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.
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Tragic Magic
Pairing early modern harp and vintage analog synths, the duo cope with disaster by forging soothing atmospheric compositions fueled by their unique creative connection.
Westside Cowboy, So Much Country ’Till We Get There
The buzzy Manchester group’s new EP doubles down on affability with five tracks of straightforward indie rock coursing with charm and easy-going, edgeless quirks.
Xiu Xiu, Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1
These covers capture the broad spectrum of artists who’ve inspired Jamie Stewart over the past 24 years—and prove that Xiu Xiu is able to even make Robyn sound unwaveringly dark.
Mike LeSuer
David Lynch at home, Hollywood, Calif., as he prepared for the release of his second album as a recording artist, “The Big Dream.”
Lynch’s family announced this morning that the artist and filmmaker has passed away at the age of 78.
The dark-folk songwriter’s first release since 2023’s No Masters in Paradise LP officially drops tomorrow.
With the pop-rapper’s sophomore album dropping this week via Get Better Records, she shares how Janet Jackson, Tears for Fears, and the Mario Kart OST inspired the project.
Lullabies for Dogs, the folk-punks’ first album in over five years, will drop March 7 via Wax Bodega.
Norwegian synth-pop songwriter Nora Schjelderup will release her second album, Dance Therapy, on March 21 via Mute Records.
The collection, aptly titled The Villagers Companion, arrives February 21 and will also feature covers of John Prine and Mecca Normal tracks.
Ironically, the Vancouver collective feels rejuvenated on the first track to be shared from their latest record, The Open Up.
On January 24, Gary Hustwit’s regenerative Eno documentary will be livestreamed in several iterations along with Q&As with the film’s crew and other special guests.
Eternal Reverie, the producer’s first new LP since 2020, arrives March 7 via her own Young Art Records.
The seriously unserious UK rockers’ third album Boys These Days arrives May 23.
Chrystia Cabral’s newly announced album of the same name drops March 28 via Sacred Bones.
The experimental rap project shares a new single called “Change the Channel” ahead of the LP’s March 14 release via Sub Pop.
The year’s most discourse-worthy experimental metal records, according to our Senior Editor.
The Animal Collective co-founder’s first solo album in six years, Sinister Grift, is out February 28 via Domino.
The year’s most discourse-worthy records, according to our Senior Editor.
The doomy post-punk band’s fourth album Dweller lands January 10 via Three One G Records.
Led by current Built to Spill bassist Melanie Radford, the trio’s Petite Deaths EP is scheduled to arrive January 17 via Moon Ruins.
Reinterpreting 2022’s Profound Mysteries triple album, the new project aims to “underline the importance of critical thinking and curious pondering.”
“Dreamwalking” lands ahead of the collaborators’ ode to LA (and dance music), landing February 28 via Nettwerk.
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.
