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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The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
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With the aid of producer and organist Raymond Angry, the country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
Of Montreal, Aethermead
Kevin Barnes rallies something bracingly emotional on their 20th album in 30 years, sounding more crisply, contagiously, singularly psychedelic than they have in ages.
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First Listen
The Black Angels Create an Adrenaline-Inducing Soundtrack with “Without a Trace”
The Austin psych-rock collective’s double album Wilderness of Mirrors arrives September 16 via Partisan.
August 09, 2022
The Big Pink Announce First New Album in a Decade, Rage Against the Day on New Single
The Love That’s Ours arrives September 30 via Project Melody Music.
August 08, 2022
Hudson Mohawke Soundtracks an Extremely One-Sided Game of One-on-One in “Bicstan” Video
Co-directed by comedians Patti Harrison and Alan Resnick, the video arrives ahead of Cry Sugar’s Friday release.
August 08, 2022
First Listen
The Vacant Lots Rue Wasted Time in a Relationship on Pulsing New Single “Thank You”
The duo’s new album Closure arrives September 30 via Fuzz Club.
August 08, 2022
The Mars Volta Announce Self-Titled Album, Share Video for Another New Single “Vigil”
The experimental duo’s seventh album—and first in a decade—arrives September 16.
August 05, 2022
Playlist
Cheekface Share a Playlist of Reference Points for New LP “Too Much to Ask”
Following a string of singles, the LA-based three-piece surprise-released their third album earlier this week.
August 05, 2022
First Listen
Upchuck Announce Debut LP “Sense Yourself” with Confrontational New Single “Boss Up”
The Atlanta-based punks will release the project September 30 via Famous Class Records.
August 03, 2022
First Listen
Winter Announces New LP, Enlists Hatchie on Latest Single “atonement”
Samira Winter and Harriette Pilbeam take on Hollywood in the video for the second track released ahead of What Kind of Blue Are You?.
August 02, 2022
Playlist
Pool Kids’ Pro-Vocoder Playlist
Inspired by the band’s new track “Swallow,” Christine Goodwyne shares 10 more songs that use the vocal distortion tool to heighten their emotional pull.
August 01, 2022
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from June & July 2022 You Should Know
The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
August 01, 2022
First Listen
Guards Share an Early Stream of Their New Covers Project “More Cover Songs”
The sequel to Richie Follin’s 2011 covers EP officially drops tomorrow via CGR.
August 01, 2022
First Listen
Housewife Make Necessary Changes on New Single “I’m Spent”
The Toronto-based duo share their third single since releasing their Better Daughter EP in 2020.
August 01, 2022
Track by Track
Murder by Death Walk Us Through Their Literary New LP “Spell/Bound” Track by Track
Adam Turla breaks down each song on the band’s eighth album, out now.
July 29, 2022
First ListenPlaylist
Ty Sorrell Shares an Early Stream of “HomeGrown” Along with a Playlist Highlighting Some of Richmond’s Best Emcees
The Virginia rapper’s album officially drops via Quiet Year tomorrow.
July 28, 2022
Playlist
11 Songs That Chill Wombo Out
The playlist provides an antidote to the trio’s chaotic new album Fairy Rust, arriving this Friday via Fire Talk.
July 26, 2022
First Listen
Reckling Sort Through Feelings in Real Time on New Single “Verbalize”
The LA-based four-piece boasting members of FIDLAR and Together Pangea will release their Human Nature EP on August 12.
July 26, 2022
First Listen
Thus Love Announce Debut LP “Memorial” with the Existential Post-Punk Anthem “In Tandem”
The Vermont trio’s album arrives October 7 via Captured Tracks, with dates opening for Viagra Boys and Shame to follow.
July 26, 2022
Less Screaming Than You’d Think: A Conversation with Chat Pile
With their debut album God’s Country dropping this week, the OKC noise-rock band takes us deeper into their unsettling world.
July 25, 2022
First Listen
PHONY Gets Plugged Into the Simulation in Cronenbergian Video for New Single “The Middle”
Neil Berthier’s new album At Some Point You Stop arrives this Friday.
July 25, 2022
First Listen
Worthitpurchase Relive Growing Up in the Suburbs on New Single “Deadbeat”
The latest single from the West Coast trio’s forthcoming album Truthtelling arrives with a Chloe Corley remix.
July 25, 2022
