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.
Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Fucked Up, Year of the Goat
Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.
Scott T. Sterling
Armstrong revives the Tommy James classic for the COVID-19 era.
The singer is calling for “too cool for school” acts like The Smiths to follow suit.
The singer sent the track to BBC DJ Jo Whiley for radio play.
Listen to the LA morning show host’s scathing (and sad) on-air farewell.
With so many artists struggling to survive in these COVID-19 times, Bandcamp is doing its part to help.
Paris, France, March 28 2017: Visitors in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, France. The museum houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces.
Virtually visit Musée d’Orsay, the Van Gogh Museum, and more.
Post-show relaxation
Cherry Glazerr, Vagabon, Wayne Coyne, and more are responding to these trying times.
photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
If you’ve got plans to see a show this month, consider them officially changed.
Este Haim puts down the bass to belt out a cover of “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet a Woman.”
Sahara / Coachella 2015 Weekend 1 / photo by Max Sweeney
COVID-19 concerns have pushed the desert fests to the month of October.
Listen to some jams, nosh on some rugelach—what’s not to love?
Ferris Wheel / Coachella 2015 Weekend 1 / photo by Max Sweeney
With SXSW 2020 going dark over coronavirus fears, the music world waits to see how another of America’s biggest festivals will fare.
The full original cast will reunite to launch the first Canadian Amazon original series.
Grimes / FYF 2014 / photo by Breanna Murphy
Hate fruit and vegetables, but love caffeine, carbs, and fat? Grimes feels your pain.
A quick look at some of the artists who are just as fired up as the rest of us.
The punk icon is also launching extremely limited edition vinyl in NYC this week.
Major tours and events around the world are being shut down due to the encroaching pandemic.
St. Vincent / photo by Laura Studarus
She’ll probably whip you on the hiking trail in her new line of athleisure, too.
From “Protect Ya Neck” to relax your mind, the rapper/producer/actor/director continues to display range.
The LA native was part of the Paisley Underground plus founded Rain Parade and Opal.
