[Music] Albums 2024

[CHAPPERS]

Bill Ryder Jones and Fabiana Palladio the highlights for me but I’ve also been very taken by Pys Melen - Fel Efeilliaid

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

MY ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

Geordie Greep - The New Sound

MY MOST PLAYED ON SPOTYFY

Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent
Lufthansa - Далеку од вистинското нешто

GREAT ALBUMS BUT MY TASTES HAVE CHANGED (sorry)

The The - Ensoulment
The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World*

LOOKED FORWARD TO BUT WISH I HADN’T BOTHERED

Black Grape - Orange Head

TURN UP OF THE YEAR

Knee Cap - A Fine Art

EDIT: I’m gonna give The Cure a couple more listens today (so don’t shoot me yet)

 

[Machiavelli]

Here’s mine

My albums of the year ….

The Cure - Songs of a Lost World YES
Nick Cave - Wild God YES
Beak - >>>> YES
Floating Points - Cascade HAVEN'T HEARD WILL GIVE IT A GO
Crack Cloud - Red Mile
Uniform - American Standard
Kali Malone - All Life Long
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Nubya Garcia - Odyssey. YES
Public Service Broadcasting - The Last Flight.

Would add:
Beth Gibbons and M J Lenderman which vy with The Cure for AotY
Also:
Wunderhorse
Mount Kimbie
Shabaka
GYBE

 

[jackalbion]

My Album of the year:

MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

Other Albums I liked a lot in no particular order:

Wunderhorse - Midas
Fontaines D.C. - Romance
Yard Act - Wheres my Utopia?
Nilufer Yanya - My Method Actor
Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violet
Kim Gordon - The Collective
Charli XCX - Brat
Bodega - This Brand Could be Your Life
Goat Girl - Below the Waste
Confidence Man - 3AM (La La La)
Geordie Greep - The New Sound
Fat Dog - Woof
Kneecap - Fine Art
Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
Lime Garden - One More Thing
Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me
The Bug Club - On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
Crack Cloud - Red Mile

 

[Talby]

Some of my favourite things from this year :

Our Girl - the good kind

The Cure - songs of a lost world

MOIN - you never end

David Lance Callahan - down to the marshes

Bill Ryder Jones - Iechyd Da

King Hannah - Big Swimmer

Goat - Goat

Seefeel - squared roots

Jon Hopkins - ritual

Pye Corner Audio - the endless echo

 

[AstroSloth]

For me AOTU has to be

Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

Huge year for them and heavy music in general, Gojira at the Olympics and them playing Jimmy Kimmel really showed some top quality heavy music.

Other picks:

Bilmuri - American Motor Sports
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
Crossfaith - AЯK
Poppy - Negative Spaces

 

[Pogue Mahone]

My favourites from this year:

Justice - Hyperdrama
Fontaines DC - Romance
Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues
Jamie XX - In Waves
Yard Act - Where's My Utopia?
Fred Again.. - Ten Days
Kneecap - Fine Art
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
Kate Nash - 9 Sad Symphonies
Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

MY ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

Geordie Greep - The New Sound

I'll have my 10% finders fee in beer

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

I'll have my 10% finders fee in beer

Don’t think so, yours was that American dude. I’ve been a Black Midi fan for a while

 

[morematey]

My Album of the year:

MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

Other Albums I liked a lot in no particular order:

Wunderhorse - Midas
Fontaines D.C. - Romance
Yard Act - Wheres my Utopia?
Nilufer Yanya - My Method Actor
Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violet
Kim Gordon - The Collective
Charli XCX - Brat
Bodega - This Brand Could be Your Life
Goat Girl - Below the Waste
Confidence Man - 3AM (La La La)
Geordie Greep - The New Sound
Fat Dog - Woof
Kneecap - Fine Art
Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
Lime Garden - One More Thing
Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me
The Bug Club - On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
Crack Cloud - Red Mile

This is a pretty de facto list; I’d prob only add Honeyglaze, Big Special and Vampire Weekend.

Sounds like half the forum will be at MJ Lenderman on 30th May. I’m astonished it isn’t sold out yet.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Some of my favourite things from this year :

Our Girl - the good kind

The Cure - songs of a lost world

MOIN - you never end

David Lance Callahan - down to the marshes

Bill Ryder Jones - Iechyd Da

King Hannah - Big Swimmer

Goat - Goat

Seefeel - squared roots

Jon Hopkins - ritual

Pye Corner Audio - the endless echo

I’d forgotten about the Jon Hopkins album. Thanks did the reminder.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

This MJ Lenderman album is popping up everywhere in EoY lists. Must listen.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Don’t think so, yours was that American dude. I’ve been a Black Midi fan for a while

My bad, apologies

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Don’t think so, yours was that American dude. I’ve been a Black Midi fan for a while

My bad, apologies

I think this is the closest this thread has come to a bin fest

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

My top 5...

1) Father John Misty-Mahashmashana

2) Einsturzende Neubauten...Rampen

3) The The...Ensoulment

4) Peter Perrett-The Cleansing

5) Amyl and the Sniffers-Cartoon Darkness

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Don’t think so, yours was that American dude. I’ve been a Black Midi fan for a while

Likewise a Black Midi fan, and a fan of their drummer specifically. I once deliberately positioned myself directly in front of him at a gig, he’s great to watch. He’s a brilliant combination of power and pattern. I was then slightly surprised to learn he’s the drummer on the Nala Sinephro album….which is gentle and skittering.

TL. DR the Black Midi drummer is a real talent.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Nala Sinephro’s Endlessness is also another on my list which I forgot.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

1) Father John Misty-Mahashmashana

That’s the geezer, you can have the credit for that, I very much enjoyed.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

I think this is the closest this thread has come to a bin fest

Well, exactly, this is why music trumps football for me, most of the time we’re all on the same side and when we’re not we quickly get over it.

 

[AstroSloth]

Likewise a Black Midi fan, and a fan of their drummer specifically. I once deliberately positioned myself directly in front of him at a gig, he’s great to watch. He’s a brilliant combination of power and pattern. I was then slightly surprised to learn he’s the drummer on the Nala Sinephro album….which is gentle and skittering.

TL. DR the Black Midi drummer is a real talent.

If you're a fan of drumming then this is a great video. Incredibly talented drummer who states his playing is influenced by gospel, pop, hip hop and metal.