BEST OF 2024: TOP ALBUMS AND TOP SONGS

Alrightyy. The theme of this year's end-of-year-wrap-up is INDIE ROCK IS NOT DEAD!!!! After Covid, with the rise of Phoebe Bridgers and Faye Webster and that era of indie rock, I kinda felt over the genre --it felt like a lot of it was starting to sound too similar and sometimes derivative. This year proved that the genre is still continuing to grow and expand and impress me. So many great indie rock records were released this year, and honestly most of my top records are in the genre. 

As always, my top 10 albums don't necessarily align with my most highly rated, but they are the ones to which I kept returning over and over; they are also all albums that inspired me a lot. In terms of stats, this year (so far) I listened to 262 albums, 174 of which were released in 2024. I also put out 178 new reviews this year and went to 21 concerts. Not as many as 2023 on all counts, but I was a busy bee in many other realms. Let's get into it, and as always free Palestine. 

Spotify Playlist here!!

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2024

1. Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee

2. brat by Charli XCX

3. Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

4. Emita Ox by Hello Mary

5. Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild by Merce Lemon

6. Box for Buddy, Box for Star by This is Lorelei

7. Way To Be by youbet 

8. Minotaur by Tex Patrello 

9. Lily of the Valley by 22° Halo 

10. Full Body 2 on Audiotree Live by Full Body 2

TOP EP'S OF 2024

1. Oxford Gardens by Devon Ross

2. how it feels by Decay

TOP 30 SONGS OF 2024

1. Where's Your Love Now, This is Lorelei

2. Alone, Greg Mendez

3. Baby Blue, Cindy Lee

4. Chemtrails, Chastity Belt

5. Wristwatch, MJ Lenderman

6. Things I Claim, Nina Ryser

7. All I Want Is You, Cindy Lee

8. I Don't Wanna, Devon Ross

9. Backyard Lover, Merce Lemon

10. She's Leaving You, MJ Lenderman

11. Knowing You, Hello Mary

12. Diet Pepsi, Addison Rae

13. Club Classics featuring bb trickz, Charli XCX and Bb trickz

14. Comet, Tobias

15. Vacancy, youbet

16. Slick-Dick's Baby, Tex Patrello

17. Will You Do Me A Kindness, Merce Lemon

18. Turn it up, Pinkpantheress

19. Lego Ring, Faye Webster and Lil Yachty

20. Nurture, youbet

21. I Walk, Mount Eerie

22. Sadness As A Gift, Adrienne Lenker

23. 99¢, Marni

24. I Said What I Said, The Softies

25. Bird Sanctuary, 22° Halo 

26. Never Arriving, Allegra Krieger

27. Three, Hello Mary

28. can't return to (interlude) - Audiotree Live version, Full Body 2

29. This Thread Is a Green Street, The Innocence Mission

30. clairbourne practice, julie

FAVE SHOWS OF THE YEAR

1. Jessica Lea Mayfield at Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco (12/17/24)

2. Cindy Lee at the Sinkhole, St. Louis (5/1/24)

3. Her New Knife, Frost Children, and julie at The Independent, San Francisco (11/6/24)

C U NEXT YEAR!!!!!!