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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Helado Negro and Say She She Lead Skirball’s Summer Concert Series
The free shows will take place every Thursday from July 17 – August 7 at the LA cultural center.
June 12, 2025
Breaking
Annahstasia: Lessons in Patience
The LA-based songwriter talks getting her debut jazz-folk-soul opus Tether “really right” after numerous false starts.
June 12, 2025
Rocket Return with Third Single of 2025, “Crossing Fingers”
The band’s first headlining tour is set for October.
June 10, 2025
David Byrne Announces New Album “Who Is the Sky?,” Shares “Everybody Laughs”
Artists featured on the LP include St. Vincent and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.
June 10, 2025
Purity Ring Returns with Two New Singles, “many lives” and “part ii”
“In a lot of ways, ‘many lives’ + ‘pt ii’ is the epicenter of things we’ve been working on recently.”
June 05, 2025
Talking Heads Share First Ever “Psycho Killer” Video, Directed By Mike Mills and Starring Saoirse Ronan
The release marks the 50th anniversary of the Talking Heads’ live debut at CBGB.
June 05, 2025
Earliest Live Recording of Sly & the Family Stone, “Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967,” to Be Released
The new collection is set to arrive on July 18.
June 05, 2025
Hand Habits Announces “Blue Reminder,” Shares First Single “Wheel of Change”
The new LP is out on August 22 via Fat Possum.
June 04, 2025
Kelcey Ayer Doesn’t Want You Talking Until Everything’s Had its Coffee on “No Sleep”
His EP of the same name will arrive on July 18.
June 04, 2025
Ethel Cain Shares “Nettles” Ahead of New LP “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You”
The songwriter’s new LP will be released on August 8.
June 04, 2025
Art & CultureEvents
Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects Presents Rob Sato’s “Earthquake Country” Exhibition
The opening reception is Saturday, June 7, from 7–10 PM.
June 03, 2025
Sudan Archives Returns with Dancefloor-Ready New Single, “DEAD”
The track marks the artist’s first music since 2022’s Natural Brown Prom Queen.
June 03, 2025
Big Thief Return with Sixth Studio Album “Double Infinity,” Share First Single “Incomprehensible”
The LP will arrive on September 5 via 4AD.
June 03, 2025
First Listen
T. Hardy Morris Debuts “Juvenile Years” Ahead of New Album “Artificial Tears”
The new LP will arrive via New West imprint Normaltown Records.
June 03, 2025
Laufey Announces “A Matter of Time” Tour with Support From Suki Waterhouse
Her album of the same name will arrive on August 22, with a set of North American dates to follow in the fall.
May 29, 2025
Sigur Rós Announce Final Leg of Tour with Local Orchestras, Share Live Version of “Andvari”
The run includes two shows at The Orpheum in LA.
May 29, 2025
Playlist
MRCY’s “Volume 2” Influences Playlist
The London duo shares how The Clash, Michael Kiwanuka, Pa Salieu, and more helped them shape their sound on their second album, out this week via Dead Oceans.
May 29, 2025
TV on the Radio, Pavement, and Mastodon to Headline Levitation 2025
The four-day fest in Austin will call Palmer Events Center home from September 25 – 28.
May 29, 2025
First Listen
Rhys Langston Share an “Ancestrally Connected Piece About Hair” with New Single “It Jes Grew (Right Outta Me)”
The LA songwriter’s new LP Pale Black Negative will arrive on June 11.
May 28, 2025
Drugdealer and Weyes Blood Reteam for New Single “Real Thing”
The track marks the duo’s third song together
May 28, 2025
