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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Alejandro Rose-Garcia’s latest record embodies change and the fleeting process of creation as it finds a peculiar middle ground between heartwarming and haunting.
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The bigness that Jack Antonoff holds on his band’s latest album is dedicated to the human spirit and the hope of something better—and rockier—for our future.
Lowertown, Ugly Duckling Union
The NYC duo return to their DIY roots on their creatively unbridled second LP, turning a highly unusual concept into something rather heartfelt and wonkily majestic.
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First Listen
Jenny O.’s “The Natural World” Video Is a Declaration of Wonder and Reverence for the Living Earth
The songwriter shares another early look at her unannounced album slated for 2023.
October 13, 2022
First Listen
Mallbangs Switches Gears on Identity-Questioning New Single “Make Believe”
The Atlanta-based songwriter’s EP Checking for Daggers arrives October 21.
October 11, 2022
First Listen
Blessed Re-Open the Door to Isolation on New Single “Agoraphobia”
The Vancouver-based experimental rockers’ new album Circuitous arrives October 28 via Flemish Eye.
October 10, 2022
Track by Track
Ruth Radelet Walks Us Through Her Debut Solo EP “The Other Side” Track by Track
The ex-Chromatics vocalist’s five-song project is out now.
October 07, 2022
Playlist
THICK’s “Local Bands We Love” Playlist
Following the release of their album Happy Now, the rock trio shares 26 tracks by their favorite artists from their local Brooklyn scene.
October 06, 2022
First Listen
City of Industry Lean Into Harsh Textures on Despairing New Single “Spiritual West”
The piercing-noise title track from the Seattle hardcore group’s forthcoming album arrives with a video inspired by Stan Brakhage.
October 06, 2022
First Listen
Russian Baths Wrote an Eerie Single About Sleep Paralysis Instead of Dropping $295 on a Skype Exorcism
“Done and Dead” serves as the A-side to a new 7-inch arriving this Friday via Good Eye Records.
October 05, 2022
Playlist
Air Waves’ Dance Party Playlist
With their latest LP The Dance out now, Nico Schneit shares 12 tracks that inspired its upbeat energy.
October 04, 2022
First Listen
sadie Gives Orchin’s “My Wish” a Hyperpop Makeover with a New Remix
Following the release of her debut EP, Anna Schwab reworks the 2019 bedroom-pop single.
October 04, 2022
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from August & September 2022 You Should Know
The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
October 03, 2022
First Listen
Babehoven Seek Clarity Through the Chaos on New Single “Often”
The track arrives with a pensive music video ahead of the duo’s debut album Light Moving Time, out October 28 via Double Double Whammy.
October 03, 2022
Playlist
LUCI’s How I’m Movin’ Playlist
With her debut EP Juvenilia arriving this week, the experimental rapper shares 17 tracks she aligns with.
September 29, 2022
First Listen
Cuffed Up Unleash a Primal Scream on New Single “Even the Worm Will Turn”
The track arrives ahead of the LA-based group’s upcoming fall tour with The Joy Formidable.
September 28, 2022
Track by Track
Young Jesus Walk Us Through Their Literary Influences on New LP “Shepherd Head”
With the album out now via Saddle Creek, John Rossiter shares the books that helped shape all eight tracks.
September 16, 2022
Watch Spielbergs Tear Through “The New Year’s Resolution” at Oslo’s Studio Paradiso
Recorded back in March, the live video arrives in the wake of the band’s sophomore LP Vestli.
September 16, 2022
First Listen
Virgin Mother Channel Intense Social Anxiety on New Track “Blossoming Winter”
Mourning Ritual, Seb Alvarez’s debut solo LP of experimental metal, is out October 14.
September 15, 2022
First Listen
Gold Lamé Overcome Self-Imposed Challenges on New Single “MONSTERA”
The experimental post-rock duo’s new album GOING drops October 7.
September 14, 2022
First Listen
Disco Doom Pass Along Their Sense of Nervousness with Video for New Single “Patrik”
Mt. Surreal, the Swiss group’s first album in nearly a decade, arrives this Friday via Exploding in Sound.
September 13, 2022
First Listen
mmeadows Battle Insomnia with the Danceable Lullaby “Baby-By”
The single arrives ahead of Kristin Slipp and Cole Kamen-Green’s debut album, expected out next year.
September 13, 2022
Weyes Blood Returns with New Single “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody,” Details New Album
And in the Darkness, Hearts Glow will arrive November 18 via Sub Pop.
September 12, 2022
