My favourites from the first half of the year - Glass Beach probably still overall AOTY, at least for another three weeks or so... 95corolla - Long Time Listener/First Time Caller Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - In Lieu of Flowers Barely Civil - I'd Say I'm Not Fine A Burial at Sea - Close to Home Charli XCX - BRAT Cheekface - It's Sorted CHERYM - Take It or Leave It Dead Pony - IGNORE THIS Everything Everything - Mountainhead Footballhead - Overthinking Everything Future Islands - People Who Aren't There Anymore Glass Beach - plastic death IDLES - TANGK of Montreal - Lady on the Cusp One Step Closer - All You Embrace Pillow Queens - Name Your Sorrow Slash Ficton - We'll Hold This Line Until Hell Freezes Over sleepmakeswaves - It's Here, But I Have No Names For It Sprints - Letter to Self A Sudden Burst of Colour - Galvanize
No order. The Lostines - Meet the Lostines Shawn Hess - Wild Onion Phosphorescent - Revelator Lost Dog Street Band - Survived Charley Crocket - 10$ Cowboy Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch Scott Ballew - Rio Bravo Pat Reedy - Make it Back Home Hurray For the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive Pernice Brothers - When Will You Believe John Moreland - Visitor Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood Charlie Parr - Little Sun Rosali - Bite Down Hunter Hicks - Maple Syrup Jar Minor Moon - Light Up Waltz Sierra Ferrel - Trail of Flowers Kaitlin Butts - Roadrunner Felice Brothers - Vallet of Abandoned Songs Mr Sam and the People People - Again Again Little Wings - High on the Glade Desiree Cannon - Radio Heat
1. MGMT - Loss of Life 2. Charli XCX - BRAT 3. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 4. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft 5. Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 6. Brittany Howard - What Now 7. IDLES - TANGK 8. Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism 9. St Vincent - All Born Screaming 10. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 11. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy 12. Allie X - Girl With No Face 13. Gesaffelstein - Gamma 14. Vince Staples - Dark Times 15. Justice - Hyperdrama 16. Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter 17. Bleachers - Bleachers 18. The Smile - Wall of Eyes 19. Tyla - Tyla 20. ILLIT - SUPER REAL ME something like that
Top 10 So Far (no order except Boundaries is my #1) 1. Boundaries - Death is Little More 2. Katie Pruitt - Mantras 3. Lizzy McAlpine - Older 4. Madi Diaz - Weird Faith 5. Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To 6. Sasha Alex Sloan - Me Again 7. Medium Build - Country 8. Stephanie Lambring - Hypocrite 9. Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu of Flowers 10. Bess Atwell - Light Sleeper
the only ones that have really stayed with me so far: 1. Charli XCX - brat 2. SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Coup de Grace 3. The Early November - s/t 4. Bayside - There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive 5. Carly Cosgrove - The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty Porter Robinson will probably be on here soon too
Some really good stuff to my ears so far but the Southtowne lanes album is by far and away my favourite. Southtowne lanes - take care Shapes in the water - reinvent the sun Be safe - unwell The requiem - a cure to poison the world Casey - how to disappear Glass beach - plastic death Barely civil - I’d say I’m not fine Carly cosgrove - the cleanest of houses are empty Riley! - keep your cool Mentah - empty The goalies anxiety at the penalty kick - the lliad and the odyssey…. Stay inside - ferried away Laika songs - slowly spiralling towards the light Annabel - worldviews Seeyouspacecowboy - coup de grace EPs Sweet pill - starchild Slow joy - mi amigo slow joy A place for owls - part 2 Elliott green - kintsugi Winter boyfriend - dandelion Also got to mention that Thursday released my favourite song “application for release from the dream” - its everything I could have wanted from a 2024 Thursday song and more.
My top 20 of the year so far 1. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 2. Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full of Blood 3. Kerry King - From Hell I Rise 4. Mick Mars - The Other Side Of Mars 5. Thou - Umbilical 6. Umbra Vitae - Light Of Death 7. The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards 8. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 9. Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me 10. Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Self Titled 11. Kittie - Fire 12. Ihsahn - Self Titled 13. Green Day - Saviors 14. Deicide - Banished By Sin 15. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She 16. Bon Jovi - Forever 17. Scott Stapp - Higher Power 18. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 19. Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer 20. Creeper - Sanguivore (Speical Edition)
Didn't rank but here is everything I've enjoyed thus far (including a few being released tomorrow): BAT FOR LASHES - The Dream Of Delphi BETH GIBBONS - Lives Outgrown BILLIE EILISH - Hit Me Harder THE BLACK KEYS - Ohio Players BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN - Keep Me On Your Mind / Set You Free BRITTANY HOWARD - What Now CAGE THE ELEPHANT - Neon Pill CASSANDRA JENKINS - My Light, My Destroyer CHARLI XCX - Brat CIGARETTES AFTER SEX - X’s CLOUD NOTHINGS - Final Summer THE DECEMBERISTS - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again DUA LIPA - Radical Optimism EMPRESS OF - For Your Consideration FABIANA PALLADINO - Fabiana Palladino FLETCHER - In Search Of GIRL IN RED - I’m Doing It Again, Baby GOSSIP - Real Power GREEN DAY - Saviors HOVVDY - Hovvdy JOYWAVE - Permanent Pleasure KASEY MUSGRAVES - Deeper Well KASABIAN - Happenings THE LAST DINNER PARTY - Prelude To Ecstasy LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE - Liam Gallagher & John Squire MAGGIE ROGERS - Don’t Forget Me THE MARIAS - Submarine NOVO AMOR - Collapse List PEARL JAM - Dark Matter REAL ESTATE - Daniel REMI WOLF - Big Ideas SHAED - Spinning Out THE SMILE - Wall Of Eyes THE STAVES - All Now STILL CORNERS - Dream Talk SUM 41 - Heaven X Hell TRAVIS - L.A. Times TWENTY ONE PILOTS - Clancy THE VACCINES - Pick-Up Full Of Carnations VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Only God Was ABove Us WAXAHATCHEE - Tigers Blood WILLOW - Emphathogen WINNEKTA BOWLING LEAGUE - Sha La La
Candy - It’s Inside You Burning Lord - Arcane Demolition Charli XCX - Brat Skee Mask - Resort Glitterer - Rationale Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch Vegyn - The Road To Hell Public Acid - Daily Struggle Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well Mostly catching up on older classics but not a ton that I’ve been moved by this year
Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties - In Lieu Of Flowers Anna Tivel - Living Thing Bleachers - Bleachers Carly Cosgrove - The Cleanest Of Houses Are Empty Fletcher - In Search Of The Antidote From Indian Lakes - Head Void Hovvdy - Hovvdy Joywave - Permanent Pleasure Lucy Rose - This Ain't The Way You Go Out Madi Diaz - Weird Faith Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me Medium Build - Country Novo Amor - Collapse List St. Vincent - All Born Screaming Twenty One Pilots - Clancy