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NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 11: Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer attends the opening night of Asi Wind’s “Concert Of The Mind” at Axis Theater on October 11, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Charles Norfleet/FilmMagic)

Art & Culture
Jonathan Safran Foer Announces “Here I Am,” His First Novel in Over a Decade

The “Everything Is Illuminated” author’s third traditional piece of fiction will come out in September of next year.

December 21, 2015

Samuel L. Jackson in “The Hateful Eight” / photo courtesy of The Weinstein Company

Film + TVReviews
The Reconstruction of Quentin Tarantino: Waiting Out the Storm with “The Hateful Eight”

Partly a tip of the cap and partly an obliteration of it, Tarantino’s latest presents a slow-burn situation in a quick-draw world.

December 21, 2015

2015. Trailer screenshot of Jeff Goldblum and Liam Hemsworth from Independence Day: Resurgence

Film + TV
WATCH: It’s Close Encounters of the Second Kind in the Trailer for “Independence Day: Resurgence”

Holy beard, Bill Pullman.

December 14, 2015

2015. Joanna Newsom live on Late Show with Stephen Colbert performing Leaving the City screenshot

WATCH: Joanna Newsom Returns to the City to Play “Leaving The City” on “Colbert”

In case you needed any motivation to buy tickets for her current tour.

December 09, 2015

2015. Crystal Pepsi ad screenshot

Art & Culture
Just in Time for the Holidays, Crystal Pepsi Is Making a Return (Sorta)

Available in the (overwhelmingly preferred) sweepstake form only

December 09, 2015
Staff Picks
FLOOD’s Best of 2015: Music (#3)

We continue our countdown of the year’s best music with our #3 record of 2015.

December 09, 2015

2015. Charles Bradley Changes video screenshot

WATCH: Charles Bradley Is Going Through “Changes”

The Screaming Eagle’s third LP “Changes” will be out April 1 via Dunham/Daptone Records.

December 08, 2015

2016. Primal Scream Chaosmosis cover crop

Don’t Fight It, Feel It: Primal Scream Announces New LP “Chaosmosis”

The band’s eleventh album will be movin’ on up March 18 via First International/Ignition.

December 07, 2015

2015. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season eleven trailer screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: The Gang Hits the Slopes in the Latest Trailer for Season Eleven of “Always Sunny”

“Let’s shred.”

December 07, 2015

TRue Detective season 2 teaser screenshot

Film + TV
“Sometimes Your Worst Self Is Your Best Self”: Season Three of “True Detective” Is All But Confirmed

Though Nic Pizzolatto’s recent deal with HBO still requires further work

December 02, 2015

NEW ORLEANS, LA – JANUARY 21: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts to an officials call during the second half of a game against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center on January 21, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Art & Culture
RIP: Kobe Bryant’s Basketball Career (1996–2016)

“I don’t want to get too Zen-like on you guys, but honestly, in sitting in meditation, for me, my mind starts drifting—it always drifted towards basketball. Always. Always. And it doesn’t do that now.”

November 30, 2015

Animal Collective // photo by Atiba Jefferson

Not The Onion: Animal Collective Is Premiering Their New Album Over BWI Airport PAs

One of the track names is “Floridada,” and it’s possible that the LP will be out on Monday.

November 25, 2015

2015. The Arcs, The Arcs vs. The Inventors, Vol. 1 cover hi-res

LISTEN: David Berman Surfaces via a Collaboration with The Arcs on New Track “Young”

The song, which is from “The Arcs vs. the Inventors Vol. 1″—a Record Store Day 10” special release due out November 27—was co-written by Dan Auerbach and the principal Silver Jew himself.

November 23, 2015

2015. Ducktails Don’t Want to Let You Know video screenshot Matt Mondanile

WATCH: Take a Stroll in Switzerland in the Video for New Ducktails Track “Don’t Want To Let You Know”

The surprise music may or may not be from a new Ducktails album, which is already “almost finished.”

November 23, 2015

Richard Linklater, Oscar® nominee for Achievement in Directing, for work on “Boyhood” arrives for the live ABC Telecast of The 87th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 22, 2015.

Film + TV
Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some” Set to Open SXSW 2016

The Austin figurehead will kick things off in March with the film that he has described as a “spiritual sequel” to both “Dazed and Confused” and “Boyhood.”

November 19, 2015

2015. Public Image Ltd. John Lydon screenshot from Late Show with Stephen Colbert

WATCH: Public Image Ltd. Get into “Double Trouble” on “Colbert”

“And don’t you dare vote Donald Trump!”

November 18, 2015

2016. Zero K Don DeLillo cover crop

Art & Culture
Don DeLillo to Release Futurist Novel “Zero K” Next Year

The announcement coincides with the author’s acceptance of the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.

November 17, 2015

2015. A Very Murray Christmas trailer screenshot Bill Murray and Paul Shaffer

Film + TV
WATCH: Celebrate the Holidays with Food, Booze, and Attractive People in New Trailer for “A Very Murray Christmas”

The holiday spectacular is out via Netflix on December 4.

November 17, 2015

2016. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 11 teaser trailer screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: Mainline Some Wine with the Gang in the Teaser for Season Eleven of “Always Sunny”

Paddy’s is back open January 6 on FXX.

November 16, 2015

Ween Boognish symbol

Ween to Play It Off Legit and Reunite

Two February shows in Colorado have been announced, and are promised to be “fucking mind-blowing.”

November 16, 2015
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