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.
@, Autosmile
The experimental duo coil psychedelic-folk introspection around prog-rock guitar flourishes across the dramatically pivoting tracklist of their acoustically oriented debut for 4AD.
Rachel Chinouriri, I Think I Spoke Too Soon
On her second album, the English artist pivots to clubbier sounds that both satisfy and sting as she suppresses loneliness with a fake smile and a polished dance-pop sheen.
Fontaines D.C., Dopamine Chamber
Opting for a synthetic architecture over the driving guitar language of earlier records, the Dublin band shatters their sonic frontier to reveal a grim catechism for hyper-processed hedonism.
Mike LeSuer
The Brooklyn rockers will release the full LP July 24 via Exploding in Sound.
The English electro-punk duo contextualize the twenty-two songs on their latest release.
The 6131 release details singer Kelley Bader’s life after the death of his beloved friend Chris Avis.
The Mexico City post-rockers share the latest single from “Tiempos Raros,” out June 12.
Stream the stay-at-home sounds of Fiona Apple, Debussy, and Bobbie Gentry.
The New Yorkers share one last single before their Tooth & Nail debut’s release this Friday.
The “World You Want to See” single soundtracks footage of their U.S. tour with Have Mercy.
Woodson Black has also shared July 17 as the new release date for his debut, “Violence in a Quiet Mind.”
The Ontario-based songwriter shares an affectionate video for the “Born Again” opener.
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.
