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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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Matt Pond PA Recount the Perils of Life in the Catskills on New Single “Those Wings”
The new single featuring The Head and the Heart’s Jonathan Russell lands ahead of the band’s guest-heavy new album titled Winged Horse, which drops in January.
September 13, 2024
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EXUM Leans Into Eerie Outsider Folk on New Track “All My Days”
Former NFL player Antone Exum Jr. will release his new album hole on October 25, preceded by the sparse lead single.
September 13, 2024
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Morpho Studies the Astrophysics of a Relationship on Debut Single “Prism”
Chicago-based songwriter Kristyn Chapman will release her introductory EP Morpho Season on November 15 via Hit the North Records.
September 12, 2024
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Beau Misplace Their Desires on New Single “What Are You Doing to Me”
The duo of Heather Goldin and Emma Jenney will return in October with Girl Cried Wolf, their first full-length in nearly a decade.
September 12, 2024
Playlist
Fat Dog’s “WOOF.”-Inspired DJ Set
With the the London dance-punk group’s debut album out now, keyboardist Chris Hughes offer up some TMI commentary on what music gets their tails wagging, so to speak.
September 11, 2024
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The Meffs Take on Faith and Self-Worth on Searing New Punk Cut “What”
The Essex duo’s debut album What a Life arrives this Friday via the Fat Wreck imprint Bottles to the Ground.
September 11, 2024
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Trace Mountains Balance Heavy Feelings and Danceable Melodies on “Hard to Accept”
Dave Benton’s fourth solo album Into the Burning Blue arrives September 27 via Lame-O Records.
September 10, 2024
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Accelerant Lead the Rave to a Punk Venue on New Single “Bring Down the Club”
The Toronto noise-rock group’s self-titled debut album lands October 1 via Cooked Raw.
September 10, 2024
Playlist
Balance and Composure’s “With You in Spirit” Influences Playlist
Before returning with their first album in eight years, the PA post-hardcore band catches us up to date on what they’ve been listening to for inspiration.
September 09, 2024
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Lutalo Takes a Walk Through the Past on New Single “Summit Hill”
The songwriter’s debut full-length The Academy will be released on September 20 via Winspear.
September 09, 2024
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instant crush Pay Homage to “10 Things I Hate About You” with New “Apology Tour” Video
The single arrives with the news of the group’s debut LP I’M SORRY I DIDN’T BITE MY TONGUE, out October 25 via Share It Music.
September 06, 2024
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Soft Kill’s “Roseland” Influences Playlist
The Chicago-via-Portland group shares how their latest EP of gothic post-punk was actually fueled by Jamaican dancehall greats.
September 05, 2024
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Kal Marks Find Romance in the Apocalypse in Visual for New Single “Wasteland Baby”
It’s the weirdly heartwarming title track from the post-hardcore group’s doomy fifth album, which arrives next Friday via Exploding in Sound.
September 05, 2024
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Kylie V Says What We’re All Thinking on New Single “Wish I Was in Bed”
Vancouver-based songwriter Kylie Van Slyke reveals that the track will appear on her sophomore record Crash Test Plane, arriving November 15 via Royal Mountain.
September 05, 2024
Track by Track
Peel Dream Magazine Break Down Their Conceptual New LP “Rose Main Reading Room”
Joe Stevens shares how Steve Reich and NYC’s Natural History Museum helped shape the sound of the band’s fourth album, out now via Topshelf Records.
September 04, 2024
Playlist
Mercury Rev’s “Born Horses” Influences Playlist
The ever-adventurous neo-psych band shares how Chet Baker, Alice Coltrane, Tchaikovsky, and more helped shape their latest release, out this week via Bella Union.
September 03, 2024
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Devarrow Documents a Day in the Life at His Converted Studio in New “Bus Baby” Video
Halifax-based songwriter Graham Ereaux introduces us to the cozy world of his forthcoming Heart Shaped Rock LP, arriving October 4 via Paper Bag Records.
September 03, 2024
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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
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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
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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
