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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Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Tragic Magic
Pairing early modern harp and vintage analog synths, the duo cope with disaster by forging soothing atmospheric compositions fueled by their unique creative connection.
Westside Cowboy, So Much Country ’Till We Get There
The buzzy Manchester group’s new EP doubles down on affability with five tracks of straightforward indie rock coursing with charm and easy-going, edgeless quirks.
Xiu Xiu, Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1
These covers capture the broad spectrum of artists who’ve inspired Jamie Stewart over the past 24 years—and prove that Xiu Xiu is able to even make Robyn sound unwaveringly dark.
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First Listen
Grant Pavol Announces Third EP of 2025, Shares Video for Lead Single “Save Some Time”
Directed by Nara Avakian of Nara’s Room, the clip arrives ahead of the release of the EP of the same name next Friday.
August 14, 2025
Track by Track
Wombo Walk Us Through Their Formula-Altering New LP “Danger in Fives”
The post-punk experimentalists take us track-by-track through their fourth record, out now via Fire Talk.
August 13, 2025
First Listen
Google Earth Take Inspiration From Getting Stoned at an IMAX Screening on “Endless Corridor”
John Vanderslice and James Riotto will share their second album of glitchy art-pop on August 29.
August 13, 2025
First Listen
Alexa Rose Fights to Find Enchantment Again on New Single “Where the Magic Lives”
The Asheville-based songwriter shares that the track will appear on her newly announced LP Atmosphere, which drops October 31 via First City Artists.
August 13, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Anamanaguchi’s Analog New Album “Anyway”
With the chiptune band’s third and most tactile record yet out now via Polyvinyl, they share how demolition derbies, fun hats, and the staircase at the American Football house all helped keep them inspired.
August 12, 2025
First Listen
James Barrett Previews New Chapter with Pop-Punk Jam “Fragile Assertion”
The track arrives ahead of a new LP planned for 2026, as well as the songwriter’s annual Good Things Are Happening fest set for September 6 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
August 12, 2025
First Look
KennyHoopla Shares a Glimpse of the DIY Artist Lifestyle in New Video for “orphan//”
The fashion-focused visual lands ahead of the artist’s new EP conditions of an orphan//, out September 19 via The Orchard.
August 11, 2025
Lucy Dacus Returns with New Double Single in the Midst of “Forever Is a Feeling” Tour
“Bus Back to Richmond” and “More Than Friends” are now streaming, with a physical 7-inch release shipping in October.
August 08, 2025
First Listen
Fuck Money Take Aim at the Ruling Class and Their Misinformation Campaign on “Dead Man”
The Austin-based hardcore-punks will release their self-titled debut album on August 15 via Three One G.
August 07, 2025
Playlist
No Joy’s Songs That Will Hatch 100,000 Larvae Playlist
Jasamine White-Gluz shares how tracks by Underworld, Deerhunter, Type O Negative, and more also happen to have incubated her wildly experimental new album Bugland.
August 06, 2025
First Listen
Aïda Mekonnen Caby Breaks the Pattern on New Single “A Sign of Life”
The France-based songwriter’s debut album Mais Uma will arrive on August 29 via Mtn. Laurel Recording Co.
August 06, 2025
First Listen
Jack Manley Shares a Meditation on Memory and Forgetting with “Way Loud”
It’s the first single to be released from the New York–based songwriter’s new album Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?.
August 05, 2025
First Listen
Wombo Find Balance in Contrast on New Single “S.T. Tilted”
The Louisville trio’s fourth album Danger in Fives drops this Friday via Fire Talk.
August 04, 2025
Playlist
Nmesh’s Late-Summer “Molokai” Mind-Melt Playlist
Louisville-based vaporwave producer Alex Koenig goes deep on his influences for his newly released LP The Molokai Compendium, out now via Doom Trip.
August 01, 2025
Track by Track
Debby Friday Breaks Down Her Astrological New LP “The Starrr of the Queen of Life”
The Nigerian-Canadian electronic artist shares how everyone from Lady Gaga to Martin Buber inspired her second full-length for Sub Pop.
August 01, 2025
First Listen
Miles Kane Shares Glam-Rock Groover “Electric Flower” Ahead of New LP
Produced by Dan Auerbach, the Last Shadow Puppets member’s latest solo album Sunlight in the Shadows will arrive on October 17.
July 31, 2025
First Listen
Osees Pay Homage to “Dr. Strangelove” with New Single “Abomination”
Arriving ahead of the band’s 29th LP, Abomination Revealed at Last, the Lloyd Kaufman–starring clip is basically a Troma film.
July 30, 2025
First Listen
The Pink Stones Express Their Newfound Love of Commercial Aviation on New Single
“Real Sad Movies, Big Jet Planes” is the second track to be shared from Thank the Lord… It’s The Pink Stones, out September 19 via Normaltown/New West Records.
July 29, 2025
First Listen
Julia, Julia Shares a Raw Reflection on Heartbreak and Healing with “A Love That Hurts”
The Coathangers’ Julia Kugel will release her second solo album, Sugaring a Strawberry, on September 9 via Suicide Squeeze and Happy Sundays Records.
July 29, 2025
First Listen
Nuclear Daisies Share “Toad,” One Final Taste of Heaven Prior to the Release of Their Second LP
First Taste of Heaven, the second record from the Ringo Deathstarr offshoot, will arrive this Friday via Portrayal of Guilt Records.
July 28, 2025
