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
This deluxe edition offers a nice slew of remixes and demos, but its best function is a reminder of how good TPC was the first time around.
The album functions as a sample pack for aspiring producers, introducing a number of styles that Muggs handles with ease.
Jeremy Earl and Glenn Donaldson construct an effortless cascade of pastoral psych-folk on their debut.
The pair’s second release of 2021 smoothly builds on the chemistry they established on that first tape.
The band talks addiction, recovery, and their hiatus—and how these elements led to their heaviest album to date.
The musician talks grief, her memoir, releasing songs without the pressure of a record press cycle, and her struggle with writing happy tunes.
Yoni Wolf details the impulse and happenstance that informed the band’s fractured new album.
Following the band’s Shaky Knees set, Conor Murphy wrestles with musical and existential questions.
There are fewer layers, less fireworks; every part coalesces quietly.
White Denim
When they’re not on the road, James Petralli and Steve Terebecki are taking creative control with their own studio.
On “Guns,” the Detroit rapper continues to defy assigned labels.
The first-time filmmaker on becoming a documentarian-of-all-trades—and trying not to miss anything.
Dr. Octagon / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
Tired of waiting for everyone else to join them, Kool Keith, Dan the Automator, and DJ QBert have touched back down on Earth.
With A24’s latest triumph now in theaters, Stetson walks us through his collaboration with director Ari Aster and the film scores that have shaped his work.
La Luz are turning their garage rock early days into something shimmering and alluring, yet laced with venom and sharp edges.
On her debut solo LP, H.C. McEntire remains an effusive, unrelenting force amidst a shifted landscape.
The Montreal pop duo experiments with optimistic themes on their latest musical cocktail.
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.
