Favorite Music :: 2024
Some singles, some EPs and some full-length albums.
These have been 50 of my favorite releases of 2024. Selections are in alphabetical order because you can’t rank music.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
Some singles, some EPs and some full-length albums.
These have been 50 of my favorite releases of 2024. Selections are in alphabetical order because you can’t rank music.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
Here are my favorite 20 releases of 2024 so far.
Ghosted II by Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
Live in Paris 1973 by Can
Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons
the Collective by Kim Gordon
Blu Wav by Grandaddy
the Handover by the Handover
Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker
Drop 7 by Little Simz
Two Improvisations by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock
Locust Land by Bill MacKay
Funeral For Justice by Mdou Moctar
the Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis by The Messthetics
David Nance & Mowed Sound by David Nance
Bite Down by Rosali
Water Still Flows by Rich Ruth
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace by Shabaka
Exotic Birds of Prey by Shabazz Palaces
Time Is Glass by Six Organs of Admittance
Africa Yontii by Tidiane Thiam
Tiger’s Blood by Waxahatchee
Here’s the dealio, my coolios.
Each year, I keep a running diary of sorts of all of the things I liked each year. If you’re interested (which I doubt you are), you can follow along with my real-time unedited yearly bookkeeping here.
At the end of each year I try to cull down the music section to what really defined my year musically. No ranking. Just great music. Here are 50 of my favorite 2021 albums in alphabetical order.
Albums In Visual Alphabetical Order:
Albums In Alphabetical Alphabetical Order:
Social Music at Troost Vol.1 by 75 Dollar Bill
Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders // Elixor of Life by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders
Khaira Arby in New York (Live in 2010) by Khaira Arby
House Music by Bell Orchestre
Valdez by Birds of Maya
Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
All These Years by Phil Cook
Home Video by Lucy Dacus
Kanawa by Nahawa Doumbia
The Golden Lag by Elkhorn
Admonitions by Endless Boogie
Drew Gardner by Drew Gardner
Ghost of Vroom 1 by Ghost of Vroom
Leap by Girls in Airports
Couleur by Dobet Gnahoré
G_d's Pee At States End! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Other You by Steve Gunn
Quietly Blowing It by Hiss Golden Messenger
The Dharma Wheel by Howlin’ Rain
Brian Jackson JID008 by Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound by Kasai Allstars
Heavy Sun by Daniel Lanois
Now by Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble
Hey What by Low
Sound Ancestors by Madlib
Hope by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Ghost Songs by Bachar Mar-Khalifé
Tezeta by Hailu Mergia
Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar
Dark In Here by the Mountain Goats
World What World by Mountain Movers
Tropicale Moon by Mouth Painter
Teenage Dreams by Native Soul
descension (Out of Our Constrictions) by Natural Information Society/Evan Parker
Another Side by Leo Nocentelli (1971)
Making and Then Unmaking by Derek Piotr
Earth Trip by Rose City Band
East Pakistan Sky by Ustad Saami
Nine by Sault
The Veiled Sea by Six Organs of Admittance
Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet
Renewal by Billy Strings
Superwolves by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
Deep Fried Grandeur by Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo
Course In Fable by Ryley Walker
Yaral Sa Doom by Wau Wau Collectif
Eau’d To A Fake Boogie Volume 4 by Wet Tuna
Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley
Urban Driftwood by Yasmin Williams
Way Down in the Rust Bucket by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Browse my favorite albums of the year
Browse my “2021 Yearly Wrap-it-Up” which is really a ramble about seeing Phish
Browse my favorite books of 2021
Browse my favorite movies of 2021
Browse my favorite television of 2021
Listen to a nearly 5-hour very low quality mix of one song from each of my favorite albums of 2021 called “Soundtrack to the Collective Meltdown”
Can live in Paris at Bataclan; 22 March 1973.
Setlist
Spoon
Pinch
Sing Swan Song
Visit Can’s official website (Spoon Records)
Follow Can on Facebook
Purchase the album at Amazon
Listen to “Oh Yeah” from Tago Mago on Episode 26 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow
Can Live At Rockpalast (1970)
Setlist:
Sense All To Mine
Oh Yeah
I Feel Alright
Don’t Turn The Light On (Leave Me Alone)
Mother Sky
Deadlock
Paperhouse
Bring Me Coffee Or Tea
Besetzung:
Holger Czukay - bass
Irmin Schmidt - organ
Michael Karoli - guitar
Jaki Liebezeit - drums
Damo Suzuki - vocals
Visit Can’s official website (Spoon Records).
Follow Can on Facebook.
Purchase the album at Amazon.
Listen to “Oh Yeah” from Tago Mago on Episode 26 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow.
I don’t know anything about this video other than what the official Can facebook post says:
“Such a pleasure to hear «Sing Swan Song» playing live. It was in 1973 at Bataclan in France.”
Perhaps you know more? Maybe you don’t. Either way, what a treat to have this video. Prime Can in their prime.
I assume that if you’re here at this particular music blog, you are already familiar with Can, but on the off-chance that is not the case, here’s what I said about them for the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow Episode 26:
“Experimental group Can was founded in Cologne, Germany in 1968. Describing themselves as an "anarchist community"and largely ignored conventional methods, instead, constructing their music through improvisation and editing, using the studio itself as an instrument. Though the band did not enjoy much commercial success during their span, they are continually regarded as a highly influential group among rock, avant-garde and electronic musics. Though the group had a rotating lineup, drummer Jaki Liebezeit was a constant and “is credited with the band’s name, stylised in capital letters and standing for “Communism, Anarchism, Nihilism.”
Visit Can’s official website (Spoon Records).
Follow Can on Facebook.
Purchase the album at Amazon.
Listen to “Oh Yeah” from Tago Mago on Episode 26 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow.