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.
Allison Russell, In the Hour of Chaos
Clearly written in the pressure cooker of Trump’s America, the artist’s community-oriented third album battles the darkness with an at-times overwhelming sense of optimism.
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Stones come as close as they ever will to reckoning with their twilight years on a surprisingly effective 25th LP that finds them bringing a fresh spark to their signature sound.
Kelela, New Avatar
The songwriter’s earliest soul and jazz influences can be found swirling throughout her third album, which also expands into the realms of hypnotic electronic music and alt rock.
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.
