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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Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere
Awash in twang and thick pedal steel, the country star’s seventh album explores the solitary no man’s land that exists between the ending of one relationship and the beginning of another.
Kneecap, Fenian
With bigger melodies and broader synth soundscapes, the rage-rave rap trio’s second LP takes an unexpected turn inward as they continue to take the politics of the world at large to task.
youbet, youbet
Penetratingly exact and proudly undefinable, Nick Llobet’s first album since expanding the project to a duo adds more definition to the sinewy, searching palette of their previous material.
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First Look
Sima Cunningham Shares a Snapshot of Her Life in the Video for New Single “Your Bones”
High Roller, the debut solo record from the Finom co-leader, arrives August 30 via Ruination Records.
August 01, 2024
First Listen
SIRA* Explores the Idea of Joy in the End Times with “Cosmic Shebeen”
Nigerian musician and visual artist Zina Saro-Wiwa sees apocalypse as a celebration of the end of a cycle in the video for the new track.
July 31, 2024
Playlist
Casino Hearts’ “Lose Your Halo” Influences Playlist
The LA-based trio shares how Duster, SASAMI, SOPHIE, and more influenced the dream-pop sound of their debut EP.
July 30, 2024
First Listen
Scout Gillett Announces New EP “Imagination, MO.,” Shares Lead Single “Closer”
Out September 5, the self-released project notably features a cover of Deftones’ “Change (In the House of Flies)” recorded with her father.
July 30, 2024
First Listen
Evan Uhlmann Fixates on Small Gestures with New Track “Chasing Daisies”
The latest from the Chicago-based songwriter features backing vocals from She Keeps Bees’ Jess Larrabee.
July 30, 2024
First Listen
Nap Eyes Detail New LP “The Neon Gate,” Share Latest Single “Passageway”
It’s the third track to be released ahead of the Halifax-based group’s fifth album, out October 18 via Paradise of Bachelors and Paper Bag Records.
July 30, 2024
Essay
An Introductory Guide to the WHY? Extended Universe
With Yoni Wolf’s seventh album under the moniker landing this week, we’re going deep on the guest spots, remixes, covers, and other rarities that have padded out his 25-year career.
July 29, 2024
First Look
haha Laughing Get the Crowd Going with New Video for “Pulled Apart by Horses”
The Austin noise-rap trio share an appropriately chaotic visual for their latest single.
July 26, 2024
First Listen
Prim Rock the Black Lodge in Video for New Single “Golden Tooth”
The Seattle rockers announce that their new LP Move Too Slow will arrive September 6 via Sunday Drive Records as they share two new singles.
July 25, 2024
First Listen
Art Brut Are (Still) Considering a Big Life Change on New Acoustic “Brutleg” Version of “Moving to LA”
The new recording of the track originally from the London post-punks’ 2005 debut will appear on their new retrospective boxset And Yes, This Is My Singing Voice!.
July 25, 2024
First Listen
Cheridomingo Lean Into Ominous Alt-R&B on New Single “/cry”
The SoCal post-hardcore band’s new album Shapeshift is out September 3.
July 24, 2024
Playlist
Fancy Gap’s Self-Titled Album Influences Playlist
Stuart McLamb (of The Love Language) and Charles Crossingham share how everyone from Sheryl Crow to Counting Crows influenced their country-tinged debut album.
July 23, 2024
First Listen
Sister Gemini Returns with Claustrophobic Grunge Tune “One Room Apartment”
LA-based songwriter Remy Jean teases her debut album with her first new music in two years.
July 23, 2024
First Listen
Sinai Vessel Disentangles the Personal From the Rotting Economic System on New Single “Challenger”
Caleb Cordes’ fourth LP I Sing is slated to arrive this Friday via Keeled Scales.
July 23, 2024
First Listen
Cryogeyser Serve Up Forgiveness on New Track “Sorry”
The loose single marks the band’s first release since 2021’s timetetheredtogether, as well as the first recording with a new lineup.
July 22, 2024
First Listen
Emile Mosseri & Sam Gendel Are on the Case with an Early Stream of New LP “Hardy Boys”
The improvisational instrumental duo’s first full-length collaboration officially drops tomorrow.
July 18, 2024
First Listen
Pegg Only Makes Us Fear the Dentist More with Video for New Single “Sweetheart”
Drag queen Wet Mess stars in the latest clip landing ahead of songwriter Xander Duell’s self-titled debut album, out August 23.
July 17, 2024
First Look
Vitesse X Returns with New Single “Eternal,” Details Sophomore LP “This Infinite”
Slated for an October 4 release via Music Website, the new record features production from Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum and Pearly Drops.
July 17, 2024
First Listen
Lesibu Grand Try Different Feelings on for Size on New Single “Emotional Disguise”
The Atlanta-based new wave group goes indie-pop on the latest single from their debut album Triggered, out August 16 via Kill Rock Stars.
July 16, 2024
First Listen
Diary Lean Into the Realms of No Wave and ’90s Alt-Rock on New Single “Brush Pile”
The NYC group’s forthcoming Speedboat EP is planned for an August release via Kanine Records.
July 16, 2024
