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.
Wishy, Nature’s Pill
The guitar-pop group expands upon their 2024 debut with a more relaxed effort emphasizing a stronger interplay between two co-vocalists who remain a match made in college-rock heaven.
Leon Bridges, Happiness Anytime
Continuing to defy expectations, the Texan R&B songwriter heads for the London dancefloor on a joyful collaboration with acid-jazz outfit Jungle.
Hermanos Gutiérrez, Los Ojos del Cóndor
Dedicated to the instrumental folk duo’s father, their forlorn cinematic expanse is given greater breadth and interwoven liveliness on their seventh LP.
Mischa Pearlman
The viral YouTube covers artist humbly discusses his unexpected rise to online stardom.
While the amusement value of the track list is high, the music lags behind at times.
This is the sound of a band burrowing deep into the heart of its genre, ripping it apart and reviving.
The LA rockers kick off 2021 with an upbeat—though emotionally complex—single.
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.
