Best Music 🎶 of 2024!

Q2

Lake Street Dive - Good Together
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge It’s Grace
Brad Mehldau - After Bach II
Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Maggie Rogers - Don’t Forget Me
Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
Bruno Berle - No Reino Dos Afetos 2
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
Various Artists - Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty
Jordi Saval - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Aaron Frazer - Into the Blue
Iron & Wine - Light Verse
Willie Nelson - The Border
Nduduzo Makhathini - uNomkhubulwane
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poet’s Department
NxWorries - Why Lawd?
Shannon & the Clams - The Moon is in the Wrong Place
Brad Mehldau - Apres Faure
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
 
My top 50 for the first six months

Reyna Tropical - Malegria
Amaro Freitas - Y’Y
Waxahatchee - Tiger’s Blood
Sarah Jarosz - Polaroid Lovers
Lake Street Dive - Good Together
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Sprints - Letter to Self
Brad Mehldau - After Bach II
Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Maggie Rogers- Don’t Forget Me
Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
Bruno Berle - No Reino Dos Afetos 2
Anastasia Kobekina - Venice
Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
Ghost Funk Orchestra - A Trip to the Moon
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
Various Artists - Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty
Aoife O’Donovan - All My Friends
Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
Lizzie No - Halfsies
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
Jordi Saval - Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Aaron Frazer - Into the Blue
Iron & Wine - Light Verse
Thee Sinseers - Sinseerly Yours
Willie Nelson - The Border
Ana Lua Caiano - Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado
Brittany Howard - What Now
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Chicano Batman - Fantasy Notebook
Quatour Zahir - L’Heure Bleue
Nduduzo Makhathini - uNomkhubulwane
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poet’s Department
Vijay Iyer - Compassion
Abdullah Ibriham - 3
Brittney Spencer - My Stupid Life
NxWorries - Why Lawd?
Orgone - Chimera
Thee Sinseers - Sinseerly Yours
Norah Jones - Visions
Joel Ross - Nublues
Kali Uches - Orquideas
Shannon & the Clams - The Moon is in the Wrong Place
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Brad Mehldau - Apres Faure
Bridget Kearney - Comeback Kid
Cry - Novela
Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
 
The upside to being a few days delayed in getting this nailed down is that I wound up with a couple of very late additions of things I missed earlier in the year...

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Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice
The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis – The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis
Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Philip Glass – Philip Glass Solo
Beyoncé – act ii: Cowboy Carter
Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night

Africa Yontii by Tidiane Thiam
Ahadu by Esy Tadesse
All Life Long by Kali Malone
All Over The Place by Paper Tiger
Bellum 2 by Aquilus
The Border by Willie Nelson

Burnout by VIAL
Cloudward by Mary Halvorson
Cosmos Giants by Janko Nilovic | J.J. Whitefield | Igor Zhukovsky
Folk Songs by Zelenaya
The Great Bailout by Moor Mother
Hypocrite by Stephanie Lambring

If You Feel Like a Lost Soul by Spectacular Diagnostics
Imerro by C. Diab
Infinite Love Infinite Tears by Alan Braufman
Joola Jazz by Ibaaku
KDIV by Serengeti
The Legend of ABM by Angry Blackmen

Light Verse by Iron & Wine
Love Changes Everything by Dirty Three
Malegría by Reyna Tropical
Maze Envy by Civerous
Red Hot + Ra: The Magic City by Meshell Ndegeocello
Red Hot + Ra: Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra) by Kronos Quartet & Friends

Reflections Of Purple Sun by EABS
Senseless Acts Of Love by Rosa Brunello
Sonido Cósmico by Hermanos Gutiérrez
Umbilical by Thou
Y’Y by Amaro Freitas
Yours Until the War is Over by Amigo the Devil
 
RBF

Just discovered the debut album Um (dropped June 14th) from London, UK artist Martha Skye Murphy. This 11 track, 39-minute project is experimental, quiet, and noisy, mixing lush ambient, drony bits with walls of electronic sound to create both peaceful, calming atmospheres, as well as feelings of uneasy excitement. Here's what Murphy says about her debut:
“I wanted the album to feel like this constant tension between being in a very intimate domestic space, and then being propelled into a far stranger environment that is difficult to situate,” she says. “I want people to feel disoriented, erotically charged by the intimacy of a bedroom, then catapulted into a desert.”

 
avecigrec said:
The upside to being a few days delayed in getting this nailed down is that I wound up with a couple of very late additions of things I missed earlier in the year...

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Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice
The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis – The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis
Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Philip Glass – Philip Glass Solo
Beyoncé – act ii: Cowboy Carter
Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night

Africa Yontii by Tidiane Thiam
Ahadu by Esy Tadesse
All Life Long by Kali Malone
All Over The Place by Paper Tiger
Bellum 2 by Aquilus
The Border by Willie Nelson

Burnout by VIAL
Cloudward by Mary Halvorson
Cosmos Giants by Janko Nilovic | J.J. Whitefield | Igor Zhukovsky
Folk Songs by Zelenaya
The Great Bailout by Moor Mother
Hypocrite by Stephanie Lambring

If You Feel Like a Lost Soul by Spectacular Diagnostics
Imerro by C. Diab
Infinite Love Infinite Tears by Alan Braufman
Joola Jazz by Ibaaku
KDIV by Serengeti
The Legend of ABM by Angry Blackmen

Light Verse by Iron & Wine
Love Changes Everything by Dirty Three
Malegría by Reyna Tropical
Maze Envy by Civerous
Red Hot + Ra: The Magic City by Meshell Ndegeocello
Red Hot + Ra: Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra) by Kronos Quartet & Friends

Reflections Of Purple Sun by EABS
Senseless Acts Of Love by Rosa Brunello
Sonido Cósmico by Hermanos Gutiérrez
Umbilical by Thou
Y’Y by Amaro Freitas
Yours Until the War is Over by Amigo the Devil
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So do the other 30 not have a chance of being among the "ranked" group?
 
RBF

Just released this past Friday, House Of The Black Geminus is the newest and 3rd album from Akhlys. With 6 tracks and a runtime of 53 minutes, this album has zero filler. It's an in-your-face pandemonium of black metal and industrial death metal. This thing is dense and layered and the musicianship is top notch. As far as black metal albums go, this one is probably the best of the year so far.

 
wokeupnew said:
*Updates in Bold


Best of 2024:
  1. MGMT - Loss of Life
  2. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know
  3. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
  4. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
  5. DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water
  6. Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
  7. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
  8. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
  9. Iron & Wine - Light Verse
  10. The Marías - Submarine
  11. Animal Ghosts - Swell
  12. Nils Frahm - Day
  13. Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal
  14. Cloud Nothings - Final Summer
  15. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
  16. Hovvdy - Hovvdy
  17. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
  18. A Country Western - Life on the Lawn
  19. Real Estate - Daniel
  20. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
  21. Future Islands - People Who Aren’t There Anymore
  22. Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites
  23. Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry
  24. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
  25. Erotic Secrets of Pompeii - Mondo Maleficum
  26. of Montreal - Lady on the Cusp
  27. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive
  28. Crumb - AMAMA
  29. TORRES - What an enormous room
  30. Dustin O'Halloran - 1001
  31. Whitelands - Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day
  32. Khruangbin - A LA SALA
  33. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
  34. IDLES - TANGK

Need more listens before ranking:
  • English Teacher
  • Local Natives
  • Mdou Moctar
  • Metz
  • Ride
  • Rosali
  • Shannon & the Clams
Anticipated albums from:
  • GIFT
  • Haley Heynderickx (hopefully)
  • Nick Cave
  • My Bloody Valentine (hopefully)
  • The Mountain Goats (hopefully)
  • The Radio Dept. (hopefully)
  • The Shins
  • The Softies
  • TOPS
  • Touche Amore (hopefully)
  • Washed Out
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*Updates in Bold


Best of 2024:
  1. MGMT - Loss of Life
  2. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know
  3. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
  4. Los Campesinos! - All Hell
  5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
  6. DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water
  7. Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
  8. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
  9. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
  10. Iron & Wine - Light Verse
  11. The Marías - Submarine
  12. Animal Ghosts - Swell
  13. Milly - Your Own Becoming
  14. Nils Frahm - Day
  15. Castlebeat - Stereo
  16. Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal
  17. Cloud Nothings - Final Summer
  18. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
  19. Hovvdy - Hovvdy
  20. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
  21. A Country Western - Life on the Lawn
  22. Real Estate - Daniel
  23. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
  24. Future Islands - People Who Aren’t There Anymore
  25. Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites
  26. Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry
  27. Bored at My Grandmas House - Show & Tell
  28. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
  29. Erotic Secrets of Pompeii - Mondo Maleficum
  30. of Montreal - Lady on the Cusp
  31. Rosali - Bite Down
  32. Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
  33. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive
  34. Crumb - AMAMA
  35. Been Stellar - Scream from New York, NY
  36. TORRES - What an enormous room
  37. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
  38. Dustin O'Halloran - 1001
  39. Whitelands - Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day
  40. Khruangbin - A LA SALA
  41. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
  42. Ride - Interplay
  43. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
  44. Washed Out - Notes from a Quiet Life
  45. IDLES - TANGK

Need more listens before ranking:
  • Andrew Bird
  • Bonny Light Horseman
  • Cigarettes After Sex
  • Clairo
  • Cults
  • The Decemberists
  • English Teacher
  • Guided By Voices
  • Islands
  • Local Natives
  • Metz
  • Pond
  • Shannon & the Clams
Anticipated albums from:
  • Chat Pile
  • GIFT
  • Haley Heynderickx
  • Japandroids
  • Nick Cave
  • MJ Lenderman
  • The Softies
  • TOPS
  • Touche Amore
 
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ALBUMS:
Parlor Greens – In Green / We Dream
Childish Gambino – Bando Stone & The New World
Steve Earle – Alone Again (Live)
Mourning [A] BLKstar – Ancient//Future
Penza Penza – Alto E Primitivo
GUM/Ambrose Kenny-Smith – Ill Times
MonoNeon – Quilted Stereo
Ivan The Tolerable – Vertigo
Chloe Chua – Butterfly Lovers & Paganini
EPs:
Brandee Younger – Serenity: A Collection of Mindful Meditations
Cicada – 回返：邊境消逝之後 Coastland Revisited
Angry Blackmen – Angry Blackmen on Audiotree Live
 
Probably the biggest Album Announcement for the rest of the year for me:

One of my Top5 favorite bands of all time,  Opeth, just announced their new album, The Last Will And Testament, due out October 11th! It's been 5 years since their last album (my 2019 aoty). Cannot fucking wait 🤘1000007028.jpg

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OPETH announce new album 'The Last Will and Testament' and share first single “§1”

Progressive metal outfit Opeth have shared they will release their fourteenth studio album, The Last Will and Testament, on October 11th via Reigning Phoenix Music. Along with the announcment, the band shared t...
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musicjunkiegreg said:
Probably the biggest Album Announcement for the rest of the year for me:

One of my Top5 favorite bands of all time,  Opeth, just announced their new album, The Last Will And Testament, due out October 11th! It's been 5 years since their last album (my 2019 aoty). Cannot fucking wait 🤘View attachment 210183

lambgoat.com

OPETH announce new album 'The Last Will and Testament' and share first single “§1”

Progressive metal outfit Opeth have shared they will release their fourteenth studio album, The Last Will and Testament, on October 11th via Reigning Phoenix Music. Along with the announcment, the band shared t...
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New Opeth and Chat Pile albums on the same day... HEAVY!
 
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