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.
The Linda Lindas, Gotta Get Out
The winsome punks’ urgent third record feels like a fresh revisiting of familiar themes—most notably the ever-present, agonizing ache for political action.
Asher White, Love Aggregates
The Providence-based songwriter offers a subtle vision of resplendence in the midst of an apparent lack on a record that dulls heartache and eschews melodrama.
Squirrel Flower, Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
With a muted sense of emotional gravitas, Ella Williams’ fourth album strives for the heavens, but runs out of steam halfway there.
Mike LeSuer
Frank Ocean / photo by Joyce Jude
The fest’s co-founder Paul Tollett assures us the scheduled 2020 headliners will still take the stage—just not in the same year.
The Bloomington neo-soul group’s latest album is out now via Dead Oceans and Coalmine Records.
photo by Coley Brown
The single follows a handful of one-off tracks and collaborations, most recently appearing on Rostam’s “Changephobia” LP.
The new single follows “I Am Who I Think You Think I Am,” the band’s first new music in two years, which was released last month.
The track arrives ahead of the LA experimental rockers’ remixed version of “Enjoy Yourself,” which drops August 6 via Plastic Smiles.
The visual arrives ahead of the two-year anniversary cassette reissue of their debut LP “The Natural World,” arriving August 30 via Moon Physics.
“Everything Is Broken, Maybe That’s O.K.” arrives September 17 via Shea Stadium Records and Freeman Street.
The LA-based songwriter’s debut album will arrive later this year along with a pair of West Coast dates alongside George Clanton, Negative Gemini, and Magdalena Bay.
The Indianapolis rapper offers a preview of his latest release, out tomorrow via Near Mint Records.
The visual accompanies a track from the electronic musician’s recently released debut album, “Daymaker.”
“City of Police” marks the Chicago post-punks’ first release with Exploding in Sound Records.
The VIDEOTAPEMUSIC-directed clip soundtracks the track from Abe’s debut solo LP “Fantasia.”
The collaboration between the NYC emcee and Phoenixville producer is out today via Coalmine Records.
The Philly ska revivalists’ new track arrives ahead of their LP “Nice One,” out August 6.
Nick Levine reveals a playlist of influences on their debut record, out this Friday via Sooper Records.
The track arrives ahead of “Loudmouth,” the Minneapolis four-piece’s album due out July 30 via Get Better Records.
It’s the first new recording from the Atlanta garage rockers since 2018’s “Back to the City” LP.
Read Blakely’s track-by-track breakdown of the project, officially out this Friday via Exploding in Sound.
“What Luck, Goodbye” arrives ahead of the Dirt Buyer vocalist’s album, out August 13 via Danger Collective.
Travis Egedy discusses connecting with 100% Electronica and GothBoiClique ahead of his latest LP.
