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.
Allison Russell, In the Hour of Chaos
Clearly written in the pressure cooker of Trump’s America, the artist’s community-oriented third album battles the darkness with an at-times overwhelming sense of optimism.
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Stones come as close as they ever will to reckoning with their twilight years on a surprisingly effective 25th LP that finds them bringing a fresh spark to their signature sound.
Kelela, New Avatar
The songwriter’s earliest soul and jazz influences can be found swirling throughout her third album, which also expands into the realms of hypnotic electronic music and alt rock.
Mike LeSuer
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.
The Uruguayan songwriter shares some tracks that helped him write his new travelogue EP.
The Brooklyn songwriter pays homage to “The Sopranos” in the video for his latest single.
Organizers promise to instead coordinate a live stream event for Lolla weekend.
The jangly Melbourners share a handful of songs they had on repeat when penning their sophomore album.
A guide to some of the day’s most exciting Bandcamp-only releases—and the anti-racist causes they’re supporting.
B L A C K I E / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Records spanning hip-hop, industrial, hardcore punk, and everything in between.
Killer Mike and El-P release their new LP two days before its release date.
Rosenstock discusses his new album through the lenses of the global pandemic and nationwide protest.
The platform announced it will continue this initiative every Juneteenth.
