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.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Minnesota Artists United Against ICE, Melt ICE
This gigantic comp album featuring 110 Minnesotan artists raising funds for immigrant communities terrorized by ICE may also happen to be where you find your new favorite band.
Will Schube
The playlist features songs from Big Thief, Brian Eno, HAIM, and more.
The producer took to Instagram to share that the record will be out this fall, as well as to tease an imminent single and upcoming live dates.
Natalie Mering’s In Holy Flux tour resumes on August 14 when she’ll support The Strokes at Red Rocks.
Produced by FaltyDL, the project is out September 22 via Transgressive.
The band’s new album Silver is out September 29 via Karma Chief/Colemine.
The new album from the departed legend will arrive on September 8 via ANTI- Records.
The new album from songwriter João Rocha is out September 1 via Innovative Leisure.
Originally formed as a cathartic escape for three former child actors, Jadagrace, SWIM, and TJOnline talk making the kind of music they want to hear.
Ryan and K Hover discuss the deluxe version of their cult-classic record, expectations, and looking back on the LP 10 years on.
The song is featured in the forthcoming film Heart of Stone, which is out on August 11.
The band has also announced a Queens Colosseum pre-show event in Toronto on August 4.
The duo’s album is finally seeing the light of day with an August 25 release via Lex Records.
The Chicago post-hardcore icons’ run of dates kicks off August 9 in Indianapolis with Upper Wilds.
The project will arrive on October 20 via Ninja Tune/Counter Records.
billy woods and ELUCID’s new album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips is out on September 29 via Fat Possum Records.
The limited-edition release arrives ahead of Thundercat’s In Yo Girl’s City tour.
The band’s new album The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons is out on August 11.
The tribute album A Song For Leon is out September 8 via Primary Wave Music.
Produced by Cate Le Bon, the LP marks their first work with an outside collaborator since 2007’s Sky Blue Sky.
The LA-based producer’s new album Gravity will arrive on September 8 via Friends of Friends.
