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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Shakey Graves, Fondness, Etc.
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.
Bleachers, Everyone for Ten Minutes
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
Total Downer Share a Revisionist Take on Weezer’s “Pinkerton” with New Single “Star Rek’t”
The track arrives with news of the Cleveland group’s debut album Caretaker, arriving January 27 via Just Because Records.
November 28, 2022
First Listen
Jabee Pays Homage to Mos Def and Talib Kweli on New Single “Black Star”
The Scoopay-featuring track arrives with the announcement of the OKC rapper’s new EP Good, out December 16.
November 25, 2022
Hit Like a Girl Walk Us Through Their New Metalcore EP “Becoming” Track by Track
Nicolle Maroulis shares how industry burnout—and Buffy the Vampire Slayer—inspired them to go brvtal.
November 18, 2022
Track by Track
Gladie Walk Us Through Their Refreshed New LP “Don’t Know What You’re in Until You’re Out”
Along with an early stream of the full album, Augusta Koch breaks down the second album from her post-Cayetana project track by track.
November 17, 2022
Playlist
isomonstrosity’s Influences Playlist
With their genre-defying self-titled debut LP dropping this Friday, Yuga Cohler, Johan Lenox, and Ellen Reid share their favorite hip-hop tracks, classical compositions, and everything in between.
November 16, 2022
Wet Leg, Big Thief, Turnstile, IDLES, and More Nab 2023 GRAMMY Nominations
The full list of nominees was announced today ahead of the 65th annual award show scheduled to take place February 5.
November 15, 2022
First Listen
Ron Gallo Enters the VR Realm for Band Practice in New “FOREGROUND MUSIC” Video
The track precedes a new album of the same name planned for release on March 3 via Kill Rock Stars.
November 15, 2022
First Listen
Tim Hill Blends Into His Surroundings in the Video for New Single “The Clock’s Never Wrong”
The country ballad comes from the Californian songwriter’s forthcoming Giant LP, arriving February 10 via Innovative Leisure and Calico Discos.
November 15, 2022
Our Band Could Be Your Wife: Disambiguating 10 Current Matrimonially Named Artists
From Dream Wife to Midwife, we’re sorting through another new trend in band naming.
November 14, 2022
Hannibal Buress Releases Debut Single as Eshu Tune, “Knee Brace”
The comedian has been teasing the project at recent live shows, including our SXSW showcase earlier this year.
November 11, 2022
Reckling Play a Gig to a Crowd of Flies in Their New “Spitter” Video
The single opened the LA-based group’s Human Nature EP, released back in August.
November 11, 2022
Film & TVFilm + TV News
Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson Is Doing His Part to Bring Attention to the Climate Crisis
Rainn Wilson has (unofficially) changed his name leading up to the COP27 summit in Egypt this week.
November 10, 2022
First Listen
Hiding From Tomorrow Wake Up to Face Another Day in New “.38 Special” Video
Latrell James and Rain’s debut collection of collaborations arrives December 13 via Echo Finch.
November 10, 2022
First Listen
Hataałii Unwinds at Home in the Video for New Single “President’s Got Me All Night Long”
It’s Hataałiinez Wheeler’s second single for Dangerbird Records’ Microdose Single Series.
November 09, 2022
Playlist
Daniel Avery’s “Ultra Truth” Influences Playlist
The London-based ambient techno artist’s new LP is out now via Mute.
November 08, 2022
DJ Sun and Fat Tony Celebrate the Warm Comfort of Home and the Magic of Touring in “Pan Am Flight 1701” Video
The track comes from DJ Sun’s new LP Loveletter which arrived last Friday.
November 08, 2022
Track by Track
Tenci Walk Us Through Their Transformative New LP “A Swollen River, a Well Overflowing”
Band leader Jess Shoman breaks down each track on their sophomore record, out now via Keeled Scales.
November 04, 2022
First Listen
Dana Buoy Spreads the Joys of the Natural World in New “African Violet” Video
The Akron/Family offshoot’s third album Experiments in Plant Based Music Vol. 1 arrives today via Everloving Records.
November 04, 2022
First Listen
Hear an Early Stream of Gemma Laurence’s Sophomore LP “Lavender”
The record officially drops tomorrow via San Fermin’s Better Company Records and The Orchard.
November 03, 2022
“Meet Me in the Bathroom” Takes Us Back to the Early-’00s NYC Garage Rock Revival—and Far Beyond
Journalist Lizzy Goodman discusses the new documentary adaptation of her 2017 oral history of the scene, and how the stories it follows are much more timeless than they may appear to be.
November 02, 2022
