Album Of The Year - 2024

[kippaxwarrior]

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy

 

[Coatigan]

Like cramming for exams I’ve been listening to a lot of albums over the last few days to see what I might have missed. Won’t make a top ten just for the sake of it though, currently up to 6 or 7

I've kind of been doing similar, albums that I noticed come out and banked for later. That I couldn't find the time to either properly listen to or couldn't quickly get into, that fell through the cracks. That's outwith my top 20 off the top of my head. You realise how much music gets released in a single year.

 

[Coatigan]

Apparently making lists is a must in musics, so I'm told. So I've gone full Rob and Ob1 on this one.

My top 25 of the year, which will come down to a top 10, in no particular order or as they occur to me:

Sprints - letter to self
Marika Hackman - Big Sigh
Orlando Weeks - Lolla
Teen Mortgage - 'compillation'
IDLES - tangk
Bob Vylan
Local Natives - But I'll wait for you
DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water
Fu Manchu - the return of tomorrow
Greenleaf - the head and the habit
Cloud Cult - alchemy creek
Soft Play - Heavy Jelly
Deadletter - hysterical strength
Man of Moon - machism
W.h Lung - every inch of earth pulsates
Joe & the shitboys - reason for hardcore
Gurriers - come and see
Hamish Hawk - a firmer hand
Los Bitchos - talkie talkie
Michael Kiwanuka - small changes
High Fade - life's too fast
Talk Show - Effigy
Pissed Jeans - half divorced
Gary Clark Jr - jpeg raw
The Bad Plus - complex emotions
Chatte Royale - Mick Torres plays tok fucking loud



Other notable albums I gave a go this year by bands I l like that don't make it into the top 20 for various reasons, including sometimes a lack of commitment on my part.

Yard Act
Neck Deep
Alkaline Trio
The Dead South
Mother Mother
The Snuts
Yard Act
The Black Keys
Sum 41 (why not)
Feeder
Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties
Maggie Rodgers
Pearl Jam
Alien Ant Farm
Iron and Wine
Camera Obscura
Arab Strap
Jesus and Mary Chain
Beth Gibbons
Say Anything
Apocalyptica
Nick cave a d the bad seeds
Eels
The Decemberists
The Story So Far
Phish
Al Di Meola
And So I watch You from Afar
The Cure
Good Looks
Blanket
Amyl and the sniffers
Cursive
Julie
Ezra Collective
Maximo Park
Fever 333
Public service broadcasting
DAWES
Bodega
Touche Amore
Pixies
Primal Scream
King Stingray
October Drift
Wunderhorse
Zeal and Armour
Honeyglaze
Katherine Priddy
Orca Station
Tape Runs Out
Asteroid no.4
Withered Hand
Bill Calahan
Her Picture


And finally a few bands I really like that released EPs and singles but no albums but still worthy of a mention for their contribution to my year.

Midnight Ambulance
Snash
Soapbox
St.Pierre Snake Invasion
Indoor foxes
Cleopatrick
Memorials

 

[M23 Citizen]

Leeds band, Van Houten The Tallest Room (Expanded Edition), is probably my pick for 2024.

 

[Coatigan]

Bump.

10 or so days to go

 

[journolud]

Working my way through the Piccadilly Records review of the year by selectively listening to some of their picks, usually some good ones. A couple today to add to a developing list.

The only problem is to find the time for repeated listens as well as covering as broad a base as possible. Relying a lot on first impressions to pad out my ten although there are four or five have had repeated plays since release

 

[Coatigan]

Working my way through the Piccadilly Records review of the year by selectively listening to some of their picks, usually some good ones. A couple today to add to a developing list.

The only problem is to find the time for repeated listens as well as covering as broad a base as possible. Relying a lot on first impressions to pad out my ten although there are four or five have had repeated plays since release

Imo, if you know, you know.

 

[Black&White&BlueMoon Town]

We had an album released this year nominated not that long ago, so you have at least a top 1 ;)

Nice to get an indirect shout out, even if it still didn't alert me that the bar/pub might be open over here and my legal tender might be good for a pint...

Spotify has since informed me that there's another album I like more, and it didn't make any of Coatigan's long laundry lists of options either. Hmmm. I even got a "personal" (lol) 'thank you' from the lead singer.

No way I'm listening to that many albums with other threads here as BH85 notes. I'll see if I can fit a few more in to get to 10 by next week.

 

[Black&White&BlueMoon Town]

My Album of last year.

An perhaps our collective live show gig of this year (in different venues)? Though the competition is tough here with Local Natives recently. ;-)

 

[Saddleworth2]

I listen to very few new albums being stuck in the late 60s and 70s. Of the few I listened to this year I thought the Vampire Weekend album was interesting ‘Only God was above us’. Reminded me of a few bands I like.