Sound

Music—discovered and rediscovered.

Historically it has been uncommon that I listen to complete albums. 2024 trended towards complete albums, often it’s some selection of tracks from my playlists. In my early teens it was some artist’s (My Chemical Romance, Guns N’ Roses, Rise Against, Biffy Clyro, Volbeat) discography on repeat for a while until I moved onto the next favorite.

The items highlighted are what I may have enjoyed more than the rest.

2025 ¶

• A Celebration of Endings (2020) - Biffy Clyro
• The Myth of The Happily Ever After (2021) - Biffy Clyro

2024 ¶

• J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (2023) - Víkingur Ólafsson
• Grief Chapter (2024) - Mother Mother
• Yes Future (2023) - The Toxic Avenger
• A LA SALA (2024) - Khruangbin
• HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (2024) - Billie Eilish
• Catch A Fire (1973) - Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Play (1999) - Moby
• Sunshine Superman (1966) - Donovan
• Be (2005) - Common
• Deep Listening (1989) - Pauline Oliveros
• The Seduction Of Claude Debussy (1999) - The Art Of Noise
• Plastic Beach (2010) - Gorillaz
• Imaginal Disk (2024) - Magdalena Bay

2023 ¶

• Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018) - Arctic Monkeys
• Con Todo El Mundo (2018) - Khruangbin
• The Turning Wheel (2021) - SPELLLING
• Uomo Donna (2017) - Andrea Laszlo De Simone
• Teatro d’ira - Vol. I (2021) - Måneskin

2022 ¶

• WE (2022) - Arcade Fire
• HEY WHAT (2021) - Low
• Hold On Baby (2022) - King Princess
• Cheap Queen (2019) - King Princess
• Lucifer On The Sofa (2022) - Spoon
• CINEMA (2021) - The Marías
• Foxwarren (2018) - Foxwarren
• The Car (2022) - Arctic Monkeys

2021 ¶

• Happier Than Ever (2021) - Billie Eilish
• Inside (2021) - Mother Mother
• Non-Fiction (2020) - Spector
• Blue Weekend (2021) - Wolf Alice
• GLOW ON (2021) - Turnstile
• Red Hearse (2019) - Red Hearse
• Untourable Album (2021) - Men I Trust
• what’s on your mind? (2019) - WOOZE

2020 ¶

• Mordechai (2020) - Khruangbin
• Lux Prima (2019) - Karen O, Danger Mouse
• You in Reverse (2006) - Built To Spill
• The Suburbs (2010) - Arcade Fire
• Singles (2014) - Future Islands
• Punisher (2020) - Phoebe Bridgers
• First Prize Bravery (2019) - Sorcha Richardson

2019 ¶

• Oncle Jazz (2019) - Men I Trust
• Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) - My Chemical Romance
• Sawdust (2007) - The Killers
• Pony (2019) - Orville Peck
• WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019) - Billie Eilish
• Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019) - Lana Del Rey
• Gone Now (2017) - Bleachers
• All You Can Do (2014) - Watsky

2018 ¶

• Trench (2018) - Twenty One Pilots
• Adult Contemporary (2018) - Milo Greene

2017 ¶

• Everything Now (2017) - Arcade Fire

Elsewhere: Best of 2024, Raigo Jerva