2024 was a year and I listened to some albums. Here's what I liked most.
ALBUMS // 2023
I didn't listen to as much new music in 2023 as years past - much more into building a vinyl collection now. But here are the ones that I did spend time with and listen to a whole bunch.
1. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal // MAPS
2. Hotline TNT // CARTWHEEL
3. Ratboys // THE WINDOW
4. Slow Pulp // YARD
5. Yo La Tengo // THIS STUPID WORLD
6. Young Fathers // HEAVY HEAVY
7. Wednesday // RAT SAW GOD
8. Mitski // THE LAND IS INHOSPITABLE AND SO ARE WE
9. Protomartyr // FORMAL GROWTH IN THE DESERT
10. Jeff Rosenstock // HELLMODE
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And a few more that were close:
- Tim Hecker // NO HIGHS
- Noname // SUNDIAL
- Nourished By Time // EROTIC PROBIOTIC 2
- Boygenius // THE RECORD
- Black Thought // GLORIOUS GAME
Good luck in 2024. It should be a doozy.
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ALBUMS // 2022
Good night for the die-hards.
1. Alvvays / Blue Rev
2. Billy Woods / Aethiopes
3. Big Theif / Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe
4. MJ Lenderman / Boat Songs
5. Destroyer / Labyrinthitus
6. Danger Mouse & Black Thought / Cheat Codes
7. Alex G / God Save The Animals
8. KA / Languish Arts
9. The Paranoid Style / For Executive Meeting
10. Empath / Visitor
11. The Beths / Expert In A Dying Field
12. Black Country, New Road / Ants From Up There
13. Kendrick Lamar / Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
14. Florist / Florist
15. Wilco / Cruel Country
16. Burial / Antidawn
17. Earl Sweatshirt / Sick!
18. KA / Woeful Studies
19. Beach House / Once Twice Melody
20. The Smile / A Light For Attracting Attention
ALBUMS // 2021
Better late than never I suppose. Been compiling a list for this year and remembered that 2021 was a year we had and I never got around to it. Here's what I liked best last year.
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1. Fiddlehead / Between the Richness
2. KA / A Martyr's Reward
3. Cassandra Jenkins / An Overview of Phenomenal Nature
4. Bo Jackson / Boldy James & The Alchemist
5. Dinosaur Jr. / Sweep It Into Space
6. Low / Hey What
7. Tyler the Creator / CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
8. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist / Haram
9. Floating Points & Pharaoh Sanders / Promises (ft. The London Symphony Orchestra)
10. Sons of Kemet / Black To The Future
11. Damien Jurado / The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania
12. The Weather Station / Ignorance
13. Iceage / Seek Shelter
14. The War on Drugs / I Can't Live Here Anymore
15. Spirit of the Beehive / Entertainment, Death
16. Dry Cleaning / New Long Leg
17. Jazmine Sullivan / Heaux Tales
18. Jeff Parker / For Folks
19. The Hold Steady / Open Door Policy
20. Guided by Voices / Earth Man Blues
ALBUMS // 2020
If you're reading this right now I'm very curious as to what led you here. I mean, PHW has been mostly on permanent snooze-control for about 6 years except for the annual year-old reflections, so there are not many avenues leading to this site anymore. But thanks for finding it somehow! And I genuinely hope you find some new shit to check out here. As awful as 2020's overall rep will deservedly be, it wasn't all bad. There were some silver linings; some flashes of normalcy peaking thru the buttstorm. One of those was the relentless stream of fantastic new music that never let up all year even as the world shut down. The other was plenty of time at home to soak it all in. (side note: I would bet somebody else's money that this is the first time my year end list has ever had 3 albums made by Jeffs). Anyway, here are my favorites of this decade of a year we've all suffered thru:
50. BACKXWASH | God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
49. KEIYAA | Forever, Ya Girl
48. JEFF PARKER | Suite for Max Brown
47. RON MILES | Rainbow Signs
46. NANA GRIZOL | South Somewhere Else
45. KAATAYRA | Toda Historia pela Frente
44. BARTEES STRANGE | Live Forever
43. HELENA DELAND | Someone New
42. NO AGE | Goons Be Gone
41. JEFF TWEEDY | Love Is The King
40. ADULKT LIFE | Book of Curses
39. CHARLI XCX | how i'm feeling now
38. KELLY LEE OWENS | Inner Song
37. DEHD | Flower of Deception
36. NATION OF LANGUAGE | Introduction, Presence
35. DESTROYER | Have We Met
34. THE FLAMING LIPS | American Head
33. SAULT | untitled (Rise)
32. EMPTY COUNTRY | Empty Country
31. LOMELDA | Hannah
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30. ARMAND HAMMER | Shrines
29. PORRIDGE RADIO | Every Bad
28. TAYLOR SWIFT | Folklore
27. BOLDY JAMES & STERLING TOLES | Manger On McNichols
26. EMMA RUTH RUNDLE & THOU | May Our Chambers Be Full
25. CHUBBY & THE GANG | Speed Kills
24. PERFUME GENIUS | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
23. YVES TUMOR | Heaven To A Tortured Mind
22. RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4
21. THE MICROPHONES | Microphones in 2020
20. DEERHOOF | Future Teenage Cave Artists
19. JAY ELECTRONICA | Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn)
18. BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Bonny Light Horseman
17. BOLDY JAMES & THE ALCHEMIST | The Price of Tea In China
16. TURIA | Degen van Licht
15. SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS | We Are Sent Here By History
14. KA | Descendants of Cain
13. SAULT | untitled (Black Is)
12. THE STROKES | The New Abnormal
11. ADRIANNE LENKER | songs/instrumentals
10. AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE | on the tender spot of every calloused moment
9. FREDDIE GIBBS & THE ALCHEMIST | Alfredo
8. PROTOMARTYR | Ultimate Success Today
7. SUMAC | May You Be Held
6. PHOEBE BRIDGERS | Punisher
5. DOGLEG | Melee
4. JAY ELECTRONICA | A Written Testimony
3. WAXAHATCHEE | SAINT CLOUD
2. JEFF ROSENSTOCK | N O D R E A M
1. FIONA APPLE | Fetch the Bolt Cutters
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SONGS // 2020
100. Try To Be On My Side Now | 2nd Grade
99. After the Rain | Jeff Parker
98. Turned to String | No Age
97. Both of Us | Jayda G
96. Look To | Ratboys
95. O Castigo Vem A Cavalo | Kaatraya
94. Chinatown | Bleachers (ft. Bruce Springsteen)
93. Pommelhorse | Armand Hammer (ft. Curly Castro)
92. Hvnli | KeiyaA
91. Country Pride | Aduklt Life
90. Lucky | Ganser
89. Sweeter | Leon Bridges (ft. Terrace Martin)
88. Black Magic | backxwash
87. Drown | Teenage Halloween
86. Give/Take | Porridge Radio
85. Grace | The Soft Pink Truth
84. Gospel For A New Century | Yves Tumor
83. Middle America | Pure X
82. Little Boy | Sault
81. It's Too Late to Look At The Blossoms | Dave Harrington & Kenny Wollesen
80. Interstellar Love | Thundercat
79. WAP | Cardi B. (ft. Megan Thee Stallion)
78. Scottie Beam | Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist (ft. Rick Ross)
77. Hunger For A Way Out | Sweeping Promises
76. Undone | Lande Hekt
75. Yankee and the Brave (Ep. 4) | Run the Jewels
74. I Don't Love Me Anymore | Oneohtrix Point Never
73. A Robin or A Wren | Jeff Tweedy
72. Crash | Nilufir Yanya
71. Pta | The Lawrence Arms
70. Cue Synthesizer | Destroyer
69. two reverse | Adrianne Lenker
68. Describe | Perfume Genius
67. Enemy | Charli XCX
66. Jangle Manifesto | Nana Grizol
65. All My Best Shit | SPICE
64. Night | Kelly Lee Owens
63. Giant Slide | Boldy James & The Alchemist
62. Delete Forever | Grimes
61. Someone New | Helena Deland
60. Garden Song | Phoebe Bridgers
59. Party With The Kids Who Want To Party With You | Bad Moves
58. The Mission's End | Jason Molina
57. Shiny Suit Theory | Jay Electronica (ft. The Dream)
56. Boomer | Bartees Strange
55. Ghosts | Bruce Springsteen
54. Got Flicked (The Rebirth) | Boldy James & Sterling Toles
53. Rock and Roll | Trace Mountains
52. People I've been sad | Christine and the Queens
51. Dora | Tierra Whack
50. The Valley | Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou
49. It's Infinite | Lomelda
48. Ohio Tpke | Jeff Rosenstock
47. Savage remix | Megan Thee Stallion (ft. Beyonce)
46. Wildfires | Sault
45. Levitating | Dua Lipa
44. Thought vs. Everybody | Black Thought
43. Loner | Dehd
42. Future Teenage Cave Artists | Deerhoof
41. Starfall | Salem
40. Walking In The Snow | Run the Jewels
39. You 'n Me Sellin' Weed | The Flaming Lips
38. Guilty Conscience | 070 Shake
37. St. Cloud | Waxahatchee
36. Qadir | Nick Hakim
35. Marian | Empty Country
34. Rush & Fever | Nation of Language
33. Black Parade | Beyonce
32. Seminal Art | Cafe Racer
31. Born Confused | Porridge Radio
30. Ossifrage | Turia
29. Deep In Love | Bonny Light Horseman
28. Kyoto | Phoebe Bridgers
27. Consumed | Sumac
26. At The Door | The Strokes
25. Ender | Dogleg
24. For Her | Fiona Apple
23. Song 33 | Noname
22. Grenfell Forever | Chubby & the Gang
21. Home | Caribou
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20. Little Kid | I Thought That You'd Been Raptured
19. Jazmine Sullivan | Lost One
18. Frank Ocean | Dear April
17. Weather Station | Tried To Tell You
16. Charli XCX | Detonate
15. Perfume Genius | On The Floor
14. Ka | Old Justice
13. Taylor Swift | Peace
12. John Prine | I Remember Everything
11. Adrianne Lenker | Dragon Eyes
10. Phoebe Bridgers | I Know The End
9. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist (ft. Tyler, the Creator) | Something To Rap About
8. Protomartyr | Processed By The Boys
7. Waxahatchee | Can't Do Much
6. Grimes | Idoru
5. Dogleg | Kawasaki Backflip
4. Jay Electronica | APIDTA
3. Haim | The Steps
2. Fiona Apple | I Want You To Love Me
1. Jeff Rosenstock | No Dream
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