I'm no purveyor of cool nor did I get that adventurous in my listening journey outside of my deep dive into Italian new and dark wave this year. But I like what I like, and what I liked in 2024 are the following albums:
So much good music this year, especially out of Chicago...
Amy O - "Mirror, Reflect" (Winspear)
Beastii - "Follower" (self-released)
Beyoncé - "Cowboy Carter" (Parkwood Entertainment)
Bloodhype - "Trendoids" (self-released)
Bnny - "One Million Love Songs" (Fire Talk)
Cassie Ramone - "Sweetheart" (CD-R)
Chat Pile - "Cool World" (Flenser Records)
Clickbait - "At Your Leisure" (self-released)
Crumbs - "You're Just Jealous" (Skep Wax)
Home Entertainment - "Qi" (self-released)
Impulsive Hearts - "Fit 4 the Apocalypse" (Cavity Search)
Outer World - "Who Does the Music Love?" (HHBTM)
Shannon & The Clams - "The Moon Is In The Wrong Place" (Easy Eye Sound)
Shellac - "To All Trains" (Touch and Go)
St. Vincent - "All Born Screaming" (Total Pleasure)
Valebol - "Valebol" (Otherly Love)
Favorite vinyl reissues of 2024:
Erica Dawn Lyle and Vice Cooler - "Land Trust: Benefit For North East Farmers of Color" (Get Better)
Korea Girl - "Korea Girl" (Asian Man)
Blood Brothers - "Crimes" (Epitaph)
The Italian stuff I mentioned:
Spittle Records is a good place to start. It's been doing a lot of reissues from the Italian 80s rock scene and I picked up "C'est Disco" by Rats and "Dark Age" by Neon. Excellent catalog. Highly recommend exploring.
Throughout December, 
