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Joe Held: Rebellious Jukebox writesCHIRP Radio’s Best of 2024: Joe Held

CHIRP Radio Best of 2024Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2024. Our next list is from DJ and Record Donations Coordinator & Sales Manager Joe Held (Host DJ of Rebellious Jukebox).

2024 was another year when many great albums were released. Here’s a list of my top ten favorites from the year (not ranked). Hopefully you’ll give them a listen and purchase some of the albums at a local independent record store.

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl & the Sniffers (Virgin)

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Amyl & the Sniffers Cartoon Darkness

Look to the East, Look to the West by Camera Obscura (Merge)

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Camera Obscura Look to the East, Look to the West

Nobody Loves You More by Kim Deal (4AD)

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Kim Deal Nobody Loves You More

Elude the Torch by The Drin (Feel It)

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The Drin Elude the Torch

Dance, No One’s Watching by Ezra Collective (Partisan)

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Ezra Collective Dance, No One’s Watching

Romance by Fontaines D.C. (XL)

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Fontaines D.C. Romance

Small Changes by Michael Kiwanuka (Polydor)

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Michael Kiwanuka Small Changes

Small Medium Large by SML (International Anthem)

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SML Small Medium Large

Letter to Self by Sprints (City Slang)

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Sprints Letter to Self

Cincinnati, Ohio by Wussy (Shake-It)

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Wussy Cincinnati, Ohio

Honorable Mentions

And here are many more excellent albums released in 2024 which deserve recognition, but didn’t make it to my top ten favorites list…

Anna Butterss - Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem)
Corridor - Mimi (Sub Pop)
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (Fiction/Polydor/Capitol)
DEHD - Poetry (Fat Possum) [Local Artist]
Dummy - Free Energy (Trouble in Mind)
English Teacher - This Could Be Texas (Island)
Fat Dog - Woof. (Domino)
Friedberg - Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
Angelica Garcia - Gemelo (Partisan)
Nubya Garcia - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Idles - Tangk (Partisan)
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, and Marta Sofia Honer - The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem)
Klaus Johann Grobe – Io Tu Il Loro (Trouble in Mind)
Marcel Wave - Something Looming (Feel It)
Dent May - What’s for Breakfast? (Carpark)
Orgone - Chimera (3 Palms)
Osees - SORCS 80 (Castle Face)
Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream (Colemine)
Nala Sinephro - Enlessness (Warp)
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (Anti-)
Yannis & the Yaw feat. Tony Allen - Lagos Paris London (Transgressive)
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor (Ninja Tune)

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