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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Cult of Luna, In the Shadow of Your Shadow
The Swedish post-metal pioneers’ intense 10th full-length is among their darkest, hardest-hitting statements as it searches this scorched earth for shafts of rapturous light.
Sufjan Stevens, Worst Christmas Ever!
The Christmas album format finds vindication as the songwriter distills timeless compositions into a primer that cares about reverence and reflection as much as bombastic experimentation.
Katie Dey, Universal Will
Trading her typical hyperpop textures for heavy rock notes, the Australian pop experimentalist focuses her sights on the rise of technofascism in the wake of an online coming-of-age.
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10 Desert Daze Artists You May Not Know You Need to See
George Clanton, The Paranoyds, Surfbort, and others, explained.
October 11, 2019
PREMIERE: Bent Knee Get Guttural in “Catch Light” Video
The proggy Boston experimentalists celebrate release day with an arty new visual.
October 11, 2019
PREMIERE: Dead Soft Search for Home on “Trimmer”
The third and final pre-album single from “Big Blue” is full of grungy longing.
October 10, 2019
Deathbomb Arc Announces LA Showcase feat. Robedoor, Ed Balloon, William Hutson, and More
Along with the news, the eclectic label offers up an early stream of Robedoor’s new record, “Negative Legacy.”
October 09, 2019
The 10 Hottest Chris Farrens, Ranked
The power pop songwriter lives every artist’s dream and ranks ten of his stunning “Born Hot” self-portraits for us.
October 09, 2019
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PREMIERE: Consumer Ushers in the Apocalypse with “The Mills” and “In Computers Part 1”
The two-song pairing is the latest meditation on late capitalism from the Have a Nice Life side-project.
October 09, 2019
PREMIERE: Fletcher C Johnson’s “In My Time” Video Is an Homage to Georges Méliès
The folksy songwriter shares the first video from his podcast-released new album “Are You Feelin’ It.”
October 09, 2019
WATCH: Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Shares Eleven-Minute Video for “Suffer On”
The title track to the genreless rapper’s latest LP plays on repeat to accommodate its lengthy visual.
October 08, 2019
LISTEN: Lucy Dacus Haunts the Shit Out of “In the Air Tonight”
The Phil Collins classic gets a spooky makeover for Dacus’s newly announced “2019” EP.
October 08, 2019
PREMIERE: Guerilla Toss Find Their Own Truth on “Future Doesn’t Know”
The reinvigorated Boston dance-punks look ahead on their latest single from their forthcoming “What Would the Odd Do?” EP.
October 07, 2019
PREMIERE: Tempers Go Beyond Themselves on “Guidance”
The pulsing single is the third cut from their forthcoming Dais Records debut, “Private Life.”
October 04, 2019
WATCH: Chromatics Share Retro Video for “You’re No Good”
The first official single from the two-day old album comes to life with a Johnny Jewel–directed video.
October 04, 2019
Tropical Fuck Storm Stick to Their Guns
While touring LP “Braindrops,” the Australian band shares their secrets to being a rare innovative rock band in 2019.
October 03, 2019
LISTEN: Chromatics Drop New LP “Closer to Grey”
The Portland-based synthwave group gives us something a bit more substantial to chew on as we anticipate “Dear Tommy.”
October 02, 2019
PREMIERE: Caravela Make a Run for It in “Carrier” Video
The “Ski” single comes to life with a lively black-and-white visual.
October 02, 2019
PREMIERE: Harmony Woods Questions Cliches on “Best Laid Plans II”
The fourth and final single precedes an October 4 release date for “Make Yourself at Home.”
October 01, 2019
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Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from September 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.
September 30, 2019
Track by Track
Girl Band Breaks Down “The Talkies” Track by Track
The Irish noise-makers dig into the warped sounds of their experimental follow-up to 2015’s “Holding Hands with Jamie.”
September 27, 2019
PREMIERE: Skatune Network Picks oso oso’s “This Must Be My Exit” the Fuck Up
The “Real Stories” track gets the ska treatment for Jeremy Hunter’s debut collection of covers.
September 27, 2019
WATCH: Cherry Glazerr Make Their Network TV Debut on “The Late Late Show”
Reggie Watts joins the band for a synthed-out rendition of “Daddi.”
September 26, 2019
