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.
Agnes Obel, The Meaning of Flowers
Inspired by the birth of her first child, the Danish artist’s fifth album also pulls heavily from poetry and literature to build on her gorgeous, piano-forward classical-pop sound.
The Frogs, My Daughter the Broad [30th Anniversary Edition]
Originally released on Matador in 1996, this expanded version of the Milwaukee duo’s third LP of deliberately provocative slacker-rock emphasizes the unexpected tenderness at its center.
The Tubs, Hard Life
With its well-curated influences and almost uncomfortably human lyrics, the London jangle-punk quartet’s third LP finds charm and combustible energy in its intersection of bleakness and pep.
Scott T. Sterling
Watch a vintage video of Bowie talking to reporters after his March 1976 arraignment.
Radiohead at Lollapalooza 2016 / photo by James Richards IV
Thom Yorke and company promise not to save any of your information in the process.
Outkast / Photo by Alan Sartirana
The OutKast rapper posted the recipe in support of Meals on Wheels Atlanta.
In a year unlike any other, music of the past was eerily present (and prescient).
Tyler, the Creator and Tinashe guest on the Compton artist’s reaction to, well, everything.
The shell of a Nine Inch Nails synth and Eddie Van Halen’s axe also found new homes.
Foo Fighters and Mexican eatery Casa Vega are collaborating to help local restaurant workers.
Cave chooses artistic integrity over listener sensitivity.
Head into the weekend with the new collab, as well as a new single from Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer.
Along with announcing the event’s lineup, Danny shares a video for the “uknowhatimsayin¿” single “Savage Nomad.”
Dolly Parton (album cover)
The country icon invested $1 million into saving lives.
The Austin-based guitarist used the moment to make a powerful Black Lives Matter statement.
Groups like The Specials, The Beat, and The Selector are remembered in a yet-to-be-titled series from “Peaky Blinders” writer Steven Knight.
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Because Bowie died before the gift was sent, the eerily prescient painting now hangs in Butler’s bedroom.
Janelle Monáe’s new alter ego has us buzzing with questions.
Artists across the country are mobilizing voters to help keep democracy alive.
The live music scene is alive and well in Houston, apparently.
Gibbs reveals a special Halloween day pop-up event in Los Angeles.
Marc Maron appears as the one music exec who believes in a pre-Ziggy Bowie.
It’s the second single from the band’s upcoming album, “Genesis.”
