Australian plunderphonics innovators Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi dredge up the past for the present on their future-forward No Bad Memories.
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Random Access Memories: The Avalanches on Art, Advertising, and Identity
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Watch Grumpy Perform at Coney Island for “Neighborhoods”
Watch Matt Pond PA Perform in Saugerties, New York for “Neighborhoods”
Watch Scarves Perform in Bellingham, Washington for “Neighborhoods”
Watch Amelia Day Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”
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Australian plunderphonics innovators Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi dredge up the past for the present on their future-forward No Bad Memories.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: Dean Podmore
The self-proclaimed “genre killer” takes us on a journey from modding out Game Boys for homemade chiptune punk to signing with indie giants Stones Throw ahead of his latest release, Tomorrow’s World.
Words: Kevin Crandall
Photo: Kevin Allen
Additional photos: Valerie J. Bower
Alexandra and Zachary James on outsider culture, their reverence for mid-20th century music, and the difficult road to their Shooter Jennings–produced third album, Doomed Lovers.
Words: Bryan Reesman
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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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Fontaines D.C., Dopamine Chamber
Opting for a synthetic architecture over the driving guitar language of earlier records, the Dublin band shatters their sonic frontier to reveal a grim catechism for hyper-processed hedonism.
Hole, Pretty on the Inside [Reissue]
Featuring denser, remastered sound and its original bonus 12-inch, the deluxe version of the grunge icons’ debut is a claustrophobic, jam-packed, corrosive epic.
Lily Seabird, Lightspheres on Their Way
The indie-folk songwriter’s elegiac second LP for Lame-O truly shines when her unrestrained emotion meets the full, honey-slide rancor of her band and its influences.
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