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 Tubs, Hard Life
With its well-curated influences and almost uncomfortably human lyrics, the London jangle-punk quartet’s third LP finds charm and combustible energy in its intersection of bleakness and pep.
Pixies, Bossanova [2026 Remaster]
This newly manicured version of the alt-rockers’ ersatz-divisive 1990 LP is so well-executed from start to finish that it’s impossible to forget that you’re not listening to the original version.
Ezra Collective, Here Because of Hope
The UK jazz quintet are determined to heal while acknowledging pain on their soulful fourth LP of deeply jubilant, genre-bending, and compassionate odes to the enduring power of hope.
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Sydney Sprague, “somebody in hell loves you”
The Phoenix-based songwriter puts her songwriting personality front and center on her sophomore record, once again writing about heartache for all the right reasons.
September 15, 2023
First Listen
Fat Mike Shares an Early Stream of String Renditions LP “Fat Mike Gets Strung Out”
The NOFX vocalist previews his surprisingly beautiful collection of string arrangements in collaboration with Baz the Frenchman before the LP officially drops this Friday.
September 13, 2023
Essay
Yesterday Is Here: Tom Waits’ Disruption of the Notion of Time in the ’80s
With new reissues of Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, and Franks Wild Years out now, we revisit the songwriting icon’s mid-career run when he leaned into his eccentricities—and changed the course of his career as a result.
September 06, 2023
First Listen
Empty Country Pay Homage to the Late Silver Jews Frontman on New Track “David”
Former Cymbals Eat Guitars vocalist Joseph D’Agostino’s second album with the project arrives November 3 via Get Better Records (and Tough Love Recs in the UK).
September 06, 2023
Track by Track
Roselit Bone Break Down Their Regenerational New LP “Ofrenda” Track by Track
Charlotte McCaslin goes deep on a record about coming to terms with being a living thing in a dying world.
August 25, 2023
First Listen
Crasher Cools Things Down on Latest Single “Iced Tea”
Exasperation drummer Dave Mead’s debut solo LP Speaking Terms will arrive October 10.
August 23, 2023
Track by Track
The Xcerts Walk Us Through Their Expectation-Defying New LP “Learning How to Live and Let Go”
Murray Macleod takes us track by track through the Brighton punks’ journey of self-rediscovery, which is out now via UNFD.
August 18, 2023
First Listen
shallow pools Call Out Shitty Audience Behavior on New Single “Nightmare”
The Boston-based quartet’s debut album I Think About It All the Time lands October 13 via Equal Vision Records.
August 17, 2023
Reviews
The Hives, “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons”
On their first record in 11 years, the Swedish garage-rock revivalists have as much gusto, energy, and attitude as they did on their 1997 debut.
August 09, 2023
Divide and Dissolve on the Internal and External Liberation of “Systemic”
Takiaya Reed discusses how the joy of creation adds a personal layer to the anti-colonialist drone-metal project’s mission statement.
August 09, 2023
First Listen
Clowns Share a Love Letter to the Music Scene with Song-That-Almost-Wasn’t “Thanks 4 Nothing”
The track arrives ahead of the Melbourne punks’ fifth LP Endless, out October 20 via Fat Wreck Chords.
August 08, 2023
First Listen
Mercy Union Dig to the Heart of Human Frailty on New Single “Be Honest”
The track was recorded during the same sessions as last year’s White Tiger LP.
August 04, 2023
First Listen
Elle Belle Soundtracks a Loss (and Recapturing) of Innocence on New Single “Saturday”
Christopher Pappas’ new collection of songs How Do I Feel? arrives September 1 via Little Record Company.
August 04, 2023
Reviews
ANOHNI and the Johnsons, “My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross”
Executed with precision and grace, the group’s first release in over a decade blends the darkly political with the profoundly personal.
July 06, 2023
Militarie Gun at Stereogum Range Life party at Cheer Up Charlie’s
Breaking
Militarie Gun Are Taking an Honest Approach to Hardcore
Ian Shelton discusses the various roads which led to the LA punks’ debut LP, Life Under the Gun.
June 20, 2023
Reviews
AJJ, “Disposable Everything”
The Phoenix folk-punks’ eighth LP feels more post-/mid-apocalyptic than foreshadowing of it while maintaining the band’s wonderful mix of pathos and humor.
May 26, 2023
Track by Track
The Dirty Nil Take Us Through Their Raw, Back-to Basics LP “Free Rein to Passions” Track by Track
The Canadian noise-punks’ fourth record is out now via Dine Alone Records.
May 26, 2023
First Listen
Corvair Share a Dadaist Collage of Odd Road Trip Details with New Single “Shady Town”
The duo’s second album Bound to Be will arrive June 23.
May 17, 2023
Codefendants Are Searching for Their Golden Moment
Ceschi Ramos, Get Dead’s Sam King, and NOFX’s Fat Mike discuss their debut album This Is Crime Wave, which draws from their own experiences in the criminal justice system—and a sitcom-like housing situation.
May 11, 2023
Track by Track
Dave Hause Breaks Down His Heartbreaking and Inspiring New Album “Drive It Like It’s Stolen”
The Santa Barbara by way of Philly songwriter takes us through his “post-apocalyptic Americana” opus track by track.
April 28, 2023
