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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Phantogram Go Back to the Beginning on “Ceremony”
Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter discuss their move to LA, new album, and longtime bond.
March 12, 2020
In Conversation: Refused’s Dennis Lyxzén Is Still Writing War Music
Lyxzén discusses the politics of the Swedish post-hardcore band’s second new album since 1998’s classic Shape of Punk to Come.
October 15, 2019
by Pedro Margherito
The New Era of Boogarins
The Brazilian psychedelic band discusses “Soumbrou Dúvida” and the benefits of working with a professional engineer.
May 15, 2019
Events
The New Colossus Festival Isn’t Interested in Your Big Headliners
A new Lower East Side music fest is looking to do what CMJ (R.I.P.) and SXSW used to—focus on up-and-coming bands.
March 20, 2019
Panda Bear’s Noah Lennox Hopes New Record “Buoys” Can Be “An Antidote to the Poison”
The Animal Collective co-founder discusses the evolution of his songwriting and the significance of ocean buoys.
February 06, 2019
At Home with Spiritualized, an Orchestra of One
Jason Pierce considered having the bedroom-recorded “And Nothing Hurt” be the last Spiritualized album—and even though it might not be, it still sounds like quite the finale.
November 13, 2018
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Pixies, “Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa”
Both their debut EP and LP—now repackaged together—sound as fresh, inspired, and inventive as they did three decades ago.
October 08, 2018
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Speedy Ortiz, “Twerp Verse”
The band deliberately favor Pavement-inspired oddness in an attempt to introduce some levity.
May 04, 2018
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Sting & Shaggy, “44/876”
A heartfelt tribute to both Jamaica and Caribbean music that’s much better than it has any right to be—but cool, it is not.
April 27, 2018
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Superchunk, “What a Time to Be Alive”
Superchunk’s “What a Time to Be Alive” combines the irreverent with the thoughtful, and the jittery, chaotic melodies reflect a nervous wreck of a world.
February 28, 2018
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No Age, “Snares Like a Haircut”
No Age’s “Snares Like a Haircut” is a record that offers some kind of solace while also invoking the unnerving and disquieting times we live in.
January 25, 2018
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First Aid Kit, “Ruins”
While “Ruins” doesn’t quite beat out First Aid Kit’s debut album, it’s certainly the sisters’ best record since.
January 23, 2018
Film + TV
Stop Breaking Down: How the Jawbreaker Documentary Defied the Odds
“Don’t Break Down” looked like a movie that might never see the light of day. And then the Jawbreaker reunion happened.
January 04, 2018
Jawbreaker at Riot Fest / photo by Brigid Gallagher
What Men or Gods Are These: Jawbreaker Returns
More than twenty years after a bitter dissolution, the modern punk legends have rejoined. Here, members of the Jawbreaker scene and story recount the saga and impact of one of the heaviest—and most literary—bands ever.
January 03, 2018
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Neil Young + Promise of the Real, “The Visitor”
Shakey’s response to Trump is one that the USA desperately needs.
December 08, 2017
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, “Soul of a Woman”
“Soul of a Woman” is full of light and hope, serving as a testament to the beauty of life—and love and friendship and all that good stuff we get to experience in our short time on this planet.
November 22, 2017
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Wolf Parade, “Cry Cry Cry”
The Montreal quartet are back with a truly triumphant return.
October 06, 2017
Art & Culture
In Conversation: Joan Cornellà Is a Reasonable Person
The Spanish artist known for his deranged—but brightly colored!—comics talks police brutality, Facebook, and traveling in the US.
July 17, 2017
photo by Joe Dilworth
In Conversation
In Conversation: Algiers Expose “The Underside of Power”
Class warfare, civil rights, Donald Trump: That’s not the whole story.
June 26, 2017
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Can, “The Singles”
An exhilarating journey into one of contemporary music’s most inventive and eccentric bands.
June 13, 2017
