My Favorite Songs of 2024

  1. “Knock Yourself Out XD” –  Porter Robinson
  2. “360” –  Charli xcx
  3. “Right Back to it” –  Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman
  4. “I’m Not Trying” –  Michelle
  5. “Houston” –  Jean Dawson
  6. “What Have You Done To Me?” –  Imogen Heap
  7. “Never Change” –  Apathy, Little Vic
  8. “I’m All Fucked Up” –  This is Lorelei
  9. “Gen-X Cops” –  Vampire Weekend
  10. “Death & Romance” –  Magdalena Bay
  11. “Tested Testimony” –  Ka
  12. “Heavy Is the Crown” –  Linkin Park
  13. “Like I Say (I runaway)” –  Nilüfer Yanya
  14. “Hanging By a Moment” –  Slow Pup
  15. “Driver” –  Soccer Mommy
  16. “Vampire Empire” –  Adrianne Lenker
  17. “Wristwatch” –  MJ Lenderman
  18. “Dafodil” –  Jamie XX
  19. “Pink Skies” –  Zach Bryan
  20. “Burn Alive” –  The Last Dance Party

Listen to the rest of the top 101 songs here on Spotify

Here’s another playlist of all the amazing tunes I also absolutely loved
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Favorite Albums of 2024

20. The Collective
Kim Gordon

19. The Thief Next To Jesus
KA

18. My Method Actor
Nilüfer Yanya

17. Vince Staples
Vince Staples

16. Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay

15. I Lay Down My Life For You
JPEGMAFIA

14. Prelude To Ecstasy
The Last Dinner Party

13. Wild God
Nick Cave

12. Loss Of Life
MGMT

11. People Who Aren’t There Anymore
Future Islands

10. Glimmer of God
Jean Dawson

9. Dulling The Horns
Wild pink

8. Chromakopia
Tyler, The Creator

7. GNX
Kendrick Lamar

6. Diamond Jubilee
Cindy Lee

5. All Hell
Los Campesinos!

4. Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee

3. Manning Fireworks
MJ Lenderman

2. SMILE! 😀
Porter Robinson

1. Brat
Charli xcx

Steve Albini RIP

Bandleader, writer, audio engineer, producer and cantankerous music critic Steve Albini passed away at 61 of a heart attack. He was a member of the influential post-hardcore bands Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac. He was doing music in the mid-80’s that no one else was doing that my ears were craving for.  Steve was part of many of the bands that shaped my early music history and his philosophy about music and life always resonated with me. Shellac releases a new album “To All Trains” on 5.17 after a 10 year hiatus.

“The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as a fan, have been records that surprised me for one reason or another.” – Steve Albini

Let’s play one of my favorite songs from Jesus Lizard’s GOAT, which Albini produced. Best enjoyed as loud as your speakers can handle.

Favorite Albums of 2023

 10. Genesis Owusu – Struggler

 

 9. Indigo de Souza – All Of This Will End

 

 8. Blu & Real Bad Man – Bad News

 

 7. Slow Pulp – Yard

 

 6. Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

 

 5. Caroline Palochek – Desire, I  Want To Turn Into You

 

 4. The Japanese House – In the End It Always Does

 

 3. Wednesday – Rat Saw God

 

 2. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin

 

 1. Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We

My Favorite Songs of 2023

1. “Sad to Breathe” – The Japanese House
2. “Bug Like an Angel” – Mitski
3. “Honey” – Samia
4. “Hollywood Baby” – 100 Gecs
5. “Wet” – Claud
6. “Tears” – Shrillex, Joker, Sleepnet
7. “$20” – Boygenius
8. “LLYLM” – ROSALÍA
9. “String Theory” – Lanterns on the Lake
10. “Baby again..” – Fred again.., Skrillex, Four Set
11. “Dancer” – IDLES
12. “Smog” – Indigo De Souza
13. “Caution to the Wind” – Everything But The Girl
14. “From The Morning” – Let’s Eat Grandma
15. “A&W” – Lana Del Rey
16. “February” – Complete Mountain Almanac
17. “Shit Talk” – Sufjan Stevens
18. “Fold” – Bonobo, Jacques Greene
19. “Feel Good” – Slow Thai
20. “Soccer Mommy” – Shalom

Listen to the rest of the top 101 songs here on Spotify

Here’s another playlist of all the amazing tunes I also absolutely loved
More from 2023

As always, thanks for listening