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.
Towa Bird, Gentleman
The shred-bending guitarist is out for blood on her second LP as she channels femme-punk fury and four-on-the-floor disco beats into songs aiming to bust the heads of the pop patriarchy.
Telehealth, Green World Image
The Seattle band mashes up Millennial malaise with ’80s synthpunk and biting satire on a playful second LP that crowds out the more emotional elements with terminally online irony.
Nara’s Room, Tearless, thoughtless
The Brooklyn band bring more dimension to their sound on a magnetic second record that’s framed by a mix of analog technology and Y2K aesthetics.
Mike LeSuer
photo by Brigid Gallagher
Sure, we’ll all be at the “Silent Alarm” set—but what are “Microwave” and “Ganser,” and should I be there for them too?
*Checks notes* *pauses* *deadpans camera* It’s called “Father of All Motherfuckers.”
The second cut from “All My Heroes Are Cornballs” is expectedly confrontational.
The Chicago trio isn’t shy about telling us which decade inspired their forthcoming album “My Star.”
Hear “Much After Feeling” and “Plant Sugar” from the Virginia band’s fourth album, out November 1 on Run for Cover.
The latest from the Brooklyn experimental electronic duo will drop October 25 on Exploding in Sound.
The melodic shoegaze trio detail the making of their new record.
With a street date of October 4, the Detroit rapper’s long-awaited fifth album features verses from Run the Jewels, Blood Orange, JPEGMAFIA, and more.
Part two of Fucked Up guitarist Ben Cook’s solo project drops October 25 via Run for Cover.
The goth-folk track is the latest single from “Birth of Violence,” out next Friday via Sargent House.
The “On Cinema at the Cinema” universe expands with a feature-length studio film coming in October.
Bethlehem Steel, May 2019
The video for the band’s latest single is full of choreographed dance moves and internal bleeding.
Our Associate Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
To accompany their debut LP “When the Tree Bears Fruit,” the Australian garage rockers serve up more songs about fruit.
Jawbreaker at Riot Fest / photo by Brigid Gallagher
Time slots for Blink-182, Bikini Kill, Wu-Tang Clan, and more announced (also, according to Goose Island Brewing, Riot Fest Sucks).
The second single from Robert Alfons’ second album in the “Destroyer” series takes the project in a somber direction.
According to Jeff Tweedy, Kari Faux, James Blake, and more, “All My Heroes Are Cornballs” will let us down September 13.
The versatile rapper looks fondly upon the past in the clip for the “Sans Soleil” single.
The punk anthem precedes the project’s split with Graduating Life, out September 12 via Pure Noise/Epitaph.
The slowcore project of Montreal songwriter Michael Hansford shares its second single from the forthcoming “Touchstone” LP.
