New to me
These only properly came into my life in 2024, but are from previous years.
- Lael Neale - Star Eaters Delight (2023) and Acquainted with Night (2021) (both Sub Pop)
Lael Neale was my most listened to artist (digitally) in 2024, and Star Eaters Delight my most listened to album (digitally). Definitely my favourite of the year, regardless of release date.
- Tapper Zukie - Man Ah Warrior (Count Shelly) (1973)
- Lonnie Holley - MITH (2018) and Oh Me Oh My (2023) (both Jagjaguwar)
- Carlos Niño & Friends - More Energy Fields, Current (International Anthem) (2021)
- Portron Portron Lopez - Ice Cream Soufi (Les Potagers Natures / La Loutre Par Les Cornes / Le Riffifi A Sete / Redwig) (2022)
- Loose Fit - Social Graces (FatCat) (2022)
- The Reds, Pinks & Purples - They Only Wanted Your Soul (Slumberland) (2022)
- Lloyd’s House - The Masochist (Wish Fulfillment Press) (2023)
- Craven Faults - Standers (Leaf) (2023)
- MF Tomlinson - We Are Still Wild Horses (PRAH) (2023)
- David Ross Linklater and Phillip Jon Taylor - Star Muck Bourach (Wish Fulfillment Press) (2023)
- Humour - A Small Crowd Gathered to Watch Me (self release) (2023)
- Tommy Perman - The Resonant Viaduct (Blackford Hill) (2023)
Reissues
- The Aggrovators - Dubbing At King Tubby's (VP Records)
- 22 Beaches - Dust: Recordings 1980-1984 (Seated)
- Various - Congo Funk! - Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Analog Africa)
- Fire Engines - Chrome Dawns (Cherry Red)
Compilations
- Various - Cardinals at the Window - charity compilation for hurricane relief and recovery in Western North Carolina
Live recordings
- Site Nonsite - Live at Delia's Third Happening (Obvious Things)
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem / Nonesuch)
- Deerhoof - The Free Triple Live Album (self release)
- Royal Headache - Live In America (What's Your Rupture?)
Albums
- The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Unwishing Well and Still Clouds At Noon (both Slumberland)
- Ibukun Sunday - Harmony/Balance (Phantom Limb)
- Kim Gordon - The Collective (Matador)
- Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future (4AD)
- Former Champ - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (self release)
- otherwards - "soft metal" (self release)
- Phillip Jon Taylor - De Nada (Wish Fulfillment Press)
- Sarah/Shaun - It's True What They Say? (Hobbes Music)
- Karen Vogt - Waterlog (Nite Hive)
- Adam Stafford - Daylight Slavings (Gerry Loves Records) - Yes I released this, I'm biased, I don't care, it's great
- Afterlands - We Are the Animals in the Night (Lost Map)
- Jogging House - Rendezvous (Seil)
- KMRU - forge (Seil)
- Thundermoon - We Can Do Better Than This (New Teeth)
- Man Rei - Thread (Somewhere Press)
- Bill Orcutt - How to Rescue Things (Palilalia)
- Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol (Anti-)
- Charli XCX - Brat (Atlantic)
- Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God and The King Of My Decrepit Mountain (Heavenly)
- Jill Lorean - Peace Cult (Monohands)
- Khruangbin - A LA SALA (Dead Oceans / Night Time Stories)
- Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (Domino)
- MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks (Anti-)
- Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power (Tonal Union)
- Kathryn Joseph and Lomond Campbell - for you who are the wronged (Lomond Campbell Remixes) (Rock Action)
- Kinbote - Hemisphere (Lost Map)
- Alan Sparhawk - White Roses, My God (Sub Pop)
- Dana Gavanski - LATE SLAP (Full Time Hobby)
- Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer / City Slang)
- Arab Strap - I'm totally fine with it 👍 don't give a fuck anymore 👍 (Rock Action)
- Andrew Wasylyk | Tommy Perman - Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On (Clay Pipe)
- Daudi Matsiko - The King of Misery (Really Good / Albert's Favourites)
- Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (self release / W.25TH)
