Best Music šŸŽ¶ of 2024!

TenderLovingKillerĀ® said:
Me spinning Manning Fireworks for the first timeā€¦
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I don't love Manning FIreworks quite as much as some people (though I do really enjoy it).

That said, I saw Lenderman play the block party for my Chicago neighborhood right before that album dropped and he was excellent live. At the time I did not realize he is Wednesday's guitarist (maybe just in studio at this point) AND played on the new Waxachatchee (spelling is always off with them so forgive me) which is easily my favorite release from them.

Dude is quickly becoming one of the most prolific guitarists the modern era and straight up helping to churn out modern classics. Wednesday's Rat Saw God might be a top 10 album of the decade for me.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
I don't love Manning FIreworks quite as much as some people (though I do really enjoy it).

That said, I saw Lenderman play the block party for my Chicago neighborhood right before that album dropped and he was excellent live. At the time I did not realize he is Wednesday's guitarist (maybe just in studio at this point) AND played on the new Waxachatchee (spelling is always off with them so forgive me) which is easily my favorite release from them.

Dude is quickly becoming one of the most prolific guitarists the modern era and straight up helping to churn out modern classics. Wednesday's Rat Saw God might be a top 10 album of the decade for me.
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Yeah, heā€™s a wonderful guitarist. Looking forward to seeing MJ in February when he comes to Seattle.
 
Merry Christmas, y'all.

2024 had its moments. However, I'm not quite shouting praises on the mountaintops like others in the decade for music. Electronic has been a go-to...familiar genres like ambient and downtempo were mainstays of the year's rotation, but further exploring deep house, ambient techno, and progressive electronic proved fruitful. If anything, they were additional motivating factors to transition my vinyl collection preferences to genres that I will be frequently DJing with.
I have only seen three of the below live this year, with one of the below scheduled for next year (Astrid Sonne). Concert count was also halved from last year. Might post that list as well when time allows.

Here's my top10 (in order) + 15 honorable mentions (descending by band name/artist last name):

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1) Kali Malone - All Life Long [drone, holy minimalism, choral music]
2) Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves [art pop, ambient pop]
3) Nala Sinephro - Endlessness [ambient jazz, progressive electronic, spiritual jazz]
4) Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus [drumless, abstract hip hop, experimental hip hop]
5) Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt [art pop, experimental, trip-hop]

6) Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk [synthpop, neo-psychedelia, chillwave]
7) Total Blue - Total Blue [tribal ambient, progressive electronic, new age]
8) Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown [chamber folk, singer/songwriter, psychedelic folk]
9) Charli XCX - BRAT [electropop, bubblegum bass, EDM]
10) Floating Points - Cascade [tech house, IDM, progressive electronic]
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign [chamber folk, chamber jazz, avant-folk]
Boldy James x Nicholas Craven - Penalty of Leadership [gangsta rap, drumless]
Four Tet - Three [downtempo, ambient, house]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" [post-rock, drone]
Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed [singer/songwriter, indie folk]

Lia Kohl - Normal Sounds [experimental, electroacoustic, ambient]
Kendrick Lamar - GNX [conscious hip hop, hardcore hip hop, trap]
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate [tech house, trance]
The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know [sunshine pop, psychedelic pop, power pop]
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis [nu-jazz, jazz rock]

Nails - Every Bridge Burning [metalcore, grindcore]
Soela - Dark Portrait [deep house, ambient, downtempo]
Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution [electroacoustic, ambient, drone]
Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God [technical death metal, black metal]
Tashi Wada - What is Not Strange? [drone, experimental, electroacoustic]

In addition, below is my Spotify playlist containing a favorite track from each of these albums:

 
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Best of 2024! The Final List!
  1. Alva Noto ā€” Xerrox Vol 5
  2. BIG | BRAVE ā€” A Chaos Of Flowers
  3. Sarah Davachi ā€” The Head As Formā€™d In The Crierā€™s Choir
  4. Lustmord ā€” Much Unseen Is Also Here
  5. Wanderwelle ā€” Wat gebeurde er met sergeant Massuro?
  6. TouchĆ© AmorĆ© ā€” Spiral in a Straight Line
  7. Spirit Of The Beehive ā€” Youā€™ll Have To Lose Something
  8. Alva Noto ā€” HYbr:ID III
  9. Richard Chartier ā€” On Leaving

Best of 2024! Best of the Rest!
  • Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English ā€” Selene
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor ā€” "NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD"
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ā€” Wild God
  • Chat Pile ā€” Cool World
  • Town of Lake ā€” Lilac
  • TenHornedBeast ā€” Capra Hircus
  • Rafael Anton Irisarri ā€” FAƇADISMS
  • William Basinski ā€” September 23rd
  • Kali Malone ā€” All Life Long
  • Philip Glass ā€” Philip Glass Solo
  • ULVTHARM ā€” 7Uthras
  • VƤsen & Hawktail ā€” VƤsen & Hawktail
  • Zeal & Ardor ā€” Greif
  • Kanonenfieber ā€” Die Urkatastrophe
  • Monolake ā€” Studio
  • KMRU, Kevin Richard Martin ā€” Disconnect
  • Red On ā€” Phantom Easy
 
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Here's my top 30 albums of 2024:

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Best of the rest:

Arab Strap - I'm totally fine with it šŸ‘ don't give a fuck anymore šŸ‘
AWOLNATION - The Phantom Five
Been Stellar - Scream From New York, NY
Jerry Cantrell - I Want Blood
The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be
DIIV - Frogs In Boiling Water
Elbow - Audio Vertigo
Brittany Howard - What Now
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Flight b741
Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath
Porridge Radio - Clouds In the Sky They Will Always Be There For Me
Public Service Broadcasting - The Past Flight
Ride - Interplay
Wunderhorse - Midas
 
avecigrec said:
Some of these are confirmed; some are purely speculative:

  • Moor Mother
  • Tom Waits
  • Drive-By Truckers
  • The Roots - End Game
  • Run The Jewels
  • Steve Earle
  • John K Samson
  • Dave
  • James Brandon Lewis
  • Willie Nelson
  • Zeal & Ardor
  • Kali Malone ā€“ All Life Long
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
  • serpentwithfeet - Grip
  • Federico Albanese
  • Yasmin Williams
  • Chelsea Carmichael
  • Joel Ross ā€“ nublues
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • Blue Ɩyster Cult ā€“ 50th Anniversary - Live In NYC - Second Night
  • Blue Ɩyster Cult ā€“ 50th Anniversary - Live In NYC - Third Night
  • Meshell Ndegeocello
  • Kahil Elā€™Zabarā€™s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble ā€“ Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit
  • Mary Halvorson ā€“ Cloudward
  • Iron & Wine
  • Philip Glass ā€“ Philip Glass Solo
  • Michael Stipe
  • FKA Twigs
  • Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry
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  • Tom Waits
  • Drive-By Truckers
  • The Roots - End Game
  • Run The Jewels
  • John K Samson
  • Dave
  • Chelsea Carmichael
...are all gonna have to carry forward to next year's hopefula list, but James Brandon Lewis, Willie Nelson and Meshell Ndegeocello all put out a couple, so that helps the numbers, I guess.

Federico Albanese was due to have an album out this year, but it's coming February 7th next year instead (as is ANOTHER James Brandon Lewis album!)
 
avecigrec said:
  • Tom Waits
  • Drive-By Truckers
  • The Roots - End Game
  • Run The Jewels
  • John K Samson
  • Dave
  • Chelsea Carmichael
...are all gonna have to carry forward to next year's hopefula list, but James Brandon Lewis, Willie Nelson and Meshell Ndegeocello all put out a couple, so that helps the numbers, I guess.

Federico Albanese was due to have an album out this year, but it's coming February 7th next year instead (as is ANOTHER James Brandon Lewis album!)
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As soon as @Hollywood gets off his ass and makes the new thread, we can post stuff like this for 2025.. šŸ¤£
 
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