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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Failure, Location Lost
The spacey grunge trio’s fourth post-reunion LP avoids trends in favor of songs that penetrate the heart—it’s as if they’ve finally found the magic they’ve had in themselves from the start.
Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere
Awash in twang and thick pedal steel, the country star’s seventh album explores the solitary no man’s land that exists between the ending of one relationship and the beginning of another.
Kneecap, Fenian
With bigger melodies and broader synth soundscapes, the rage-rave rap trio’s second LP takes an unexpected turn inward as they continue to take the politics of the world at large to task.
Mike LeSuer
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Skyway Man Breaks Down His Existential LP “The World Only Ends When You Die” Track By Track
The Oakland songwriter sheds some light on his complex new Americana rock opera.
October 22, 2020
Toledo Celebrate Creativity with Analog “Challenger” Video
The newly announced “Jockeys of Love” EP will be out January 29.
October 22, 2020
Rich Jones & Montana Macks Wonder “How do you sleep at night?” in New Single
It’s the title track from the Chicago duo’s new album, out next Friday.
October 22, 2020
Playlist
Homeboy Sandman’s Songs So Astonishing They Are Undeniable Proof of God
The East Coast rapper shares 12 musical cases supporting the existence of a higher being.
October 21, 2020
P.E. Announce New Covers Release, Share “I Wanna Be Your Dog”
“I Wanna Be Your Dog, Boy” pairs the Stooges cover with their take on the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.”
October 21, 2020
Track by Track
Fielded Breaks Down Her Psychedelic LP “Demisexual Lovelace” Track by Track
The Brooklyn songwriter digs into the sex, love, and codependent tendencies that informed her new record.
October 19, 2020
Quinton Brock Shares Animated Lyric Video for “To the Moon”
The Brooklyn rocker’s genre-bending new single gets treated by animator Durnis Markov.
October 19, 2020
Small Black Envision a “Wonky, Off-Brand Version of Heaven” in “Tampa” Video
The Brooklyn chillwave forefathers’ new 7-inch drops November 13 via 100% Electronica.
October 16, 2020
Seba Kaapstad Want It All in the Video for Their New Track “Konke”
The South African four-piece share the self-titled track from their latest album, out November 13 via Mello Music Group.
October 15, 2020
Growing Concerns Poetry Collective Prepare for the Revolution in “Come to Me Open” Video
The single will appear on the Chicago hip-hop trio’s LP “BIG DARK BRIGHT FUTURES,” which drops this Friday.
October 14, 2020
Reviews
HEALTH, “DISCO 4 :: PART I”
If there’s a thesis to this comp’s audio nihilism it’s that artists like Soccer Mommy and Full of Hell can peacefully coexist.
October 13, 2020
Liam Bailey Shares a Live Video for “Don’t Blame NY” Filmed at NY’s Diamond Mine Studios
The UK songwriter brings the “Ekundayo” track to life.
October 09, 2020
Playlist
Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré’s Favorite Guest Vocalist Appearances
After Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull appeared on the band’s single “Limelight,” Bolm shares some tracks that inspired the collaboration.
October 08, 2020
Palberta’s Nina Ryser Shares “Shelf the Trophy,” a Song About “Being a Big Baby”
Ahead of the NYC trio’s 2021 LP, Ryser’s solo venture “Paths of Color” arrives October 22 via Cowgirl Records.
October 08, 2020
No, There Isn’t a New Song By The Postal Service Out Today
Yesterday’s ominous message from the band’s social media outlets instead wound up being a star-studded Zoom call.
October 07, 2020
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from September 2020 You Should Know
Our Associate Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
October 05, 2020
Track by Track
Field Medic Breaks Down His New “Full-Time Freestyle” Project “Floral Prince” Track by Track
Patrick Sullivan talks us through his new LP, out today via Run for Cover.
October 02, 2020
Eartheater’s Fiery New Album “Phoenix” Holds a Mirror Up to a Quickly Changing World
Alexandra Drewchin discusses her oddly optimistic, acoustic guitar–driven record about healing and rebirth in a moment when we’re fixated on death.
October 02, 2020
Track by Track
Anne Malin Walks Us Through Their New LP “Waiting Song”
The Nashville songwriter shares the stories behind each of the record’s eight tracks.
October 02, 2020
Teenanger Share a Video for the Title Track on the Release Day for “Good Time”
We’re just glad someone’s enjoying 2020.
October 02, 2020
