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.
Timothy Brown
The Australian DJ has uploaded her steamy set in an unexpected place.
The track is taken from Evan Dando and company’s current covers album, “Varshons 2.”
DYLAN LEBLANC
The Shreveport native sings for the soul of America on the latest song from “Renegade.”
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco / photo by Suzanne Cordeiro
Kamasi Washington, Courtney Barnett, and Sharon Van Etten will also perform at the January 2020 event.
The Strokes / photo by Aaron Schorch
It’s all one big, lovable mess, much like The Strokes themselves.
The make-out act of 2013 returns with a special piano-based project.
Flying Lotus at FORM Arcosanti 2018 / photo by Daniel Cavazos
The Brainfeeder producer reveals North American tour dates to support new album “Flamagra.”
Peter More at home in Ft. Worth, Texas
The Fort Worth native follows his musical muse to Mexico and scores Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen for a producer.
FKA twigs at Pitchfork Music Festival / photo by James Richards IV
The vid for her first new song in three years might be one of the best movies of the year.
Tame Impala / photo by Kirby Gladstein
The Australian psych-rock heroes have revealed new headlining North American tour dates.
The emo rapper picks hot delivery spots in LA, NY, Chicago, SF, and Miami ahead of his Coachella 2019 Weekend Two set.
Crowd / Coachella 2015 Weekend 1 / photo by Max Sweeney
The festivities will be shown over a single channel, including prerecorded segments from around the world.
Gary Clark Jr. at Lollapalooza 2015 / by Chad Kamenshine
The fiery three-song set showcases Clark’s most recent LP, “This Land.”
“I wanted to peel it back to the very basics and build a good foundation. This is me in true, raw form as a musician.”
The NYC disco revivalists throw it back to 1983 with their must-watch video for “Outta My Head.”
The song captures an aching sense of hope and longing with lilting vocal melodies that intertwine with plaintive acoustic guitars.
The Brooklyn band finds the sweet spots of modern life with bubbly pop gems and deep nostalgia.
The track injects genuine R&B vibes into Bad Sounds’ panoramic pop, lush with Motown horns and crisp, falsetto vocals.
The Strokes, Twenty One Pilots, Flume, J Balvin, Kacey Musgraves, and yes, Shaquille O’Neal will all be at the Chicago fest.
Flume at Air + Style / photo by Adam Maresca
The four-part documentary chronicles how the Australian producer became an international sensation.
