December 31, 2024Dec 31 Here are my favorite 10 albums of the year. After coming up with my list, I wonder where all the male musicians are. Women aren't just owning pop music but it seems like they own all genres now. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She - I spin this album every week. It's a departure from her usual folk black metal and is borderline industrial. Songwriting and production are top notch. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming - I didn't like St. Vincent's early albums that everyone seems to love but the last three have gotten progressively better and this one is her best. I'm oddly in love with her version of this album sang completely in Spanish. It shouldn't work but it works wonderfully. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World - These songs could appear on any of their seminal albums and fit perfectly. There's not a weak track on this record. Bernard Butler - Good Grief - Bernard Butler is an underappreciated guitarist and songwriter. It's Britpop from the lens of a 50-something who has a lot of regret and just wants you to get off his lawn. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy - The lead single was fine but this album has to be listened to as a whole to get the vibe. Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness - If the second half of this album lived up to the first half, this would be my number one pick. The Jesus Lizard - Rack - Have you ever wondered what The Jesus Lizard would sound like with good production? Well, here you go. This sounds like they found some lost tapes from the 90s. Crows - Reason Enough - Crows are my favorite band of the past few years. This album grows past their post punk sounds and leans into Bowie. Kim Gordon - The Collective - 70 year olds shouldn't be making edgy music like this that grows their sound in new ways. Tess Parks - Pomegranate - Like The Last Dinner Party, this album sets a vibe from beginning to end. It's a really good throwback psych/flower child album.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Sturgill Simpson - Passage Du Desir Pearl Jam - Dark Matter Wilderado - Talker Futurebirds - Easy Company Dr. Dog - Dr. Dog Woodland - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Dead Man Winter and Trampled by Turtles - Always Here/Always Now EP Valley of Abandoned Songs - Felice Brothers
January 1Jan 1 11 hours ago, CooterBrown said: The Cure - Songs of a Lost World - These songs could appear on any of their seminal albums and fit perfectly. There's not a weak track on this record. This this this
January 3Jan 3 Ah Hell - Los Campesinos! Romance - Fontaines DC Mahashmashana - Father John Misty Manning Fireworks - MJ Lenderman Songs of a Lost World - The Cure
January 3Jan 3 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us Clairo - Charm Omni - Souvenir Father John Misty - Mahashmashana I've liked everything I've heard from The Last Dinner Party.
January 3Jan 3 My wife loves The Last Dinner Party. I just don't get it. It's OK, I guess. It's just nothing earth shattering IMO. Fortunately, I had a conflict when they rolled through last March and my wife and her friend went. 2 hours ago, Disco Strangler said: Ah Hell - Los Campesinos! Romance - Fontaines DC Mahashmashana - Father John Misty Manning Fireworks - MJ Lenderman Songs of a Lost World - The Cure 2 hours ago, Rip76 said: Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us Clairo - Charm Omni - Souvenir Father John Misty - Mahashmashana I've liked everything I've heard from The Last Dinner Party. My favorite album of the year, I think.
January 3Jan 3 Interesting website. I also enjoyed MJ Lenderman's album very much. https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2024/
January 4Jan 4 Hermanos Gutierrez - Sonido Cosmico Julian Lage - Speak to Me Nick Cave - Wild God The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know FJM VW Sturgill
January 5Jan 5 Manning Fireworks - MJ Lenderman Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee huge drop off Dark Times - Vince Staples Challengers Soundtrack - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Brat - Charlie XCX Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend GNX - Kendrick Lamar
January 6Jan 6 Top 10 49 Winchester "Leavin' This Holler" Waxahatchee "Tiger's Blood" Pearl Jam "Dark Matter" MJ Lenderman "Manning Fireworks" Johnny Blue Skies "Passage Du Desir" Sierra Ferrell "Trail of Flowers" American Aquarium "The Fear of Standing Still" Muscadine Bloodline "The Coastal Plain" Red Shahan "Loose Funky Texas Junky" Tyler Halverson "Western Amerijuana Pt. 2" HM Red Clay Strays "Made By These Moments" Zach Top "Cold Beer & Country Music" Rosali "Bite Down" Cory Waller & The Wicked Things "Redfield"
January 7Jan 7 sturgill simpson- passage du desir st vincent- all born screaming amyl and the sniffers- cartoon darkness soccer mommy- evergreen diiv- frog in boiling water brooks nielsen- a ride i'm waiting for rickshaw billie's burger patrol- big dumb riffs pearl jam- dark matter mj lenderman- manning fireworks jerry cantrell- i want blood
January 9Jan 9 On 12/31/2024 at 8:13 AM, CooterBrown said: St. Vincent - All Born Screaming - I didn't like St. Vincent's early albums that everyone seems to love but the last three have gotten progressively better and this one is her best. I'm oddly in love with her version of this album sang completely in Spanish. It shouldn't work but it works wonderfully. I love the earlier stuff, but this one was really great too.
January 12Jan 12 Tigers Blood was my AOTY too. Not a single miss on that album. She was phenomenal live as well.
January 12Jan 12 On 1/5/2025 at 12:39 PM, Reynolds Woodcock said: Manning Fireworks - MJ Lenderman Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee huge drop off Agreed. Those were my two favorites.
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