It's very nearly, almost December. So it's a good time to start an end of year music thread. There will be some new records that come out before 2025 that are worth listening to, but here's the bulk of what not just got me, but blew me away.
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Philip Glass - Solo
Vijay Iyer - Compassion
Elkhorn & Mike Gangloff - Shackamaxon Concert
Fearless Flyers - IV EP
Music for Furniture - Live at Cafe Joust 2023
Paul Colomb - Bleue Quintet
Julian Lage - Speak To Me
Ralph Towner - Ana
Charles Lloyd - The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer - But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?
Transponder - Empire of the Eclipse
Khruangbin - A La Sala
GoGo Penguin - From the North, Live in Manchester
Stephane Wrembel - Tryptych Phase I, II, III
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
Bill Laurence, The Untold Orchestra, & Rory Storm - Bloom
Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice
Yuja Wang - The Vienna Recital
Jim Campilongo - She Loved the Coney Island Freak Show
Brad Mehldau - Apres Faure, After Bach II
Dundrum - EP
La Luz - News of the Universe
Hermanos Gutierrez - Sonido Cosmico
Mono - Oath
Wilco - Hot Sun Cool Shroud
Steve Earle - Alone Again
Phish - Evolve
The Dip - Love Direction
Pat Metheny - Moon Dial
Wand - Vertigo
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard - Flight b741
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Woodland
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Opus
The Cactus Blossoms - Every Time I Think About You
Ty Segall - Love Rudiments
Hayden Pedigo - Live in Amarillo, Texas
Bremer/McCoy - Cosmos
Max Richter - In A Landscape
Bruce Katz Band - Live in Boston
Francis of Delirium - Lighthouse
Omni - Souvenir
Paradise Cinema - returning, dream
Les Doigts de l'Homme - Erratic, the art of roaming
Moon Hooch - Yesterday's Problem
Geese - Alive & In Person
Hania Rani - Nostalgia
Walter Smith III - three of us are from Houston and Rueben is not
Sungazer - Against the Fall of Night
Public Service Broadcasting - The Last Flight
The Smile - Cutouts
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
Yasmin Williams - Arcadia
Alessandro Simonetto - Satie: Favourite Music
Svaneborg Kardyb - Superkilen
Pixies - The Night the Zombies Came
Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream
Bill Laurance & Michael League - Keeping Company
Scott Cauley, Edward Simon, & Brian Blade - Three Visitors
ADHD - 9
The Bad Plus - Complex Emotions
Black Pumas - Live from Brooklyn Paramount
Joseph Ehrenpreis - saman EP
Andre 3000 - Moving Day
Yesness - See You at the Solipsist Convention
Jazz Sabbath - The 1968 Tapes
Jakob Bro - Taking Turns
This is easily the most new records I've listened to in a year and loved. And it doesn't count all the great catalog stuff I heard this year. I think I averaged 3 new/new to me albums per week in 2024. It's been an absolutely incredible year for music.
What did you listen to this year and love?
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Philip Glass - Solo
Vijay Iyer - Compassion
Elkhorn & Mike Gangloff - Shackamaxon Concert
Fearless Flyers - IV EP
Music for Furniture - Live at Cafe Joust 2023
Paul Colomb - Bleue Quintet
Julian Lage - Speak To Me
Ralph Towner - Ana
Charles Lloyd - The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer - But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?
Transponder - Empire of the Eclipse
Khruangbin - A La Sala
GoGo Penguin - From the North, Live in Manchester
Stephane Wrembel - Tryptych Phase I, II, III
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
Bill Laurence, The Untold Orchestra, & Rory Storm - Bloom
Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice
Yuja Wang - The Vienna Recital
Jim Campilongo - She Loved the Coney Island Freak Show
Brad Mehldau - Apres Faure, After Bach II
Dundrum - EP
La Luz - News of the Universe
Hermanos Gutierrez - Sonido Cosmico
Mono - Oath
Wilco - Hot Sun Cool Shroud
Steve Earle - Alone Again
Phish - Evolve
The Dip - Love Direction
Pat Metheny - Moon Dial
Wand - Vertigo
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard - Flight b741
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Woodland
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Opus
The Cactus Blossoms - Every Time I Think About You
Ty Segall - Love Rudiments
Hayden Pedigo - Live in Amarillo, Texas
Bremer/McCoy - Cosmos
Max Richter - In A Landscape
Bruce Katz Band - Live in Boston
Francis of Delirium - Lighthouse
Omni - Souvenir
Paradise Cinema - returning, dream
Les Doigts de l'Homme - Erratic, the art of roaming
Moon Hooch - Yesterday's Problem
Geese - Alive & In Person
Hania Rani - Nostalgia
Walter Smith III - three of us are from Houston and Rueben is not
Sungazer - Against the Fall of Night
Public Service Broadcasting - The Last Flight
The Smile - Cutouts
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
Yasmin Williams - Arcadia
Alessandro Simonetto - Satie: Favourite Music
Svaneborg Kardyb - Superkilen
Pixies - The Night the Zombies Came
Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream
Bill Laurance & Michael League - Keeping Company
Scott Cauley, Edward Simon, & Brian Blade - Three Visitors
ADHD - 9
The Bad Plus - Complex Emotions
Black Pumas - Live from Brooklyn Paramount
Joseph Ehrenpreis - saman EP
Andre 3000 - Moving Day
Yesness - See You at the Solipsist Convention
Jazz Sabbath - The 1968 Tapes
Jakob Bro - Taking Turns
This is easily the most new records I've listened to in a year and loved. And it doesn't count all the great catalog stuff I heard this year. I think I averaged 3 new/new to me albums per week in 2024. It's been an absolutely incredible year for music.
What did you listen to this year and love?
