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.
Fujiya & Miyagi, New Shiny Objects
With their 10th album, the Brighton electronic quartet cross-cut a wide range of ’80s-based tropes and influences into something boldly fresh.
Shabazz Palaces, It’s a Style Sport
A temporal fusion of hip-hop’s past, present, and future, Ishmael Butler’s latest album warps the clock to reflect and expound upon the career of a giant within the genre.
Wolves in the Throne Room, Estuary
Set in a future reclaimed by nature, the PNW band’s latest LP balances emotive black metal against electronic flourishes to paint a vivid picture of a world defined by absence.
Soren Baker
Reflecting on Kobe’s long relationship with music and the industry’s profound appreciation of him.
Kendrick Lamar at FYF / photo by Rozette Rago
What the genre has been through in the last ten years.
David Bowden talks the compromises he’s refused to make with his chart-topping, guitar-driven R&B.
The LA rapper discusses the bad friends and desire for solitude that inspired her recent EP “Cry 4 Help.”
Pabst Blue Ribbon commissioned the muralist to create limited edition beer packaging. Today—the inaugural National Mural Day—marks the pair’s next collaboration.
The Los Angeles–based producer learned the value of his music after being sampled by JAY-Z, leading to collaborations with Ghostface Killah and Black Thought.
Our FLOOD 9 cover story on Wu-Tang Clan, the rap group with a religious following.
