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
Clot Tease the Growth of What’s to Come with New Single “Fucking Rot”
The Atlanta metal group will be releasing a new EP on October 18 titled Dehiscence.
August 30, 2024
First Look
Tank and the Bangas Catch the Trolley in Video for “Enjoy the Ride”
The final installment in the group’s The Heart, The Mind, The Soul EP trilogy also drops today with the release of the Robert Glasper–producer The Soul.
August 30, 2024
First Look
Chipped Nail Polish Works Through Anger with Laughter in New “Road Rage” Video
Jill Sullivan shares a visual for her recent anthem dedicated to all those idiots we have to share the road with.
August 28, 2024
Playlist
Thank’s Favorite Hater Anthems
On the heels of their own diss track “Writing Out a List of All the Names of God,” the Leeds band shares nine tracks that turn being a hater into an art form.
August 28, 2024
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Los Bitchos’ New LP “Talkie Talkie”
The London-based guitar-rock quartet share how everything from cooking to GTA: Vice City inspired their sophomore album, which arrives this week via City Slang.
August 27, 2024
First Listen
Katrina Ford Pays Homage to the Landscape of Baltimore’s Harbor with “Dundalk Dungeon”
The single teases a new release from the former Celebration vocalist.
August 27, 2024
First Listen
Puddled Are Making Big Changes on New Track “Between”
The single arrives with the news that the Philadelphia-based group’s self-titled debut EP is arriving September 26 via Crafted Sounds.
August 27, 2024
Playlist
Spring Silver’s “Don’t You Think It’s Strange?” Influences Playlist
K Nkanza shares how French house music, British dance-punk, and whatever you might classify Mew as helped shape their latest LP.
August 26, 2024
First Listen
Dummy Cross-Wire Ambient Dance Music with Droning Pop on New Single “Blue Dada”
A video for the latest single from the LA collective’s new album Free Energy also includes the sax-heavy preceding track, “Opaline Bubbletear.”
August 26, 2024
First Listen
Skullpresser Give the Middle Finger to a Oppressors on New Track “Born to Please”
The project featuring members of The Wonder Years and Mannequin Pussy will release their sophomore EP Positions of Power on September 3 via Born Losers.
August 23, 2024
First ListenTrack by Track
Melt-Banana Share an Early Stream of Their First LP in 11 Years, “3+5”
Yako and Agata also break the release down track by track to give us a better sense of how all nine recordings came together.
August 22, 2024
First Look
Caleb Landry Jones Announces “Hey Gary, Hey Dawn” Deluxe Edition, Shares Animated Visual for “Hey Gary”
The musician/actor’s fourth album—originally released back in April—will arrive with nearly twice as many tracks on September 13.
August 21, 2024
Playlist
Uniform’s “American Standard” Influences Playlist
With their newly extended lineup, the industrial-metal group shares their newly extended pool of inspiration for their fifth record.
August 20, 2024
First Listen
Claude Fontaine Brings a 300-Year-Old Hotel Room to Life on New Track “Green Ivy Tapestry”
The LA-based songwriter’s second album, La Mer, is out September 6 via Innovative Leisure.
August 20, 2024
First Listen
Worlds Greatest Dad Wrestle with Responsibility and Helplessness on New Single “Taking One for the Team”
The Atlanta-based pop-punk group’s second album Better Luck Next Time lands September 13 via SideOneDummy.
August 20, 2024
First Look
Cal in Red Are Living in the Moment in New Video for “Frontside”
The Grand Rapids–based duo’s debut album Low Low arrives next Friday via B3SCI Records.
August 19, 2024
Jean Dawson Returning in October with New LP “Glimmer of God,” Shares First Single feat. Lil Yachty
“Die for Me” is the first single from Dawson’s first full-length since 2022’s CHAOS NOW*.
August 16, 2024
Playlist
ratbag’s Down the Rabbit Hole Playlist
Following the release of her first single of 2024, the songwriter and visual artist shares a collection of “songs that send her somewhere else.”
August 16, 2024
First Listen
Anthers Bring an Appropriate Amount of Heaviness to “Mabel,” a Song About Cutting Ties
The Seattle trio’s debut EP Pedigree Pig will be released on September 20.
August 16, 2024
Playlist
Delicate Steve’s “Great Music: Pass It On” Playlist
Delicate Steve Sings, guitarist Steve Marion’s new record of instrumental covers and original compositions, is out this Friday via ANTI-.
August 14, 2024
