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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Harry Styles, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.
The sequel to the 2022 Album of the Year GRAMMY winner is another radical genre shape-shift for a pop star who refuses to settle for just another EDM album.
Scout Gillett, Tough Touch
Expanding her palette with grungy new influences, the LA-via-Kansas-City songwriter’s second album is often higher-octane while retaining her debut’s emotional core.
Mirah, Dedication
Gently playful with a fire burning underneath, the artist’s first record in seven years signifies her devotion to the craft of making music, whether the light in her career is burning bright or dim.
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First Listen
Gabriel Birnbaum Announces “Patron Saint of Tireless Losers” LP, Shares “Perfect Again”
The songwriter’s new album will arrive on June 28 via Western Vinyl.
April 03, 2024
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Aesop Rock, “Daylight” [Reissue]
Available on vinyl for the first time since its 2002 release, this reissue invites us to reconsider the merits of the tracklist supporting the underground emcee’s breakout single.
April 02, 2024
Caleb Landry Jones, Noted Useful Musician and Actor, Shares New Single “Useless”
The FLOODfest 2024 alumni’s new album will arrive this Friday via Sacred Bones.
April 02, 2024
Swamp Dogg Recruits Jenny Lewis for “Count the Days”
The track will be featured on the soul legend’s new LP, Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th Street.
April 02, 2024
In Conversation
Helado Negro on Exploring New Territory with “PHASOR”
Roberto Carlos Lange shares how a move to North Carolina helped him break from his prior discography—while still staying moored to his established musical persona.
April 01, 2024
Track by Track
gglum Breaks Down Her Not-Entirely-Glum Debut “The Garden Dream” Track by Track
The Londoner’s Jadu Heart–assisted new record is out now via Secretly Canadian.
March 29, 2024
St. Vincent Drops “Flea” Ahead of New Album “All Born Screaming”
Annie Clark also revealed that Spoon, Yves Tumor, Eartheater, Dorian Electra, and Momma will all join her on select dates for the first leg of her All Born Screaming North American tour.
March 28, 2024
Oh, Lord! Lorde Takes on Talking Heads’ Take on “Take Me to the River”
The new covers album will be released via A24 Music (what don’t those folks do?!).
March 28, 2024
Vampire Weekend Share New Single “Mary Boone” Ahead of Next Week’s “Only God Was Above Us” Release
The track comes with a visualizer starring rapper Despot.
March 28, 2024
Sinkane Shares “Come Together” Single and Video Ahead of “We Belong”
The artist’s new album will arrive on April 5 via City Slang.
March 27, 2024
John Cale Shares “How We See the Light” Ahead of New Album “POPtical Illusion”
The iconic songwriter and collaborator will share his new album on June 14.
March 27, 2024
Blondshell and Bully Team Up for New Single “Docket”
The track is out now via Partisan Records.
March 26, 2024
Mdou Moctar Share “Imouhar” Ahead of New Album “Funeral for Justice”
The group’s latest project will arrive on May 3 via Matador Records.
March 26, 2024
“Noise for Now Vol. 2” Abortion Access Comp to Feature David Byrne and Devo, Courtney Barnett, and Big Freedia
The star-studded record—also including Faye Webster, The War on Drugs, and Julia Jacklin, among others—will arrive on June 21.
March 26, 2024
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Julia Holter, “Something in the Room She Moves”
Balancing airy synths and bubbling low-end, the LA-based experimentalist reflects on the highs and lows of the human experience on her latest complex project.
March 22, 2024
Remi Wolf Wants You to Invest in Her Big Ideas, and “Cinderella” Is Her First Pitch
The alt-pop singer’s new album Big Ideas will arrive July 12 via Island Records
March 21, 2024
AURORA Unveils New Synth-Pop Single “Some Type of Skin”
It was recently announced that the Norwegian artist will take the stage at Glastonbury this summer, in addition to a handful of other international festival appearances.
March 21, 2024
A2IM Announces Libera Award Nominees, Including Mitski, Killer Mike, and Caroline Polachek
The American Association of Independent Music, Inc. has also nominated Wednesday, L’Rain, and more.
March 20, 2024
Justice Share “Saturnine” with Miguel, Drop Tracklist for “Hyperdrama”
The album will also feature tracks with Tame Impala, Thundercat, and Connan Mockasin.
March 20, 2024
Track by Track
crushed Take Us Track by Track Through Their Newly Reissued Debut EP “extra life”
Featuring new remixes from DJ Python and Real Lies, the 2023 release marked the first collaboration from Temple of Angels’ Bre Morell and Weekend’s Shaun Durkan.
March 15, 2024
