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.
This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy
Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50
This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]
Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
Mischa Pearlman
The group’s 5th LP tones down the dark, nervous energy that was previously at the core of their identity.
The duo’s 13th full-length often sounds less like a collection of songs than a manifestation of the frequency of existence.
This 11th studio album isn’t as cohesive as some of the band’s previous efforts, but it shows they’re still evolving.
Mikaiah Lei discusses the new perspective that influenced his sophomore album that was seven years in the making.
Beneath the facepalm titles on the band’s third full-length lie songs full of heart, purpose, and meaning.
Chris Simpson also talks the past, present, and future of the band in a Q&A about his accompanying vinyl reissue project.
The third full-length from Jack Antonoff feels devoid of heart and soul, fizzling and fading forgettably into the background.
The Daughters vocalist’s solo debut captures the collapse of society over the course of a tormented, uneven 9 tracks.
The posthumous debut from the New Hollywood actress is an album of ghosts and haunted hearts.
There’s still darkness present on the noise rock band’s latest EP, but it’s more of a shadow than an abyss.
The songwriter’s new collection of drawings is a practical, humorous, and irreverent guide to overcoming his (and, by extension, our) anxieties and depression.
While often an uneven mess of sound, there are some real gems to be found on this DC Comics compilation.
The debut LP from the At the Drive-In co-founder tussles with indie-pop and boisterous stadium rock.
The ska-punk collective finds itself as boisterous, relevant, and energetic as ever before on their new EP.
The songwriter/visual artist discusses 11 pieces that tie into the fictional Whispering Pines universe.
Hatfield’s 17th collection of original solo material is a fever dream entirely of the indie legend’s own creation.
While this homage to hard rock isn’t a return to the great heights the band has scaled in the past, it’s also far removed from the valleys they’ve trudged through.
There’s a loose recklessness to these classic alt-rock melodies that convey being stuck in a rut—but also the determination to get out of it.
The French prog metal collective’s seventh album is a tornado of blastbeats, guttural growls, and devilish incantations.
In a Q&A, the London-based artist shared their thoughts on the classical new single, transness, and the duality of identity.
