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.
This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy
Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50
This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]
Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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Frontman Justin Buschardt also talks revisiting the track from the band’s debut album, as well as the early material they plan on releasing in a new compilation.
Sitting more in the pop-rap space than anything Low previously explored, Sparhawk’s solo debut is as much about the joy of creation as it is the sorrow that preceded it.
The joyful punk-rock explosion that is John Reis’ latest LP serves as a fitting send-off for his longtime partner-in-crime, Rick Froberg.
Avery Mandeville’s third album balances nuance, humor, and heart while leading her New Jersey band through everything from stadium pop to broken-hearted country to cathartic grunge.
Leading up to their second LP, birdwatching, Briana Wright and Joey Duffy tell us how their latest track plays into the record’s broader theme of self-improvement in a deteriorating world.
With the indie label that launched the careers of DFA 1979, Metric, and more celebrating two decades, we spoke with label manager Chris Moncada about how they’ve grown without really changing at all.
The new supergroup featuring members of Mineral, Boys Life, Christie Front Drive, and more will release their self-titled debut on August 30 via Spartan Records.
The long-running New Jersey emo project harks back to the desperate, youthful energy of their earliest output with more profundity, introspection, and consideration in their lyrics.
The Birmingham-based songwriter’s latest is an intense tug of war between light and dark, which ultimately soundtracks the healing of scars and the gathering of strength.
The native New Yorkers (for now) will release A Paradoxical Theory of Change, their sophomore album for Fat Wreck Chords, on June 28.
Returning to his roots in jazz, the songwriter revisits familiar standards of the genre with a perfect combination of respect and reinvention.
The debut solo album from Portishead’s vocalist poignantly straddles a divide between the bucolic and the experimental, past and the present, youth and older age.
The punk outfit’s hallmarks remain as powerful as ever on their guest-heavy tenth record, which feels less like a swan song than a reassertion of intent.
The Pernice Brothers and Grandaddy songwriters share a profound love of biking, so we got the pair to talk about that. And they did. A lot.
Brian McTernan’s hardcore endeavor shares their first new music since their 2022 Hello Sun EP, with both tracks out now via Equal Vision Records.
Punk rock’s premiere cover band/trolls will release the full performance under the title Blow It…at Madison’s Quinceañera on June 14 via Fat Wreck Chords.
The set took place on November 18 as the Minneapolis-based indie-pop outfit was touring their then-new release.
Playful but serious, retro but thoroughly modern, Lizzie Killian sets her insecurities to melodies that belie their ’90s-sourced inspiration on her debut album.
Challenging and confrontational, both hardcore-punk bands on this split EP manage to capture the violence of life on a dying planet while offering hope that all’s not lost.
In our latest digital cover, which features an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of his recent tour, we explore the many facets of the artist as he continues to tease his fourth LP while expanding his resumé by writing arrangements for Beyoncé, touring with Lil Yachty, and covering Talking Heads for A24’s upcoming tribute album.
