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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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.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50
This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]
Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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Hermanos Gutiérrez Share a Live Performance of Contemplative Track “Thunderbird”
El Bueno y el Malo, the duo’s first LP for Easy Eye Sound, arrived back in October.
December 16, 2022
First Listen
Liily Return with a Stab at Industrial Dance Music on New Single “Applause”
The LA-based alt-rockers have more new music planned for 2023 in addition to a West Coast tour alongside FIDLAR.
December 15, 2022
First Listen
Keep Overlook the Small Stuff in a Big Way on New Track “Dasani Daydream”
The shoegaze collective shares that their new album Happy in Here will arrive February 3 via Honey Suckle Sound.
December 13, 2022
Aesop Rock / photo by Andy Sawyer
Aesop Rock Teams Up with Lupe Fiasco for One-Off Single “Pumpkin Seeds”
The track aims to raise funds for a pair of DIY skateparks in Dayton, Ohio.
December 09, 2022
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Marcus Strickland’s Afrofuturism Playlist
The GRAMMY-nominated saxophonist shares a few thematic influences ahead of the release of The Universe’s Wildest Dream on January 13.
December 09, 2022
First Listen
Salvation Share a Blast of Soulful Noise Rock with New Single “Drag”
The Chicago group shares the opening track from their fourth LP MOCK, out this Friday.
December 07, 2022
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Los Bitchos’ Holiday Playlist
13 tracks to play around the Chrismos tree.
December 06, 2022
First Listen
Hibou Announces New EP “Arc,” Shares First Single “Night Fell”
Former Craft Spells touring drummer Peter Michel’s new EP is set to be released on January 13.
December 02, 2022
Playlist
Quadeca’s “I Didn’t Mean to Haunt You” Influences Playlist
From Duster and The Microphones to Björk and Caroline Polachek, Ben Lasky shares what songs shaped the surreal world of his second LP.
December 01, 2022
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Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from October & November 2022 You Should Know
The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
December 01, 2022
First Listen
Secret Machines Explore Longing and Otherness on New Single “You Want It Worse”
Following a pair of EPs released earlier this year, the space-rockers’ new album will arrive in February.
December 01, 2022
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@ Tune Into Companionship on New Single “Friendship Is Frequency”
Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak also announce that their debut album Mind Palace Music will be out February 17 via Carpark Records.
November 30, 2022
Factor Chandelier and Friends Are Floating on a Barge of Trash in the “Garbage Island” Video
The track featuring Gregory Pepper, AWOL One, and Ceschi appeared on the producer’s Time Invested II LP released earlier this year.
November 29, 2022
The 5 Best Danny Brown Guest Verses Released Over the Past 4 Months
While we continue to anticipate Quaranta, the rapper’s given us plenty to be thankful for since August.
November 28, 2022
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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
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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
