#best music of the year

[peprartsandstuff]

Making the best of 2024: The Peppy's

So...2024 was a peculiar year huh. I don’t know if I’m doing much better than I was last year...but it feels like I have. I don’t want to be left behind, and I think I have achieved to somewhat do it. Call it brute force or a desperate attempt to not give up as things only get worse in the world. But I’m choosing to stay afloat. However, I don’t know how that reflects in the music that has stuck with me over the whole year. Like, there was a period of three months where I did not listen to any discovered or new records because I was so tired of a new job I got (which sucked by the way). But I can’t say I am not grateful of metaphorically getting a kick in the ass and realizing that I can’t just stay stagnant and at least fight my own brain into finding better ways and keep going, so some of the best music picks this year were my “positive mantras” in a way. Hope you got that reference, because they are gonna show here and a lot. But before that, here’s a fun diversion for my personal music award ceremony!

(P.S. during the making of these lists, I realized most of my listenings was not from this year, so if you see some repetition with the artists I prioritize...that’s maybe why :l)

Opening Song Award:

Kendrick Lamar- tv off

Best Albums of 2024 (NOT from 2024):

Mitsky- Be The Cowboy, 2018

Sin Maldita- You’re Trouble, 2020

Randy Rodgers & Wade Bowen- Hold My Beer Vol. 1, 2015

Charli XCX & SOPHIE- Vroom Vroom, 2016

Hamish Hawk- Angel Numbers, 2023

clipping.- CLPPNG, 2014

Laura Marling- I Speak Because I Can, 2010

Ana Tijoux- 1977, 2010

St. Vincent- Strange Mercy, 2011

Candelabro- Ahora o Nunca, 2023

Let’s Eat Grandma- I’m All Ears, 2018s

Bloc Party- Silent Alarm, 2005

Kamasi Washington- The Epic, 2015

Santigold- 99c, 2016

James McMurtry- Childish Thing, 2005

Bjork- Post, 1995

Sade- Diamond Life, 1984

Cocteau Twins- Heaven Or Las Vegas, 1990

Ian Noe- Between The Country, 2019

Alice Coltrane- Journey in Satchinanda, 1971

Metric- Synthetica, 2012

Olsfors- COUNTDOWN DOOM 1, 2023

Sophie Ellis-Bextor- Trip The Light Fantastic, 2007

Kylie Minogue- Aphrodite, 2010

Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997

Janet Jackson- The Velvet Rope, 1997

Best Songs NOT Released in 2024:

Best Opening Songs To An Album Award:

The Warning- Six Feet Under

Katie Pruitt- All My Friends

Slotface- I Used To Be A Real Piece Of Shit

Rubber Oh- The Well

Megan Thee Stallion- HISS

Hurray For The Riff Raff- Alibi

Best Music Video:

Charli XCX- Von Dutch

Amyl & The Sniffers- Jerkin’

Dua Lipa- Houdini

Ana Tijoux- Ninx

Danielle Durack- Good Dog

Nia Archives- Unfinished Business

Tierra Whack- MOOVIES

Hamish Hawk- Men Like Wire

Megan Thee Stallion- HISS

My Favorite Discovered Acts Award:

FLO

Willi Carlisle

Cat Burns

Chris Housman

GloRilla

Nehmasis

Dayme Arocena

Rachel Chinouriri

The “mom come for me I’m scared” Song Award:

Infant Island- Found Hand

Kendrick Lamar- meet the grahms

The “Chillest” Songs Award:

Gallant- Inside Job.

Chris Housman- Laid Back

Paristtmpped- All About It

Kitty Ca$h- Automatic ft. ROZET

Tyla- To Last

NewDad- Where I Go

Best Lyrics Award:

“Entra bien erecto, pero sale to' licuado”: - La Cruz, Villano Antillano- PRIVADO

“I am the king of disaster prevention, skeptical of every good intention”: - Katie Pruitt- Worst Case Scenario

"’Girl, you walk like a bitch,’ When I was ten, someone said that, And it's just self-defense, Until you're building a weapon“ - Charli XCX & Lorde- the Girl, so confusing remix

“In the mirror, only time I'm shy. 'Cause I got the baddest bitch in my sight” - Cupcakke- Aura

“Yeen gotta force your will, And yeen gotta fake how you feel. Yeen gotta bring all the drugs, Just to get some mothafucking love,” - Doechii- FLORIDA WATA

Best Parody Music Award:

Quentin Lovejoy- Redstone Elevator (Red Wine Supernova Parody)

Hildegard Von Blingin’- Birds Of A Feather (Medieval/Bardcore Cover)

It’s TG sis- Good Luck, Babe! ft. Hatsune Miku (Chapelle Roan Cover)

Ganon Rosario- Dale Zelda Dale (yes I know this one came out years ago but fuck you it’s my list :3)

Why-att- HOME DEPOT! (HOT TO GO! Parody)

Best Songs that got me hitting the Yoinky Sploinky Award:

Kareem Rahma & Tiny Gun- Baby I Could Never Win

MICHELLE- Oontz

Doechii- CATFISH

Nia Archives- Silence Is Loud

Cat Burns- know that you’re not alone

SPRINTS- Cathedral

Best Lyrics Of The Year (but its pt. 2) Award:

“,Drove 200 miles for 6 inches of love.” - Willi Carlisle- When The Pills Wear Off

“I always feel like a dirty kid, I used to eat out of the garbage.” - Hurray For The Riff Raff- Hourglass

“Disco died, and I was never on its side. But this awful song, Now I love it so much I could cry” - Gumshoes- The Real Thing

“But here's a bar that you can keep and then remember later, The game was never played for the sake of spectators” - B. Dolan- Fantasy Baseball

“I love you like an atom bomb, but I’ve become a cold reactor.”

-Everything Everything- Cold Reactor

Best Cupcakke Remix Award:

Ranvision DJ Pyromania- BIRDS OF A FEATHER Remix

Bluewolf Remixes- The Camping Episode (from Spongebob) Remix

Loeko- Good Luck, Babe! Remix

Ranvision DJ Pyromania- Espresso Remix

Bluewolf Remixes- I Feel Fantastic Remix

Ranvision DJ Pyromania- Lone Digger Remix

Best “if I had a nickel everytime a car crash was put into song form this year I’d have three nickles, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened thrice” Award:

Dev Lemons- Give Mama A Hug

Orla Gartland- Little Chaos

Slotface- Impression Of A Car Crash

Best Five Seconds Of Pause In A Song Award:

Hurray For The Riff Raff- The World Is Dangerous

Best/FREAKIEST Songs Award:

Tyler, The Creator- Judge Judy

La Cruz- PRIVADO ft. Villano Antillano

Charli XCX- Guess ft. Billie Eilish

Best Mashup Award:

Vorezi- club classics but it’s SIN MIEDO by JPEGMAFIA

LONEWOLF- Thriller/Houdini (Michael Jackson & Dua Lipa)

AnDyWu Music- 365/Axel F (Crazy Frog & Charli XCX)

on my ceiling- Numb Luck, Babe! (Marina & The Diamonds & Chapelle Roan)

tii adica- Brat but 360 has Kendrick Lamar & Vince Staples

Adamusic- BIRDS OF A FEATHER X MIDNIGHT CITY (Billie Eilish & M83)

pootodeivid- nissan immaterial (Doechii & SHOPHIE)

Best song for quinceaneras for people that don’t like quinceaneras

methone- Not Like Us Cumbia Remix

Best song that is 1:05 minutes long specifically Award:

Doechii- FLORIDA WATA

Best Cover Award:

Moses Sumney & ANOHNI- Is It Cold In The Water? (SOPHIE cover)

Best Vocal Harmonies Award:

MICHELLE- Oontz

Marianas Trench- A Normal Life

Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD- Caroline ft. Mereba

Jett Holden- Karma ft. Cassadee Hope

Angelica Garcia- Juanita

Lauh Noa & Cecile Mclorin Salvant- Siete Lagrimas

FLO- Walk Like This

Best holding out a single note for your hook while sounding like you need some water as a great indie rock groove plays Award:

Dora Jar- Timelapse

Best Background Vocals Award:

Marianas Trench- Lighting And Thunder

The Linda Lindas- Yo Me Estreso ft. Weird Al Yankovic

Best Vocal Performance Award:

Josh Ramsay (of Marianas Trench)- Stand And Fight

Jonathan Higgs (of Everything Everything)- City Song

Billie Eilish- L’AMOUR DE MA VIE

Mery Steel- Honey

Lucky Daye- Lemonade

Gallant- Confessions Of Crime

Angelica Garcia- Gemelo (like...the whole album ngl)

Best “why are you going so hard on vocals while singing about shoes like lmao” Award:

Nehmasis- you wore it better

Best Multilayered Vocals Award:

Remi Wolf- Wave

NewDad- Where I Go

Best Vocoded Vocals on a song literally about a f******g toy Award:

TWRP- A Human’s Touch ft. McKenna Rae

Best Scream in Songs Award:

SPRINTS- Cathedral

Poppy- they’re all around us

glass beach- slip under the door

Slotface- Quiet On Set

Tyler, The Creator- Balloon ft. Doechii (but SPECIFICALLY Doechii at the Camp Flognaw concert)

Best scream for a condiment Award:

Kendrick Lamar- MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!

Best Title Tracks Award:

Marianas Trench- Haven

Willi Carlisle- Critterland

Rachel Chinouriri- What A Devastating Turn Of Events

Nia Archives- Silence Is Loud

Gallant- Zinc.

Katia Krow- Whispers from the Bloc Obscure

Rosalie Cunningham- To Shoot Another Day

The “DVD Logo hitting the corner of the screen type of satisfying” Songs Award:

Rubber Oh- The Well

Nehmasis- coloured concrete

Angelica Garcia- Paloma

Dayme Arocena- Por Ti

Lucky Daye- Lemonade

Best Collaborations Award:

The Linda Lindas- Yo Me Estresso ft. Weird Al Yankovic

Charli XCX- the girl, so confusing remix ft. Lorde

Amythyst Khia- I Will Not Go Down ft. Billy Strings

Lau Noah- Siete Lagrimas ft. Cecile McLorin Salvant

Channel Tres- We Hungry ft. Estelle

Rhapsody- A Ballad For Homegirls ft. Baby Tate

Ana Tijoux- Tu sae ft. Talib Kweli & Plug

GloRilla- Wanna Be ft. Megan Thee Stallion

*blows raspberries*:

Doechii- BOOM BAP

Best Lyrics Of The Year (but again again) Award:

“Pop your shit, bitch (pop it), Turn up on them people (go). They treat this shit like competition, I see it as art” - GloRilla- Aite ft. Kevo Mar

“Tanta gente escapando en patera, porque algunos se enamoraron de guerra ,disparando muerte pero las ideas se plantan. Se alzan. Levantan. Se cantan y bailan, por eso las matan. - Ana Tijoux- Niñx

“Everybody gang, gang, gang, 'til it get bad. Do you hearin' me? The ghetto is a mismatch. You ain't never finna win that, nah“ - Vince Staples- Etouffe

“Might be a genius or a goat watch how they try to copy. Like this Chicago all joes these n****s getting sloppy“ - 7xvethegenius- Float

“Bottom line is I’m still rich, do Megan bad and I’m still good. Bringing up who might’ve fucked and the bottom line is I still would.” - Megan Thee Stallion- HISS

Best Use of Personification Of An Object That Serves As A Twist To A Song Award:

Kendrick Lamar- gloria ft. SZA

Best “twenty one pilots Song” Songs Award:

Remi Wolf- Wave

Everything Everything- Canary

Best Bops Award:

Charli XCX- Von dutch

Eliza McLamb- Modern Woman

FLO- Walk Like This

Dua Lipa- Houdini

Rachel Chinouriri- It Is What It Is

La Cruz- PRIVADO ft. Villano Antillano

Dayme Arocena- Por Ti

MICHELLE- Oontz

Dora Jar- Timelapse

Nehmasis- coloured concrete

Angelica Garcia- Paloma

Shygirl, SG Lewis, & Club Shy- mr useless

Best Jams Award:

Nascent- Big Brown Eyes ft. Orion Sun

Angelica Garcia- Intuicion

Sevdaliza- Alibi ft. Yseult & Pabllo Vittar

Silverada- Doing It Right

Paristtmpped- All About It

Dayme Arocena- A fuego lento ft. Vicente Garcia

Kitty Ca$h- Automatic ft. ROZET

Eric Benet & Ledisi- Right Time

Channel Tres- We Hungry ft. Estelle

Future Islands- The Fight

Kendrick Lamar- luther ft. SZA

Best Bangers Award:

Tyler, The Creator- Sticky ft. SZA, Sexxy Red, & Lil Wayne

Green Day- Bobby Sox

Cupcakke- Grilling N****s II

Doechii- GTFO ft. KUNTFETISH

Amyl & The Sniffers- Motorbike Song

Alice Longyu Gao- <3 Korean Girls ft. Lee Suho

Kendrick Lamar- tv off

The Warning- Keep Me Fed

Best Vocal Production Album Award:

Angelica Garcia- Gemelo

Best/FREAKIEST Album Award:

Tyler The Creator- CHROMAKOPIA

Best “Album that got me hitting the yoinky sploinky even though I probably shouldn’t” Award:

Xiu Xiu- 13” Inch Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn

Best Climax:

Mery Steel- Honey

Best Album Ending Songs Award:

Willi Carslile- The Money Grows On Trees

Hurray For The Riff Raff- Ogallala

Tierra Whack- 27 CLUB

Angelica Garcia- Paloma

Cupcakke- Cruella

Kendrick Lamar- gloria ft. SZA

Marianas Trench- Haven

Gallant- Lucid.

The Cure- Endsong

Slotface- Impression Of A Car Crash

Mamaleek- Hidden Exit On A Greyhound

Best Ending To A Song Award:

Rachel Chinouriri- Never Need Me

Best Songs and Albums Lists [hopefully] soon!

[yvesdot]

Approximately 80 of the best (my favorite?) tracks I heard this year, whether due to production, lyricism, performance, presentation, or a variety of other factors. Includes 2-3 jumpscares for your health (and laughs at your house party) as well as some deeper cuts, though this skews incredibly heavily towards pop and pop-rap. Use this to convert to Spotify (you will lose tracks that aren't uploaded to Spotify, though!) and put it on when you need to reminisce... or find something new and special.

If you're short on time or tired of seeing Sabrina Carpenter, try my Top 30 Tracks You Missed This Year for 1.5 hours of the above playlist, narrowed down to the things I think you're most likely to have missed in the shuffle. YMMV.

[postambientlux]

BEST AMBIENT OF 2024

BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS of 2024 curated by @holsgr

50 : Phexioenesystems - Tone Colour Garden Salmon Universe

49 : 0N4B - Somewhere, left behind 3XL

48 : Daigo Hanada & Yoko Komatsu - Where Clouds Are Born Moderna Records

47 : Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power Tonal Union

46 : Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise Merge Records

45 : Hans Hjelm - Into The Night Self-release

44 : Olli Ahvenlahti - Mirror Mirror We Jazz Records

43 : Sachi Kobayashi - Lamentations Phantom Limb

42 : Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry & Rebecca Foon - First Sounds Envision Records / One Little Independent

41 : nonkeen - All good? LEITER

40 : PJS - Flora Dronarivm

39 : Félicia Atkinson - Space As An Instrument Shelter Press

38 : Anthéne - Cloudburst Home Normal

37 : Bremer/McCoy - Kosmos Luaka Bop Inc

36 : Princ€ss - Princ€ss wherethetimegoes

35 : G.S. Schray - Whispered Something Good Last Resort

34 : Jasmine Myra - Rising Gondwana Records

33 : YAI - Sky Time AKP Recordings

32 : ann annie - The Wind Nettwerk Music Group Inc.

31 : Seaworthy & Matt Rösner - Deep Valley 12k

30 : Marysia Osu - harp, beats & dreams Brownswood Recordings

29 : Fennesz - Mosaic P-VINE, Inc.

28 : Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements - Rain On The Road Thrill Jockey Records

27 : Glåsbird - A Sonic Expedition Whitelabrecs

26 : Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo LUCKYME®

25 : Ross Christopher & City Of Dawn - Spatio Temporal Amoveo Creative

24 : Arushi Jain - Delight Leaving Records

23 : Oliver Patrice Weder - The Shoe Factory Moderna Records

22 : Laura Masotto - The Spirit of Things 7K!

21 : Grand River & Abul Mogard - In uno spazio immenso light-years

20 : William Basinski - September 23rd Temporary Residence Ltd.

19 : Pub - Process The Wise ampoule records

18 : Altus - Ultraviolet Altus Music

17 : Seabuckthorn - This Warm, This Late quiet details

16 : Catherine Christer Hennix - Further Selections from The Electric Harpsichord Blank Forms Editions

15 : Antonina Nowacka - Sylphine Soporifera Mondoj

14 : Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff - A Radical Horizon Beacon Sound

13 : Sam Wilkes - iiyo iiyo iiyo Self-release

12 : Slow Dancing Society - Do We Become Sky? Past Inside the Present

11 : Svaneborg Kardyb - Superkilen Gondwana Records

10 : Fergus McCreadie - Stream Edition Records

9 : Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel - The Room Real World Records

8 : Robert Rich & Luca Formentini - Cloud Ornament Self-release

7 : Ludwig Wandinger - Is Peace Wild? light-years

6 : Aidan Baker & Stefan Christoff - Januar Time Released Sound

5 : Hatti Vatti - Zeit R&S Records

4 : Larum - The Music of Hildegard von Bingen | Live at Public Records Puremagnetik

3 : Florian T M Zeisig - Planet Inc STROOM.tv

2 : Alva Noto - Xerrox, Vol.5 NOTON

1 : Lorenzo Montanà - VION n5MD

• BEST EP's 10 : Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord - Ewiger Wald Dronarivm 9 : Roman Nagel - Home Bigo & Twigetti 8 : Snorri Hallgrímsson - Longer shadows, softer stones Deutsche Grammophon GmbH 7 : Oliver Patrice Weder - Grand Piano Works - Vol. II Moderna Records 6 : Wil Bolton - Quiet Sunlight Dronarivm 5 : Thaddeus - Orbiting Dreams Shimmering Moods Records 4 : PHI-PSONICS - Morning Sun / Arrival Gondwana Records 3 : Jeroen Dirrix - Feel Moderna Records 2 : Max Ananyev - Wings & Winds Self-release 1 : Arborra - Arborra 7K!

• HONORABLE MENTIONS Nicolas Jaar - Archivos de Radio Piedras Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution Horacio Vaggione - Schall / Rechant Laura Misch - Sample The Earth Oliver Coates - Throb, shiver, arrow of time Nils Frahm - Paris Nala Sinephro - Endlessness Adaa - …img… Lau Andersson - The Weeping Siege MatC - Utoscapes Olivia Belli - Intermundia Alaskan Tapes - Something Ephemeral Mike Nigro - Leaving/Returning Michael Scott Dawson - The Tinnitus Chorus Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra - Bloom Bill Laurance & Michael League - Keeping Company Vegyn - The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions Shay Hazan - Wusul وصول Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes - The Doober Blake Lee - No Sound In Space T.R. Jordan - Dwell Time II Perila - Intrinsic Rhythm Tristan Arp - a pool, a portal Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice - Phantasy & Reality Matthew Ottignon - Volant Holy Tongue & Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now

• BEST REISSUES Fennesz - Venice 20 Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II [Expanded Edition]

[mceproductions]

Best of 2024 Music #29: Pharrell Williams “Piece By Piece”

When it comes to the most unique concept for the year, nobody would’ve fathomed a documentary  made in the style of the Lego movie.

But somehow Pharrell Williams pulled off the impossible with the style and flair he’s known for.

While adding a new jam to his long list.

SUM 22: A documentary biopic made of Lego Bricks gets the flair and style that Pharrell Williams has given us his whole life. 

[ewanspence]

Once more, the end of the year approaches, and the internet comes alive with “Top X Of The Year” lists. I will join the avalanche once more with my annual look at what I’ve been listening to. Yes, it’s 2023×12 time.

I’ll add a song to this post daily until all twelve songs are here. Are they the biggest songs of the year? Nope. Were they all released over the last twelve months? Mostly… Yet they’ve all been stuck in my head during the year so much that I keep coming back to them over and over again.

You'll find the full list on my regular blog - https://tinyurl.com/2023x12 - the highlights will be here.

[taylornation]

The anthology of work that became everything to us is nominated for five GRAMMYs… 📃 Album of the Year 📃 Record of the Year - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 📃 Song of the Year - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 📃 Best Music Video - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 📃 Best Pop Vocal Album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT members are proud of you, Chairman! 🤍  Also, we couldn’t miss us. 🥹 Congrats, Gracie Abrams, on your nomination for… 📒 Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - us. (feat. Taylor Swift)

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[madamemiz]

sad: falling out of a hyperfixation

tragic: watching your beloved friends and mutuals fall out of the hyperfixation while you're still in it

[gravedigg]

The Magician - Dorian Pavus

[muscariii]

Sorry no Morrowind art this weekend because I've been playing the MHWilds open beta and auggghh my brain is so focused on it. My PC almost died but I somehow managed to get it to look decent and ohhhh my god. It's sooo good. I can't wait for the full release.

Already got emotionally attached to the Seikret so I made a few drawings with it and also Nora because I love her.

Thinking intensely about the fact that she would definitely put its feathers in her hair so that they match...

[nyssasatelier]

Inspired by text post from @little-cereal-draws

[lindenhe]

he took some bard levels

[raplinenthusiasts]

💐 @cordiallyfuturedwight

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[suja-janee]

Redraw for my blog’s 4 year anniversary! (Ignore the fact that I accidentally erased echo’s arm oh shitttt)

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[jakeperalta]

"industry plant" is literally just the new way of saying "this female artist is having a lot of success and I don't like her for it".... like ok well personally I just don't find it that hard to believe that young women can be talented and work hard and achieve things

[lesparapluies]

Okay WHAT was that!!!! WHY is there suddenly an episode that BREAKS me???? Leaves me GASPING for air...!

Now THAT is good tv. No no, this episode was CINEMA.