Albums and Songs of the Year 2024

[Sawman]

1. Mannequin Pussy - I got heaven

2. Adrienne Lenker - Bright future

3. The Cure - songs of a lost world

4. Billie Eilish - hit me hard and soft

5. Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath

6. Confidence Man - 3am la la la

7. Cassandra Jenkins - my light my destroyer 
7. Michael Kiwanuka - small changes

8. Faye Webster - underdressed at the symphony 

10. Amyl and the Sniffers - cartoon darkness

[Stokesy10]

1. The Libertines - All Quiet...

2. Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy

3. Jack White - No Name

4. Fontaines - Romance

5. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

6. The Smile - Cutouts

7. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

8. The Zutons - The Big Decider

9. Friko - Where We've Been...

10. Deadletter - Hysterical Strength

 

[Chip Batch]

Top albums, in no particular order apart from the top two:

 

Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes

The Smile - Wall of Eyes

English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

 

Honourable mentions:

Pip Blom - Bobbie

Anna Erhard - Botannical Garden

Idles - Tangk

Porridge Radio - Clouds in the Sky Will Always Be There for Me 

Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

 

Songs:-

 

1) Porridge Radio - Pieces of Heaven

2) Fontaines DC - Starburster

3) Amyl and the Sniffers - U Should Not Be Doing That

4) Bon Iver - Speyside

5) The Smile - Bending Hectic

 

Edited December 9 by Chip Batch

[Chip Batch]

You always forget some but I'll add Mertonomy - In Balance to the songs. The Posse EP2 was really good. 

Edited December 10 by Chip Batch

[jonnytee1]

I'll have to think about albums but my song of the year was "Don't" by the hugely underrated Honeyglaze 

[Looother]

I think it's been a pretty strong year. Here are 10 great albums:

Fontaines DC - Romance
Jordan Rakei - The Loop
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Jamie XX - In Waves
Ezra Collective - Dance, No One's Watching
Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes
Nick Cave - Wild God
Leon Bridges - Leon
Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

A few standout songs: L'Amour de ma Vie by Billie Eilish, Things Behind Things Behind Things by Bon Iver, and I really liked Big Special's acoustic version of Black Dog/White Horse.

[Quark]

Just a top 8 for me this year, been slack again on keeping up with releases. No particular order, although it's between Happy Bob and FYILBW for the top spot

 

The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World

Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water - Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water

English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

Lady Blackbird - Slang Spirituals

Jamie xx - In Waves

Lime Garden - One More Thing

Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes

Nick Cave - Wild God

[PDAD]

Been a very quiet listening year for me but I'll go with...

 

1) Bright Eyes - Five Dices, All Threes

2) Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
3) Fontaines DC - Romance
4) Nick Cave + TBS - Wild God

5) Grace Cummings - Ramona

6) Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath

7) Grandaddy - Blue Wav
😎 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

9) Brittany Howard - What Now

10) Kendrick Lamar - GNX

 

Favourite EP: Little Simz - Drop 7 

Favourite Song: BADBADNOTGOOD - Take What's Given

 

Plenty I haven't got round to listening to yet though that are on the list so this is more of a reflection on what I've listened to most...

 

I feel albums of the year lists should be compiled a couple of years after the fact so you can rank based on lasting impact and what's stuck with you the most.

 

[Ben7amin_]

Hmmm thats a few of you including Bright Eyes - Five Dices, All Threes

 

I kind of wrote it off it didnt grab me - (im a massive fan of them). maybe i need to give it another go 

[PDAD]

Just now, Ben7amin_ said:

Hmmm thats a few of you including Bright Eyes - Five Dices, All Threes

 

I kind of wrote it off it didnt grab me - (im a massive fan of them). maybe i need to give it another go 

Bright Eyes may well be my favourite ever band so I was going to give it time even if it wasn't grabbing me straight away … Perhaps I've got a bit of Stockholm syndrome with it as I played the album to death on release 😂

 

But I think it's their best since Cassadaga. I don't go back to 'People's Key' or 'Down In the Weeds...' all that much anymore and maybe the same thing will happen in time with 'Five Dices..' but I've been loving it this year. There are a couple of clunkers ('Hate' is pretty shocking). But 'Real Feel 105', 'El Capitan', 'Bas Jan Ader', 'Tin Soldier Boy'... brilliant! 

[PDAD]

22 hours ago, Avalon_Fields said:

6. Avett Brothers XXX

 

Oooh ... didn't realise they'd done anything - thanks for the heads up! 

 

19 hours ago, Punksnotdead said:

 

1. Bright Eyes - Five dice, all threes

2. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood 

3. Fontaines DC - Romance

 

 

Snap! 😎

[Ben7amin_]

28 minutes ago, PDAD said:

Bright Eyes may well be my favourite ever band so I was going to give it time even if it wasn't grabbing me straight away … Perhaps I've got a bit of Stockholm syndrome with it as I played the album to death on release 😂

 

But I think it's their best since Cassadaga. I don't go back to 'People's Key' or 'Down In the Weeds...' all that much anymore and maybe the same thing will happen in time with 'Five Dices..' but I've been loving it this year. There are a couple of clunkers ('Hate' is pretty shocking). But 'Real Feel 105', 'El Capitan', 'Bas Jan Ader', 'Tin Soldier Boy'... brilliant! 

 

Hmm il give it another spin at some point trouble is i get a few songs in and il be longing to listen to Lifted, Digital or IWWIM instead.  I have to fight that urge lol 

 

Without a doubt Connor is the best lyrics writer around IMO 

Edited December 10 by Ben7amin_

[Quark]

3 hours ago, Quark said:

Just a top 8 for me this year, been slack again on keeping up with releases. No particular order, although it's between Happy Bob and FYILBW for the top spot

 

The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World

Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water - Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water

English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

Lady Blackbird - Slang Spirituals

Jamie xx - In Waves

Lime Garden - One More Thing

Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes

Nick Cave - Wild God

EDIT - forgot to include Fontaines

[Avalon_Fields]

1 hour ago, PDAD said:

Oooh ... didn't realise they'd done anything - thanks for the heads up! 

 

 

Snap! 😎

I thought it was XXX…. but apparently it’s self-titled. If you like the band you’ll like this!

[Watergirl]

TOP 10 ALBUMS

1. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
2. Frank Turner - Undefeated
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God
4. Grace Petrie - Build Something Better
5. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
6. Primal Scream - Come Ahead
7. Niamh Bury - Yellow Roses
8. Lemoncello - Lemoncello
9. Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou - L'Bnat
10. Les Amazones d'Afrique - Musow Danse

 

SONG

And Nothing Is Forever - the Cure

[damo101]

Short and sweet

 

Album - Letter to Self by Sprints

Song - Coast by Kim Deal

[Avalon_Fields]

7 hours ago, Watergirl said:

TOP 10 ALBUMS

1. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
2. Frank Turner - Undefeated
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God
4. Grace Petrie - Build Something Better
5. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
6. Primal Scream - Come Ahead
7. Niamh Bury - Yellow Roses
8. Lemoncello - Lemoncello
9. Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou - L'Bnat
10. Les Amazones d'Afrique - Musow Danse

 

SONG

And Nothing Is Forever - the Cure

Arooj Aftab was quality on The Park this year, and the album’s excellent 

[nikkic]

Jamie XX - In Waves

Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate 

Ben Bohmer - Bloom

Floating Points - Cascade 

Tourist - Memory Morning 

Caribou - Honey

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstacy

Salute - True Magic 

IDLES - Tangk 

Kendrick Lamar - GNX

 

Singles 

 

Joy Orbison - flight fm

Bonobo - Expander

Jamie XX, Romy, Oliver Sim - Waited All Night 

Sammy Virji - If You Need It

Disclosure - She’s Gone, Dance On

Barry Can’t Swim - Still Riding 

Overmono - Gem Lingo (ovr now)

Bicep - Chroma 002 L.A.V.A

Diffrent - A Little Closer 

Overmono, The Streets - Turn The Page

 

DJ Of The Year

 

Ki/Ki

 

 

[Kwendo]

Sega Bodega - Dennis

Charli XCX - Brat

Fievel is Glauque - Rong Weicknes

Iechyd Da - Bill Ryder-Jones

Laura Marling - Patterns

Confidence Man - 3AM (LA LA LA)

Moin - You Never End

Brittany Howard - What Now

Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves

Nia Archives - Silence is Loud

Kendrick Lamar - GNX

 

 

Favourite EP: Club Shy - Shygirl

Favourite Song: Sega Bodega - Deer Teeth

[Meerkat]

Enjoyed going back over some of the albums released earlier this year. 

 

Song of the Year - Reincarnated - Kendrick Lamar

 

Top 10 Albums:

1 - The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

2 - Charli XCX - BRAT

3 - Jack White - No Name

4 - Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

5 - Kendrick Lamar - GNX

6 - English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

7 - Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me

8 - Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

9 - Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

10 - Clairo - Charm

 

 

[Dales]

I ended up with a top 13. The K's would have been number 1 if The Cure had not released their album.

 

1 - The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 

2 - The K's - I Wonder If The World Knows

3 - Fontaines DC - Romance

4 - The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy

5 - Kings of Leon - Can We Please Have Fun

6- NewDad - Madra

7- Lime Garden - One More Thing

8 - Red Rum Club - Western Approaches

9 - Amyl & The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

10 - Soft Play - Heavy Jelly

11 - Red Rum Club - Western Approaches

12 - Idles - Tangk

13 - Frank Turner - Undefeated

 

 

[Gnomicide]

32 minutes ago, Dales said:

I ended up with a top 13. The K's would have been number 1 if The Cure had not released their album.

 

1 - The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 

2 - The K's - I Wonder If The World Knows

3 - Fontaines DC - Romance

4 - The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy

5 - Kings of Leon - Can We Please Have Fun

6- NewDad - Madra

7- Lime Garden - One More Thing

8 - Red Rum Club - Western Approaches

9 - Amyl & The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

10 - Soft Play - Heavy Jelly

11 - Red Rum Club - Western Approaches

12 - Idles - Tangk

13 - Frank Turner - Undefeated

 

 

 

Red Rum Club so good, they made it twice.

[Dales]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

 

Red Rum Club so good, they made it twice.

 

Yeah, I do like that album ☺️

 

I have confused myself. I now don't know if their album is better or worse then Amyl or Soft Play.

[Solidgold]

1. Vera Sola - Peacemaker

2. DEADLETTER - Hysterical Strength 

3. Amyl & the sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

4. Maidavale - Sun dog

5. The Mysterines - Afraid of Tomorrow’s 

 

Vera Sola, a thank you radio 6 discovery. 

Deadletter , festival discovery of the year, met band , became obsessed.

The Mysterines, don’t know what’s happened to them, just disappeared,very sad. Hope they’re all well and back soon.

Edited 2 hours ago by Solidgold
Grammer

[tomlc]

Albums 

 

1. Michael Head and the red elastic band - Loophole

2. Another Sky - Beach Day

3. Michael Kiwanuka - Small changes 

 

Song 

 

Soft Play - Everything and Nothing