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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Meg Lui, Instant Validation
Partnering with Sufjan Stevens on her perky debut album of freewheeling folk-pop, country-rock, and even sea shanties, the Catskills-based songwriter flits between genres with ease.
Empress Of, Dream House
On a prismatic album about reconstruction and fulfillment, the Honduran-American songwriter embodies pure-hearted conviction to remind us home is where the heart is.
Emma Ruth Rundle, These Killing Times
Capturing the existential uncertainty and anguish of being alive right now, each of the eight tracks on the Portland-based songwriter’s new record feels like some kind of séance.
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Weatherday, “Hornet Disaster”
The Swedish noise-pop experimentalist’s second LP explores a considerably wider array of sounds across its 19 tracks, all through cleaner production.
March 18, 2025
First Listen
Brandon Mournfully Anticipates the Changing Seasons on New Single “September”
Secretly Canadian’s newest signee will release his debut album Before You Go on May 9.
March 18, 2025
First Listen
Club Night Stay Strong on New Single “Judah”
The Oakland group tackles themes of grief and recovery on their second album Joy Coming Down, arriving May 2 via Tiny Engines.
March 18, 2025
Track by Track
Twin Shadow Breaks Down Each Track on His Revitalized New LP “Georgie”
George Lewis’ stripped-back sixth album is out now via Dom Recs.
March 14, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
6 Non-Musical Influences on Bambara’s Neo-Noir Thriller “Birthmarks”
The Brooklyn-based post-punks share how everything from True Detective’s first season to medical research on reincarnation helped shape their fifth album.
March 14, 2025
First Listen
Night Beats Bring Their Giallo Vision to Life with Video for New Track “Behind the Green Door”
Directed by the band’s own Danny Lee Blackwell, the clip lands ahead of a new 7-inch single arriving on April 11 via Suicide Squeeze.
March 12, 2025
Niis Saddle Up for Equestrian “BYD” Video
The LA punks’ debut album Niis World comes out March 28 via Get Better Records.
March 11, 2025
First Listen
The Convenience Pare Down an Extended Experimental Jam with New Single “Opportunity”
The eerie track lands ahead of the New Orleans duo’s sophomore album Like Cartoon Vampires, out April 18 via Winspear.
March 11, 2025
First Listen
Iress Make Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For” Their Own with New Cover
The LA doomgaze band is touring the Southwest later this month, with a set of Pacific Northwest dates to follow.
March 11, 2025
First Listen
Horsepower Think a Crush to Death on New Single “Are You Blushing?”
Charlotte Weinman’s debut single lands ahead of her March 12 show at NYC’s Night Club 101 alongside Nautics and S.C.A.B.
March 10, 2025
First Look
The Fever Haze Share an Appropriately Fever-Dream-y Video for “Tender Little Sunshine”
The Michigan dream-pop ensemble’s fourth album Moonbow is out now via Graveface.
March 07, 2025
Track by Track
Chase Petra Take Us Through the Jealousy, Spite, and Catharsis That Fueled “Lullabies for Dogs”
The folk-punks’ follow-up to their 2019 debut is out now via Wax Bodega.
March 07, 2025
First Listen
Korine Let Go of All Attachments on New Single “Twist the Knife”
The new-wave duo’s fourth album A Flame in the Dark lands March 28 via Born Losers.
March 06, 2025
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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
First Listen
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
