FLOOD Magazine

Presenting FLOOD’s Best Albums of 2024 (So Far). Hit the link in bio for 25 of our favorite records this year that could have only been made by human intelligence, including incredible releases by @mannequinpussy , @waxa_katie , @officialbethgibbons , @billieeilish , @vincestaples , @thelastdinnerparty and more. Graphic by @superbonusroom . Photos by @joshuamellin , @mollymatalon , @thesadpunk_ , @evavermandel and @millicenthailes #bestalbums2024 #bestalbumsof2024sofar #floodmagazine #billieeilish #waxahatchee #thelastdinnerparty #vincestaples #bethgibbons

“That’s where this idea of the ‘chaos angel’ came from. My own guardian angel didn’t know herself, and she had to find herself in order to be able to protect me.” — @maya_hawke In our latest digital cover story, the actor and musician discusses her sophisticated new album “Chaos Angel,” her new Flannery O’Connor biopic “Wildcat,” and the unlikely ways in which they intersect. Visit the link in bio for the full feature. Photography: @andrewlymanworld Words: @lyndseyparker Cover design: @superbonusroom #mayahawke #chaosangel #floodmagazine #coverstory

“I feel incredible anxiety divulging parts of myself that are very, very intimate. But that’s what makes art cool. And if I’m not doing that, then what the fuck am I doing?” — @towabird While her peers were plastering their walls with One Direction posters, a young Towa Bird was rummaging through her dad’s CD collection. The guitar solos on Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced” hypnotized her like a siren’s call, and the 12-year-old spent the next decade or so mastering the instrument. Bird’s virtuoso playing and her love for the classics shine through on the defiantly queer, hook-laden rock anthems of “American Hero,” her newly released debut album. Visit the link in our bio for our interview with the Hong Kong-born artist about the album and how the queer immigrant experience can be seen as the new national model of heroism. 📷 for FLOOD by @ebruyildiz ✍️ by @mikewassup #towarbird #floodmagazine #americanhero

Glasgow was beset with endless rainy days when we first connected with @waltdisco about taping their “Neighborhoods” session, but when a “rare sunny day” arrived, the band ventured out to Alexandra Park, a beautiful sprawling public park in their hometown, to film a stripped-down performance of their recent single “Come Undone.” Visit the link in our bio to watch the full performance, and catch Walt Disco on tour in the US with @omdhq in the fall. “Come Undone.” is featured on their new album “The Warping,” out now via @luckynumbermusic . #waltdisco #floodneighborhoods #glasgow #alexandrapark

“Here it is, the last visual stop for 'Loss Of Life.' The caboose is loose. The brain waves goodbye, components start breaking down. The smoke dissipates. Now the streets are empty. Now the streets are full. What is meant by all of this? When all is not and everything is still, everything moves." — @whoismgmt Visit the link in our bio to watch MGMT's surreal new video for "People in the Streets" directed by Christina Marie Karr. 📷 for FLOOD by @wleephoto at @justlikeheavenfest #mgmt #floodmagazine

"Our getting together wasn’t an accident. Once we formed, we kept coming back. And we’ll keep coming back until we’re the Dirty Two. And I hope that they don’t get another violin player.” — Warren Ellis, The Dirty Three We caught up with @mick.turner , @jimwhitedrums , and longtime Nick Cave collaborator @thewarrenellis to discuss the return of @therealdirtythree for their first collaborative album in 12 years, out now via @dragcityrecords . Link in bio. ✍️ by @a.d.amorosi 📷 by @daniel.boud #thedirtythree #warrenellis #jimwhite #mickturner #nickcaveandthebadseeds #floodmagazine

Hit the link in bio for our feature with Irish rap trio @kneecap32 . ✍️ & 📷 by @steveappleford #kneecap #floodmagazine

“@portugaltheman have been my favorite band since 2012 when I discovered their album 'In the Mountain in the Cloud.' I cannot tell you how many late night air guitar jams I have had to that album in my living room. I just about passed out when they asked me to remix one of their songs a couple years ago and then again when they sent me some tunes to work on, including what is now ‘Bittersweet.’" — @lpgiobbi DJ and producer LP Giobbi announced today that her sophomore album, "Dotr," will arrive on October 18 via @ninjatune , and shared the lead single featuring vocals from her favorite band. Hit the link in our bio to listen to "Bittersweet." 📷 by @cjharvey2 #lpgiobbi #portugaltheman

“There’s a crossover between Irish folk music and folklore and hip-hop, because storytelling in Ireland is quite central to our identity.” — Móglaí Bap, @kneecap32 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. ✍️ & 📷 by @steveappleford #kneecap #floodmagazine

For the latest “Neighborhoods” session, NYC indie rockers @reboundernyc covertly played their new single “Sunset Vision” on a Manhattan tour bus. “[Performing the track has] been feeling great live, and we wanted to try our hand at doing it acoustic and showing it in a new way,” shares vocalist Noah Chenfeld of the video, in which the track is reinterpreted as an acoustic number. “Coming back to New York in the summertime, we knew we wanted to play it outside where the sun was shining, not in a windowless apartment. Noah had an idea to do it on a tourist bus. We emailed and asked, [but] by the time they said no, we’d already shot it. We had to film most of the takes on the West Side Highway—that way the bus wouldn’t stop so they couldn’t kick us out. We stayed on the bus all the way back Downtown.” Rebounder are gearing up to release their second EP, “Sunset Songs,” later this year. Hit the link in our bio to watch the full video. #rebounder #floodneighborho ods #Manhattan #floodmagazine

“X is a great band name; also a bad idea sometimes when it gets lost in print or on the marquee. Gotta have a sense of humor. We all did in the early days. Los Angeles was a carnival of weirdness back then, with left over traces of silent movie stars, long haired hippies, bikers, and brand new self-defined punks doing anything we wanted. When we started touring the country we found like-minded people everywhere, and somehow they all found us. Even if the X was lost on the old marquee.” — Exene Cervenka, @xthebandofficial There are few artists as important to the legacy of Los Angeles as punk pioneers X. After a 47 year journey with several line-up changes and stops and starts, today the original line-up of Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake announced their final album and farewell tour together. “Smoke & Fiction” will be released August 2 via @fatpossum , along with an expansive US tour—including several hometown shows. The tour kicked off last night at the @thetroubadour , where @dwightyoakam presented them with a proclamation from the city of West Hollywood. Hit the link in our bio for more details and to watch their new video for “Big Black X." 📷 : Exene photo by @edwardcolver circa 1979, backstage at @thewhiskyagogo X band photo by @gilberttrejo38 (For more on the seminal photography of Colver, visit edwardcolver.com, as well as our conversation in FLOOD’s "Los Angeles Issue.") #x #xtheband #losangeles #punk #floodmagazine

Wales-born, LA-based musician and producer @untiltheribbonbreaks (a.k.a. Pete Lawrie Winfield) just unveiled his third album “VISITOR” last Friday, his most striking and collaborative collection of songs to date. The album traces his road to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, as well as his philosophical view of the world around him during this time, and includes contributions from Lucius, La Pardo, Emoni Wilkins, and Homeboy Sandman. “Of all of the three full length Until The Ribbon Breaks records, this one means the most,” Winfield revealed. “Whether it was recording a rattlesnake in Joshua Tree, or traveling to Bogota, Nashville and Mexico City to record and work with incredible people and artists, there were so many reminders along the way of why I needed to do this again and why I still do.” To help commemorate the occasion, Winfield is taking over FLOOD FM this week for the latest episode of “Hacked,” offering incredible insights behind his hand-picked tunes from Pink Floyd, DJ Shadow, Run the Jewels, Aphex Twin, Sly and the Family Stone, and more. You can catch him on the air every day this week (June 24 – 28) at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 10 p.m. PT only on FLOOD FM. Listen to FLOOD FM on floodmagazine.com or via Apple Music, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Live365, Sonos Radio, or Alexa. 📷 by Whitney Maris Brown #untiltheribbonbreaks #floodfmhacked #floodfm #floodmagazine