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
Sister. Unpack an Intimate Friendship on New Single “Blood in the Vines”
The NYC-based band’s new collaboration with Told Slant’s Felix Walworth arrives with a set of tour dates alongside villagerrr.
March 05, 2025
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L.A. Witch Continue to Shift Toward Colder Post-Punk Influences on New Single “The Lines”
Arriving April 4 via Suicide Squeeze, the psychedelic garage-rockers’ third album DOGGOD promises to open up the trio’s sound.
March 05, 2025
First Listen
BRUIT ≤ Process Our Confused Modern World on New Single “Data”
The French post-rock quartet’s tech-wary second LP The Age of Ephemerality arrives April 25 via Pelagic Records.
March 03, 2025
Track by Track
Deep Sea Diver Walk Us Through Their Shred-Heavy New LP “Billboard Heart”
With the Seattle art-rock project’s fourth album out now via Sub Pop, Jessica Dobson and Peter Mansen share how Gang of Four, The Walkmen, Wilco, and more shaped their vision.
February 28, 2025
Playlist
Miya Folick’s “Music to Have the Best Walk of Your Life To” Playlist
While her new album Erotica Veronica itself also fits the bill, the songwriter shares a collection of stroll-friendly tunes that helped inspire her self-produced third LP.
February 28, 2025
First Listen
Hear an Early Stream of Heaven’s Club’s New “Free World” EP
The three-song release from Deafheaven’s Shiv Mehra and Marbled Eye’s Chris Natividad officially drops tomorrow via Born Losers.
February 27, 2025
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Cloakroom, “Last Leg of the Human Table”
Situationally bleaker yet more instrumentally upbeat, the futuristic post-metal outfit’s fourth album echoes the cultural boom that’s accompanied us to the doomsday present.
February 26, 2025
First Listen
Rowena Wise and Didirri Face the Challenges of Long-Term Romance on New Duet “No Cure for Love”
Along with the Didirri-directed video for the single, Wise is announcing a set of North American tour dates kicking off March 1 in Toronto.
February 26, 2025
First Listen
Blackwater Holylight Journey Into the Unknown on New Single “Wandering Lost”
The LA-via-Portland psych-metal group shares that the track will appear on a new EP titled If You Only Knew, expected out April 18 via Suicide Squeeze.
February 26, 2025
First Listen
SELL EVERYTHING Overcome a Sense of Hopelessness on New Track “Something New”
The smooth, guitar-forward jam marks the Dublin collective’s first single of 2025 via Future Gods.
February 25, 2025
First Listen
Population II Preview New LP with Krautrock Jam “Mariano (Jamais je ne t’oublierai)”
The Montreal ensemble’s third LP Maintenant Jamais will drop March 28 via Bonsound.
February 25, 2025
elbow Plan North American Tour for This Fall
The UK art-rockers will embark on their first set of dates in the US and Canada since 2020 beginning in late September.
February 24, 2025
First Listen
Facing Harness the Uneasiness of a Long-Distance Relationship on New Single “Undiu”
It’s the second single from the newly minted Chicago-based experimental trio.
February 24, 2025
Suki Waterhouse Shares New Single “Dream Woman” Ahead of Sold-Out Residency at The Roxy
The March dates in LA will give way to appearances at Austin’s Sips & Sounds Festival and SLC’s Kilby Court Block Party.
February 20, 2025
First Look
Venture Into the Mind of Creed Bratton with His New Video for “Tall Grass”
The songwriter/actor shares an appropriately psychedelic new visual for the track from his recent album Tao Pop.
February 20, 2025
First Listen
Katy Pinke Shares an Early Stream of Confessional New LP “Strange Behavior”
The NYC-based songwriter’s follow-up to last April’s self-titled debut officially drops tomorrow.
February 20, 2025
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Maria Somerville Captures the Essence of Still Evening with Video for New Single “Garden”
The Irish songwriter announces that she’ll release her second LP, Luster, on April 25 via 4AD.
February 19, 2025
Playlist
Teether & Kuya Neil Take Us Deeper Into Australia’s Avant-Garde Music Scene
The emcee-producer duo sets the stage for their forthcoming debut full-length Yearn IV with a playlist made up of their favorite music made by local Melbourne peers and beyond.
February 19, 2025
First Listen
Adrian Younge Presents a Revisionist Take on ’70s Brazilian Soul with “Ainda Preciso do Sol”
The track arrives ahead of the release of Younge’s third and final LP within his Something About April series, which lands April 18 via Linear Labs.
February 18, 2025
First Listen
Eliza Niemi Creates Tension and Ease on New Single “Melodies Like Mark”
The Canadian songwriter’s second album, Progress Bakery, lands March 21 via Tin Angel Records.
February 18, 2025
