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.
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.
Minnesota Artists United Against ICE, Melt ICE
This gigantic comp album featuring 110 Minnesotan artists raising funds for immigrant communities terrorized by ICE may also happen to be where you find your new favorite band.
Will Schube
The Charlotte emcee and MAVI collaborator walks us through the freestyles and narrative-driven opuses of his latest project.
The conceptual new project from Yoni Wolf is out now via Waterlines.
His new LP, Album of the Year #1 Funkateer, will arrive on October 25.
The LP features Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, and Buzzy Lee.
The epic, eight-minute “Greyhound” lands ahead of the band’s self-titled record, which is set to be released on September 13.
Sophie Allison’s sixth album will arrive on October 25 via Loma Vista.
Lindsey Jordan recorded the song for I Saw the TV Glow.
Greatish Hits will arrive on August 16 via Sub Pop.
No Name has been randomly appearing in shoppers’ bags at Third Man Records over the past week.
The producer’s new album will arrive on September 20 via Young.
The song marks the songwriter’s first new recording in seven years.
The duo’s newly announced album Planet Pearl will arrive via Stones Throw on September 20.
Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore share how their first album in eight years is a celebration of the project’s history—and an optimistic look at their future.
The Canadian art-punk collective talk balancing “juvenile delinquency with a sense of mature introspection” on their third record, out now via Jagjaguwar.
The new project from Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring and Icky Reels will arrive on October 16.
The event is scheduled for July 26 in the East Village.
The track is set to be featured on Maia’s soon-to-be-announced third album.
The hardcore heroes’ sixth LP will arrive on October 11 via Rise Records.
The album originally released in 2019 will be reissued on September 20.
The annual event is set for August 28 through September 6.
