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 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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SPELLLING Returns Re-Energized on New Single “Portrait of My Heart”
Chrystia Cabral’s newly announced album of the same name drops March 28 via Sacred Bones.
January 08, 2025
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The experimental rap project shares a new single called “Change the Channel” ahead of the LP’s March 14 release via Sub Pop.
January 08, 2025
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Signal Boost: 15 Alt-Metal Albums From 2024 You Should Know
The year’s most discourse-worthy experimental metal records, according to our Senior Editor.
January 07, 2025
Panda Bear Returns with New Single “Ferry Lady”
The Animal Collective co-founder’s first solo album in six years, Sinister Grift, is out February 28 via Domino.
January 06, 2025
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Signal Boost: 15 Albums From 2024 You Should Know
The year’s most discourse-worthy records, according to our Senior Editor.
January 03, 2025
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Haunted Horses Seek a Way Forward on Liminal New Single “Temple of Bone”
The doomy post-punk band’s fourth album Dweller lands January 10 via Three One G Records.
December 18, 2024
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Blood Lemon Tap Into Romance Novels and Found Footage for New “High Tide” Video
Led by current Built to Spill bassist Melanie Radford, the trio’s Petite Deaths EP is scheduled to arrive January 17 via Moon Ruins.
December 17, 2024
Röyksopp Release New Ambient LP “Nebulous Nights”
Reinterpreting 2022’s Profound Mysteries triple album, the new project aims to “underline the importance of critical thinking and curious pondering.”
December 13, 2024
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CAPYAC and Reggie Watts Team Up for New “Songs From Celestial City” EP, Share First Single
“Dreamwalking” lands ahead of the collaborators’ ode to LA (and dance music), landing February 28 via Nettwerk.
December 12, 2024
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Zeta and Anthony Green Lean Into Their Support Systems in Video for New Single “Steps”
It’s the second teaser from the Venezuelan post-hardcore group’s first English-language LP, Was It Medicine to You?, out January 9 via Born Losers.
December 06, 2024
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Cootie Catcher Play Broken Telephone in Video for New Track “Friend of a Friend”
The indie-pop quartet will release their new LP Shy at First on March 14.
December 05, 2024
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Moonchild Sanelly Readies Her New Year’s Resolution with New Track “To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila)”
The single lands ahead of the South African pop-rapper’s third LP Full Moon, dropping January 10 via Transgressive.
December 05, 2024
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Maia Friedman Celebrates Ephemeral Moments on New Single “On Passing”
The songwriter’s first new material since her 2022 debut solo record is out via Last Gang/MNRK.
December 04, 2024
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From Horsegirl and horsegiirL to TisaKorean and TiaCorine, here are some of 2024’s most indistinguishable sets of artist names.
December 03, 2024
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Footballhead Prep for Winter Tour with New Single “Sliver”
In addition to a set of December headlining dates, the Chicago rockers will open for Taking Back Sunday and Sweet Pill this Saturday in New Jersey.
December 03, 2024
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Knifeplay Bridge the Gap Between “Animal Drowning” and LP3 with Dual Single “Spirit Echo” and “Cry Babies”
The two tracks were initially revealed to the Philly shoegazers’ Bandcamp followers earlier this month.
November 26, 2024
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Fawning Take the Higher Road with New Video for “Under Your Skin”
The Oakland dream-pop ensemble returns with a visual for the track from their album All Around Me, which was released back in January via Graveface.
November 25, 2024
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Farmer’s Wife Face Giant Tarantulas, Pig Guts, and Other Gothic Horrors in New Video for “Swarm”
The Austin rockers continue to support Cloud Nothings on their US tour through the end of November.
November 21, 2024
Coachella Confirms 2025 Headliners, Reveals Charli XCX, Megan Thee Stallion, and More as Additional Performers
The festival confirmed the widely circulated rumors this afternoon, along with sharing the rest of the lineup.
November 20, 2024
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Sleeper’s Bell Found Inspiration in Andy Shauf’s Candid Breakup Memoirs for “Over”
The track lands with the news that the Chicago duo’s debut album, Clover, will arrive February 7 via Angel Tapes/Fire Talk.
November 20, 2024
