2024: My Year In Music

  MY TEN FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2024

(IN NO PARTICULAR HIERARCHY)

/// Goat Girl - Below The Waste
 A delicate darkness seeps in from beneath.

/// The Smile - Cutouts
A really great record that doesn't quite sound like Radiohead.

/// The Smile - Wall Of Eyes
A fantastic Radiohead record disguised as The Smile.  

/// Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

The figure on the album cover illustrates it well.

/// Field Guide - Rootin' For Ya

Witnessing an intimate solo performance really endeared me towards his music.

/// El Perro del Mar - Big Anonymous
A deep and beautiful despair.

/// HOMESHAKE - CD Wallet

Conjuring plenty of college radio nostalgia.

/// Being Dead - EELS
Bringing sweet harmony to all the goofy girls and boys.

/// Reyna Tropical - Malegría
¡Rica suave! (RIP Nectali Diaz)

/// Vacations - No Place Like Home

My son introduced me to these cats and I really latched onto their latest album.

::: || HONORABLE MENTIONS OF 2024 || ::: 

Angelica Garcia - Gemelo

Maria Chiara Argirò - Closer

Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons

Brijean - Marco

Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent

Pearl & The Oysters - Planet Pearl

Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come

Ann Annie - The Wind

Summer Like The Season - Aggregator

Bibio - Phantom Brickworks (LP II)

::: || MY FAVORITE LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2024 || ::: 

Patrick Watson + The Boise Philharmonic + Ballet Idaho @ The Morrison Center - Boise, ID

So many artists performing together simultaneously made for a very special and moving performance that brought tears to my eyes on multiple occasions. 

HOMESHAKE @ The Shrine Social Club - Boise, ID

This eclectic and sometimes odd set roped me in pretty quickly, but playing Listerine as the crushing encore definitely sealed the deal.