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.
The Linda Lindas, Gotta Get Out
The winsome punks’ urgent third record feels like a fresh revisiting of familiar themes—most notably the ever-present, agonizing ache for political action.
Asher White, Love Aggregates
The Providence-based songwriter offers a subtle vision of resplendence in the midst of an apparent lack on a record that dulls heartache and eschews melodrama.
Squirrel Flower, Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
With a muted sense of emotional gravitas, Ella Williams’ fourth album strives for the heavens, but runs out of steam halfway there.
Mischa Pearlman
The debut from the avant-garde supergroup demonstrates the power of collaboration, but struggles with cohesion and emotional drive.
The Canadian punks’ pugnacious third LP is also their most tender and nuanced release yet.
The doomy pair share more mournful explosions of existential tragedy and aggressive solemnity that transcend genre.
This B-sides comp demonstrates the one-dimensionality at the heart of the rock duo’s two-decade career.
The Atlanta garage rockers’ debut is the sound of four women who don’t give a damn for convention or perception.
The songs on the group’s first live album sound more lush and textured than they do on their recorded counterparts.
At under 12 minutes, the Philly hardcore band all punch hard while documenting what it’s like to be a Black band in a white scene.
The “Mandy” tie-in record convincingly blurs the line between truth and fiction with songs that, on their own merits, are actually pretty cool.
While its experimental attitude should be applauded, “Shiver” is at its best when Jonsí tiptoes across familiar ground.
These 13 tracks are as oddball and incohesive as should be expected from the California band.
In lieu of their planned Japanese tour, Houston’s Overo and Tokyo’s Asthenia share four new songs.
“Sun Racket” finds frontwoman Kristin Hersh on her trademark fine and fiery form.
The new video from the Swedish blues/death-metal musician feels perfectly on-brand.
Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott discuss how picking up where they left off in 2011 has been a source of comfort for them.
There’s a real sense of dread and foreboding in the posthumous record’s dark sinews.
The Detroit post-punk group’s fifth album “Ultimate Success Today” is out this Friday.
The LA duo’s fifth record is full of weird and unexpected twists and turns.
The sheer scope of Johnston’s talent shines brightly on Built to Spill’s album-length homage.
The Fort Collins punks share the latest single from their forthcoming EP “KILLERMAJESTIC.”
“Strange to Explain” is a confused swirl of hope, wonder, and melancholy.
