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Capping off 2024: Best Music of the Year!

For New Year’s Day, I have a small-ish list of recommendations alongside other projects that I want to get into on this blog!
Capsule Review (December 2024 – Part 2) – Saint Etienne, Clairo, Jordaan Mason…

This month’s first round of Capsule Review piece is up now if anyone wants to give it a read! Folk, rock, and pop are up for grabs!
Sufjan Stevens’s Best Christmas Song Builds Community

When one of the indie all-time greats decides to make one of the potential all-time greats in Christmas songs.
Capsule Review (December 2024 – Part 1) – JPEGMAFIA, Queen Willow, the Softies…

This month’s first round of Capsule Review piece is up now if anyone wants to give it a read! Folk, rock, and pop are up for grabs!
Cime – The Cime Interdisciplinary Music Ensemble (Record Review)

The 21st Century Anthem for Doomed Youth.
The Wrens’ Demo For Their Fourth Album Has Been Leaked…

And no one seems to notice it. Not even the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum. Except for a small RateYourMusic group.
Capsule Review (November 2024 – Part 2) – Lupe Fiasco, Halsey, Foxing…

There’s a lot more experimentation to be found in this piece although how it works in practice might differ in quality. By a lot.
Kendrick Lamar – GNX (Record Review)

“All I ever wanted was a black Grand National / Fuck being rational, give them what they asked for!”
Capsule Review (November 2024 – Part 1) – Magdalena Bay, Imagine Dragons, Mount Eerie…

Folk, pop, rock, rap! The Capsule Review piece is back in the bid to catch up with some before-unreviewed records!
Haley Heynderickx – Seed of a Seed (Record Review)

After six years have passed by, something pretty has just happened with the Oregon-based singer-songwriter’s sophomore album.