Red Mosquito

I am maybe a third of the way through the Kendrick Lamar album. I am always frustrated because the music, timing, and atmosphere is fantastic. But I feel like he gets in the way of his own genius with barrage of cursing. It’s as if he could be a conductor but chooses to be Andrew Dice Clay instead.

Just discovered Honeyglaze. Their 2024 album (Real Deal) is fucking stupid good! Holy shit... Can't recommend it enough. Very indie, very 90s.

So good!

epilogue wrote:Just discovered Honeyglaze. Their 2024 album (Real Deal) is fucking stupid good! Holy shit... Can't recommend it enough. Very indie, very 90s.

So good!

Put this on in the car today on your recommendation. I enjoyed it. Made me think of later 90s.

I said I would wait until December to post my favorites of 2024. I think I am finally comfortable with this list at least for now:

1. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flight b741
3. Jack White - No Name
4. The Black Keys - Ohio Players
5. Phish - Evolve
6. Billy Strings - Highway Prayers
7. Fantastic Negrito - Son of a Broken Man
8. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
9. Little Feat - Sam’s Place
10. Marcus King - Mood Swings
11. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - South of Here
12. Warren Haynes - Million Voices Whisper
13. Shannon and the Clams - The Moon Is In the Wrong Place
14. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope
15. The Vaccines - Pickup Full of Pink Carnations
16. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
17. Pixies - The Night the Zombies Came
18. Painted Shield - 3
19. Strand of Oaks - Miracle Focus
20. Wild Pink - Dulling the Horns
21. The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards
22. Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs - Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits
23. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
24. Brittany Howard - What Now
25. Beyoncé - Act II: Cowboy Carter

epilogue wrote:Just discovered Honeyglaze. Their 2024 album (Real Deal) is fucking stupid good! Holy shit... Can't recommend it enough. Very indie, very 90s.

So good!

Lovely record!

If you're looking for a late 90s indie sound queue up Nancy by Office Dog. One of the best songs of the year, I reckon you'd dig it.

I fell off the music wagon the last few months. I've been trying to make up for it by looking around the internet for things that strike my fancy. There's a band called Been Stellar, who I heard have been touring with Fontaines D.C., and they're pretty good. They've got an album called Scream from New York, NY - good stuff. And I like the newest Good Morning album, The Accident.

other than that, in no particular order...

Fontaines D.C. - Romance
Wild Pink - Dulling the Horns
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

there are others that I probably need to give repeat listens to.

zeb wrote:

epilogue wrote:Just discovered Honeyglaze. Their 2024 album (Real Deal) is fucking stupid good! Holy shit... Can't recommend it enough. Very indie, very 90s.

So good!

Lovely record!

If you're looking for a late 90s indie sound queue up Nancy by Office Dog. One of the best songs of the year, I reckon you'd dig it.

Also: 2am, Silence Is Golden and Expert in a Dying Field by The Beths are absolutely flawless songs that have a sweet 90s indie vibe.

zeb wrote:

epilogue wrote:Just discovered Honeyglaze. Their 2024 album (Real Deal) is fucking stupid good! Holy shit... Can't recommend it enough. Very indie, very 90s.

So good!

Lovely record!

If you're looking for a late 90s indie sound queue up Nancy by Office Dog. One of the best songs of the year, I reckon you'd dig it.

I'll check it out!

dad wrote:I fell off the music wagon the last few months. I've been trying to make up for it by looking around the internet for things that strike my fancy. There's a band called Been Stellar, who I heard have been touring with Fontaines D.C., and they're pretty good. They've got an album called Scream from New York, NY - good stuff. And I like the newest Good Morning album, The Accident.

The Good Morning record is nice. Pretty laidback, doesn't demand your attention (but in a good way).

Diving into the Been Stellar record now...

Kinda feels this will be my best of 2024

1.Jack White No Name
2.Kim Deal Nobody Loves You More
3.Pearl Jam Dark Matter
4.Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft
5.Jerry Cantrell I Want Blood
6.The Smile Wall Of Eyes
7.Vince Staples Dark Times
8.Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Challengers OST
9.Pixies The Night the Zombies Came
10.Kendrick Lamar GNX

I still need to jump into a few new ones i havent listened yet and might appear in this list, specially Jeff Parker's thats coming out next week. The Smile's Cutout also might appear.

VinylGuy wrote:Kinda feels this will be my best of 2024

1.Jack White No Name
2.Kim Deal Nobody Loves You More
3.Pearl Jam Dark Matter
4.Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft
5.Jerry Cantrell I Want Blood
6.The Smile Wall Of Eyes
7.Vince Staples Dark Times
8.Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Challengers OST
9.Pixies The Night the Zombies Came
10.Kendrick Lamar GNX

I still need to jump into a few new ones i havent listened yet and might appear in this list, specially Jeff Parker's thats coming out next week. The Smile's Cutout also might appear.

Damn it VG, me ganaste!
Nice looking list Btw. Mine is:

01. No Name - Jack White
02. GNX - Kendrick Lamar
03. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent
04. Dark Matter - Pearl Jam
05. Hit Me Hard & Soft - Billie Eilish
06. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves
07. Bando Stone And The New World - Childish Gambino
08. Saviors - Green Day
09. Little Rope - Sleater-Kinney
10. Pointy Heights - Fousheé

good done too.

Mine is not 100% ready. I still need to dive into some stuff to give my final and proper 2024 list.

zeb wrote:The Good Morning record is nice. Pretty laidback, doesn't demand your attention (but in a good way)

absolutely.

also, I can't believe I forgot that The Smile record that came out at the beginning of the year, as well as Vampire Weekend's OGWAU.

my list (subject to change)

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Wild Pink - Dulling the Horns
3. Charli XCX - Brat
4. Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
6. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
7. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
8. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia
9. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive
10. Clairo - Charm

why do you hate pearl jam

E.H. Ruddock wrote:why do you hate pearl jam

Chris_H_2 wrote:my list (subject to change)

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Wild Pink - Dulling the Horns
3. Charli XCX - Brat
4. Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
6. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
7. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
8. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia
9. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive
10. Clairo - Charm

I don't know if you do this, or anyone else for that matter, but when I rank, it's typically based on the number of listens.

If you also do this, how many times would you say you listened to that Cindy Lee album?

dad wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:my list (subject to change)

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Wild Pink - Dulling the Horns
3. Charli XCX - Brat
4. Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
6. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
7. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
8. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia
9. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive
10. Clairo - Charm

I don't know if you do this, or anyone else for that matter, but when I rank, it's typically based on the number of listens.

If you also do this, how many times would you say you listened to that Cindy Lee album?

i have it on the background at work a lot (i stream it from youtube because it's not on spotify).

Chris_H_2 wrote:

dad wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:my list (subject to change)

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Wild Pink - Dulling the Horns
3. Charli XCX - Brat
4. Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
6. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
7. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
8. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia
9. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive
10. Clairo - Charm

I don't know if you do this, or anyone else for that matter, but when I rank, it's typically based on the number of listens.

If you also do this, how many times would you say you listened to that Cindy Lee album?

i have it on the background at work a lot (i stream it from youtube because it's not on spotify).

Funny, I watched an essay this weekend where Cindy Lee as a point of reference.

Chris_H_2 wrote:9. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive

Great fuckin' record.