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.
Lime Garden, Maybe Not Tonight
The cocktail of frustration, insecurity, and lust that courses through the Brighton quartet’s buzzing and adventurous second album mirrors the trajectory of an energetic night out.
MEMORIALS, All Clouds Bring Not Rain
The genre-hopping fifth LP from Verity Susman and Matthew Simms is more ornate and ambitious than their earlier material, though ultimately the whole is lesser than the sum of the parts.
Filth Is Eternal, Impossible World
Vibrant, dexterous, and unrelentingly compelling, the Seattle hardcore-punks’ fourth album sees them mature into a band adept at writing songs lasting more than two minutes.
Mischa Pearlman
This tenth studio album from the Gainesville punks is a positive and triumphant dance in the face of trauma.
The Stockholm-based band’s sixth full-length draws you deeply into the warm memories that serve as its foundation.
This third album of black metal incorporating African-American spirituals steps further into the future while reasserting the gruesome events of the past.
The balance between light and dark is both more pronounced and more nuanced than ever before on the British metal band’s sixth album.
The addition of live recordings, B-sides, and covers from the era provide great context for this album, adding to its dark, gritty atmosphere.
The group’s 5th LP tones down the dark, nervous energy that was previously at the core of their identity.
The duo’s 13th full-length often sounds less like a collection of songs than a manifestation of the frequency of existence.
This 11th studio album isn’t as cohesive as some of the band’s previous efforts, but it shows they’re still evolving.
Mikaiah Lei discusses the new perspective that influenced his sophomore album that was seven years in the making.
Beneath the facepalm titles on the band’s third full-length lie songs full of heart, purpose, and meaning.
Chris Simpson also talks the past, present, and future of the band in a Q&A about his accompanying vinyl reissue project.
The third full-length from Jack Antonoff feels devoid of heart and soul, fizzling and fading forgettably into the background.
The Daughters vocalist’s solo debut captures the collapse of society over the course of a tormented, uneven 9 tracks.
The posthumous debut from the New Hollywood actress is an album of ghosts and haunted hearts.
There’s still darkness present on the noise rock band’s latest EP, but it’s more of a shadow than an abyss.
The songwriter’s new collection of drawings is a practical, humorous, and irreverent guide to overcoming his (and, by extension, our) anxieties and depression.
While often an uneven mess of sound, there are some real gems to be found on this DC Comics compilation.
The debut LP from the At the Drive-In co-founder tussles with indie-pop and boisterous stadium rock.
The ska-punk collective finds itself as boisterous, relevant, and energetic as ever before on their new EP.
The songwriter/visual artist discusses 11 pieces that tie into the fictional Whispering Pines universe.
