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Digital Cover Building Worlds with Magdalena Bay

Photos: Shervin Lainez

Stylist: Kaley Azambuja

Hair & Makeup: Caitlin Wronski

Live Photos: Christian Sarkine, Kimberley Ross, Wilson Lee

Words: Lily Moayeri

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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.

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Shervin Lainez

Stylist: Kaley Azambuja

Hair & Makeup: Caitlin Wronski

Live Photos: Christian Sarkine, Kimberley Ross, Wilson Lee
Film + TVStaff Picks
The Best Films of 2025

Words: FLOOD Staff

Graphic: Jerome Curchod

Photos: Courtesy of Focus Features, Columbia Pictures/Miya Mizuno, A24 Films,

In Conversation
Tim Finn Is Still Taking Split Enz Seriously

Words: Bryan Reesman

Photos: Peter Hill-Travis

Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Yanran Xion, Julian Song, Skylar Watkins, Graham Tolbert

Staff Picks
The Best Songs of 2025

Words: FLOOD Staff

Graphic: Jerome Curchod

Photos: Yanran Xion, Julian Song, Skylar Watkins, Graham Tolbert

Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Mark Sommerfield, Noah Dillon, Wilson Lee, Zachary Gray

Staff Picks
The Best Albums of 2025

Words: FLOOD Staff

Graphic: Jerome Curchod

Photos: Mark Sommerfield, Noah Dillon, Wilson Lee, Zachary Gray

First Look
Tommy Prine Recruits Lola Kirke, Olivia Wolf, and More for Christmas Special

Words: Will Schube

FLOOD FM
Tune in for FLOOD FM’s Fourth Annual Cool Yule Xmas Radio Special

Words: FLOOD Staff

First Look
Quazar and the Bamboozled Share “Burning Down the House” Video to Celebrate Gimme Shelter: Songs for LA Fire Relief Release

Words: Will Schube

Neighborhoods
Watch SNACKTIME Perform in Sunny Philadelphia for “Neighborhoods”

Words: FLOOD Staff

Finn Wolfhard Directs Animated Video for George Harrison’s “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)”

Words: Will Schube

Film + TVFilm Review
In Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet Is Electricity Personified

Words: Michael Frank

Photo: courtesy of A24

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12 Days of 2025 Holiday Singles and Albums to Keep You Warm
Playlist
The Two Lips’ Girl, C’mon! Influences Playlist
5 Questions
5 Questions with Crisis Public Relations
Gorillaz Team Up with Yasiin Bey and Omar Souleyman for Latest Single “Damascus”
Breaking
Ben and Max Ringham: Creating the Sound of Waiting for Godot
First Listen
Ganavya Recruits the Sams (Gendel and Amidon) for New Tracks “Would Be Better” and “Willow Street”
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Neighborhoods

Watch SNACKTIME Perform in Sunny Philadelphia for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Whitney Whitney Perform in Downtown LA’s Arts District for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch The Vices Perform in a Skatepark in Groningen, Netherlands for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch St. Panther Perform on a Rooftop in East Hollywood for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Kingfishr Perform in Chicago’s Lincoln Park for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Dorio Perform in Austin’s Sparky Park for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch The Happy Fits Perform in Woodstock, New York for “Neighborhoods”

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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.

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Shervin Lainez

Stylist: Kaley Azambuja

Hair & Makeup: Caitlin Wronski

Live Photos: Christian Sarkine, Kimberley Ross, Wilson Lee
Breaking
Ben and Max Ringham: Creating the Sound of Waiting for Godot

Ben Ringham on the brothers’ road from drum ’n’ bass to Broadway.

Words: Bryan Reesman

Photo: Floro Azqueta

Additional photos: Andy Henderson

In Conversation
Tim Finn Is Still Taking Split Enz Seriously

The Auckland art rock band’s co-frontman looks back on the project’s mid-’70s beginnings—and to the future, as the group charts their first set of dates since 2009.

Words: Bryan Reesman

Photos: Peter Hill-Travis

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13

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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First Listen
Fuzz Brush Off Their Cover of The Groundhogs’ “Rich Man Poor Man” for New Rarities Comp

Words: Mike LeSuer

EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Wolf Alice at 3Arena in Dublin

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Kimberley Ross

Events
No Earbuds Fest Announces Partnership with Artist for Action Ahead of LA Event at The Echo

Words: Will Schube

Photo: courtesy of Pure Noise Records

George Michael to Reissue Debut Album Faith on Vinyl

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Chris Cuffaro

Melody’s Echo Chamber: Turning Shit Into Gold

Words: Juan Gutierrez

Photo: Diane Sagnier

J Mascis Shares “Say It On,” Which Is Featured on Gimme Shelter: Songs for LA Fire Relief

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Jeffrey Fowler

André 3000 Shares Video for His TRAИƧA Track, Which Has a Very Long Title

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Michelle Helena Janssen

The Afghan Whigs Return with Poliça and Still Corners Covers

Words: Will Schube

Photo Courtesy of: Big Feat PR

Film + TV
Top 10 Movies of the Last Decade, According to Nation of Language

Words: Michael Frank

Photos: Ebru Yıldız

Oxis Is All in on Potatoes on New Single “Fingerling”

Words: Will Schube

Photo Courtesy of: Oxis

Art by Shepard Fairey. Amoeba photo by Preston Groff

Events
FLOOD and Amoeba to Host Gimme Shelter: Songs for LA Fire Relief Launch Party

Words: FLOOD Staff

Art: Shepard Fairey

Photo: Preston Groff

Perfect Day
Perfect Day in LA: Fred Armisen

Words: Kyle Lemmon

Photos: Sheva Kafai

FLOOD FM
Join BEL This Week on the Final Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked” of 2025

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photo: SJ Spreng

Reviews See All

Fucked Up, Year of the Goat

Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.

This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy

Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.

Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50

This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
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