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.
Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
With the aid of producer and organist Raymond Angry, the country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
Mike LeSuer
David Cohn and Greg Saunier’s improvisational album balances anxiety and quirk in a way only these two artists could.
The project formed by Huggy Bear’s Chris Rowley and Male Bonding’s John Arthur Webb has a record out via What’s Your Rupture? today.
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Andre and Vonne share 12 tracks that would make their set if they were given the aux at their favorite Central Florida dive right now.
The U.K. post-punks experiment with spoken word and famous whistlers on their latest single.
Our Senior Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
14 tracks from 2020 that sum up this skin-crawly year.
“Don’t Play It Straight” is out today, and features verses from Moor Mother, billy woods, Fielded, and more.
Tom Fec skips the clichés and gives us 85 minutes of sheer terror.
The New York rockers continue to make the most of a confusing 2020 with their second single this year.
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.
