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.
Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
Mike LeSuer
Expect to see more Hi, How Are You? aliens at the skatepark when it reopens.
The LA rockers unleash a new single and video.
The Single Mothers vocalist also chats with Stefan Babcock about his recent tour with PUP.
TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe / photo by Natasha Aftandilians
Revisiting the very weird seeds that sprouted a handful of decade-defining artists.
Animator Rozalina Burkova brings the “Where Have All My Friends Gone?” single to life with a staticky visual.
The Brooklyn new wave trio offer another taste of their debut record “Introduction, Presence.”
Grimes / photo by Daniel Cavazos
The couple take a stab at cracking the top 50 most bizarre headlines of 2020.
ICYMI, the Cleveland rockers quietly uploaded 27 live recordings to their Bandcamp page last Friday.
The Oklahoman rockers cover the Texas songwriter for a movie called “Arkansas.”
The Michigan punks share one final video from the session, featuring “Melee”’s energetic closer.
White Denim
“I Don’t Understand Rock and Roll” and “Work” precede the remotely recorded album.
Alex Luciano details each track on the band’s sophomore record, out today via Frenchkiss.
Honus Honus spills some words on the seventeen-track LP, out today via Sub Pop.
Before dropping her new LP tomorrow, she praises releases from Speedy Ortiz, Animal Collective, and others.
Our Associate Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
The New Jersey punks’ first NSR release arrives as a limited 7-inch.
The songwriter discusses his sprawling debut and his relationship with Sacred Bones.
Luke Temple’s single weaves a narrative through Auto-Tune and programmed instrumentation.
Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and Deftones are among the groups that influenced BM’s latest record.
The visual for El-P and Killer Mike’s new anthem is an anti-capitalist utopia.
