What better way to ring in the new year than by revisiting some favorite musical moments of 2024? This year’s wrap-up show consists solely of selections from my top albums, all 15 of ’em (plus two runners-up). Links are in the running playlist directly beneath, or you can scroll to the bottom to see where each landed.
PLAYLIST
The Sheaves – Sanctum Cross
https://sheaves.bandcamp.com/album/a-salve-for-institution
Soup Activists – Jeffrey Jarvis
https://soupactivists.bandcamp.com/album/mummy-what-are-flowers-for
Alvilda – Angoisse
https://alvilda.bandcamp.com/album/cest-d-j-lheure
Marbled Eye – In the Static
https://marbledeye.bandcamp.com/album/read-the-air
Program – Lining Up
https://programbandmel.bandcamp.com/album/its-a-sign
Jim Nothing – Raleigh Arena
https://jimnothing.bandcamp.com/album/grey-eyes-grey-lynn
Sharp Pins – Is It Better
https://sharppins.bandcamp.com/album/radio-ddr
Chime School – Why Don’t You Come Out Tonight?
https://chimeschool.bandcamp.com/album/the-boy-who-ran-the-paisley-hotel
The Umbrellas – When You Find Out
https://theumbrellasca.bandcamp.com/album/fairweather-friend
Mo Dotti – whirling sad
https://mo-dotti.bandcamp.com/album/opaque
Shop Regulars – Off Season Walker
https://shopregulars.bandcamp.com/album/shop-regulars-2
Feeling Figures – Swimming
https://feelingfigures.bandcamp.com/album/everything-around-you
Holiday Ghosts – Big Congratulations
https://holidayghosts.bandcamp.com/album/coat-of-arms
neutrals – Wish You Were Here
https://neutrals.bandcamp.com/album/new-town-dream
Dummy – Nine Clean Nails
https://notdummy.bandcamp.com/album/free-energy
The Slugs – Maybe
https://theslugsband.bandcamp.com/album/a-song-for-every-feeling
Cœur À L’Index – Minette
https://coeuralindex.bandcamp.com/album/adieu-minette
Cycles Per Second :: Best of 2024
Top LPs
- Dummy – Free Energy (Trouble In Mind Records)
- neutrals – New Town Dream (Slumberland Records/Static Shock Records)
- Holiday Ghosts – Coat Of Arms (FatCat Records)
- Feeling Figures – Everything Around You (K Records/Perennial)
- Shop Regulars – Shop Regulars (Merrie Melodies)
- Mo Dotti – opaque (self-released)
- The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend (Slumberland Records)
- Chime School – The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel (Slumberland Records)
- Sharp Pins – Radio DDR (self-released)
- Jim Nothing – Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn (Meritorio Records/Melted Ice Cream)
- Program – It’s a Sign (Anti Fade Records)
- Marbled Eye – Read the Air (Summer Shade/Digital Regress)
- Alvilda – C’est Déjà L’heure (Static Shock Records)
- Soup Activists – Mummy What are Flowers For? (Inscrutable Records)
- the sheaves – A Salve For Institution (Dot Dash Sounds)
Honorable Mention LPs
The Slugs – A Song For Every Feeling (Related Records)
Cœur À L’Index – Adieu Minette (LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS)