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
Palermo recounts his band’s history of misfortunate recording sessions, and sheds light on how “The Great Dismal”—named after a swamp—may be more optimistic than he’d hoped.
The track is from the Californian band’s new LP “Love for the Lack of It,” which dropped last Friday.
The Oakland songwriter sheds some light on his complex new Americana rock opera.
The newly announced “Jockeys of Love” EP will be out January 29.
It’s the title track from the Chicago duo’s new album, out next Friday.
The East Coast rapper shares 12 musical cases supporting the existence of a higher being.
“I Wanna Be Your Dog, Boy” pairs the Stooges cover with their take on the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.”
The Brooklyn songwriter digs into the sex, love, and codependent tendencies that informed her new record.
The Brooklyn rocker’s genre-bending new single gets treated by animator Durnis Markov.
The Brooklyn chillwave forefathers’ new 7-inch drops November 13 via 100% Electronica.
The South African four-piece share the self-titled track from their latest album, out November 13 via Mello Music Group.
The single will appear on the Chicago hip-hop trio’s LP “BIG DARK BRIGHT FUTURES,” which drops this Friday.
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.
The UK songwriter brings the “Ekundayo” track to life.
After Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull appeared on the band’s single “Limelight,” Bolm shares some tracks that inspired the collaboration.
Ahead of the NYC trio’s 2021 LP, Ryser’s solo venture “Paths of Color” arrives October 22 via Cowgirl Records.
Yesterday’s ominous message from the band’s social media outlets instead wound up being a star-studded Zoom call.
Our Associate Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
Patrick Sullivan talks us through his new LP, out today via Run for Cover.
Alexandra Drewchin discusses her oddly optimistic, acoustic guitar–driven record about healing and rebirth in a moment when we’re fixated on death.
