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.
Allison Russell, In the Hour of Chaos
Clearly written in the pressure cooker of Trump’s America, the artist’s community-oriented third album battles the darkness with an at-times overwhelming sense of optimism.
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Stones come as close as they ever will to reckoning with their twilight years on a surprisingly effective 25th LP that finds them bringing a fresh spark to their signature sound.
Kelela, New Avatar
The songwriter’s earliest soul and jazz influences can be found swirling throughout her third album, which also expands into the realms of hypnotic electronic music and alt rock.
Will Schube
s h i n e was made with friends including Danielle Haim, Justin Vernon, and Tommy King.
The songs on Trixies date back to the earliest iteration of the group.
The song was made with frequent collaborator Klas Åhlund.
Van Etten and her band The Attachment Theory shared a cover of The Pretenders’ “2000 Miles” from the film’s soundtrack today.
The visual was filmed between takes for the band’s “Inept Apollo” and “I’m Not Ready for the Change” videos.
Guests for the first run of episodes include Chaka Khan, Laufey, Amyl and the Sniffers, Hayley Williams, and more.
The Brighton octet’s whatever (whatever) LP arrived in July.
Aly & AJ, Chelsea Peretti, Miya Folick, Becca Mancari, and Tomberlin are also among the performers slated for the December 4 event at Zebulon in LA.
Joe Talbot handles vocals on the new dub-inspired track.
The Australian neo-psych outfit’s last LP, Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, arrived in 2024.
The rapper’s new LP will arrive on December 4.
“We all know only good things happen after 3 a.m.,” the singer said about the track.
The band also performed two songs from their latest LP, Getting Killed.
The collection is a supplement to her debut solo LP For You, which was released earlier this year.
The new project is set to arrive on February 27 via TODO.
The band additionally featuring MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook dropped their self-titled album last Friday via ANTI- Records.
The original track was featured on Chrystia Cabral’s LP Portrait of My Heart released back in March.
Redux will feature covers of songs from James Brown and Prince.
The saxophonist and songwriter discusses ideas of resignation and action explored on his latest release, which took cues from artists ranging from Soft Machine to Prince to Cannibal Ox.
Sierra Ferrell, Tobias Rahim, Pa Salieu, Adrian Quesada, and Folk Bitch Trio are also among the first wave of artists announced for the festival, which is set for June 27 – July 4 in Denmark.
