I never make an ordered list, but here are some of the records I went back to again and again in 2024. Lots of locals on the list again this year -- let's hear it for our city's music scene!
...It's been a long year. I took a leave from my CHIRP show. My dad got sick and died. I crashed my car. My second son was born. I didn't think I'd get to write one of these this year, but thanks to a last-minute deadline extension, I do, and for that I'm grateful. I can hear the baby stirring in his bassinet; by the time I finish this, it'll be time to feed him, and commence another winter night's tasks. I'm not getting much sleep tonight. I'm not getting much sleep at all these days. We're 23 hours from the new year as I write this, and all I want for 2025 is boredom. Through all that, I listened to over 300 records in 2024, the best of which I'll carry into next year as mementos, as trophies, as badges that say "Somehow, we made it." Take a look today, and maybe tomorrow, then get ready. A fresh year of records starts this week. Who's going to listen to them if not us?
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2024. Our next list is from DJ Peter Buckshot.
2024. A year that historians will point at with some scrutiny for some reason or another. A year in which my son can string together a sentence like "On Skibidi I'm about to crash out on you" and I'm somehow able to translate it as if I am also a 10 year old boy. A year in which I listened to these 10 albums that I truly enjoyed and resonated with on some pseudo-spiritual level.
Throughout December,