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1 week ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
House artist Damian Lazarus kicked off 2025 with a bang, surprise-releasing his new album Magikal a week into the year, followed shortly thereafter by a massive world tour (featuring a magician, no less) stretching well into the summer. Among the eight tracks (and two bonus cuts) featured on that new LP are exciting features from Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and A-Trak, flamenco duo Méstiza, past collaborator Jem Cooke, and several others who help make the project even more memorable.
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2 weeks ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
LA-based songwriter Ava Maybee’s newly announced debut EP Orange Drive may only be made up of six songs, but within its brief runtime lies all the joy and heartbreak that comes with the new beginnings and abrupt endings of all types of relationships, romantic or otherwise.
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3 weeks ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
After the back-to-back releases of Blood Bunnyand Suckerpuncha few years back, indie-pop songwriter Chloe Moriondo let her fourth album Oyster gestate a little longer than normal before releasing it into the world. Counter to the upbeat, playful energy of those earlier projects, the new record is a thoughtful externalization of the songwriter’s long pent-up feelings attached to infatuation and heartbreak, meditations on vulnerability, envy, and, quite frankly, acting on bad ideas.
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1 month ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
The pop singer continues to establish her new era ahead of upcoming appearances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and other major fests.
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1 month ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March |Cal McIntyre
The collection of five queer indie-pop tunes recorded by the touring member of The 1975 is out now via CoolOnline. Polly Money’s solo recordings couldn’t be further removed from the context she’s become known for lately in her role as the guitarist and backing vocalist for The 1975’s massive stadium shows.
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1 month ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
“I want my music to offer fans a sense of comforting, peaceful nostalgia,” the singer explained. Noah Cyrus has teamed up with Fleet Foxes for one of the more unexpected collabs of the year. The piano-led cut features some delightful harmonies from Cyrus and the Fleet Fox himself Robin Pecknold, cruising along before the song blooms into a folk-rock ballad. “Don’t Put It All on Me” was written by Noah’s brother, Braison, making the cut a real family affair.
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1 month ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
Blending elements of classic pop, Americana, and R&B, the trio plans to release their first EP in the coming months. Texan songwriter Casper Allen has been making a name for himself within the alt-country scene for a few years now, though it wasn’t until recently that he conceived of a track so ambitious that it required a backing band to bring it to fruition.
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1 month ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
Since 2018, London-via-Brisbane duo Confidence Man have been unavoidable within certain corners of pop music, their sound evolving from a blend of nu-disco and dance-punk invoking the late-aughts indie scene to more recent left-field experiments in acid house, Italo disco, and trance music on last October’s 3AM (La La La) LP.
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1 month ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March
Last spring, we spent the day with Australian house duo Flight Facilities before, during, and after their performance at Coachella 2024, a period of time spent rubbing shoulders with their musician peers and other celebrities, doing “yoga,” and getting into other mischief. This year, Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell are kicking off their festival run a little earlier with another staple of SoCal live music: San Diego’s CRSSD festival, which is celebrating its tenth year in 2025.
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1 month ago | 
floodmagazine.com | Kim March |Wilson Lee
The festival stage also promises special guests for both weekends of the annual event in Indio, California. Although Coachella announced their initial lineup back in November, today we’re getting our first glimpse at the schedule for the festival’s Do LaB stage, an annual sub-fest that focuses on electronic music.
