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Staff Picks The Best Albums of 2025 (So Far)

Graphic: Jerome Curchod

Photos: Ebru Yildiz, Charlie Engman, Daniel Cavazos, Carianne Older, Skylar Watkins

Words: FLOOD Staff

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Live, in Photos: Newport Folk Festival 2025

Hayley Williams, Jack Antonoff, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Public Enemy, Remi Wolf, Jeff Tweedy, Kim Deal, Alex G, S.G. Goodman, and more from the iconic three-day fest in Rhode Island.

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Merissa Blitz

Watch Fuji Rock Festival 2025 Livestream: Full Schedule with Vampire Weekend, James Blake, The Hives, and More

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Annie Lesser

Robert Finley Gets a Helping Hand From Dan Auerbach on New Single “Helping Hand”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Jim Herrington

White Reaper Have Plenty Left in the Tank on New Single “Blink”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Jimmy Fontaine

Wednesday’s New Single “Pick Up That Knife” Is About Vomiting in a Death Grips Mosh Pit

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Martina Gonzalez Bertello

First Listen
Big Wild Tease New LP Wild Child with Phantogram Collaboration “Too Loud”

Words: Kim March

Photo: Kelly Nguyen

Film + TV
Life After Cancellation: Kidding

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: courtesy of Showtime

Tyler Ballgame Takes Inspiration from Alan Watts on New Single “Got a New Car”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Tauni Western

Ozzy Osbourne during an interview for the documentary film “The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years,” Mulholland Drive, Hollywood, California. 12 September 1987.

In Memoriam
A World Without Ozzy

Words: Dan Epstein

Photo : Greg Allen

Playlist
The Exploding Hearts’ Backstage Playlist for Project Pabst 2025

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Christi Branchaw (2003)

First Listen
Ghostwoman Share the Most Inevitable Version of Their New Song “that Jesus”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Geert Braekers

First Listen
Cuddle Magic Announce New Album Underwater, Share First Single “Hundred Million”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Robbie Jeffers

Automatic Return with Third LP Is It Now?, Share “Mercury”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Erica Snyder

Deftones Recruit Clipse, Rico Nasty, and More for Sixth Annual Dia De Los Deftones Festival

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Christian Hjorth