Cover features with artist Sage Vaughn and Miguel in conversation with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, plus Vince Staples, Tim & Eric, Shepard Fairey, Torres, and more.
FLOOD Issue 07
Cover features with artist Sage Vaughn and Miguel in conversation with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, plus Vince Staples, Tim & Eric, Shepard Fairey, Torres, and more.
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HEALTH, “RAT WARS”
The group’s fifth album continues to solidify their goth-industrial aesthetic while remaining first and foremost a pop album—albeit one wrapped in leather and spikes.
DJ Rashad, “Double Cup” [10th Anniversary Reissue]
Packaged with new artwork and a single bonus track, the main argument for this reissue’s existence is introducing Rashad to a new generation of dance, rap, electro, house, juke, and, yes, footwork fans.
Peter Gabriel, “i/o”
The broadly poetic tales of ordinary madness on the Genesis co-founder’s first LP of new original material in over two decades are often spare and daringly melodic.
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Dave Sardy: A Playlist for Big Brother
With “≠,” the producer known as DSARDY aims to address technology’s dehumanizing effects by enlisting the help of the industry’s preeminent humans.
Art & Culture
Is Everything Awesome? A Philosophical Inquiry with Nick Riggle
The author and philosopher (and former professional inline skater) tells us what it is to be awesome, and how to live with the power of awesomeness inside you.
Art & Culture
Shepard Fairey’s Way Up
Following one of his largest-ever solo shows, the street art icon reflects on how he got here.
Film + TV
Sunita Mani Defies Comfort Zones
From stilt-walking to viral rap videos, your guess as to where the “GLOW” star will appear next is as good as ours.
The Emotional Ingredients of Blue Hawaii
The Montreal pop duo experiments with optimistic themes on their latest musical cocktail.
Film + TV
Stop Breaking Down: How the Jawbreaker Documentary Defied the Odds
“Don’t Break Down” looked like a movie that might never see the light of day. And then the Jawbreaker reunion happened.
Jawbreaker at Riot Fest / photo by Brigid Gallagher
What Men or Gods Are These: Jawbreaker Returns
More than twenty years after a bitter dissolution, the modern punk legends have rejoined. Here, members of the Jawbreaker scene and story recount the saga and impact of one of the heaviest—and most literary—bands ever.
Exchanging Ideas with The JuJu
Nico Segal’s Chicago quartet is exploring what jazz music can and should be in 2017.
Art & Culture
Sinziana Velicescu’s Peripheral World
Rather than avoiding the ordinary details of our landscape, the LA photographer is focusing on them—and abstracting them into something new.
Art & CultureDigital Cover
Sage Vaughn Gets Real
A true West Coast artist, Sage Vaughn embodies all the color and life that goes along with living next to the Pacific. In this in-depth conversation, we get an inside look at his outside world.
photo by Ray Lego
Sense and Sensuality: Torres and the Healthy Hedonism of “Three Futures”
Mackenzie Scott maps out the mental spaces, color palettes, and newfound sensuality that influenced her third LP.
In Conversation
In Conversation: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith on the Beauty of Hayao Miyazaki
The composer and synthesist dives into the visually rich world of the greatest anime filmmaker of all time.
The Nominal Potency of Omni
Don’t call it slacker rock, but the Atlanta trio provide only the bare minimum.
Film + TV
Congratulations Tim and Eric on Your Ten-Year Anniversary, Great Job!
Back before Weird Internet was truly a thing, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim were practically swimming in it. Ten years after they changed comedy, we look back on the making and legacy of “Awesome Show, Great Job!”
Film + TV
Jenny Jaffe Will See You Now
The creator and star of IFC’s webseries “Neurotica” is here to help you deal.
Getting Donuts in Outer Space with Midnight Sister
Fringe representatives of LA, the Jagjaguwar signees are building their own planet right here on Earth.
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The Coppolas, Ranked
Oscars, Schmoscars. We’ve got the real winners of the family right here.
Art & CultureFilm + TV
Announcing FLOOD 7, Available Now for Purchase and Free Download
Our latest print edition features Miguel in conversation with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, and an in-depth chat with artist Sage Vaughn.
Digital Cover
Miguel and Pussy Riot Party at the Brink
In the post-Trump world, everyone has an obligation to be political. But that doesn’t mean that we still don’t want to dance. Miguel and Nadya Tolokonnikova are figuring out how to do both.
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