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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Cult of Luna, In the Shadow of Your Shadow
The Swedish post-metal pioneers’ intense 10th full-length is among their darkest, hardest-hitting statements as it searches this scorched earth for shafts of rapturous light.
Sufjan Stevens, Worst Christmas Ever!
The Christmas album format finds vindication as the songwriter distills timeless compositions into a primer that cares about reverence and reflection as much as bombastic experimentation.
Katie Dey, Universal Will
Trading her typical hyperpop textures for heavy rock notes, the Australian pop experimentalist focuses her sights on the rise of technofascism in the wake of an online coming-of-age.
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Playlist
Automatic’s Playlist of Apocalyptic Songs From Fellow LA Bands
With their dystopian sci-fi opus Excess out now, the trio shares 10 tracks that match its energy.
June 24, 2022
First Listen
OSEES Square Up Against the Police in “Perm Act” Video
A Foul Form, the shapeshifting band’s latest foray into lo-fi punk, arrives August 12 via Castle Face.
June 24, 2022
Short Fictions Share a List of Their Favorite Pittsburgh-Based Musicians
From Code Orange to Mac Miller, vocalist Sam Treber names 10 fellow Steel City acts that inspire the band ahead of their new album Every Moment of Every Day.
June 23, 2022
First Listen
The Walkmen’s Peter Matthew Bauer Embraces Humanity Over Spiritual Escape on “Skulls”
Bauer’s new LP Flowers is set for release on September 23 via his own label Fortune Tellers Music.
June 23, 2022
death’s dynamic shroud Announce New EP “Messe de E-102” with a Video for the Title Track
The vaporwave trio’s latest collection of songs drops July 31 via—where else—100% Electronica.
June 22, 2022
Julien Baker, Tomberlin, Faye Webster, and More Featured on New Comp “Through the Soil II,” Out Now
All funds from the 37-track Bandcamp-only collection benefit The Trevor Project.
June 22, 2022
First Listen
Attia Taylor Looks Back on Late-Teen Romance on New Single “Broad and Cherry”
The track arrives ahead of the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s buzzing album Space Ghost, out July 8 via Lame-O.
June 22, 2022
First Listen
Living Hour Take a Mental Vacation in the Video for New Single “No Body”
The Winnipeg-based dream pop group’s Jay Som co-produced third album Someday Is Today arrives September 2 via Kanine Records.
June 22, 2022
Playlist
PENDANT Shares a Playlist of Songs He Discovered Through Skate Videos That Influenced “Harp”
Chris Adams walks us through a selection of tracks that helped shape his recent shapeshifting LP.
June 15, 2022
First Listen
Alex the Astronaut Makes Big Adjustments on New Single “Haircut”
Her sophomore album How to Grow a Sunflower Underwater is out July 22 via Nettwerk.
June 15, 2022
First Listen
Dogbreth Become Cleansed by the Sonoran Desert on New Single “Valley of the Moon”
The Tristan Jemsek–led project will release their latest album Believe This Rain at the end of the summer.
June 14, 2022
Plato III Brings His Past with Him on “The Devil Has Texas”
The LA-based rapper talks how growing up in Abilene shaped his debut album with Polyvinyl Records.
June 13, 2022
Film & TVFilm + TV News
Watch David Lynch’s Video Tribute to His Late Musical Collaborator Julee Cruise
The groundbreaking dream-pop vocalist passed away yesterday aged 65.
June 10, 2022
Tenacious D Share Medley of The Who Songs with Proceeds Benefiting Gun Safety Org
In addition to releasing the 7-inch, Jack Black and Kyle Gass are also launching a line of fiber bars.
June 08, 2022
First Listen
Kal Marks Return with New LP “My Name Is Hell,” Televangelize in Video for New Track “Ovation”
Carl Shane’s noise-rock project’s first release with a new lineup will arrive August 5 via Exploding in Sound.
June 08, 2022
First Listen
Air Waves Announce New LP “The Dance,” Share New Single “Wait”
Ahead of the record’s September 9 release via Fire Records, Nicole Schneit reveals a video for a new track.
June 07, 2022
Track by Track
Poliça Take Us Into the Mouth of “Madness”
Channy Leaneagh breaks down each track on the Minneapolis collective’s experimental new LP, out now via Memphis Industries.
June 03, 2022
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from April & May 2022 You Should Know
The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
June 01, 2022
First Listen
Tijuana Panthers’ Latest Single Is an Earnest Ode to Slackers
The West Coast punks’ new album Halfway to Eighty is out June 24 via Innovative Leisure.
June 01, 2022
Playlist
10 Songs That Inspired Just Mustard While Writing “Heart Under”
The atmospheric Irish rockers’ new album arrives this week via Partisan Records.
May 26, 2022
