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.
Ella Langley, Dandelion
The pop-country songwriter understands the human weight of the American South’s emotionally rich tableau of high-speed heartbreak and low-light bars, as demonstrated on a resilient second album.
Sugar Horse, Not a Sound in Heaven
On their cleanest-sounding record yet, the doomy Bristol band’s idea of dance music feels perfectly suitable for the turbulent year 2026 has already proven to be.
Lime Garden, Maybe Not Tonight
The cocktail of frustration, insecurity, and lust that courses through the Brighton quartet’s buzzing and adventurous second album mirrors the trajectory of an energetic night out.
Mike LeSuer
Expect “West Coast vs. Wessex” out July 31.
The playlist arrives along with the Nashville songwriter’s “The Greatest Part,” out today via Captured Tracks.
The solo project of Mineral’s Chris Simpson celebrates the release of “Music for Looking Animals” today.
The Toronto band’s fourth album drops August 7 via Mint Records.
Their self-titled will drop July 10 via Sounds of Crenshaw/Empire.
The SF festival will make up for lost time with Tyler, the Creator, The 1975, and J Balvin already locked in.
Conor Oberst’s band performed their new song “Mariana Trench” from their newly announced album.
Mia Berrin threw together a playlist of songs that helped her own her queer identity.
The reflection on intrusive thoughts is the first single to precede the LP, out August 28.
The trio share fifteen tracks that inspire their vibrant take on punk.
All proceeds from the single benefit the Black Lives Matter movement.
It’s the second single from their debut album, American Advertisement, out July 10.
The R&B songwriter’s new record includes verses from Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, and many more.
Interpol’s Paul Banks, The Walkmen’s Matt Barrick, and Bonny Light Horseman’s Josh Kaufman give us the details on their first LP together.
The South African rapper delivers an intense electro-pop single with a pretty straightforward message.
The Hawaii-born songwriter shares the latest from his debut EP, “Who Is Dovey?”
The Chicago songwriter will unveil the rest of “All That Has Come Apart / Once Did Not Exist” two songs at a time.
Chris Browder and Robin Dove share the latest from “Big Bad,” their first album in seven years.
The single arrives ahead of DVG’s “Breakthrough” EP, arriving this Friday via Suicide Squeeze.
The OutKast rapper shares thirteen new designs available for the next three days.
