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.
Arlo Parks, Ambiguous Desire
Vulnerability is baked into the heartbeat of the British songwriter’s third album with an aching groove lifted to new levels courtesy of the ecstasy of dance music.
José González, Against the Dying of the Light
With his fifth album, the Swedish songwriter considers his deepest of existential queries while maintaining the effervescent, seductive sound that’s the strongest through line in his career.
Courtney Barnett, Creature of Habit
Still flatliningly deadpan, the Australian songwriter uses the back-and-forth fear of the new as a start point for further depth-diving and confession on her fourth solo album.
Will Schube
The track arrives ahead of a new Marianne Faithfull tribute compilation landing this Friday.
The song will be featured on a forthcoming album, according to an Instagram post from the Big Thief frontperson.
The Kansas-based production company is run by photographer Shawn Brackbill and Get Up Kids’ Rob and Ryan Pope.
The Jesus and March Chain at Levitation 2022 credit Daniel Cavazos
The shoegaze legends’ first LP in nearly seven years will arrive March 8 via Fuzz Club.
The track is featured on the Chicago emcee’s latest album.
The Hives
“Imagine a world where The Hives are playing every city all the time. That’s a world we want to live in,” the band wrote on Instagram.
Other artists set to perform at the Barcelona fest include Pulp, FKA twigs, Mitski, Charli XCX, and The National.
Arriving with a music video, the song was produced by the two artists alongside Sega Bodega.
On his ninth studio LP, the veteran emcee offers a parodical look into the corporate mealy-mouthed hollowness that has enveloped so much of our culture.
The group is currently performing a residency at The Garage in London.
It’s part of a bigger reproductive rights campaign of art actions that Pussy Riot is launching in 2024.
The Irish rap trio has also announced a slew of 2024 North American tour dates.
Both tracks are accompanied by videos directed by Ben Mehlman.
New Blue Sun will arrive this Friday, November 17.
Zach Condon discusses how the Norwegian municipality that lends its name to his first LP since canceling his Gallipoli tour in 2019 plays into a new era of healing and self-discovery.
Said TLE founder Jared Mees of the signing, “Nisa is the best kind of enigma. Her songs are complex yet catchy.”
After playing the Foos’ But Here We Are single together on SNL last month, a 7-inch double A-side of the studio recording will arrive on December 29 following its digital release this Friday.
Luke Temple’s third record under the pseudonym is out now via Western Vinyl.
The reveal is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. PT.
The 11-track vinyl comp will arrive on Record Store Day Black Friday.
