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.
Suki Waterhouse, Loveland
The pop star’s third record sounds like it was made by someone whose ideas are still in transition rather than by someone who’s reached the edenic destination alluded to in its title.
The Garden, Bootleg
“Thrilling” is putting the twin duo’s sixth album gently, as Wyatt and Fletcher Shears refuse to sit still throughout 14 superstitious tracks of dark anarchy and paranormal possibility.
Scritti Politti, Cupid & Psyche 85 [Deluxe Edition]
Seduced by the sound of sleek American R&B of the early ’80s, Green Gartside fashioned the tone of his band’s second album around irresistible melodies and crisp drum programming.
Will Schube
photo by Nick Ebeling
The Savages guitarist walks us through the making and spirit of her score for Nick Ebeling’s new Dennis Hopper documentary.
“Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” is the logical conclusion of Spoon’s commercial appeal and their innovativeness, an effort seamlessly weaving between earworm melodies and genuine experimentation.
Sometimes the best things are the ones that remain the same.
Detroit’s most amiable punks explores their sound and considerably extend its boundaries.
From a quiet, smooth opening, Kamasi Washington’s new EP grows to enormous heights.
Frost’s music can be grating, obstructive, evil, sinister, and ugly. Yet there’s something both charming and beautiful in how he embraces these characteristics.
Maker and Campos find a way to bring their collaborators toward their sound, not the other way around, and the results are outstanding.
Most of all, Bronson simply seems fully in control of the world he’s created on “Blue Chips 7000.”
On their first record in five years, the venerable group starts small.
This is how most of “Popular Manipulations” works: starts modest, grows bolder, ends up on a mountaintop.
photo by Masayoshi Sukita
It took eleven years, but the Japanese songwriter has returned.
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.
