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.
The Tenth Anniversay Issue
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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The Tenth Anniversay Issue
December 01, 2025
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Future Islands, “From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth”
The synthpop outfit celebrates 20 years together by propping up their lesser known material, affirming the value of these cutting-room-floor songs that the band knew they had all along.
Boards of Canada, “Inferno”
The Scottish duo’s first album in 13 years is their most evocative yet, presenting a series of down-tuned tones and dark chordal scores rippling with cryptic samples and robo-voice blips.
Paul McCartney, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane”
On his 20th album, the octogenarian pop-rock architect builds a time machine out of scuffed acoustic guitars, warm tape hiss, and the kind of indelible melodies that cast a long shadow.
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A Dream Unusual of Its Kind: The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone Takes Us Through Odessey and Oracle Track by Track
The band’s guitarist and co-vocalist shares his recollections behind every song on the band’s 1968 psychedelic pop masterpiece in honor of its recent mono reissue.
Art & Culture
Cey Adams: Power to the People
With input from the Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock and Run-DMC’s Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, the pioneering visual artist discusses his career from being a fixture of NYC’s downtown graffiti scene in the early 1980s to developing artwork for Def Jam’s biggest titles in the ’90s to his current high-profile brand campaigns.
EMPIRE Is Playing the Long Game
Celebrating 15 years in the game, the community-focused San Francisco music company continues to expand while maintaining their artist-first mentality.
Breaking
Tyler Ballgame Is Singing How He Feels
The LA-via-Rhode-Island songwriter details the journey leading up to his debut album For the First Time, Again, arriving January 30 via Rough Trade.
Mac DeMarco Is Getting the Engine Running Again
The unflappable musician discusses returning to his calling of building songs from scratch after becoming preoccupied with other DIY projects in the garage and at home.
Breaking
Upchuck: Rage Against the Status Quo
Vocalist KT Thompson and drummer Chris Salado on the Atlanta punks’ battle against social injustice and their Ty Segall–produced Domino debut, I’m Nice Now.
Automatic: Post-Punk for the Pre-Apocalypse
We hit the lanes with Izzy Glaudini, Lola Dompé, and Halle Saxon of the LA new wave trio to talk minimalism, imperialism, and the guitarless group’s anti-shred ethos.
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: The Best of the Decade (2015-2025)
40 unforgettable live moments featured on FLOOD over the last 10 years.
29 Artists on Their Favorite Albums of the Last 10 Years
For our tenth anniversary, we asked Lucy Dacus, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Amyl and the Sniffers’ Amy Taylor, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Indigo De Souza, OMD’s Andy McCluskey, Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Phantogram, Blondshell, and more to write about the records that inspired them the most from 2015 to 2025.
Digital Cover
Building Worlds with Magdalena Bay
The visceral sci-fi universe Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin created for their latest record, Imaginal Disk, is hardly contained to the music. Here, the longtime creative partners discuss how their stage production and upcoming “album movie” have helped them expand the scope of their vision.
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The House Gorillaz Built
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett celebrate 25 years of their massively successful multimedia project with input from collaborators Posdnuos of De La Soul and Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon, and also reflect on their latest conquest: their spiritual new record The Mountain.
Breaking
Ben and Max Ringham: Creating the Sound of Waiting for Godot
Ben Ringham on the brothers’ road from drum ’n’ bass to Broadway.
Film & TV
Top 10 Movies of the Last Decade, According to Nation of Language
The cinematically inspired Brooklyn synth-pop trio share an eclectic list of blockbuster and independent favorites from the past 10 years.
Perfect Day
Perfect Day in LA: Fred Armisen
The SNL, Wednesday, and Portlandia star takes us through his favorite driving spots, tasty taco eats, and an ordinary work day in the City of Angels.
Breaking
Rocket Are Taking Off on Their Own Terms
The alt-rock quartet talk leveling up from touring with friends and self-releasing music to opening for Smashing Pumpkins and teaming up with Transgressive for their debut LP, R Is for Rocket.
Announcing FLOOD 13: The Tenth Anniversary Issue with Gorillaz and Magdalena Bay
Celebrating a decade of FLOOD with Mac DeMarco, Lord Huron, Wolf Alice, Norman Reedus, The Zombies, Nation of Language, Bootsy Collins, Fred Armisen, and many more.
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