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Staff Picks The Best Albums of 2024 (So Far)

Graphic: Jerome Curchod

Photos: Petros Studio, Millicent Hailes, Molly Matalon, Skylar Watkins, Joshua Mellin, Eva Vermandel

Words: FLOOD Staff

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Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Petros Studio, Millicent Hailes, Molly Matalon, Skylar Watkins, Joshua Mellin, Eva Vermandel

Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Petros Studio, Millicent Hailes, Molly Matalon, Skylar Watkins, Joshua Mellin, Eva Vermandel

Staff Picks

The Best Albums of 2024 (So Far)

25 records that could only be made by human intelligence.

Words: FLOOD Staff

Graphic: Jerome Curchod

Photos: Petros Studio, Millicent Hailes, Molly Matalon, Skylar Watkins, Joshua Mellin, Eva Vermandel
The Poetry of Motion: Dirty Three on 30 Years of Love Changing Everything

Words: A.D. Amorosi

Photo: Imm Noone

Kneecap in front of the Echoplex nightclub in Los Angeles, where the the hip hop trio from Belfast, Northern Ireland, were about to perform. The group performs songs that include Irish-language lyrics. (Left to right) DJ Próvaí, rappers Móglaí Bap, and Mo Chara. The trio were abou to release a new album, “Fine Art.”

Kneecap: Between Hip-Hop and Folklore

Words: Steve Appleford

Photos: Steve Appleford

Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: LP Giobbi

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Sarah Northrop

First Listen
Daniel Nunnelee Enlists Katie Pruitt to Fill Out the Range of Emotions on “Pick and Choose”

Words: Kim March

Photo: Luke Rogers

Levitation 2024 Lineup Announced, Featuring Slowdive, Soccer Mommy, Four Nights of Osees, and More

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Kenn Box

First ListenTrack by Track
Hard Chiller Share an Early Stream of Their Debut EP Heavy Cell

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Kat Nijmeddin

Iceland Airwaves Launches International Artist Exchange Program

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photo: Joana Fontinha

Playlist
Your Guide to Revolution: Mary Ocher’s Short History of Protest Music

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Kai Heimberg

LP Giobbi Announces New LP Dotr, Recruits Portugal. The Man for “Bittersweet”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: CJ Harvey

First Listen
MAITA Struggles to Make Sense of a Dissolving Relationship (Three Times) on “breakup song x3”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Tristan Paiige

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A Clearer Look at the Alluringly Menacing Suburbia of Blue Velvet
Neighborhoods
Watch Rebounder Perform in (and Get a Tour of) Manhattan for “Neighborhoods”
André 3000 Announces Nationwide New Blue Sun Tour Kicking Off This Fall
X Announce Final Album Smoke & Fiction, Prep Farewell Tour
SOPHIE’s Self-Titled Album to Be Posthumously Released This Fall
Brontez Purnell Trio Share New Single “Forgive Me Philip”
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Neighborhoods

Watch Rebounder Perform in (and Get a Tour of) Manhattan for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Lee Lewis Perform Outside Wilfandel House in Los Angeles for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Humbird Perform in Malcom, Iowa for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Jess Cornelius Perform in Los Angeles’ Lincoln Heights for “Neighborhoods”

In the Kitchen

In the Kitchen with Marina Allen

Neighborhoods

Watch Cadence Weapon Perform at Ontario’s Sherman Falls for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Spencer Thomas Perform in Athens, GA’s Sandy Creek Park for “Neighborhoods”

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The Poetry of Motion: Dirty Three on 30 Years of Love Changing Everything

Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White discuss their first new collaborative album in 12 years, out now via Drag City.

Words: A.D. Amorosi

Photo: Imm Noone

Kneecap in front of the Echoplex nightclub in Los Angeles, where the the hip hop trio from Belfast, Northern Ireland, were about to perform. The group performs songs that include Irish-language lyrics. (Left to right) DJ Próvaí, rappers Móglaí Bap, and Mo Chara. The trio were abou to release a new album, “Fine Art.”

Kneecap: Between Hip-Hop and Folklore

Following the release of the Irish rap trio’s debut album Fine Art, and ahead of their forthcoming self-titled biopic, we caught up with emcees Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara to dissect their global takeover.

Words: Steve Appleford

Photos: Steve Appleford

The Legacy of Austin Peralta: Still Defying Earthly Conventions

Jazz-funk artist Louis Cole and Brainfeeder manager Adam Stover celebrate the life of the artist responsible for bringing jazz into the Flying Lotus–founded label’s oeuvre.

Words: Harry Levin

Photo: Spencer Davis

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12

The Los Angeles Issue

With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more. 

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First Listen
Chinese American Bear Dream of Stardom on New Single “Heartbreaker”

Words: Mike LeSuer

A. Savage, HOMESHAKE, Cindy Lee, and More Featured on Forthcoming Palestine Benefit Compilation

Words: Taylor Ruckle

Photo: Vince McClelland

EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Ethel Cain at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Skylar Watkins

FLOOD FM
Join Until the Ribbon Breaks This Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”

Words: FLOOD Staff

Playlist
Polo Perks, AyooLii, and FearDorian’s A Dog’s Chance Influences Playlist

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Peter Gonzalez

Suki Waterhouse Aims to Soundtrack a ’90s Cult Comedy with New Single “Supersad”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Jeremy Soma

The Legacy of Austin Peralta: Still Defying Earthly Conventions

Words: Harry Levin

Photo: Spencer Davis

Film + TVFilm Review
Greasefellas: The Bikeriders Aims for Gang Epic but Stalls Out Again and Again

Words: Sean Fennell

Track by Track
d’Eon Breaks Down the Mysterious Beauty Behind New LP Leviathan

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Brian Dodge

Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Model/Actriz

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Eleanor Petry

Art & CultureIn Conversation
Nona Hendryx on Achieving Her Lifelong Dream of Becoming a Cyborg with The Dream Machine Experience

Words: A.D. Amorosi

Photos: Sekou Luke

First Look
Blair Gun Find Themselves Caught Between Past and Present in New “Beat Happened” Video

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Ryan Gomez

First Listen
Robber Robber Take on FOMO Overload on New Single “Dial Tone”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Connor Turque

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Channel Tres, Head Rush

Between its engrossing syncopated beats, exciting features, and unconventional loops, the hip-house artist’s long-anticipated debut is the perfect summer album.

Liana Flores, Flower of the Soul

The British-Brazilian songwriter’s debut collection of pop-friendly jazz and folk-infused mysticism uses nature as a guiding star for understanding our own place within the world.

Previous Industries, Service Merchandise

The debut from Open Mike Eagle, Still Rift, and Video Dave is a full-length meditation on middle age, memory, and the parallel histories of commercial hip-hop and brick-and-mortar business.
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