The top albums of 2024 (so far)
Taking stock near the halfway mark
Unlimited supply
New music from Moon Diagrams, Panoram, My Best Unbeaten Brother, Floating Points, and more
Lossless
New music from Black Decelerant, Miaux, Solpara, Xiu Xiu, Dirty Three, and more
Lazer guided melodies
New music from µ-Ziq, Thomas Bangalter, Someplace, Peiriant, Spresso, and more
The sniper in the brain
New music from Xylitol, Peverelist, rhizomatic, Ezmeralda, Drew McDowall, and more
The campfires are burning
New music from Orbit Service, Elias Rønnenfelt, Joanne Robertson and Dean Blunt, Previous Industries, and more
A supposedly fun thing I did again
Ex-Easter Island Head / Tindersticks / False Tracks / The Cat's Miaow / Xylitol / Iris Ipsum / Moonilena / Louis Carnell and Leila / Corker Conboy and Purelink / Blood / Midwife and Amulets / Gnod
Scene but not heard
New music from L’Rain, Firnis DC, Yummi Wisler Guitar Combo, Kapitan and Rejoicer, Amen Dunes, Jim White and Marisa Anderson, Alix Fernz, Alvidrez, My Best Unbeaten Brother, Valentina Magaletti, death’s dynamic shroud, and Two Shell
Play the quiet part out loud
Steve Albini was seismic
Driving me backwards
The platform doesn’t want your concept
Caught between the streams
How I lost one of this week’s songs
I’ve only got record shops left
What a difference a day makes