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, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
Mischa Pearlman
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Soul Glo, “Songs to Yeet at the Sun”
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.
November 09, 2020
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Jeremiah Sand, “Lift It Down”
The “Mandy” tie-in record convincingly blurs the line between truth and fiction with songs that, on their own merits, are actually pretty cool.
November 05, 2020
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Jónsi, “Shiver”
While its experimental attitude should be applauded, “Shiver” is at its best when Jonsí tiptoes across familiar ground.
October 16, 2020
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Osees, “Protean Threat”
These 13 tracks are as oddball and incohesive as should be expected from the California band.
September 18, 2020
Stream Overo and Asthenia’s New Split 7-Inch
In lieu of their planned Japanese tour, Houston’s Overo and Tokyo’s Asthenia share four new songs.
September 14, 2020
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Throwing Muses, “Sun Racket”
“Sun Racket” finds frontwoman Kristin Hersh on her trademark fine and fiery form.
September 14, 2020
Old Kerry McKee Embraces His Project’s Chaotic Old-Timey Energy in “Cattle and Wolves” Video
The new video from the Swedish blues/death-metal musician feels perfectly on-brand.
September 09, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Bright Eyes Persevere on “Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was”
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.
August 19, 2020
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Jason Molina, “Eight Gates”
There’s a real sense of dread and foreboding in the posthumous record’s dark sinews.
August 10, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Joe Casey Discusses Protomartyr’s Latest Attempt at a “Happy” Album
The Detroit post-punk group’s fifth album “Ultimate Success Today” is out this Friday.
July 14, 2020
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No Age, “Goons Be Gone”
The LA duo’s fifth record is full of weird and unexpected twists and turns.
July 10, 2020
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Built to Spill, “Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston”
The sheer scope of Johnston’s talent shines brightly on Built to Spill’s album-length homage.
June 12, 2020
PREMIERE: Plasma Canvas Revisit 2 a.m. Phone Calls on “Saturn”
The Fort Collins punks share the latest single from their forthcoming EP “KILLERMAJESTIC.”
May 27, 2020
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Woods, “Strange to Explain”
“Strange to Explain” is a confused swirl of hope, wonder, and melancholy.
May 20, 2020
In Conversation: Brian Fallon Wants to Recharge You with “Local Honey”
The ex-Gaslight Anthem frontman on leaving his label, therapy, and what Bruce Springsteen told him about writing political songs.
March 26, 2020
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
