I could feign false modesty —- who actually gives a flying fook about my list of top records and shows from the year about to end? — but we all know EVERYONE needs to see said list otherwise THE YEAR CANNOT CONCLUDE. 2024 will just keep going and going and given what a ferociously horrible year it’s been, we absolutely cannot let that happen. This is the most important act of public service since the composition of the “1-800-Kars-4-Kids” jingle and I am certain the impact will be twice as devastating. Thank you – Gerard Cosloy)
Albums
Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers – Izigqinamba (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
Rosali – Bite Down (Merge)
Able Noise – High Tide (World Of Echo)
The Bug – Machines (Relapse)
Still House Plants – If I Don’t Make It, I Love U (Bison)
Ava Mendoza – The Circular Train (Palilalia)
Alan Licht – Havens (VDSQ)
Shit & Shine – Rum & Coke (Riot Season)
Wet Dip – The Smelll Of Money (Feel It)
Bad Breeding – Contempt (Iron Lung)
Myriam Gendron – May Day (Feeding Tube)
Sumac – The Healer (Thrill Jockey)
Mordecai – Seeds From The Furthest Vine (Petty Bunco)
David Nance & Mowed Sound – s/t (Third Man)
Nox – Iron Knowledge (Snax)
Sweater On Polo – Go Wild Harlem Trax (L.I.E.S.)
Anno – s/t
Workers Comp – s/t (ever/never)
Ostraaly – Misery Guests (Siltbreeze)
Rat Paws – Mustang Girl Unknown
Thine Retail Simps – Strike Back, Strike Gold, Strike Out (Total Punk)|
Model Home – Necrolyf
Live
Black Eyes, Parish, 1/26
Abstract Concrete, Cafe Oto, 2/24
No Home, Cafe Oto, 2/26
Hal Lambert & Mitchell Mobley, Captain Quack’s, 3/8
Rosali & Mowed Sound, Hotel Vegas, 4/2
White People Killed Them, Swiss Institute, 4/14
Puppet Wipes, Swan Dive, 5/24
Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano, Zoh Amba, Mohawk, 6/22
FACS, Lincoln Hall, 7/18
Sanam, Feeëleën, 8/29
Rusted Shut, Hotel Vegas, 9/20
Ulrika Spacek, 13th Floor, 9/22
Cheater Slicks, Goner Fest, 9/.27
Iron Maiden, Frost Bank Center, 11/17