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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
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.
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SZA and The Killers Set to Headline New Sudden Little Thrills Festival
St. Vincent, Ethel Cain, Omar Apollo, and hometown heroes Feeble Little Horse are also scheduled to perform at the Pittsburgh event in September.
April 16, 2024
Breaking
English Teacher: Between Leeds and Texas
The UK post-punk group discusses their new debut album This Could Be Texas and the sense of limbo and alienation that inspired it.
April 15, 2024
Stream Coachella 2024 Here: Full Schedule with Lana Del Rey, No Doubt, Vampire Weekend, and More
All sets will be available to watch at the official Coachella YouTube channel.
April 12, 2024
In Conversation
RiTchie on Resetting Expectations Once Again with “Triple Digits [112]”
The Injury Reserve/By Storm emcee talks stepping out on his own for his debut solo album and the 100-plus degree Arizona temperatures that helped inspire it.
April 12, 2024
GIFT Sign to Captured Tracks, Share New Single “Wish Me Away”
The band formed just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 10, 2024
Beth Gibbons Shares New Single “Reaching Out” Alongside Interactive Video
The Portishead vocalist’s new album Lives Outgrown will arrive May 17 via Domino.
April 10, 2024
Noga Erez Returns with Fiery New Single “Vandalist”
According to Erez, the track is a “musical middle finger.”
April 10, 2024
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Caleb Landry Jones, “Hey Gary, Hey Dawn”
The actor-musician’s fourth LP is a carnival of some of the most wonderfully strange ideas to populate the relatively staid history of indie rock—even if he tends to get lost in his own whimsy.
April 10, 2024
First Listen
Amy Aileen Wood Recruits Fiona Apple for “Time for Everything”
The drummer’s new LP The Heartening will be released on April 29.
April 10, 2024
First Listen
Tara Jane O’Neil Shares Contemplative New Single “Glass Island”
The songwriter’s new album will arrive on April 26 via Orindal Records.
April 09, 2024
Track by Track
Dana Gavanski Takes Us Through Her Prodding New Album “Late Slap” Track by Track
The London-by-way-of-Vancouver songwriter’s third collection of indie pop is out now via Full Time Hobby.
April 05, 2024
Peggy Gou Preps Debut LP “I Hear You,” Shares Mathematically Dubious Single “1+1=11”
The producer’s new album will arrive on June 7 via XL.
April 04, 2024
Kamasi Washington Recruits André 3000 for “Dream State”
The jazz giant’s new album will arrive on May 3 via Young.
April 04, 2024
First Listen
Angus & Julia Stone Tap Into Their Parents’ Music Library on New Single “Losing You”
The sibling duo’s new album Cape Forestier will arrive on May 10.
April 04, 2024
Playlist
AKTHESAVIOR & sagun’s “u r not alone” Influences Playlist
The emcee-producer pairing’s debut collaboration drops this Friday via Platoon.
April 03, 2024
Yaya Bey Shares an Ode to Her Father with New Single “me and all my n****s”
The alt-R&B artist is set to release Ten Fold on May 10.
April 03, 2024
Glass Animals Announce New LP “I Love You So F***ing Much,” Share “Creatures in Heaven”
The expletive-laden new album will arrive on July 19 via Republic Records.
April 03, 2024
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
Reviews
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
