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
Chatten’s debut solo album Chaos For The Fly will arrive on June 30.
The festival is set for October 26-29 in Austin, Texas.
The 30th anniversary edition of Last Splash will arrive on September 22 via 4AD.
The pioneering Japanese artist’s new album is set to arrive on June 28.
The London-based singer’s debut album is out August 25 via drink sum wtr.
The album arrives on October 6 via Keeled Scales.
The track will be released as a 12” with an accompanying b-side entitled “The Challenge (Live Edit)” on August 25.
Be Good The Crazy Boys will arrive on November 10 via Western Vinyl.
The 30th anniversary edition of Phair’s breakout 1993 LP will arrive on October 20 via Matador.
Local Natives
Time Will Wait for No One will arrive July 7 courtesy of Loma Vista Recordings.
Their collaborative album To Operate This System will arrive July 26 courtesy of POW Recordings.
The track was produced by Jake Luppen of Hippo Campus and Caleb Wright.
The release will arrive July 28 courtesy of Warp Records.
Trevor Powers shares a collection of songs reflecting the themes of his new LP Heaven Is a Junkyard, as well as his immediate surroundings in his hometown of Boise, Idaho.
The Summer Odyssey run will kick off August 1 in Seattle.
The band’s North American tour will kick off September 23 in Toronto following the record’s September 1 release via Dead Oceans.
The event is scheduled for November 18 in Huntington Beach, CA.
The new LP will arrive September 15 courtesy of the band’s own Woodsist Records.
The fest is planned for October 20 and 21 in Miami.
The new album from the folk-rock titans is out now via ATO Records.
