Gene's belated 2024 list
been slacking, then didn't care, then forgot. please accept this lacklustre, low effort list. maybe i should have waited 10 years and then it would have been a "retrospective list" |
| 60 |  | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Joe Goddard
Neptunes
EPs
flowery house |
| 59 |  | Pile
Hot Air Balloon
chillout rock b-sides that outshine the core product |
| 58 |  | Ansome
Knucklehead
robot orgy techno |
| 57 |  | Slow Fiction
Crush
good on them for the restraint not to make this gaze |
| 56 |  | Kaonashi
The 3 Faces of Beauty
speed-snorting for self-care |
| 55 |  | Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Eazy Peazy
desctructively quirky |
| 54 |  | Birds in Row and Coilguns
You and I in the Gap
lovesick hxc |
| 53 |  | Maruja
Connla's Well
endless jam session during the apocalypse |
| 52 |  | Yannis and the Yaw
Lagos Paris London
Foals done right |
| 51 |  | Ugly (UK)
Twice Around the Sun
Windmill final boss |
| 50 |  | Blu and Exile
Love (the) Ominous World
albums in approximate order (not exactly 50-1)
hopeful positivist hip-hop with a steady realistic edge and sharp wit |
| 49 |  | Thief
Bleed, Memory
nightmare soundtracks |
| 48 |  | Coilguns
Odd Love
musings in core |
| 47 |  | Honeyglaze
Real Deal
post-scuzz |
| 46 |  | Mary Halvorson
Cloudward
basic jazz for the easies |
| 45 |  | Kamasi Washington
Fearless Movement
crosscultural appeal |
| 44 |  | Home Counties
Exactly As It Seems
middle class kids appeal to upper class kids |
| 43 |  | Melt-Banana
3+5
steady melt |
| 42 |  | Necrowretch
Swords of Dajjal
deserty black metal, as crisp as a potato chip |
| 41 |  | Villagers
That Golden Time
sensitive and sensual rural adorableness |
| 40 |  | Pond (AUS)
Stung!
creezy alt-pop escapism |
| 39 |  | Keeley Forsyth
The Hollow
chamber musci from a haunted manor |
| 38 |  | SUMAC
The Healer
haunted music from a flesh-laden dystopia |
| 37 |  | 070 Shake
Petrichor
the queerest pop this side of a bathhouse rave |
| 36 |  | And Also The Trees
Motherā€‹-ā€‹ofā€‹-ā€‹pearl Moon
post-punkrock stripped and slowed down to a near halt, meditative even |
| 35 |  | Xiu Xiu
13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto...
deconstructed devilish bangers |
| 34 |  | Veilburner
The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom
energetic death mutilations |
| 33 |  | Ravyn Lenae
Bird's Eye
sufficiently bedroomy, exponentially more intimate than my comfort zone allows |
| 32 |  | Vince Staples
Dark Times
ive listened to critically small amount of hip-hop this year, but Dark Times was a banger. certainly Vince's strongest work to date |
| 31 |  | Hidden Mothers
Erosion / Avulsion
breakneck hxc this close to turning metallic |
| 30 |  | Rhun (USA-ME)
Conveyance In Death
stony and ice-cold black metal, thoroughly drenched in ooze |
| 29 |  | Galliano
Halfway Somewhere
international funk-o-jazz clash |
| 28 |  | Frail Body
Artificial Bouquet
it was a toss up between this or State Faults for the core shredder of the year, I liked this one better |
| 27 |  | Mannequin Pussy
I Got Heaven
indie punk that all indie punk should aspire to |
| 26 |  | Mamaleek
Vida Blue
avant-fuck you and a uniquely baseball take on grief |
| 25 |  | Orla Gartland
Everybody Needs A Hero
what Amanda Palmer wishes she still were |
| 24 |  | Murf
Already Dead
rawest Bandcamp punk |
| 23 |  | The Hope Conspiracy
Tools Of Oppression / Rule By Deception
when you just cannot conceal your rage at the system at work |
| 22 |  | Lo Moon
I Wish You Way More Than Luck
paperthin cuts on the heart |
| 21 |  | Laura Marling
Patterns in Repeat
lullabies for your future children about how much your love for them destroys you |
| 20 |  | Bara Zmekova
JedinĆ½ na svÄ›tÄ›
Czech piano-led chamber pop |
| 19 |  | Julia-Sophie
Forgive Too Slow
I tried to search for better words than what Johnny said about it, but yeah it's pretty spot on
A24 ahh beat (but in a good way) |
| 18 |  | Anna Tivel
Living Thing
sparse and ghostly without becoming ghost folk, as the old kids say |
| 17 |  | Hammok
Look How Long Lasting Everything Is Moving Forward
blistering and unstable noise hxc |
| 16 |  | Hamish Hawk
A Firmer Hand
old gays make heartburnt music too |
| 15 |  | Amyl and the Sniffers
Cartoon Darkness
filthy desert garage punk doesn't mean we filthy as people |
| 14 |  | Love Letter
Everyone Wants Something Beautiful
"finding your fix in a world that wants you suffering" ahh beat |
| 13 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
queen of goth banshees makes a statement on witchcraft |
| 12 |  | Finom
Not God
americana folk-rock in the vein of Wilco |
| 11 |  | Blood Incantation
Absolute Elsewhere
historiographer's death metal |
| 10 |  | Floating Points
Cascade
FP's usual quirky downtempo electronic glitter shtick goes for the cutesy vibe |
| 9 |  | The Smile
Wall of Eyes
i miss Radiohead too (i do not miss Yorke and Greenwood's inflated ego-driven bullshit) |
| 8 |  | Gigan
Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus
sci-fi nerds make futuristic arena burners |
| 7 |  | Jessica Pratt
Here In the Pitch
super intimate melancholy for a post-Lynchian world |
| 6 |  | Julie Christmas
Ridiculous and Full of Blood
it's all a fucking joke, cut a smile onto others' faces
all wrapped in a tight avant-metal package |
| 5 |  | Grace Cummings
Ramona
superbly lavish loungy vocal pop. and what a vocal it is, all deep and vibrating, touches your soul |
| 4 |  | Charli XCX
Brat
i hate myself i love myself i hate people i love cocaine |
| 3 |  | Beth Gibbons
Lives Outgrown
get in loser, we goin to hell |
| 2 |  | Nala Sinephro
Endlessness
get in loser, we goin to heaven |
| 1 |  | Uniform
American Standard
all of America is nothing but post-industrial rust belt and I am full of anger but mostly at myself for being unable to do anything about it |
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