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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HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Fucked Up, Year of the Goat
Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.
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.
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First Listen
Guided by Voices Brace for Reptilian Armageddon on New Single “Lizard on the Red Brick Wall”
The prolific (to put it mildly) rockers’ second album of 2022, Tremblers and Goggles by Rank, arrives July 1.
June 28, 2022
Playlist
Katie Alice Greer’s Extreme and Unhinged Sounds Playlist
The ex-Priests vocalist’s own debut collection of unhinged sounds, Barbarism, is out now.
June 27, 2022
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First Listen
PACKS Is Taking on Too Much on New Single “iknowiknow”
Madeline Link’s stripped-back EP WOAH arrives July 8 via Fire Talk.
June 27, 2022
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 + TV
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
