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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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Possible Humans Break Down “Everybody Split” Track by Track
The Aussie jangle pop group describe their new album in not entirely un-Burroughs-like terms.
August 02, 2019
Playlist
PLAYLIST: oso oso’s Songs That Inspired “basking in the glow”
Jade Lilitri offers up ten tracks that informed the sounds of his band’s latest LP.
August 02, 2019
LISTEN: IDLES Share “I Dream Guillotine,” Are Mad About Something
The single arrives ten days after their native U.K. elected a new PM. Weird!
August 02, 2019
Track by Track
Slaughter Beach, Dog Break Down “Safe and Also No Fear” Track by Track
Modern Baseball’s Jake Ewald gives us the play-by-play for his Americana-conscious solo project’s third album.
August 02, 2019
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from July 2019 You Should Know
Our Associate Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
August 01, 2019
PREMIERE: Queen of Jeans Move on in “All the Same” Video
The Philly trio serenade dates in the video for the second single from “If you’re not afraid, I’m not afraid.”
August 01, 2019
WATCH: Bon Iver Assure Us They’re the Same Band They’ve Always Been in New Doc Short
Justin Vernon and crew talk the intimate nature of new album “i,i” in WeTransfer-produced film.
July 31, 2019
Film + TV
Jennifer Kent Talks Humanity and Timeless Violence in “The Nightingale”
The “Babadook” writer/director is ready to terrify you all over again with her new film.
July 31, 2019
PREMIERE: Spinning Coin Announce New 7-Inch, Share “Visions at the Stars”
The jangly Glasgow band follow up their 2017 debut with a pair of tracks set for an August 30 release.
July 31, 2019
Oberhofer Explains How He Got “oO0OoO0Oo” Into Our iTunes Libraries
Celebrating (approximately) ten years of the songwriter’s first and most unpronounceable release.
July 30, 2019
Stream SHADI’s Debut LP “You Can’t Hear Me” Before Its Release Date
The Tampa rapper/producer takes cues from past collaborators Daveed Diggs and JPEGMAFIA on the eleven experimental tracks.
July 29, 2019
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Strange Ranger Recall the Songs That Inspired “Remembering the Rockets”
From Red House Painters to Oneohtrix Point Never, the Philly rockers give some context for their experimental new record.
July 26, 2019
Film + TV
“The Mountain” Is Rick Alverson’s Latest Tragedy About Unfunny People
The filmmaker discusses father figures, the nuclear family, and the contradictions of the American utopia as they relate to his new feature.
July 25, 2019
PREMIERE: Parrot Dream Share EP of B-Sides From Their Album “Light Goes”
The three new tracks complement the Brooklyn band’s dreamy debut released last year.
July 24, 2019
DIIV Are Reborn on New Album “Deceiver,” Share First Single “Skin Game”
Zachary Cole Smith returns with his band’s third album, due out October 4 on Captured Tracks.
July 24, 2019
WATCH: Allah Las Announce New Album “LAHS” with “In the Air” Video
The jangly surf rockers unveil their upcoming tour plans along with the Kiran J. Callinan–featuring clip.
July 23, 2019
Frenchkiss Announces 20th Anniversary Show feat. Les Savy Fav, The Dodos, and Eleanor Friedberger
The indie label will celebrate two decades of releases with an October 12 show at Brooklyn’s Elsewhere.
July 22, 2019
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Ada Lea’s Sun and Moon Songs
Working with the same dichotomy that inspired her debut, the Montreal songwriter lists ten astrologically bent influences.
July 19, 2019
David Kilgour Announces New LP “Bobbie’s a girl” with “Smoke You Right Out of Here” Video
The Clean guitarist and jangle pop pioneer readies his eleventh studio album.
July 18, 2019
Over a Decade Later, the Dissenting Lyrics of Vivian Girls’ “No” Ring Truer Than Ever
In the event of a newly announced Vivian Girls revival, it’s time to dissect the prophetic lyrics of the garage rock three-piece’s 2008 track.
July 17, 2019
