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.
Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
Will Schube
Tyler’s always been an immensely talented producer and rapper, but he’s never put together an album as cohesively as he does here.
Shabazz Palaces
We speak with the Seattle legend to figure out how, exactly, he always stays one step ahead of the game.
A death-defying trip to Glacier National Park inspired the Austin band’s new record.
Ernest Greene is a new musician on “Mister Mellow,” and the results are often outstanding.
photo by Adarsha Benjamin
The well-traveled musician seeks a quiet place to reflect on his old life as a city dweller.
The British producer and sound collagist talks about opening himself to collaboration and simplifying his sound on his latest—and best—album, “Compassion.”
photo by Brad Bunyea
Ascending to heaven comes with a steep caveat.
