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.
Ariana Grande, Petal
The pop star’s eighth record finds roots in resilience, twisted romance, and unsparing musings on fame, though it never quite ascends to the extravagant spectacle it sets the stage for.
Syd, Beard
The producer and songwriter’s third album unfolds like a slow-burn romance that prioritizes subtlety over spectacle, though its unbothered warmth can feel frustratingly one-note.
The Durutti Column, Renascent
Sixteen long years since his last album, Vini Reilly makes a welcome return with a low-key album that’s still rich and lovely, unpretentious and open-hearted.
Sean Neumann
Howerton explains how “Sunny” is “the Phish of shows” before its record-tying fourteenth season’s finale.
THE KOMINSKY METHOD
The show’s second season is now streaming on Netflix.
For the first time in eighteen years, TNT has a serious contender in the ring.
Stu Mackenzie’s band is as prolific as they are curious about their limits.
GLOW
Wrestlers’ bodies take a beating faster than most, and the women of this Netflix series are no different.
How Chicago musicians Jason Balla and Emily Kempf talked through their breakup in song and wrote “Water,” a modern love record.
