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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Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Minnesota Artists United Against ICE, Melt ICE
This gigantic comp album featuring 110 Minnesotan artists raising funds for immigrant communities terrorized by ICE may also happen to be where you find your new favorite band.
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The Besnard Lakes, “…Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings”
The return of the Canadian ensemble provides us with a late-Malick meditation on mortality.
January 26, 2021
Calyx (Literally) Make New Friends in Their “Noseeums” Video
The mathy Pittsburgh punks demonstrate their artistic skills in the clip for their latest single.
January 26, 2021
Film & TVFilm + TV Essay
It’s Time to Talk About Michel Gondry as an Auteur Rather Than as a Music Video Director
Though he would probably reject such a formal label, the French director’s work is certainly worthy of study.
January 22, 2021
Cathedral Bells Share the Title Track Ahead of the Release of Their New Album “Ether”
The dream pop trio’s latest arrives January 29 via Spirit Goth Records.
January 22, 2021
Warren Dunes Channel Fear and Confusion on New Single “Tether”
The Seattle band’s debut album “Get Well Soon” arrives March 19.
January 20, 2021
Playlist
Palberta’s Playlist of “Fire Vocal Takes”
The punk trio compiles 16 tracks—and a couple controversial takes—ahead of their new album “Palberta5000.”
January 19, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch Sincere Engineer Play “Trust Me” in Mokena, Illinois for “Neighborhoods”
Deanna Belos gives us an energetic acoustic performance of her recent single in Northeastern Illinois.
January 19, 2021
The Lasso Details His New Album “2121,” Shares a Video for the Future-Looking Title Track
Namir Blade, Fat Tony, and Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring will appear on the record, out February 19 via Mello Music Group.
January 19, 2021
Pansy Announces Her Self-Titled Debut Album with the Sunny Single “Woman of Ur Dreams”
The record will arrive later in 2021 via Earth Libraries.
January 18, 2021
Playlist
Buck Meek Shares a Playlist of His Friends’ Music That Inspired “Two Saviors”
With his latest collection of solo recordings out now, the Big Thief guitarist shares 12 tracks that remind him that “every song is a prayer.”
January 15, 2021
Track by Track
Charlie Steen Details Each Track on Shame’s Rousing New LP “Drunk Tank Pink”
The lyricist walks us through the post-punk band’s second album, out now via Dead Oceans.
January 15, 2021
Film & TVFilm + TV News
Animal Collective Scored a Documentary About SoundCloud Rappers, Weed, and “the End of the World”
Marnie Ellen Hertzler’s “Crestone” is out on PVOD February 16, with Domino releasing the score February 19.
January 14, 2021
Alivenique Foreshadows Her New Meta-Pop Project with “Tune in [Prelude]”
Ali Beletic’s breaks in her new moniker with a single via Lightning Records.
January 14, 2021
Film & TVLife After Cancellation
Life After Cancellation: “Party Down”
Remembering Starz’s take on the ensemble workplace comedy, which only lasted twenty episodes.
January 12, 2021
Jeremy Earl and Glenn Donaldson Announce New LP as Painted Shrines, Share First Single “Gone”
The co-founders of Woods and The Skygreen Leopards, respectively, will release “Heaven and Holy” on March 5 via Woodsist.
January 12, 2021
Mush Sleepwalk Into Disaster on Their New Single “Seven Trumpets”
The track arrives ahead of “Lines Redacted,” due out February 12 via Memphis Industries.
January 12, 2021
Track by Track
Cheekface Walk Us Through Their New Album “Emphatically No.”
The talky LA rockers’ sophomore album arrives today via New Professor.
January 11, 2021
Hello, I’m Sorry Disconnect From Themselves on the Jangly “I Don’t Know You”
The track arrives ahead of the February 28 release of the Seattle band’s “Buddy” LP via Slang Church.
January 08, 2021
America Part Two Confront the Predatory Gaze in “I Don’t Wanna” Video
The New Jersey punks are also announcing a new album, “Price of a Nation,” out March 12 via Revival Recordings.
January 07, 2021
Alice Glass Teases Debut Album with “Suffer and Swallow” Single and Video
With no release date yet, the electro-industrial songwriter’s long-anticipated debut may still be imminent.
January 06, 2021
