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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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.
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.
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Mort Garson’s Universe of Ideas
Sacred Bones’ era-spanning archival collection Journey to the Moon and Beyond highlights the joy of creation as the throughline in the synth pioneer’s career.
July 20, 2023
Vagabon Returns with New Club Single and Video “Do Your Worst”
Lætitia Tamko’s new album Sorry I Haven’t Called is out September 15 via Nonesuch Records.
July 20, 2023
Crumb Share Music Video for New Single “Crushxd”
The visual and track pay homage to a dearly departed turtle.
July 19, 2023
illuminati hotties Return with New Single “Truck”
Sarah Tuzdin is also set to open for boygenius on their forthcoming tour.
July 19, 2023
Big Thief Officially Release Fan-Favorite Track “Vampire Empire”
The single will appear alongside another new track, “Born For Loving You,” on a 7-inch dropping October 20 via 4AD.
July 19, 2023
Neil Young Will Perform at The Roxy to Celebrate Venue’s 50th Anniversary
Young’s performance at the famed 500-capacity venue is set for September 20 as a part of a series of Roxy50 honors and events this fall.
July 18, 2023
First Listen
swim good now Shares Dreamy Folktronica Single “Campfire”
Jon Jasper-Lawless has co-produced tracks with Joji, Daniela Andrade, Gia Margaret, and more.
July 18, 2023
Slowdive Return with Spectral New Single “skin in the game”
everything is alive will arrive on September 1 via Dead Oceans.
July 18, 2023
Some Copies of Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” Play Cabaret Voltaire’s “Soul Vine” Instead
After the news went viral on TikTok, Universal Music Group is offering refunds on the defective LPs.
July 13, 2023
KATHLEEN HANNA; TEES 4 TOGO
Kathleen Hanna Announces New Book, “Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk”
The Bikini Kill vocalist’s memoir will arrive on May 14.
July 13, 2023
First Listen
Fatboi Sharif and Steel Tipped Dove Go Apocalyptic on “Brandon Lee”
The duo’s new collaborative album Decay will arrive on July 21 via Backwoodz Studioz.
July 13, 2023
Genesis Owusu Returns with Defiant Anthem “Tied Up!”
Owusu is gearing up for a North American fall headlining tour, which will follow his spring run supporting Paramore.
July 12, 2023
The Drums Announce New LP “Jonny,” Share Latest Single “Better”
Jonny Pierce’s sixth album will arrive on October 13 via ANTI- Records.
July 12, 2023
Cherry Glazerr Announces New LP “I Don’t Want You Anymore,” Shares “Soft Like a Flower”
Clementine Creevy’s fourth record will arrive on September 29 via Secretly Canadian.
July 12, 2023
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Hataałii, “Singing Into Darkness”
The Navajo slacker-rocker’s charming debut creates a push and pull between tightly wound compositions and idly delivered performances.
July 11, 2023
boygenius Announce Hollywood Bowl Halloween Show with 100 gecs and Sloppy Jane
Their brief fall headlining tour will also include East Coast stops in NYC, Philly, Boston, and New Haven with MUNA, Palehound, and Samia opening select shows.
July 11, 2023
Courtney Barnett Announces Instrumental Album “End of the Day,” Shares Three New Songs
The LP was originally crafted as the score to Anonymous Club, the 2021 documentary on Barnett.
July 11, 2023
Jamila Woods Announces New LP “Water Made Us,” Recruits duendita for “Tiny Garden”
The neo-soul songwriter’s follow-up to 2019’s Legacy! Legacy! will arrive on October 13 via Jagjaguwar.
July 11, 2023
The Hives
The Hives Return with Buzzing New Single “Rigor Mortis Radio”
The band’s first album in over a decade, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons, will arrive on August 11.
July 11, 2023
Kristin Hersh Shares a Chuckle on New Single “Ms Haha”
Hersh’s new album Clear Pond Road is out September 8 via Fire Records.
July 06, 2023
