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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The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Stones come as close as they ever will to reckoning with their twilight years on a surprisingly effective 25th LP that finds them bringing a fresh spark to their signature sound.
Mary in the Junkyard, Role Model Hermit
The London art-rock trio’s Robert Eggers–like debut clings to the lattice of maritime folklore while examining the often-felt pendulum between craving isolation and intimacy.
Kelela, New Avatar
The songwriter’s earliest soul and jazz influences can be found swirling throughout her third album, which also expands into the realms of hypnotic electronic music and alt rock.
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Aesop Rock Guides Us Through the “Spirit World” of His New Record
The underground icon details his lengthy eighth record and the universe it inhabits.
November 13, 2020
The Entrance Band’s Guy Blakeslee Announces Solo Album “Postcards From the Edge,” Shares Title Track
Recorded in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s studio in New Orleans, the LP is set to drop February 5.
November 12, 2020
Playlist
Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin’s Favorite Hip-Hop Collaborations
With the rappers’ “FlySiifu’s” dropping this week, they made a playlist of their favorite joint tracks.
November 11, 2020
Real Numbers Announce “Brighter Then” EP, Share the Title Track
The track will lead off the Minneapolis band’s EP of the same name, out January 22 on Slumberland Records.
November 09, 2020
An EP of All the Singles JPEGMAFIA Released This Year Is Now Available on Bandcamp
Pay what you want for the eight tracks Peggy’s put out since dropping “All My Heroes Are Cornballs.”
November 06, 2020
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Serengeti, “With Greg From Deerhoof”
David Cohn and Greg Saunier’s improvisational album balances anxiety and quirk in a way only these two artists could.
November 06, 2020
Track by Track
Adulkt Life Break Down Their Post-Punk Debut LP “Book of Curses” Track by Track
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.
November 06, 2020
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They Hate Change’s Ode to Impromptu DJ Sets
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.
November 05, 2020
Yard Act Bring Political Division to the Murder Ballad on “Peanuts”
The U.K. post-punks experiment with spoken word and famous whistlers on their latest single.
November 03, 2020
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from October 2020 You Should Know
Our Senior Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
November 02, 2020
Playlist
Nobody Wants to Party with Us: a Playlist for a Socially Distanced Halloween
14 tracks from 2020 that sum up this skin-crawly year.
October 31, 2020
Track by Track
ELUCID and The Lasso Break Down Their Debut LP as Small Bills Track by Track
“Don’t Play It Straight” is out today, and features verses from Moor Mother, billy woods, Fielded, and more.
October 30, 2020
Playlist
Hear Tobacco’s Playlist for Devil’s Night
Tom Fec skips the clichés and gives us 85 minutes of sheer terror.
October 30, 2020
Looms Experience Clarity on Their New Single “Obvious”
The New York rockers continue to make the most of a confusing 2020 with their second single this year.
October 30, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: For Nothing’s Domenic Palermo, 2020’s Just Another 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.
October 28, 2020
Souvenirs Share Subaquatic Video for “Feel Enough”
The track is from the Californian band’s new LP “Love for the Lack of It,” which dropped last Friday.
October 26, 2020
Track by Track
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
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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
