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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MEMORIALS, All Clouds Bring Not Rain
The genre-hopping fifth LP from Verity Susman and Matthew Simms is more ornate and ambitious than their earlier material, though ultimately the whole is lesser than the sum of the parts.
Filth Is Eternal, Impossible World
Vibrant, dexterous, and unrelentingly compelling, the Seattle hardcore-punks’ fourth album sees them mature into a band adept at writing songs lasting more than two minutes.
Arlo Parks, Ambiguous Desire
Vulnerability is baked into the heartbeat of the British songwriter’s third album with an aching groove lifted to new levels courtesy of the ecstasy of dance music.
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Playlist
Bernice Share a Playlist of the Instrumental Music That Influenced Their New Album
The experimental pop opus “Eau de Bonjourno” arrives this Friday via Telephone Explosion.
March 03, 2021
Jaialai Deal with the Paranormal Entity That Is Anxiety in Their “For Today” Video
The Miami group shares another single from their debut EP “As Sweet as I Was,” which drops next Friday.
March 03, 2021
Playlist
Adult Mom Shares a Playlist of Influences for Their New LP “Driver”
Stevie Knipe lists a dozen tracks that helped shape their latest LP, which drops this Friday on Epitaph.
March 01, 2021
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from February 2021 You Should Know
The month’s most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
March 01, 2021
Track by Track
A Winged Victory for the Sullen Break Down Their New “Invisible Cities” Score Track by Track
Adam Wiltzie provides a necessary field guide for the stage production soundtrack’s experimental orchestral drone.
February 26, 2021
Film & TVFilm + TV Essay
Please Bear with Me While I Explain That “The Lord of the Rings” Is a Maternity Allegory
With the film trilogy’s 20th anniversary creeping up, here’s something new to consider when rewatching it for the dozenth time: It is a movie about childbirth.
February 26, 2021
Molina Shares New Single “Cold” Along with a Visual and Playlist of Influences
The Danish-Chilean composer cites Dean Blunt, Cocteau Twins, and Philip Glass as artists who have helped shape her aesthetic.
February 26, 2021
Stream Dreamwell’s Intense Hardcore LP “Modern Grotesque” in Full
The Rhode Island band’s latest will be self-released tomorrow.
February 25, 2021
Film & TVFilm + TV News
FKA twigs Is Working on a TV Adaptation of Her Martial Arts–Themed “sad day” Music Video for FX
She broke the news in a new interview with “I May Destroy You” creator Michaela Coel for The Face.
February 24, 2021
Amulets Share a Nature-Doc Visual for the Brooding New Single “The New Normal”
The title track arrives ahead of Randall Taylor’s latest collection of ambient drone, due out April 2 on The Flenser.
February 23, 2021
Fog Lake Announces New LP “Tragedy Reel,” Shares First Single “Jitterbug”
The latest collection of bedroom pop recordings from Aaron Powell arrives April 23 via Orchid Tapes.
February 23, 2021
Track by Track
Another Michael Walk Us Through Their Vibrant New Album “New Music and Big Pop”
Michael Doherty tells us what inspired the group’s Run for Cover debut.
February 19, 2021
Track by Track
Hazing Over Break Down Their New Grindcore EP “Pestilence” Track by Track
The band formerly known as Shin Guard explain their shift in sound on the project’s four songs.
February 19, 2021
A.A. Triggs Shares the Folksy Anarchist Fantasy “A Love Song for the Revolution”
The song from his forthcoming debut record is “a ballad for people that want to watch it burn.”
February 18, 2021
Birthday Ass Share the Chaotic-Good Opening Track from Their New Album “Head of the Household”
“Blah” sets the stage for the jazzy no wave group’s latest LP, out April 23 via Ramp Local.
February 16, 2021
Tall Black Guy & Ozay Moore Enlist DSTL, Sareem Poems, and Rich Medina on “Black Is…”
The duo share the Black History Month anthem from their forthcoming collaboration “Of Process and Progression.”
February 15, 2021
Colin Miller Announces “Hook” EP, Shares Video for First Single “I Need a Friend”
The Asheville-based songwriter’s new project will drop March 19.
February 15, 2021
Reviews
slowthai, “TYRON”
The UK rapper’s origin-story prequel experiments with earnest beauty while still feeling like a prank.
February 12, 2021
Kalbells and Miss Eaves Open Up the Discourse on Fuckbois for New Single “Pickles”
The single will appear on the Kalbells’ sophomore album “Max Heart.”
February 10, 2021
Jaye Jayle Brings the Domestic Struggle of “From Louisville” to Life in New Video
The “Prisyn” track receives a somnambulistic video from director Bobby Cochran.
February 10, 2021
