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.
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.
Of Montreal, Aethermead
Kevin Barnes rallies something bracingly emotional on their 20th album in 30 years, sounding more crisply, contagiously, singularly psychedelic than they have in ages.
Mike LeSuer
The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
The year’s most discourse-worthy LPs, according to our Senior Editor.
Whether the product of quarantine-induced boredom or not, here are 10 of the most intriguing full-length collaborative LPs we heard this year.
The single, also featuring Peter Harris and Adrian Sherwood, will benefit Jamaica’s Alpha Institute through the end of January.
The duo’s new album “Post American Studies” drops February 4.
“Tabula Rasa” arrives ahead of the record’s January 14 release date.
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.
