Music of the Year: 2024
Once more, the subjectively best new-to-me music from the past year in a meaningless order. With select comments from my siblings who were subjected to the shortlist, particularly my teenage brother (T) who was very difficult to drag an opinion out of.
Spotify Playlists
The Songs
- The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)
- K: “That’s okay, we don’t have to like every song.”
- Bishop Briggs - Triumph
- T: “I guess I wouldn’t turn it off if it came on again.”
- Deviloof - Newspeak
- T: “I didn’t really like it that much.”
- Fate Gear - Winds of Fall
- K: “Definitely the best one so far.”
- Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue
- C: “Slime tutorial gone wrong.”
- Ice Nine Kills x Reel Big Fish - Walking on Sunshine
- T: “I was here five months ago?”
- Hinds feat. Beck - Boom Boom Back
- C: “I don’t think I understand what their side job is.”
- Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim
- K: “Song of the year.”
- Zeal and Ardor - Kilonova
- I: “It was really chill.”
- Barns Courtney - National Treasure
- T: “I didn’t really like it.”
- I: “I’ve seen Barns Courtney live three times. Not that we’re trying to change your mind.”
- Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish - Guess
- f5ve - Lettuce • レタス
- C: “It’s important that once you choose a theme you stick to it, even if other people say that theme is silly.”
- Kesha - Joyride
- T: “I liked it a little, I guess.”
- Chinchilla - Bounce Back
- K: “I’ve already seen this one, we don’t need to watch it again.”
- T: “I don’t normally listen to that type of music.”
- Babymetal x Electric Callboy - Ratatata
- T: “I think that’s one of the best ones I’ve heard so far.”
- Chappell Roan - Hot to Go
- C: “I really hope the ballet unitard look dies out soon.”
- Phantom Siita - キミと××××したいだけ
- L: “I liked the cinematography.”
- Kiki Rockwell - Strange Premonition
- T: “I think that’s never happened at summer camp before, actually.”
- Bambie Thug - Hex So Heavy
- L: “T thinks it has a sick beat.”
- Amyl and The Sniffers - Big Dreams
- T: “Is this the whole music video?”
- Bloodywood - Nu Delhi
- K: “They have some other ones that are less yell-y that I like more.”
- The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump
- C: “They’re on their way up. Like Kermit.”
Honorable Mentions
These songs didn’t make the cut for inscrutable reasons (please do not attempt to scrute them) but still merit mention.