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.
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.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Nevin Martell
Armed only with a dog-eared Neruda paperback, a bottle of Pepto, and their insatiable appetites, and writer and a chef make their way around Chile.
The Charlatans UK / courtesy of the band
“Enduring” is the word that comes to mind when thinking of Manchester mainstays The Charlatans UK. Over the more than…
Ride 2015 header / photo by Piper Ferguson
Andy Bell and Mark Gardener of legendary shoegaze-defiers Ride reflect on the band’s past and look forward into its future.
Sharon Jones / 2014 / photo by Kyle Dean Reinford
2014: In which the soul legend beat cancer, headlined The Apollo, sipped tequila with Andy Cohen, and (finally) got a Grammy nom
In a way, this We Are the (Indie) World get-together is a fitting summation of Beck’s entire career. It flits from one fascination to the next, never stopping long enough to take root.
