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.
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Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
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.
Will Schube
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Bat for Lashes Announces New LP “The Dreams of Delphi,” Shares Title Track
The track’s video serves as the first chapter of a full “album film” which will arrive with the project slated for a May 31 release via Natasha Khan’s new label home, Mercury KX.
February 22, 2024
Julian Casablancas & The Voidz Share “All the Same,” Star in Concert Documentary
The band took over Brooklyn’s Murmrr Theatre for a sold-out four-night run in late October last year.
February 21, 2024
Pernice Brothers Recruit Neko Case for “I Don’t Need That Anymore”
The band’s new album Who Will You Believe will arrive April 5 via New West Records.
February 21, 2024
First Listen
BODEGA Take on Gentrification on New Single “City Is Taken”
The band’s new album Our Brand Could Be Yr Life features reworked old material alongside new songs.
February 21, 2024
Khruangbin Share Characteristically Vibe-Heavy New Single “May Ninth”
The group’s new album A La Sala will arrive on April 5 via Dead Oceans.
February 20, 2024
Adrianne Lenker Does Unbridled Ecstatic Happiness on New Single “Fool”
The Big Thief singer’s new album will arrive on March 22 via 4AD.
February 20, 2024
Kneecap Announce Debut Album “Fine Art,” Share New Single “Sick in the Head”
After their new semi-biopic made waves at Sundance, the Irish trio are gearing up to drop their first record on June 14 via Heavenly Recordings.
February 20, 2024
First Listen
Josh Johnson Announces “Unusual Object,” Shares First Single “Free Mechanical”
The saxophonist and composer’s new album will arrive on April 5.
February 20, 2024
DIIV Announce New LP “Frog in Boiling Water,” Share “Brown Paper Bag”
The band’s new album will arrive on May 24 via Fantasy Records
February 15, 2024
Hana Vu Shares New Single “Care” Ahead of Forthcoming LP “Romanticism”
The artist’s follow-up to 2021’s Public Storage will arrive May 3 via Ghostly International.
February 15, 2024
First Listen
Aaron Lee Tasjan Reflects on His Road to Sobriety on New Single “The Drugs Did Me”
The Nashville songwriter’s new album Stellar Evolution is out April 12.
February 15, 2024
Working Families Party Announces SXSW Showcase with Yaya Bey, Luna Luna, and Estevie
Politics House is set for March 11 and 12 at Austin’s The Parish.
February 14, 2024
bbymutha Announces “sleep paralysis” LP, Shares Video for New Single “go!”
The emcee’s new album will arrive on April 19 via True Panther Sound.
February 14, 2024
IDLES Go Full Deepfake on Coldplay’s “Yellow” in New “Grace” Video
Chris Martin reportedly helped the band’s frontman Joe Talbot train the AI for the visual.
February 14, 2024
Maya Hawke Announces New Album “Chaos Angel,” Shares First Single “Missing Out”
The visual for the new track was directed by filmmaker Alex Ross Perry
February 14, 2024
Pearl Jam Announce New Album “Dark Matter” Along with World Tour
The band has shared the project’s title track ahead of its April 19 release.
February 13, 2024
Reviews
Kali Malone, “All Life Long”
Written for pipe organ, choir, and brass quintet, the Stockholm-based minimalist’s latest collection still melds fluidly into a cohesive body of work conjuring visceral images of winter.
February 13, 2024
Caleb Landry Jones Announces New LP “Hey Gary, Hey Dawn,” Shares “Corn Mine”
The artist’s fourth LP will arrive on April 5 via Sacred Bones.
February 13, 2024
Breaking
NewDad Are Finding a New Perspective
Vocalist Julie Dawson shares how Madra—the Galway-based alt-rock quartet’s debut album—is a testament to their continued growth.
February 12, 2024
First Listen
Alfie Templeman Channels His Inner Kubrick on New Track “Eyes Wide Shut”
The single marks the songwriter’s first original music since 2022’s Mellow Moon LP.
February 12, 2024
