Welcome to another year of incredible music! I am still trying to catch up on all the releases from 2024.

As Amanda Petrusich said:

It’s also possible that I listened to more music in 2024 than in any other year of my life; I lost all interest in podcasts, I lost all interest in silence. There was too much extraordinary work out there, and I required its magic too badly. Music helped me to feel things that I needed to feel: to grieve, to rejoice, to access and better understand all the dark and inscrutable parts of myself.

My Favourite Albums of 2024 (in alphabetical order):

• Allday “The Necklace”
• Bluebottle Kiss “Never Leave Town - Live in Sydney”
• Charli XCX “BRAT” + "Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat (remixes)"
• KNEECAP “Fine Art”
• Maggie Rogers “Don’t Forget Me”
• Mat Kerekes “To Dream of Something Wicked”
• Middle Kids “Faith Crisis Pt 1” + “triple j Live at the Wireless - Enmore Theatre, Sydney 2024”
• Mk.gee “Two Star & The Dream Police”
• Rachel Chinouriri “What A Devastating Turn of Events”
• Royel Otis “PRATTS & PAIN”

And the rest of the music I listened to this year in lettering form (in alphabetical order):

• Ayra Starr “The Year I Turned 21”
• Bad Bad Hats “s/t”
• beabadoobee “This is How Tomorrow Moves:
• Bleachers “s/t”
• Charly Bliss “Forever”
• CHINCHILLA “Flytrap” + “Live: Summer ’24”
• Confidence Man “3 AM (LA LA LA)”
• crushed “Extra life”
• DeJ Loaf “End of Summer”
• Katie Gavin “What A Relief”
• Killer Mike “Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival, songs for Sinners and Saints”
• Latto “Sugar Honey Iced Tea”
• Magdelena Bay “Imaginal Disk”
• MUNA “Live at the Greek Theatre Los Angeles”
• Nelly Furtado “7”
• Ngaiire & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra “Live at the Sydney Opera House”
• Nia Archives “Silence is Loud”
• Nilüfer Yanya "My Method Actor"
• Oso Oso “Life Till Bones”
• Peggy Frew “Dial-Up”
• Rahim Redcar (aka Chris) “HOPECORE”
• Rauw Alejandro “Cosa Nuestra”
• soccer mommy “Evergreen”
• Stand Atlantic “WAS HERE”  
• Strand of Oaks “Miracle Focus”
• The Dare “What’s Wrong with New York?”
• Towa Bird “American Hero”
• Valley “Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden”

EPs:

• Durand Bernarr “En Route”
• Durand Bernarr & Charlie Vettuno “Charlie Vettuno Presents… Where in the World Is…”
• Little Simz “Drop 7”
• MEMPHIS LK “Say”
• Miss Kaninna “KANINNA”
• Nell Mescal “Can I Miss It For A Minute?”
• Ninajirachi “girl EDM”
• XG “AWE”

 

As always, I get my music from Bandcamp, AudioTree, YouTube Music, and FluxBlog. Also love NRP's Tiny Desk sessions and KEXP sessions.

Here are a few of my favourite music writers:

• Amanda Petrusich’s The Best Albums of 2024: (Web Archive)
• Matthew Perpetua's Fluxblog 2024 Survey Mix playlist should be out soon
• Sean Michaels’ Said the Gramophone Best Songs of 2024
• Steven Hyden’s Favorite Albums Of 2024

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