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
SoCal songwriter Brian Collins sounds right at home on the lo-fi/folk indie label.
The Chicago songwriter shows off her sunroof in the new video for her summer-released single.
Along with an early listen, Monks gives insight into each individual track for the Dine Alone Records release.
Preceding their “Singles Too” comp, Marissa Paternoster and Jarrett Dougherty share some B-side favs.
The recording of a recent 29-track set at Bowery Ballroom comes with a 76-page book of photos by Hiro Tanaka.
George Clanton, The Paranoyds, Surfbort, and others, explained.
The proggy Boston experimentalists celebrate release day with an arty new visual.
The third and final pre-album single from “Big Blue” is full of grungy longing.
Along with the news, the eclectic label offers up an early stream of Robedoor’s new record, “Negative Legacy.”
The power pop songwriter lives every artist’s dream and ranks ten of his stunning “Born Hot” self-portraits for us.
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The two-song pairing is the latest meditation on late capitalism from the Have a Nice Life side-project.
The folksy songwriter shares the first video from his podcast-released new album “Are You Feelin’ It.”
The title track to the genreless rapper’s latest LP plays on repeat to accommodate its lengthy visual.
The Phil Collins classic gets a spooky makeover for Dacus’s newly announced “2019” EP.
The reinvigorated Boston dance-punks look ahead on their latest single from their forthcoming “What Would the Odd Do?” EP.
The pulsing single is the third cut from their forthcoming Dais Records debut, “Private Life.”
The first official single from the two-day old album comes to life with a Johnny Jewel–directed video.
While touring LP “Braindrops,” the Australian band shares their secrets to being a rare innovative rock band in 2019.
The Portland-based synthwave group gives us something a bit more substantial to chew on as we anticipate “Dear Tommy.”
The “Ski” single comes to life with a lively black-and-white visual.
