra Spirit Shares a Slice with a Spirit in Video for Debut Single “ghost”
The rest of the Tulsa-based songwriter’s coin toss EP will be unveiled over the next few weeks.
February 07, 2024
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h. pruz Meditates on Restraint in Video for New Single “Hurting”
The Warhol-inspired clip introduces Queens-based songwriter Hannah Pruzinsky’s debut album No Glory, which will arrive March 29 via Mtn Laurel Recording Co.
February 06, 2024
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Alena Spanger Gives in to the Chaos on New Single “Difficult People”
The former Tiny Hazard songwriter shares that her debut solo album Fire Escape will be out March 22 via Ruination Record Co.
February 05, 2024
Track by Track
Holly Macve Breaks Down Her Diaristic New “Time Is Forever” EP Track by Track
The Irish-born songwriter returns with five new songs—including a collaboration with Lana Del Rey—which arrive today via Loving Memory Records / Believe.
February 02, 2024
Playlist
Vera Sola’s Playlist for Cold Mornings
The songwriter’s acid-Western second album, Peacemaker, arrives this week via City Slang.
February 01, 2024
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Sofia Bolt Announces New LP “Vendredi Minuit,” Ponders Orb in Video for “Go Away”
The French chamber-pop songwriter’s second album will arrive May 10 via Born Losers Records.
February 01, 2024
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STRFKR Mellow Out with ’80s-Inspired Ballad “Under Water / In Air”
The neo-psych stalwarts’ latest album, Parallel Realms, drops March 1 via Polyvinyl.
February 01, 2024
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Street Fever Ventures Into Sacred Spaces in Video for New Single “Sinner”
The new track from the anonymous EBM instigator charts a journey of self-discovery.
January 31, 2024
Playlist
15 Songs That Created Sematary
With his latest single “Wendigo” dropping earlier this month, the horrorcore emcee breaks down the origins of his sound through the discovery of Salem, Brick Squad, and more.
January 30, 2024
