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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Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Fucked Up, Year of the Goat
Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.
Mischa Pearlman
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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
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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
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Devon Church, “Strange Strangers”
On his sophomore solo LP, the former Exitmusic member ponders the highs and lows of existence through somber, gravelly vocals.
April 18, 2023
The Bouncing Souls Lean Into the Restorative Powers of Music and Community in New “Back to Better” Video
With their new album Ten Stories High out today, the band also shares some of their biggest influences on the recording.
March 24, 2023
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Anti-Flag, “Lies They Tell Our Children”
The Pittsburgh politipunks’ 13th studio album is a culmination of everything they’ve been singing about since forming back in the late-’80s.
January 04, 2023
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Bruce Springsteen, “Only the Strong Survive”
These 15 covers of R&B and soul classics are treated with both the reverence they deserve on their own terms, and with which Springsteen also clearly holds for them.
November 11, 2022
Track by Track
Young Culture Walk Us Through Their Forward-Looking New LP “You Had to Be There”
Alex Magnan breaks down each track on the NYC-based trio’s latest, out now via Equal Vision.
November 11, 2022
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Sparta, “Sparta”
This self-titled fifth album is the sound of Jim Ward both finding and re-finding himself, his heritage and future coalescing with mostly youthful ebullience.
November 07, 2022
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Birds in Row, “Gris Klein”
The 11 songs that comprise the French experimental post-hardcore trio’s third album are magnified reflections of the grotesqueries of modern life and society.
November 04, 2022
In Conversation
The Jesus and Mary Chain Still Make Perfect Sense
Ahead of their headlining set at Austin’s Levitation Fest this weekend, Jim Reid reflects on 40 years of the Scottish band’s existence, and shares what may lie ahead.
October 24, 2022
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Pinkshift, “Love Me Forever”
A mix of punk, post-hardcore, grunge, and pop, the Baltimore trio’s debut is a stunning burst of influences and experiences coalescing in a swirling swathe of anger and injustice.
October 21, 2022
Track by Track
Archers of Loaf Take Us Through Their Reunion LP “Reason in Decline” Track by Track
Eric Bachmann takes us deeper into the band’s first LP since 1998, out now via Merge.
October 21, 2022
First Listen
Born Without Bones Turn Adversity on Its Head in Video for New Track “Fistful of Bees”
The Massachusetts punks’ new album Dancer arrives November 4 via Pure Noise.
October 12, 2022
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Naomi Alligator, “Double Knot”
On her label debut, Corrinne James is still laying her vulnerabilities on the line in what sounds like the most intimate setting.
October 10, 2022
No Devotion Are Bouncing Back From Oblivion
Geoff Rickly shares how the continuation of what looked like a one-off side-project allowed him to scratch an itch left untouched by the recent Thursday reunion.
October 07, 2022
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Greg Puciato, “Mirrorcell”
This sophomore solo LP is an exhilarating ride with some moments of magic, but one that never quite reaches the inimitable heights that Dillinger Escape Plan offered.
October 04, 2022
