YEAR END MEGALIST 2024!!!!

2024. The year that truly was crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious.

Recycling my top 8 format and point distribution from previous years to keep things simple. My list this year definitely leans more pop-centric and I don't expect to have a ton of overlap with the rest of the forum, but as always I try to keep these year-end lists as honest as possible. I like what I like, and these are the albums I kept coming back to in 2024.
  1. Clarence Clarity - VANISHING ACT II: ULTIMATE REALITY (20 pts)
  2. Kendrick Lamar - GNX (18 pts)
  3. Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine (16 pts)
  4. Charli XCX - BRAT (15 pts)
  5. Rachel Chinouriri - What a Devastating Turn of Events (12 pts)
  6. The Smile - Cutouts (10 pts)
  7. MGMT - Loss of Life (5 pts)
  8. Halsey - The Great Impersonator (4 pts)
Shoutout to @Rip_City for organizing this once again!!
 
BISCUIT'S Mega List 2024
  • STARFLYER 59-Lust for Gold (20)
  • Jack White-No Name (10)
  • Melt Banana-3+5 (10)
  • Osees-Sorcs80 (10)
  • Muriel Grossman-The Light of the Mind (10)
  • Judas Priest-Invincible Shield (5)
  • Robyn Hitchcock-1967 Vacations In The Past (2)
  • Amyl and the Sniffers-Cartoon Darkness (1)
  • Bat-Under The Crooked Claw (1)
  • Bed Maker- s/t (1)
  • Castle Rat- Into the Realm (1)
  • Chat Pile-Cool World (1)
  • Cosey Mueller-Softcore (1)
  • Des Demonas-Apolocolyptic Boom! Boom! (1)
  • Ekko Astral-Pink Balloons (1)
  • Father John Misty-Mahashmasha (1)
  • GEE TEE- Prehistoric Chrome (1)
  • Generation of Vipers-Guilt Shrine (1)
  • Goblin Daycare-Agitprop Hotline!!! (1)
  • Gouge Away-Deep Sage (1)
  • Green Day-Saviors (1)
  • Itchy & The Nits-Worst Of (1)
  • Jim Lauderdale-My Favorite Place (1)
  • Khana Bierbood-Monolam (1)
  • Kid Congo & Pink Monkey Birds-That Delicious Vice (1)
  • Liz Lamere-One Never Knows (1)
  • Lothario-Hogtied (1)
  • Nick Cave and Bad Seeds-Wild God (1)
  • Pinhead Gunpowder-Unt (1)
  • Ryan Kidd-Dead in Memphis (1)
  • Sababa 5 & Yurika-Kokoro (1)
  • Siderean-Spilling the Astral Chalice (1)
  • Sprints-Letter to Self (1)
  • Still-A Theft (1)
  • Swamp Dogg-Blackgrass: From WV to 125th Street (1)
  • The Chisel-What a Fucking Nightmare (1)
  • Total Hell-Killed by Evil (1)
  • Ty Segall-Three Bells (1)
  • Upchuck-Sense Yourself 2024 Ty Segall Version (1)
  • X-Smoke and Fiction (1)
 
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Biscuit said:
BISCUIT'S Mega List 2024
  • STARFLYER 59-Lust for Gold (20)
  • Jack White-No Name (10)
  • Melt Banana-3+5 (10)
  • Osees-Sorcs80 (10)
  • Muriel Grossman-The Light of the Mind (10)
  • Judas Priest-Invisible Shield (5)
  • Robyn Hitchcock-1967 Vacations In The Past (2)
  • Amyl and the Sniffers-Cartoon Darkness (1)
  • Bat-Under The Crooked Claw (1)
  • Bed Maker- s/t (1)
  • Castle Rat- Into the Realm (1)
  • Chat Pile-Cool World (1)
  • Cosey Mueller-Softcore (1)
  • Des Demonas-Apolocolyptic Boom! Boom! (1)
  • Ekko Astral-Pink Balloons (1)
  • Father John Misty-Mahashmasha (1)
  • GEE TEE- Prehistoric Chrome (1)
  • Generation of Vipers-Guilt Shrine (1)
  • Goblin Daycare-Agitprop Hotline!!! (1)
  • Gouge Away-Deep Sage (1)
  • Green Day-Saviors (1)
  • Itchy & The Nits-Worst Of (1)
  • Jim Lauderdale-My Favorite Place (1)
  • Khana Bierbood-Monolam (1)
  • Kid Congo & Pink Monkey Birds-That Delicious Vice (1)
  • Liz Lamere-One Never Knows (1)
  • Lothario-Hogtied (1)
  • Nick Cave and Bad Seeds-Wild God (1)
  • Pinhead Gunpower-Unt (1)
  • Ryan Kidd-Dead in Memphis (1)
  • Sababa 5 & Yurika-Kokoro (1)
  • Siderean-Spilling the Astral Chalice (1)
  • Sprints-Letter to Self (1)
  • Still-A Theft (1)
  • Swamp Dogg-Blackgrass: From WV to 125th Street (1)
  • The Chisel-What a Fucking Nightmare (1)
  • Total Hell-Killed by Evil (1)
  • Ty Segall-Three Bells (1)
  • Upchuck-Sense Yourself 2024 Ty Segall Version (1)
  • X-Smoke and Fiction (1)
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Hell yeah, that Starflyer!!!
 
Biscuit said:
BISCUIT'S Mega List 2024
  • STARFLYER 59-Lust for Gold (20)
  • Jack White-No Name (10)
  • Melt Banana-3+5 (10)
  • Osees-Sorcs80 (10)
  • Muriel Grossman-The Light of the Mind (10)
  • Judas Priest-Invincible Shield (5)
  • Robyn Hitchcock-1967 Vacations In The Past (2)
  • Amyl and the Sniffers-Cartoon Darkness (1)
  • Bat-Under The Crooked Claw (1)
  • Bed Maker- s/t (1)
  • Castle Rat- Into the Realm (1)
  • Chat Pile-Cool World (1)
  • Cosey Mueller-Softcore (1)
  • Des Demonas-Apolocolyptic Boom! Boom! (1)
  • Ekko Astral-Pink Balloons (1)
  • Father John Misty-Mahashmasha (1)
  • GEE TEE- Prehistoric Chrome (1)
  • Generation of Vipers-Guilt Shrine (1)
  • Goblin Daycare-Agitprop Hotline!!! (1)
  • Gouge Away-Deep Sage (1)
  • Green Day-Saviors (1)
  • Itchy & The Nits-Worst Of (1)
  • Jim Lauderdale-My Favorite Place (1)
  • Khana Bierbood-Monolam (1)
  • Kid Congo & Pink Monkey Birds-That Delicious Vice (1)
  • Liz Lamere-One Never Knows (1)
  • Lothario-Hogtied (1)
  • Nick Cave and Bad Seeds-Wild God (1)
  • Pinhead Gunpowder-Unt (1)
  • Ryan Kidd-Dead in Memphis (1)
  • Sababa 5 & Yurika-Kokoro (1)
  • Siderean-Spilling the Astral Chalice (1)
  • Sprints-Letter to Self (1)
  • Still-A Theft (1)
  • Swamp Dogg-Blackgrass: From WV to 125th Street (1)
  • The Chisel-What a Fucking Nightmare (1)
  • Total Hell-Killed by Evil (1)
  • Ty Segall-Three Bells (1)
  • Upchuck-Sense Yourself 2024 Ty Segall Version (1)
  • X-Smoke and Fiction (1)
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Me going from never hearing of Starflyer 59 to really enjoying my stream of this album and others while on a chilly walk around a park to being outraged that Leave Here A Stranger has never been reissued over the past 23 years

This is why I love this place and end of year lists.

Do you or anyone else have any other SF59 album recommendations that I should be checking out?
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Me going from never hearing of Starflyer 59 to really enjoying my stream of this album and others while on a chilly walk around a park to being outraged that Leave Here A Stranger has never been reissued over the past 23 years

This is why I love this place and end of year lists.

Do you or anyone else have any other SF59 album recommendations that I should be checking out?
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Gold and The Fashion Focus
 
Wes C. Attle said:
Gold and The Fashion Focus
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@TenderLovingKiller® Glad you are enjoying it! Jason Martin, who is the primary singer, songwriter and guitarist for SF59 has 17 albums and several EPs. The band behind him is a rotating cast of experienced musicians who often put out their own solo material (Frank Lenz, etc). SF59 has been a remarkably consistent project for Jason-he also appears under other band (dis)guises as well. Early SF59 is often labeled as 'shoegaze' but that is not always how I would describe his work. Gold, Silver, Old, Fashion Focus, My Island, Singing Voice Talking Voice, are very good LPs, but any any of his output is all worth picking up if you like what you heard. And yes, finding the older vinyl can be a challenge...
 
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@TenderLovingKiller® Glad you are enjoying it! Jason Martin, who is the primary singer, songwriter and guitarist for SF59 has 17 albums and several EPs. The band behind him is a rotating cast of experienced musicians who often put out their own solo material (Frank Lenz, etc). SF59 has been a remarkably consistent project for Jason-he also appears under other band (dis)guises as well. Early SF59 is often labeled as 'shoegaze' but that is not always how I would describe his work. Gold, Silver, Old, Fashion Focus, My Island, Singing Voice Talking Voice, are very good LPs, but any any of his output is all worth picking up if you like what you heard. And yes, finding the older vinyl can be a challenge...
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Yeah, the 17 albums is why I felt the need to get other opinions, especially since it appears that he’s still releasing quality albums. Usually I am pretty good a just burning through a discography but when they’re closing in on 20 releases guidance and suggestions are greatly appreciated by you and @Wes C. Attle

Thanks again!
 
1. The Smile - Wall of Eyes (20)
2. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (15)
3. Four Tet - Three (11)
4. Jack White - No Name (8)
5. Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (6)
6. Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes (5)
7. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us (5)
8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God (5)
9. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (5)
10. junodream - Pools of Colour (5)

bonus points:

Jamie xx - In Waves (3)
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism (3)
Kendrick Lamar - GNX (3)
MONO - Oath (3)
Jon Hopkins - Ritual (3)

@RipCity
 
Down a bit of a rabbit whole exploring things that weren't on my radar but I think I'm good to give points now so that people can check out anything they haven't heard from the top of my list:

Tier I:
1) St Vincent: All Born Screaming (alt-rock) 13
2) JpegMafia: I Lay Down My Life for You (experimental rap) 10
3) Jamie XX: In Waves* (electronic) 10
4) Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven (indie rock, pop-punk) 8
5) Doechii: Alligator Bites Never Heal (hip-hop, r&b) 8
6) Kendrick Lamar: GNX (rap) 8
7) Allegra Krieger: Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine (singer / songwriter) 8

Tier II: (4 points each)
8) Waxahatchee: Tiger’s Blood (singer songwriter, indie folk)
9) Blood Incantation- Absolute Everywhere (progressive metal)
10) Sprints: Letter to Self (post-punk)
11) Tyler the Creator: KROMAKOPIA (rap / r&b)
12) Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (technopop)
13) Arooj Aftab: Night Reign (folk, jazz)’
14) Nilifur Yanya: My Method Actor (indie rock)
15) The Smile: Wall of Eyes (indie rock)
16) The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis: Self Titled (nu-jazz)

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No Points But Still Recommend
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Tier III:
17) Nadine Shah: Filthy Underneath (art rock/pop)
18) Magdelena Bay: Imaginal Disk (art pop)
19) Idles: Tangk (alt rock)
20) Fontaines DC: Romance (alt rock)
21) JunoDream: Pools of Colour (alt-rock)
22) Remi Wolf: Big Ideas (art pop)
23) Floating Points: Cascade (trance)
24) The Cure: Songs of a Lost World (alt-rock)
25) Joey Valence & Brae: No Hands (rap)
26) Brittany Howard: What Now (indie rock)
27) Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown (singer songwriter)
28) MJ Lenderman- Manning Fireworks (indie rock)
29) Starflyer 59: Lust for Gold (shoe gaze, alt-rock)
30) Mount Kimbie: The Sunset Violet (shoe gaze, electronic)

Tier IV:
31) Nicolas Jaar: Piedras 1 (downtempo electronic)
32) Cassandra Jenkins- My Light, My Destroyer (Singer, Songwriter)
33) Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft (pop)
34) Charli XCX: Brat (pop)
35) Four Tet: Three (downtempo electronic)
36) Kneecap: Fine Art (rap)
37) Vince Staples: Dark Times (rap)
38) Wunderhorse: Midas* (alt-rock)
39) Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Electronic)
40) Amy & The Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness (alt-rock, post-punk)
 
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@TenderLovingKiller® Glad you are enjoying it! Jason Martin, who is the primary singer, songwriter and guitarist for SF59 has 17 albums and several EPs. The band behind him is a rotating cast of experienced musicians who often put out their own solo material (Frank Lenz, etc). SF59 has been a remarkably consistent project for Jason-he also appears under other band (dis)guises as well. Early SF59 is often labeled as 'shoegaze' but that is not always how I would describe his work. Gold, Silver, Old, Fashion Focus, My Island, Singing Voice Talking Voice, are very good LPs, but any any of his output is all worth picking up if you like what you heard. And yes, finding the older vinyl can be a challenge...
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This shit is rad. Like good enough I may have to boot something off the 4 points list if it grows on me over the next couple weeks. Thanks.
 
I initially thought that I didn't listen to much this year to even make a list. But when I started digging back through my Discogs and Apple Music library, it was actually a pretty good year!

Fontaines DC - Romance (20)
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (15)
DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water (10)
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us (8)
MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks (8)
Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da (6)
The Smile - Cutouts (5)
Zach Bryan -The Great American Bar Scene (5)
Friko - Wher We've Been, Where We Go From Here (4)
Father John Misty - Moshashana (4)
Good Looks - Lived Here for a While (3)
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter (3)
Wishy - Triple Seven (3)
Glass Beach - Plastic Death (3)
Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice (3)
 
gaporter said:
2024. The year that truly was crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious.

Recycling my top 8 format and point distribution from previous years to keep things simple. My list this year definitely leans more pop-centric and I don't expect to have a ton of overlap with the rest of the forum, but as always I try to keep these year-end lists as honest as possible. I like what I like, and these are the albums I kept coming back to in 2024.
  1. Clarence Clarity - VANISHING ACT II: ULTIMATE REALITY (20 pts)
  2. Kendrick Lamar - GNX (18 pts)
  3. Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine (16 pts)
  4. Charli XCX - BRAT (15 pts)
  5. Rachel Chinouriri - What a Devastating Turn of Events (12 pts)
  6. The Smile - Cutouts (10 pts)
  7. MGMT - Loss of Life (5 pts)
  8. Halsey - The Great Impersonator (4 pts)
Shoutout to @Rip_City for organizing this once again!!
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I was beginning to think I’m the only one who prefers Cutouts to Wall of Eyes!
 
dbarila said:
I only put Cutouts on my list too. Wall of Eyes probably has higher highs but it has lower lows. Cutouts is more consistent across the board. I kind of forgot Wall of Eyes was this year as well when I made my list but I'm not sure it would have made it anyway.
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I've only listened to Cutouts maybe 3-5 times, but I feel the opposite. Other than the ending track, which I'm lukewarm on, I love every track on Wall of Eyes. It was a slow grower over the course of the year, where each time I returned to it, a new track would become a favorite. Where as Cutouts has failed to hook me on any level.

Which is interesting because Amnesiac is actually the Radiohead album that turned me into a diehard during college and I keep hearing comparisons. Though that's probably just because of the b-sides nature of both.
 
McGlam said:
I was beginning to think I’m the only one who prefers Cutouts to Wall of Eyes!
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Wall of Eyes has some good moments ("Teleharmonic" specifically stands out to me) and I can see why a lot of people on here would probably prefer it, but personally I found several of the songs to be kind of formless and built around riffs and ideas that didn't really appeal to me. I listened to it a few times when it came out at the start of the year but it fell out of rotation pretty quickly as new things started coming out. I even revisited it in preparation for making my list to see if I'd have a change of heart, especially after I enjoyed Cutouts so much, but it still left me kind of cold.
DownIsTheNewUp said:
I've only listened to Cutouts maybe 3-5 times, but I feel the opposite. Other than the ending track, which I'm lukewarm on, I love every track on Wall of Eyes. It was a slow grower over the course of the year, where each time I returned to it, a new track would become a favorite. Where as Cutouts has failed to hook me on any level.

Which is interesting because Amnesiac is actually the Radiohead album that turned me into a diehard during college and I keep hearing comparisons. Though that's probably just because of the b-sides nature of both.
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It's interesting to see that apparently a lot of the people that liked Wall of Eyes didn't care for Cutouts and vice versa. I guess it will just depend on the kind of listener you are. I know the two albums supposedly came from the same sessions but honestly they don't really sound like it. Cutouts seems like the work of a much more punchy and direct band who are giving you tangible hooks and rhythms to grab on to, which is something I'll naturally gravitate to more as a listener. I could be off base in my descriptions but at least that's how I would try to word it.
 
gaporter said:
Wall of Eyes has some good moments ("Teleharmonic" specifically stands out to me) and I can see why a lot of people on here would probably prefer it, but personally I found several of the songs to be kind of formless and built around riffs and ideas that didn't really appeal to me. I listened to it a few times when it came out at the start of the year but it fell out of rotation pretty quickly as new things started coming out. I even revisited it in preparation for making my list to see if I'd have a change of heart, especially after I enjoyed Cutouts so much, but it still left me kind of cold.

It's interesting to see that apparently a lot of the people that liked Wall of Eyes didn't care for Cutouts and vice versa. I guess it will just depend on the kind of listener you are. I know the two albums supposedly came from the same sessions but honestly they don't really sound like it. Cutouts seems like the work of a much more punchy and direct band who are giving you tangible hooks and rhythms to grab on to, which is something I'll naturally gravitate to more as a listener. I could be off base in my descriptions but at least that's how I would try to word it.
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I can't say if it was recorded at the same time, but when I saw them touring for the first album they played songs that ended up on both Wall of Eyes and Cutouts, so some of the songs definitely all floating around at the same time.
 
gaporter said:
Wall of Eyes has some good moments ("Teleharmonic" specifically stands out to me) and I can see why a lot of people on here would probably prefer it, but personally I found several of the songs to be kind of formless and built around riffs and ideas that didn't really appeal to me. I listened to it a few times when it came out at the start of the year but it fell out of rotation pretty quickly as new things started coming out. I even revisited it in preparation for making my list to see if I'd have a change of heart, especially after I enjoyed Cutouts so much, but it still left me kind of cold.

It's interesting to see that apparently a lot of the people that liked Wall of Eyes didn't care for Cutouts and vice versa. I guess it will just depend on the kind of listener you are. I know the two albums supposedly came from the same sessions but honestly they don't really sound like it. Cutouts seems like the work of a much more punchy and direct band who are giving you tangible hooks and rhythms to grab on to, which is something I'll naturally gravitate to more as a listener. I could be off base in my descriptions but at least that's how I would try to word it.
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I believe that same dynamic exists with Hail/In Rainbows vs Kid A/Amnesiac vs King of Limbs/Moon Shaped Pool. Thom's solo work varies between Eraser, Boxes, Atoms, and his soundtrack work. The Smile is following a similar route. I personally theorize it may be due to recording during long stretches in studio (more individual, piecemeal and experimental) versus recording after or during tours (group ideas from playing live together, record more quickly).
 
Biscuit said:
I believe that same dynamic exists with Hail/In Rainbows vs Kid A/Amnesiac vs King of Limbs/Moon Shaped Pool. Thom's solo work varies between Eraser, Boxes, Atoms, and his soundtrack work. The Smile is following a similar route. I personally theorize it may be due to recording during long stretches in studio (more individual, piecemeal and experimental) versus recording after or during tours (group ideas from playing live together, record more quickly).
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I think this is a solid observation.

Radiohead is my favorite band of all-time and the only musician who has any chance of knocking them off that #1 spot is Kendrick. Cause Outkast, Talking Heads and Pink Floyd are done with their output. And the only album I'm so-so on within their discography is King of Limbs. But the disclaimer to that is that the Live From the Basement of King of Limbs is fucking incredible. TKoL was very clearly the product of touring and getting into a jammier headspace... but arguably failed to capture that energy in the studio version.

I'm listening to Cutouts right now and enjoying it. It reminds me of King of Limbs more than any other Radiohead album which may be why I initially bounced off of it. I would agree it is punchier than Wall of Eyes. I would not say that it has more hooks. Like, it's the Can fan in me that appreciates what they are doing here. And I would never call Can (outside of Vitamin C) catchy. I think the problem is that some of the mellower tracks lean ambient (Tiptoes, Foreign Spies) and that's never been my vibe.
 
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