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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Outside Lands Reveals Massive Initial Lineup for 2021, Including Tame Impala, Lizzo, and The Strokes
The SF festival will make up for lost time with Tyler, the Creator, The 1975, and J Balvin already locked in.
June 24, 2020
Watch Bright Eyes Play Together for the First Time in Nearly a Decade on “Colbert”
Conor Oberst’s band performed their new song “Mariana Trench” from their newly announced album.
June 23, 2020
Playlist
Pom Pom Squad’s Songs That Celebrate Their Journey to Queerness
Mia Berrin threw together a playlist of songs that helped her own her queer identity.
June 22, 2020
Half Gringa Announces Sophomore Album “Force to Reckon” with “1990”
The reflection on intrusive thoughts is the first single to precede the LP, out August 28.
June 22, 2020
Playlist
Meet Me @ the Altar’s Songs That Shaped Their Pop-Punk Sound
The trio share fifteen tracks that inspire their vibrant take on punk.
June 18, 2020
Sundressed Share a Video for the Millennial Anthem “Oh Please”
All proceeds from the single benefit the Black Lives Matter movement.
June 18, 2020
Playlist
Advertisement Share the Sprawling, Proggy “Freedom,” as Well as 22 Songs That Shaped It
It’s the second single from their debut album, American Advertisement, out July 10.
June 17, 2020
Teyana Taylor Announces New LP “The Album,” Out This Friday
The R&B songwriter’s new record includes verses from Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, and many more.
June 16, 2020
Track by Track
Muzz Break Down Their Self-Titled Debut Album Track by Track
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.
June 15, 2020
LISTEN: Push Push and Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Share the Cathartic “ACAB”
The South African rapper delivers an intense electro-pop single with a pretty straightforward message.
June 12, 2020
PREMIERE: Lionel Boy Confronts Gloom, Smoke, and Monotony on “Lately”
The Hawaii-born songwriter shares the latest from his debut EP, “Who Is Dovey?”
June 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Sonny Falls Introduces New Double LP with “People on Porches” and “Filling in the Blanks”
The Chicago songwriter will unveil the rest of “All That Has Come Apart / Once Did Not Exist” two songs at a time.
June 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Mansions Take a Step Back from Their Usual Tricks on “PPV”
Chris Browder and Robin Dove share the latest from “Big Bad,” their first album in seven years.
June 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Death Valley Girls Take on Daniel Johnston’s “Rock ’n’ Roll/EGA”
The single arrives ahead of DVG’s “Breakthrough” EP, arriving this Friday via Suicide Squeeze.
June 10, 2020
André 3000 Unveils New Line of Shirts Benefitting Movement for Black Lives
The OutKast rapper shares thirteen new designs available for the next three days.
June 10, 2020
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PLAYLIST: Juan Wauters’ Latin Music That Inspired “Más Canciones De La Onda”
The Uruguayan songwriter shares some tracks that helped him write his new travelogue EP.
June 10, 2020
PREMIERE: Don’t Tell HBO About Dougie Poole’s “The Who’s Who of Who Cares” Video
The Brooklyn songwriter pays homage to “The Sopranos” in the video for his latest single.
June 10, 2020
City of Chicago Finally Cancels Lollapalooza and All Other Remaining Summer Festivals
Organizers promise to instead coordinate a live stream event for Lolla weekend.
June 09, 2020
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PLAYLIST: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s Songs in the Orbit of “Sideways to New Italy”
The jangly Melbourners share a handful of songs they had on repeat when penning their sophomore album.
June 08, 2020
18 New Bandcamp Releases That Support Pro-Black Causes
A guide to some of the day’s most exciting Bandcamp-only releases—and the anti-racist causes they’re supporting.
June 05, 2020
