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Sylvan Esso Are Catching Up with Themselves

In our latest digital cover story Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn chart the distance between the duo’s breakout 2013 hit “Coffee” and their new LP Ow ∞—the first they’ve ever released independently.

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Shervin Lainez

Events

Portraits From Bumbershoot 2026: Lucy Dacus, Atarashii Gakko!, Peaches, and More

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Anthony Scanga

EventsLive, In Photos

Live, in Photos: Bumbershoot 2026 with Death Cab for Cutie, Die Spitz, Turnstile, and More

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Anthony Scanga

This Is Lorelei Might Have Written a Concept Album—Though That’s Up to You to Decide

Words: Hayden Merrick

Photo: Gabe Long

Additional Photos: Eve Alpert

Oasis Announce 2027 Tour Dates

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Joshua Halling

Linda Perry Doc Let It Die Here Will Hit Streaming This Friday

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Sheva Kafai

Non-Musical Influences

5 Non-Musical Influences on Son Lux’s Latest Creative Rebirth, Out Into

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Anna Powell Denton

Big Ears 2027 Announces Lineup Featuring Sylvan Esso, Weyes Blood, The Womack Sisters, and More

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Anthony Scanga

Hear My Morning Jacket and Modest Mouse Take on Two Neil Young Classics Ahead of Upcoming Tribute Comps

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photos: David Iskra

Nice as Fuck Announce 10th Anniversary “Back as Fuck” Reunion Tour

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Luke Rathborne

Slayyyter Is Back with New Single “Crank 2”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Kimberley Ross

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First Listen

Anamanaguchi Become Their Own Self-Rulers on Explosive New Track “Yeah I Guess”

Lucy Dacus Announces No Burden Reissue, Shares “No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye”

Shudder to Think Share Cover of Depeche Mode’s “Something to Do”

Gurriers Return with Throwback New Single “Pins”

The War on Drugs Share “Who’s That,” Their First New Single Since 2022

First Listen

BODEGA Dream of Something Better Than This on New Single “Literary World”

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Neighborhoods

Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch The Suffers’ Kam Franklin Perform in Northwest Houston for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Shervin Lainez

This Is Lorelei Might Have Written a Concept Album—Though That’s Up to You to Decide

Over 60 releases into the project’s lifespan, Nate Amos discusses his new LP The Singer in My Band and how he shaped his wildcard storytelling into a conventional songwriting career.

Words: Hayden Merrick

Photo: Gabe Long

Additional Photos: Eve Alpert

In Conversation

Getting to Know Elvis Prestello

Twenty years into the bit, Ted Lasso co-creator Brendan Hunt discusses bringing his Presley/Costello performance to the Troubadour, his recent encounter with Costello, and more.

Words: Annie Lesser

Photos: Annie Lesser

Magazine See All

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.

First Listen

Gift Horse Announce New LP A Career in Architecture with Studio Version of “Rebar Redux”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Rebecca Shenfeld

EventsLive, In Photos

Live, in Photos: The Garden at Hollywood Palladium

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Skylar Watkins

First Listen

Rebounder Return with “Heavenmaxxing,” a Love Letter to LA

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Lauren Davis

Sports Team Get Loose, Loud, and Very Drunk on New Single “Billy”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Lauren Maccabee

Danielle Ponder Shares “God of You” Ahead of New LP Everything Has Changed

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Faith Joyvon

Ratboys Announce Deluxe Version of Singin’ to an Empty Chair, Share The Marked Men Cover

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Miles Kalchik

First Listen

Charlie Kaplan Is a Deep State Truther Podcast Host on “Failed”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Julian Master

First Listen

Hologram Teen Teases New Remix Album with Morcheeba’s Take on “Connection Transpacifique”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Sheryl Nields

In Conversation

Getting to Know Elvis Prestello

Words: Annie Lesser

Photos: Annie Lesser

Backstage Camera Roll

Backstage Camera Roll: The Animeros’ ¡Qué Bárbaro! Release Show at Continental Club

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Sonny Loya

Track by Track

Told Slant Walks Us Through the Despair and Buoying Collaboration of What’s Up

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Hannah Pruzinsky

In Conversation

Photographer Jay Blakesberg Is Still Living in the Front Row

Words: Dan Epstein

Photos: Jaye Blakesberg

Playlist

Joey Valence & Brae’s Bumbershoot 2026 Festival Playlist

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photo: Luca Venter

Reviews See All

The Tubs, Hard Life

With its well-curated influences and almost uncomfortably human lyrics, the London jangle-punk quartet’s third LP finds charm and combustible energy in its intersection of bleakness and pep.

Pixies, Bossanova [2026 Remaster]

This newly manicured version of the alt-rockers’ ersatz-divisive 1990 LP is so well-executed from start to finish that it’s impossible to forget that you’re not listening to the original version.

Ezra Collective, Here Because of Hope

The UK jazz quintet are determined to heal while acknowledging pain on their soulful fourth LP of deeply jubilant, genre-bending, and compassionate odes to the enduring power of hope.

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FLOOD

Sylvan Esso Are Catching Up with Themselves

Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”

Watch The Suffers’ Kam Franklin Perform in Northwest Houston for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Kelly Doyle Perform Two Songs in West Texas for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Margaret Glaspy Perform in Woodstock, New York for “Neighborhoods”

Watch DICE Perform at Tone City Records in Australia for “FLOOD Sessions”

Watch MT Jones Perform in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Arturo Sandoval Play “Sangú” Live at Blue Note Tokyo for “FLOOD Sessions”

The Tenth Anniversay Issue

The Tubs, Hard Life

Pixies, Bossanova [2026 Remaster]

Ezra Collective, Here Because of Hope

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