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.
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Getting to Know Elvis Prestello
Words: Annie Lesser
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Photographer Jay Blakesberg Is Still Living in the Front Row
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Live, in Photos: Leeds 2026 with Fontaines D.C., Raye, Slayyyter, and More
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Photos: Kimberley Ross
Five Years in the Day of Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Robin Laananen
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Backstage Camera Roll: The Animeros’ ¡Qué Bárbaro! Release Show at Continental Club
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Sonny Loya
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Told Slant Walks Us Through the Despair and Buoying Collaboration of What’s Up
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Hannah Pruzinsky
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Joey Valence & Brae’s Bumbershoot 2026 Festival Playlist
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photo: Luca Venter
Trixie Mattel Remixes Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe in Anything” to Benefit Lambert House LGBTQ+ Youth Center
Words: Will Schube
Wolf Parade photo: courtesy of the artist
Trixie Mattel photo: Jon Sams
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Fielded Shares a Visual Component to “Pigpen,” Her Treatise on Fragile Masculinity
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Perfect Day in Oklahoma City: Chat Pile
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Noah Hill of Parcels’ Ok Ok Now Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
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WHY? Share Video For New Single “Story of My Life”—Alongside the Entire Back Half of Their New LP
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Porcelain Spend a Day at the Skate Park in Video for New Single “Waltz”
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Lily Seabird Shares “Lightspheres on Their Way,” Announces December Headlining Tour
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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
In Conversation
Photographer Jay Blakesberg Is Still Living in the Front Row
At 64, Blakesberg talks continuing to pursue his passion for “photographing bliss” as his career-spanning “The Music Never Stopped” exhibit wraps up at the GRAMMY Museum.
Words: Dan Epstein
Photos: Jaye Blakesberg
Five Years in the Day of Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock
The band’s frontman takes us through the winding passages of their grief-stricken LP An Eraser and a Maze after an initial meeting around 2021’s The Golden Casket ran well off-course.
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Robin Laananen
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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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Neighborhoods
Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce Royal Albert Hall Live Album and Concert Film
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Joshua Zucker-Pluda
First Listen
Adorable’s Pete Fij Gets Lost in His Obsessions on New Single “Wake Up Honey”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Dorian Rogers
Playlist
Dexys Midnight Runners’ LOVE Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photos: Jake Walters
Track by Track
Henry Rollins Gets to the Meat of The Cramps’ Newly Released Gravest Gravy
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: Richard Bishop, Tiffany Winton, Ross Halfin
First Listen
NØ MAN Rage Against Fascist Sloganeering on New Single “Zoo”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Kami Michel
5 Questions
5 Questions with Evil Island
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photos: Steve Hash
Playlist
Darcy Baylis’ Emotronica Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Elsa Gottvall
In Conversation
Resurrecting Lost Sounds with Jim James
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photo: Keri Ellen
Olivia Rodrigo Prepares for Inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Fest with New Mountain Dew Flavor
Words: Mike LeSuer
David Byrne Announces New 70mm Concert Film Directed by Brady Corbet
Words: Will Schube
Photos: Kimberley Ross
untitled (halo) Announce Debut LP, Share Perfectly Titled Single “Aimee Lou Wood Freestyle”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jester Bulnes
Thao Recruits Dream Collaborator Neko Case for New Track “Catch as Catch Can”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kimberly Ha
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Beyoncé, B’Day [20th Anniversary Edition]
Along with remastering its original mix to bring out the disc’s vibrantly wild percussion, there’s a warmth to this celebratory touch-up of the pop star’s second solo LP that was forever missing.
Diary, Spiral Bound
The Brooklyn-based jangle-pop quintet’s aptly diaristic debut takes the form of a novella, as each track seems to correspond with a particular time in the wee hours of the morning.
Sleep, Hemispheres
Touching back down from the depths of smoke-space to release their first album in eight years, the newly reconfigured stoner-metal titans offer myriad psychedelic delights.
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