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.
Arlo Parks, Ambiguous Desire
Vulnerability is baked into the heartbeat of the British songwriter’s third album with an aching groove lifted to new levels courtesy of the ecstasy of dance music.
José González, Against the Dying of the Light
With his fifth album, the Swedish songwriter considers his deepest of existential queries while maintaining the effervescent, seductive sound that’s the strongest through line in his career.
Courtney Barnett, Creature of Habit
Still flatliningly deadpan, the Australian songwriter uses the back-and-forth fear of the new as a start point for further depth-diving and confession on her fourth solo album.
Mike LeSuer
The South London band’s album “everybody else smiled back” is out now via Counter Intuitive Records.
Brandon Lowry’s LP “Welcome to the Future (Season 1)” is out now via Take This to Heart Records.
“Phantom Throb” is the first single from WHY?’s Yoni Wolf and Fog’s Andrew Broder since their self-titled LP from 2003.
The track was featured on the rapper/songwriter’s surprise-released acoustic album from last month.
The cult rockers’ first album since 2018’s “TRU” is out now via Exploding in Sound.
The mostly instrumental LP—incorporating influences ranging from Arca to The Locust, Bosch to the Challenger disaster—officially drops this Friday.
The Puerto Rican rocker’s latest solo album will arrive soon via Hotel Records.
The Boston group’s sixth LP “Frosting” is out now via Take This to Heart Records.
A remix by Andrew Sarlo also arrives ahead of the LA-based producer’s latest project, which drops December 13.
The Cleveland punks’ new EP is out now via Triple Crown Records.
The month’s most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
Ahead of the double-LP reissue of his “Dangerous” LP, Gene Thompson breaks down what he was listening to when each track from the album was written.
The Sons of Kemet tuba player’s genre-hopping sophomore album is out today via New Soil.
The single arrives ahead of her LP “Highs in the Minuses” which drops tomorrow.
The West Coast punks share a visual for the track from their recently released LP “It’s All Over.”
The single from her forthcoming LP “Tender” arrives with a video featuring dancing and choreography by Hana Erdman and Louise Dahl.
The New Jersey punks’ breakthrough second LP was also remastered and posted to Bandcamp last Friday.
The track arrives ahead of Chloë Drallos’ forthcoming two-song EP arriving next month.
Dave Benton wanders further into the country on his third solo album, out now via Lame-O Records.
The Belgian shoegaze ensemble shares a playlist of tracks that inspire them ahead of the release of their new LP “Hush.”
