So much great music this year! I can never pick favourites as there's so many I'd want to recommend from 2024... But:
MY GOD — TAPIR!
Wonderful song which addresses the strangeness of the modern world, both it's beauty and its horrors. Very cute, weird music video:
https://youtu.be/xIJoRDCRcQ8
I've linked the Spotify above, as well.
Absolutely fell in love with Tapir! at the end of 2023. They released their debut album as a series of EPs, with the first two at the end of the year and the final one at the end of January. I'd be picking their songs Gymnopédie or Eidolon if they came out this year...
They're a wonderful live act as well — seen them in various forms (solo set from the singer, intimate set in the back room of a pub, and grandiose theatre piece with choir, props, and dancers) and each has been a very special experience.
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this album introduced me to one of my favorite bands! they use a really nice mix of acoustic and electronic sounds! perfect for a road trip 🚙
also new fievel, panda bear, and greep
there’s so much good new music coming out
Oct 25, 2024
@’s two releases to date are both fantastic, bringing back those freak folk vibes (a la dirty projectors, Joanna newsom, early AnCo) that I’ve been missing. I’ve been jamming this more recent one a lot lately and I love how they expand their LP’s sound with gloopy electronics without sacrificing their natural stank. Excited to see where @ goes next !!
Mar 21, 2025
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I'm not obsessed with it but it's always sweet when the barista does something cool. This one yesterday made me smile because after seeing a few others I realised the guy was doing Pokémon! Fairly certain mine is mew or Mewtwo, I saw him do a horsea, pikachu, and squirtle too...
Mar 4, 2025
Feels a bit redundant to recommend one of the most popular movies of all time, but for me this one had kind of stayed in the category "I'm sure it's good, I'll get to it some day".
A friend put it on and I absolutely adored it – it wasn't just a great, scary horror movie – it covered a breadth of genres, was written really well, had great acting, and looked just wonderful.
Jan 4, 2025
Find a bunch of cool Public Domain or Creative Commons images (I just click "Random File" on Wikimedia Commons) and turn them into something you think looks like an album cover. It's fun to come up with a name for the band / album and imagine what their stuff would sound like!
Maybe don't do this, actually. It's kind of a massive waste of time. I find it fun, though!
As a bonus you can then make a chart of them and send it to your friends saying they're your favourite new releases. Waste their time as well :)
Feb 18, 2025