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.
Reviews
See All 
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.
Mike LeSuer
Articles
See All 
Load More
First Listen
Pictureplane Shares a Goth-Trance Banger with “Weeping Sky”
Travis Egedy formally announces his new coldwave LP Sex Distortion with the project’s third single.
September 04, 2025
First Listen
Kadhja Bonet Takes on Your Least Favorite Billionaire with New Single “Don’t Count on Us”
The Toronto-based songwriter’s heated new indie-pop EP Battlewear will arrive on September 18.
September 03, 2025
Track by Track
Pearly Drops Take Us Track by Track Through Their Fever-Dream New LP “The Voices Are Coming Back”
The Helsinki duo discusses tapping into Lynchian plotlines and mid-aughts new rave on their third record.
August 29, 2025
First Listen
Bones Shredder Reflects on One-Sided Relationships on New Single “Pulling Teeth”
Randy Moore’s debut solo album Morbid Little Thing will drop on September 19 via Sunken Teeth Records.
August 29, 2025
First Listen
Guck Are Figuring It All Out on Their Debut LP “Gucked Up”
Hear an early stream of the experimental noise-rockers’ new project before it drops tomorrow via Three One G.
August 28, 2025
Playlist
Modern Nature’s “The Heat Warps” Influences Playlist
Jack Cooper shares how Neil Young, J Dilla, Portishead, and more inspired the psych-folk collective’s fourth album.
August 27, 2025
First Listen
Bad Bad Hats Share Hippo Campus’ Hectic Take on “Midway”
The track arrives ahead of the covers-heavy 10th anniversary reissue of Bad Bad Hats’ album Psychic Reader, landing August 29.
August 26, 2025
First Listen
Golden Apples Achieve Creative Liberation on New Single “Freeeee”
The cathartic track lands ahead of the band’s new album Shooting Star, which lands September 19 via Lame-O.
August 26, 2025
Art & Culture
Gorillaz Set to Take the Virtual Stage at Fortnite Festival
Season 10 of the in-game event kicks off tomorrow.
August 25, 2025
Playlist
Winter’s “Adult Romantix” Influences Playlist
Samira Winter shares how Beach Fossils, Elliott Smith, Grouper, and more helped shape her transitory new dream-pop LP.
August 25, 2025
Track by Track
Minus the Bear Take Us Track by Track Through “Menos el Oso” for Its 20th Anniversary
The Seattle group have shared a deluxe version of their second record today, and will be performing it in full tomorrow night at their first show in seven years in their hometown.
August 22, 2025
First Listen
Steel Beans Preps Self-Titled Record for Anderson .Paak’s APESHIT Label with New Single “Stowaway”
A co-release with EMPIRE, the LP features collabs with .Paak and Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen.
August 22, 2025
First Listen
Glitterfox Look Back Fondly on Their House Show Days with New Single “Richie’s Party”
The long-running PNW outfit’s debut album Decoder arrives this Friday via Jealous Butcher.
August 20, 2025
First Listen
Worthitpurchase Struggle to Make Sense of the Modern World on New Single “Sideways”
The LA art-pop duo’s self-titled third album arrives October 3.
August 19, 2025
First Listen
Greg Freeman Brings the Riffs Door-to-Door in Video for New Single “Salesman”
The Vermont-based songwriter’s second album Burnover arrives this Friday via Transgressive/Canvasback Records.
August 19, 2025
Joyce Manor Channel 100 gecs, Lana Del Rey, and Peter Frampton on New Single
“All My Friends Are So Depressed” marks the pop-punk trio’s first new material since 2022’s 40 oz. to Fresno.
August 18, 2025
First Listen
Shallowater Express Their Weather-Related Anxieties on New Single “Sadie”
The seven-and-a-half-minute cut lands ahead of the Texan slowcore/post-rock trio’s second album God’s Gonna Give You a Million Dollars, arriving September 5.
August 18, 2025
First Listen
Delicate Steve Takes Us Back to the Future (Part III) in Video for New Track “Light of the World”
Steve Marion’s latest instrumental odyssey Luke’s Garage lands this Friday.
August 18, 2025
First Listen
Wifey Pen Their “Stacy’s Mom” with New Single “Mary Ann Leaves the Band”
The Brooklyn group’s new power-pop LP Wifey Material arrives September 26.
August 15, 2025
First Listen
Work Wife Share an Anthem of Big Feelings with “Big Parking Lot”
The Brooklyn-based folk rockers announce that their debut full-length Parade is set to arrive on October 30 via Born Losers.
August 15, 2025
