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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This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy
Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50
This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]
Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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First Listen
Double Wish Bounce Back on New Single “Papers”
The West Coast indie-pop duo’s latest collection of songs, the Universe Sometimes EP, is slated to be released June 28 via Hit the North Records.
May 28, 2024
First Listen
Feller Takes Us on a Dark Ride in the Country with New Single “Jokes on You”
The Chicago-based duo’s debut EP Universal Miracle Worker is out this Friday via Fire Talk imprint Angel Tapes.
May 27, 2024
Track by Track
Finom Break Down the Ego Struggle and Catharsis of Their New LP “Not God”
The Chicago art-pop duo’s third album is out now via Joyful Noise.
May 24, 2024
Playlist
Molly Drag’s “Mammoth” Influences Playlist
Michael Hansford shares a handful of tracks that inspired the piano-centric direction his seventh album took.
May 24, 2024
First Listen
Sculpture Club Find Power in Despair on New Track “Never Have I Ever”
The group led by Choir Boy’s Chaz Costello will release their self-titled third album on June 14 via Born Losers Records.
May 24, 2024
First LookTrack by Track
Mary in the Junkyard Fight Off Cabin Fever in Unnerving Video for “Goop”
The London-based art-rock trio also shares a track-by-track breakdown of their debut EP This Old House, which is out today via AMF.
May 23, 2024
First Listen
Tendertwin Turns Pain Into a Game on New Single “The Runners”
London-based songwriter Bilge Nur Yilmaz’s debut EP Ship Argo will be released on July 5.
May 21, 2024
First Listen
The Bird Calls Looks to Jimmy Buffett for Inspiration on New Track “I Haven’t Been This Happy in a Long Time”
Old Faithful, Sam Sodomsky’s latest collection of folk tunes, arrives May 31 via Ruination Records.
May 21, 2024
Track by Track
The Road Leads Where It’s Led: Secret Machines on “Now Here Is Nowhere” at 20
For the record’s anniversary, Brandon Curtis and Josh Garza walk us through the space-rock opus’ inception track by track.
May 20, 2024
First Listen
Immersion Pay Homage to Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass on New Thor Harris Collab “Rotations”
Colin Newman and Malka Spigel embrace the American minimalist tradition on the latest cut from their forthcoming Nanocluster Vol. 2.
May 20, 2024
Track by Track
Cold Hart Takes Us Track by Track Through His Goth-Rock Inspired New LP “Pretty in the Dark”
The GothBoiClique co-founder’s fourth solo album is out now via Epitaph Records.
May 17, 2024
First Listen
Psychic Graveyard Work Through the Challenges of Parenthood on New Track “Sword Through My Neck”
Featuring members of Arab on Radar, Some Girls, and The Chinese Stars, the outfit’s fourth album Wilting arrives June 7 on Artoffact Records.
May 17, 2024
Playlist
One Step Closer’s “All You Embrace” Influences Playlist
Ryan Savitski, Ross Thompson, and Colman O’Brien share 10 tracks that helped shape their vision for their evolved sophomore LP, out this week via Run for Cover.
May 16, 2024
First Listen
Night Sins Begin Anew in Video for New Single “Burn Away”
The darkwave solo project of former Nothing drummer Kyle Kimball returns tomorrow with the A Silver Blade in the Shadow EP.
May 16, 2024
First Listen
Fake Fruit Cast the Devil Out in Video for New Single “Mucho Mistrust”
The Jimmy Whispers–directed clip lands with the news that the Oakland post-punk trio’s new album of the same name will land August 23 via Carpark Records.
May 15, 2024
Playlist
Lip Critic’s Future of Freak-Punk Playlist
Ahead of the release of their own freak-punk opus Hex Dealer, the New Yorkers help define the genre with 15 tracks by artists breaking ground in the weirdo rock scene.
May 14, 2024
First Listen
Susan James Charts the Road to Gratitude on New Single “Magnificent”
Time Is Now, the LA-based psych-folk songwriter’s first record in nearly a decade, arrives July 12.
May 14, 2024
First Listen
Hockey Dad Share an Ode to Their Ride-or-Die on New Track “Safety Pin”
The Australian surf-pop duo’s fourth album Rebuild Repeat is out June 14 via Farmer & the Owl/BMG.
May 13, 2024
Playlist
Yhapojj’s Influences Playlist
With his new album P.S. Fuck You out today, the Alabama-raised trap artist shares 11 tracks he’s been inspired by over the years.
May 10, 2024
Track by Track
Arcadia Grey Walk Us Through Their Coming-of-Age Pop-Punk Odyssey “Casually Crashing”
Coraline Kunda breaks down all the humor and heartbreak of the Chicago trio’s latest record.
May 10, 2024
