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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Maya Hawke, Maitreya Corso
The actress and songwriter’s barely older, mostly wiser, and more wearily symbolic follow-up to 2024’s Chaos Angel sketches her commitments to love beyond the boundaries of her usual big ideas.
American Football, American Football (LP4)
Further expanding the majesty and swell of their sound, the Midwest emo icons’ widescreen fourth LP flows with darkness, morbidity, emotional distress, and a newfound sense of hope.
Failure, Location Lost
The spacey grunge trio’s fourth post-reunion LP avoids trends in favor of songs that penetrate the heart—it’s as if they’ve finally found the magic they’ve had in themselves from the start.
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Charlotte Cornfield Discusses the Pain and Healing Behind Her New LP “Hurts Like Hell”
The songwriter explains how everyone from Lucinda Williams to Jonathan Richman inspired her Merge Records debut, which features contributions from Feist, Buck Meek, and more.
March 27, 2026
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Dälek, “Brilliance of a Falling Moon”
Just as the industrial hip-hop stalwarts have never been tourists within the genre, Will Brooks’ lyrical focus on class war and normalized tragedy remains steadfast on the project’s tenth LP.
March 25, 2026
Playlist
Ivy Knight’s “Iron Mountain” Influences Playlist
The Brooklyn-based songwriter revealed today that her debut album will drop May 15, with Natalie Bergman, Modest Mouse, and Cat Power serving as inspiration.
March 25, 2026
First Listen
Hannah Lew Confronts a False Love on New Single “Replica”
The Cold Beat band leader’s self-titled debut solo album drops April 10 via Night School Records.
March 25, 2026
First Listen
Johanna Samuels Recalls Her First Panic Attack on New Single Featuring Courtney Marie Andrews
Produced by Jonathan Rado, “White Limousine” marks the LA-based songwriter’s first release through Odd Man Out Records.
March 25, 2026
First Listen
Shakey Graves Excavates a Prehistoric Texan Landscape on New Instrumental Cut “I Once Was an Ocean”
Inspired by composer Martin Denny, the single arrives ahead of Alejandro Rose-Garcia’s latest collection Fondness, Etc..
March 25, 2026
First Listen
Alela Diane Struggles to Stay Present on New Single “In My Own Time”
The Portland-based songwriter’s latest album Who’s Keeping Time? will arrive on May 22 via Fluff & Gravy.
March 24, 2026
First Listen
Guided by Voices Share a Song for Robert Pollard’s Son (or Any Other Young Person, Really) with “Advance Without Dropping”
The band’s latest album Crawlspace of the Pantheon drops May 29.
March 24, 2026
Downtown Boys Return with Rowdy New Single “No Me Jodas,” Announce First LP in Nearly a Decade
Public Luxury, the Providence political-punks’ follow-up to their 2017 debut for Sub Pop, arrives June 26.
March 23, 2026
First Listen
Andrew Jim Gannon Shares Xiu Xiu Remix of “Bon Boys Will Break Your Heart” Ahead of New LP
The artist formerly known as On Man shares another single (as well as Jamie Stewart’s take on it) ahead of Hydrate Those Folds!’s June 12 release.
March 23, 2026
U.S. Girls Share Video for “You’ve Got Everything – But a Smile” From Meg Remy’s Debut Film Score
The sci-fi sex comedy Dead Lover hits select theaters this weekend.
March 20, 2026
Track by Track
Girl Scout Walk Us Through Their Cohesive Debut Statement “Brink” Track by Track
Emma Jansson details each song on the Swedish indie-pop outfit’s Alex Farrar–produced LP.
March 20, 2026
First Listen
Hear an Early Stream of John Dwyer’s New Damaged Bug LP “ZUZAX”
The fifth record from the Osees band leader’s synth-punk side-project officially arrives tomorrow via the artist’s own Deathgod label.
March 19, 2026
First Listen
Fireball Kid Confronts Ghosts and “Sad Forest Magic” (and Weed) on New Track “At Your Leisure”
Colin Ratchford’s third indie-pop LP Deer Path Turn to a Shortcut arrives May 8 via Born Losers Records.
March 19, 2026
First Listen
Primitive Ring Announce Self-Titled Debut, Share Lead Single “Heads Will Roll”
The new band from Fuzz’s Charles Moothart will drop their album on May 15 via In the Red.
March 18, 2026
First Look
Wire Revisit “23 Years Too Late” 24 Years Later with a New Music Video
This edit of the track teases the post-punk icons’ RSD vinyl of 2007’s Read & Burn 03 + EP, while the video’s footage is taken from the upcoming Wire doc People in a Film.
March 17, 2026
The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Chromeo, Feist, and More Announced for Just Like Heaven 2026
The single-day Pasadena fest returns on August 22 with Coco & Clair Clair, The Rapture, This Is Lorelei, and more.
March 16, 2026
Death Cab for Cutie Announce New Album “I Built You a Tower,” Share Lead Single
“Riptides” lands ahead of the June 5 release of the band’s debut for ANTI- Records.
March 16, 2026
First Listen
Imaad Wasif Was Inspired by Sonic Youth and East Indian Classical Music on “We Are Hunters”
The songwriter’s latest “multidimensional exploration of sounds” lands ahead of his new album this Wednesday.
March 16, 2026
Track by Track
Anjimile Breaks Down His Ecstatic New LP “You’re Free to Go”
The Durham-based songwriter shares how his third album was inspired by new love and the modern indie-folk canon.
March 13, 2026
