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 project is set to be released on October 27.
The addendum to the record will arrive on October 13.
Officially out September 28, the duo’s new project Infinite Victory Loop will be available to hear tomorrow exclusively on Bandcamp.
The artist formerly known as Neon Indian talks Pynchon, the streaming era, and following in the footsteps of Bryan Ferry and Sting with his first LP under his given name.
billy woods, ELUCID, Kenny Segal, They Hate Change, and more make appearances on Lindsay Powell’s latest release, out now via Backwoodz Studioz.
The band’s self-titled third album will arrive on October 27.
Youngs also walks us through each track on the project, which officially drops tomorrow via Yep Roc.
The track was produced by Gorillaz’s Remi Kabaka Jr.
The 30th anniversary reissue of Last Splash arrives this Friday via 4AD.
Her forthcoming tour will kick off on October 17 in Washington DC.
Natalie Mering’s tour will continue on September 27 in San Francisco.
The duo’s second album this year will be released on November 17 via True Panther Sounds.
The track arrives via Crumb Records.
Other stars with items to bid on include the cast of Bob’s Burgers, Lena Dunham, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, Natasha Lyonne, Spike Jonze, John Lithgow, and “Weird Al.”
Out November 10, the album features billy woods, Hanni El Khatib, and more.
With this LP of lovesick twangers, the art-pop-architect-turned-country-balladeer sounds deeply interested in untangling the nuances and geometry of relationships.
The supergroup’s debut album Los Angeles will arrive on November 3.
Big Thief
The new track, along with A-side “Vampire Empire,” will be released as a physical 7-inch on October 20 via 4AD.
Lætitia Tamko’s third LP Sorry I Haven’t Called is out this Friday via Nonesuch Records.
Chan Marshall shares her takes on “Ballad of a Thin Man” and “She Belongs to Me” ahead of the November 10 release of Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert.
