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.
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.
Mike LeSuer
Yosef, Ryan George, and Sara Taylor walk us through “A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression,” which is out now.
The track arrives ahead of the LA-based dark-pop producer’s latest LP “You and I Will Never Die.”
Ben Katzman’s latest project features contributions from Colleen Green and members of illuminati hotties and Potty Mouth.
The Montreal-based post-rock/psych trio will release the record May 21 via Mothland.
Homeboy Sandman, Quelle Chris, Joell Ortiz, Murs, and Mr. Lif also appear on “Bushido,” arriving April 2.
The very normal merch item will be limited to 36 units, and will not be available for Bandcamp Friday.
The experimental pop opus “Eau de Bonjourno” arrives this Friday via Telephone Explosion.
The Miami group shares another single from their debut EP “As Sweet as I Was,” which drops next Friday.
Stevie Knipe lists a dozen tracks that helped shape their latest LP, which drops this Friday on Epitaph.
The month’s most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
Adam Wiltzie provides a necessary field guide for the stage production soundtrack’s experimental orchestral drone.
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.
The Danish-Chilean composer cites Dean Blunt, Cocteau Twins, and Philip Glass as artists who have helped shape her aesthetic.
The Rhode Island band’s latest will be self-released tomorrow.
She broke the news in a new interview with “I May Destroy You” creator Michaela Coel for The Face.
The title track arrives ahead of Randall Taylor’s latest collection of ambient drone, due out April 2 on The Flenser.
The latest collection of bedroom pop recordings from Aaron Powell arrives April 23 via Orchid Tapes.
Michael Doherty tells us what inspired the group’s Run for Cover debut.
The band formerly known as Shin Guard explain their shift in sound on the project’s four songs.
The song from his forthcoming debut record is “a ballad for people that want to watch it burn.”
