Albums of the Year 2024

Some of our programmer’s favorite music from 2024

Martha Nachman – The Music Never Stopped

Highway Prayers – Billy Strings – Reprise

Billy Strings Live, Vol. 1 – Billy Strings – Reprise

Trail Of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell – Rounder

Only God Was Above Us – Vampire Weekend – Columbia

$10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett – Son Of Davy

Tigers Blood – Waxahatchee – Anti-

The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers – Ramseur

As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again – The Decemberists – Yabb

Pagan Church – John Craigie – Zabriskie Point

Moon and Stars – The Mavericks – Mono Mundo

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Brendan Toller

Kevin Patrick – So Many Records, So Little Time 

Beautiful People – Black Keys – Nonesuch

Big Time Nothing – St. Vincent – Total Pleasure

How You Move – Charlotte de Witte – KNTXT

Little Foot Big Foot – Childish Gambino – RCA

Someone Else – Joan Armatrading – BMG

We Play – Coldplay – Parlophone

Bread (LP) – Sofi Tukker – Sofi Tukker

Prism Of Pleasure (LP) – Elkka – Ninja

Strawberry Hotel – Underworld – Virgin

X’s(LP) – Cigarettes After Sex – Partisan

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Mike Horyczun

North Star – Carol Wise – Soul Cricket

Free Treasure – Adrianne Lenker – 4AD

Remembrance (LP) – Chick Correa and Bela Fleck – Thirty Tigers

Donegal(LP) – Altan – Compass

Terre Madre (LP) – Beppe Gambetta – Mother Earth

My Sister Evangeline – Goodnight Moonshine – Keep The Spark

The Earth Turns And So Do We (LP) – The Honey Badgers – The Honey Badgers

The Other Side – Rachel Sage – MPRESS

Open The Road – Leyla McCalla – Anti/Epitaph

Taking My Time – Hannah Dunne – Hannah Dunne

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Rich Kaminsky – Off-Beat

Tim : Ed Stasium 2024 Remix/Remaster – The Replacements – Rhino

Lád Cúig – Lád Cúig – self

Life! – Saturday Night Karaoke – Waterslide Import

4ever – Axolotes Mexicanos – Elefant

Indian Burn – Ken Yokoyama – Pizza of Death

La Ville Engloutie – Les Breastfeeders – Bonsound

All Of This Awaits You – Swami & the Bed of Nails – Rise Records

Adieu Minette – Cœur À L’index – La Vida Es Un Mus Discos

Smoke and Fiction – X – Fat Possum

Poppin’ Up Again – The Yum Yums – Rum Bar

If It Sucks, Turn It Up – Dune Rats – BMG

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Bob Anderson – A Little Bit Of Everything

One Eyed Band – The Mommyheads – The Mommyheads

Indoor Safari – Nick Lowe – Yep Roc

Nite Owls – JD McPherson – New West

Night Reign – Arooj Aftab – Verve

Tigers Blood – Waxahatchee – Anti

Wall Of Eyes – The Smile – XL

Romance – Fontaines D.C. – XL

You Think This America – Tarbaby – Giant Step

Keep Me On Your Mind/Set You Free – Bonny Light Horseman – Jagjaguwar

Blackgrass: From West Virginia To 125th Street – SwampDogg – Oh Boy

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Rob Silber – Rock Therapy

Pop Treasures – The Half-Cubes – Big Stir

Defiance Pt II: Fiction – Ian Hunter – Sun

Girl Friends – Dion – Keeping The Blues Alive

Live At Daryl’s House Club – Willie Nile – River House

Hang In There With Me – Amy Rigby – Tapete

Octoberland – The Armoires – Big Stir

The Dictators – The Dictators – Valley

The Hard Way Blues – Jesse Dayton – Hardcharger

Transmissions – Stephen Clair – Rock City

Here I Am – Alice Wallace – Mule Kick

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Amy Wachtel (The Night Nurse) – Rockers Arena

“I Want You” (Single) – Ini Kamoze featuring Lila Ike – XTM Nation

“Bruises” (Single) – Mortimer featuring Kabaka Pyramid and Lila Ike – Easy Star

“Dey” (Single) – Damian Marley and Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Django

“Great Escape” (Single) – Judah Eskender Tafari – Daptone

“Rise” (Single) – Rocky Dawuni – Aquarian

Rockin’ Like A Champion – Mykal Rose, Subatomic Sound System and Holly Cook – Dubshot

Taste Of Reality – Kumar and The 18th Parallel – Easy Star

Kaleidoscope – J. Written – Tafari

Strength – Samory I – Easy Star

Small Changes – Michael Kiwanuka – Geffen

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Howard Thompson – Pure

Sufferer Sounds – Dennis Bovell – Disciples

The Soul Of The Fabulous Courettes – The Courettes – Damaged Goods

Songs Of A Lost World – The Cure – Fiction

1967 – Robyn Hitchcock – Tiny Ghost

Defiance Part 2: Fiction – Ian Hunter – Sun

Real Home – Kiran Leonard – Memorials Of Distinction

Nite Owls – JD McPherson – New West

3 + 5 – Melt Banana – A-Zap

The Sum Of Our Wounds (Cassette Recordings 1973-85) – Martin Rev – Bureau B

Absolution – Tulipomania – Sursumcorda

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Cliff Furnald

Vertigo – Jaune Toujours – Choux de Bruxelles

Little Big Top – Guy Klucevsek & Volker Goetze – Motema

uNomkhubulwane – Nduduzo Makhathini – Blue Note

Sahiban – Satnam Galsian – Artist release

Suave Bruta – Eda Diaz – Airfono

L’Euphonie Des Coquecigrues – Margaux Lienard – Artist release

Proxy Music – Linda Thompson – StorySound

Bleu – Ann O’aro – Buda Musique

Culla E Tempesta – Faraualla – Zero Nove Nove

Black Bayou – Robert Finley – Easy Eye Sound

Locally Sourced – Todd Gaffke – Neuma

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Kevin Gallagher

Gild The Lilly – Billy Strings – Reprise

Away From The Mire – Billy Strings – Reprise

Fur Elise Reverie – Jon Baptiste – Verve

El Fantasia – Hermanos Gutierrez – Easy Eye

I Swear I Really Wanted To Make A Rap Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time – Andre 3000 – Epic

Dream State – Kamasi Washington – Young

Blame It On Eve – Shemekia Copeland – Alligator

Feeling Snakey – TonyJoeWhite – Swamp

The King Of The Castle – EricBibb – Repute

Texas Hold’em – Rising Appalachia – Band Camp

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Alec Cumming – Snap Crackle Pop

Cultural Consumer III – BODEGA – Chrysalis

Sisters Friends – High Llamas featuring Rae Morris – Drag City

They Don’t Know How To Fall In Place – The Lemon Twigs – Captured Tracks

Crying Inside – Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets – Yep Roc

Flowers – Real Estate – Domino

Learning To Love A Band – The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Slumberland

The Man Behind The Man With A Gun – Rome 56 – Think Like A Key

Serial Killer – Sunflower Bean – Lucky Number

Cliffhanger – Ward White – Think Like A Key

symptom of life – Willow – Three Six Zero and Gamma

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Steve Di Costanzo – Radio Base Camp

Album I/Album II – Von Spar – Bureau B

BRAT – Charli xcx – Atlantic

Britpop – A.G. Cook – New Alias

Dance, No One’s Watching – Ezra Collective – Partisan

Daughter Of A Temple – Ganavya – Leiter

Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora 1980-93 – VA – Soundway

Mahashmashana – Father John Misty – Sub Pop

Only God Was Above Us – Vampire Weekend – Columbia

Tiger Blood – Waxahatchee – Anti

Transa – Various Artists – Red Hot Org

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Bob Chamenko

The Messthetics And James Brandon Lewis – The Messthetics And James Brandon Lewis – Impulse

Struck Down – The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Stony Plain

Trio Quartetto – Trio Quartetto ft Gideon Freudmann – Octagon

Mahashmashana – Father John Misty – Sub Pop

But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody – Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer – Mack Avenue

Woodland – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Acony

$10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett – Son Of Davy

I Hear Echoes – George Cables – High Notes

Blame It On Eve – Shemekia Copeland – Alligator

Swingin Live At The Church In Tulsa – The Taj Mahal Sextet – Lightning Rod

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Tess Lilly – The Lost And Sound

Imaginal Disk – Magdalena Bay – Mom + Pop

Loss Of Life – MGMT – Mom + Pop

Eels – Being Dead – Bayonet

Love Heart Cheat Code – Hiatus Kaiyote – Brainfeeder

The Collective – Kim Gordon – Matador

Diamond Jubilee – Cindy Lee – Realistik

Here In The Pitch – Jessica Pratt – Mexican Summer

As Grande As – Grande Mahogany – Laundry Music

Ponta De Lingua – Sofia Friere – Sofia Friere

On The Lips – Molly Lewis – Jagjaguwar

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Michael Dunham – Real Talk Real Music

The Essential MFSB – MFSB – Philadelphia International

Gratitude – Earth Wind & Fire – Columbia

Patrice! – Patrice Rushen – Elektra

Picture Book – Simply Red – Elektra

Reasons – Lindsay Webster – Shanchie

Abstractions – Zo! And Tall Black Guy – SMUSIC

Look To The Rainbow – Al Jarreau – WB

Music Of My Mind – Stevie Wonder – Motown

Love’ s The Place To Be – Will Downing – Mercury

Wendy Moten Sings Richard Whiting – Wendy Moten – Woodward Avenue

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Martha Willette Lewis – The Flux Capacitor

How! She Drew The Gun – Submarine Cat

Problemloser – Peter Licht – Tapete

Alone – The Cure – Polydor

Whiskey – Arooj Aftab – Verve

Cool Wind – Florant Vollant – Makusham

Nite Owls – JD McPherson – New West

Fentanyl Town – Jim Page – BMI

New Propeller – Nada Surf – New West

Elephant Song – Susanna – SusannaSonatta

Blowing Kisses – Jennifer Castle – Paradise Of Bachelors

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Valerie Richardson – Radio Something

Hang In There With Me – Amy Rigby – Tapete

Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn – Anoushka Shankar – Leiter Verlag GmbH

Quiver – In These Trees &Tartie – In These Trees

That Delicious Vice – Kid Congo and The Pink MonkeyBirds – In The Red

Something In The Room She Moves – Julia Holter – Domino

Leon – Leon Bridges – Columbia

First Recordings – Lhasa de Sela & Yves Desrosiers – La Route Chante and Yves Desrosiers

Feuilles Fauves – Lo’ Jo – Lo’ Jo

Volume I – Secular Music Group – Secular Music Group

The Moon Is In The Wrong Place – Shannon And The Clams – Shannon And The Clams

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