Cover features with M.I.A, Wu-Tang Clan, Paul Dano, and Tenacious D with Rob Rogers, plus John Carpenter, Boygenius, Spiritualized, Chai, and more.
FLOOD Issue 09
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Sinai Vessel, “I Sing”
Caleb Cordes provides a thoughtfully nuanced thesis statement for his heartland indie-rock project as he paints a portrait of an artist working under the long shadow of late capitalism.
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BLK ODYSSY, “1-800-FANTASY”
On his third showcase of vivid storytelling under the moniker, Juwan Elcock adds early 2000s pop-rock to his pre-established melting pot of R&B, hip-hop, funk, and jazz.
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Wand, “Vertigo”
The Cali psych-rockers offer tangible connections between their early, blazing garage bashers and later forays into more progressive terrain with their adventurously cohesive sixth LP.
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This new head honcho of humor is diversifying the formats and faces featured in the revered magazine.
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With great power comes great responsibility.
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The Decemberists / 2014 / photo by Autumn De Wilde
(Looking wistful helps.)
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The illustrator and comic book artist walks us through his vision of a world that’s both musical and anti-Seussical.
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A conversation on Polaroids, trust, and the humanity of all people with the groundbreaking photographer.
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On the concept album “A Short Story About a War,” the Canadian rapper has created a world—and a war—that’ll hit close to home, wherever you are.
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Alfonso Cuarón’s follow-up to “Gravity” is Netflix’s first big play for Best Picture. Its star had never acted before.
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The Japanese band is rocketing into the West with a full-blown stylistic vision firmly in place. And that vision doesn’t include any preconceived notions of what it means to be “cute.”
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Tequila, art, and what it all means, man.
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Allison Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride, and Jeff Bolt were just getting started when Swearin’ first called it quits. But then they said fuck all that and made something new.
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The actress best-known as a bubbly tour guide in heaven is learning a lot from playing non-human.
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Twin Peaks’ Clay Frankel and Home-Sick’s Chris Bailoni decided to make a group casually, even though the music ended up sounding anything but.
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On Lillie West’s debut for Hardly Art, her recent sobriety and a newfound gratitude for life stand resiliently among Chicago’s freaky music scene.
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Unlike most supergroups, the debut EP from the songwriting team of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus invites listeners to hear each artist as an individual.
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Jason Pierce considered having the bedroom-recorded “And Nothing Hurt” be the last Spiritualized album—and even though it might not be, it still sounds like quite the finale.
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Our biggest print edition yet features four cover stories across two collectible versions, as well as stories on John Carpenter, Spiritualized, Dawoud Bey, boygenius, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, and much more.
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Our FLOOD 9 cover story on the offbeat (and oft-beat) actor and first-time director.
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Our FLOOD 9 cover story on Wu-Tang Clan, the rap group with a religious following.
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Our FLOOD 9 cover conversation between ex–Pittsburgh Post-Gazette political cartoonist and an irreverent rock duo.
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Our FLOOD 9 cover story on the pop star and fervent activist.
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What many consider the scariest movie ever made started as a casual idea tossed out to a young filmmaker who understood the terror inherent within our own homes. That filmmaker also knew how to play the synthesizer.
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