STAFF PICKS

our favorite MUSIC & BOOKS of

2024

GRIMEY

(founder/co-owner)
Willow ‘Empathogen’
Bonny Light Horseman ‘Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free’
Idles ‘Tangk’
Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham ‘Cunningham Bird’
The Weird Sisters ‘Who Are The Weird Sisters’
Sierra Ferrell ‘Trail Of Flowers’
Bare Jr. ‘Boo-Tay’ (Reissue)
Jack White ‘No Name’
MJ Lenderman ‘Manning Fireworks’
Kate Bollinger ‘Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind’
Robyn Hitchcock ‘1967’

DOYLE

(co-owner/vinylist)

Doyle’s favorite music released on physical media in 2024

10 new albums that stayed close to my turntable all year:

Jessica Pratt - Here In the Pitch
Rogê - Curyman II
Leyla McCalla - Sun Without the Heat
Parlor Greens - In Green We Dream
Mary Timony - Untame the Tiger
Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers
Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well + Deeper Into the Well
Jack White - No Name
Guided By Voices - Strut of Kings
Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir

5 reissues or archive releases that inspired deep rabbit hole diving:

Joni Mitchell - Archives Vol. 4
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Long After Dark expanded reissue + The Gennaro Tapes: Live in Edinburgh 1982
Talking Heads - Talking Heads 77 deluxe reissue
Tsunami - Loud Is As (vinyl box of complete recordings)
My Morning Jacket - 10/18/10 Terminal 5, NYC: The Tennessee Fire

ANNA

(store manager/Indie Pop Princess)
studio albums
Being Dead - *Eels* (Bayonet Records)
Andrew Bird Trio - *Sunday Morning Put-On* (Loma Vista)
Camera Obscura - *Look to the East, Look to the West* (Merge)
Kim Deal - *Nobody Loves You More* (4AD)
MJ Lenderman - *Manning Fireworks* (ANTI- Records)
Kacey Musgraves - *Deeper Well* (Interscope)
Jessica Pratt - *Here In the Pitch* (Mexican Summer)
Mary Timony - *Untame the Tiger* (Merge)

collections + compilations

*Beehive Breaks* - various (Numero)
Broadcast - *Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006 - 2009* (Warp)
*Do The Strum! Girl Groups And Pop Chanteuses 1960-1966 (Joe Meek's Tea Chest Tapes)* - various (Cherry Red)
*The Elephant 6 Recording Co.* soundtrack (Org Music)
Love Child - *Never Meant to Be: 1988 - 1993* (12XU)
Velocity Girl - *Ultracopacetic* (Copacetic Remixed and Expanded) (Sub Pop)

WILL

(assistant manager/receiving major domo)
I. rewired my brain a lil bit:
Black Dresses - *LAUGHINGFISH* (blacksquares)
Broadcast - *Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006-2009* (Warp Records)
Charli xcx - *brat* (Atlantic)
Half Waif - *See You at the Maypole* (Anti-)
Julia Holter - *Something in the Room She Moves* (Domino)
Kali Malone - *All Life Long* (Ideologic Organ)
Bolis Pupul - *Letter to Yu* (DEEWEE/Because Music)
salute - *True Magic* (Ninja Tune)
Xiu Xiu - *13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips* (Polyvinyl)
Nilüfer Yanya - *My Method Actor* (Ninja Tune)
II. masters of their craft:
babyxxan - *In- Tran- Situ* (Public Possession)
Caroline Says - *The Lucky One* (Western Vinyl)
Charly Bliss - *Forever* (Lucky Number)
Drahla - *angeltape* (Captured Tracks)
Empress Of - *For Your Consideration* (Major Arcana/Giant Music)
Jonny from Space - *back then I didn't but now I do* (Incienso)
Loidis - *One Day* (Incienso)
Melt-Banana - *3+5* (A-Zap)
Molina - *When You Wake Up* (Escho)
Jessica Pratt - *Here in the Pitch* (Mexican Summer)
III. reliable itch-scratchers:
Brijean - *Macro* (Ghostly International)
Claraguilar - *Figura* (Lapsus)
Confidence Man - *3AM (LA LA LA)* (Polydor)
Crumb - *AMAMA* (Crumb)
How to Dress Well - *I Am Toward You* (Sargent House)
Arushi Jain - *Delight* (Leaving)
Kopy - *Heart Fresh* (TAL)
Rico Puestel - *Turmoil* (Exhibition)
Salami Rose Joe Louis & Flanafi - *sarah* (self-released)
shower curtain - *words from a wishing well* (Fire Talk)

JASON

(bookstore major domo/preloved music buyer/trickster sage)
New Albums:
Myriam Gendron - Mayday
Mary Timony - Untame the Tiger
Bill MacKay - Locust Land
Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called
Yasmin Williams - Acadia
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - The Way Out of Easy
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
Leyla McCalla - Sun Without the Heat
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
Wussy - Cincinnati, Ohio
Richard Thompson - Ship to Shore
The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
Deep Purple - =1
Archival/Reissues:
Paul McCartney & Wings - One Hand Clapping
Jethro Tull - Chateau D'Herouville Sessions 1972
Bob Dylan & The Band - The 1974 Live Recordings
Faces - Complete BBC Concert and Session Recordings
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Early Daze
John Cale - Paris 1919 (Deluxe Edition)
Nahawa Doumbia - Vol. 2
John Lennon - Mind Games (The Ultimate Collection)
Tom Petty - Long After Dark (Deluxe)
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes (20th Anniversary Edition)
Broadcast - Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009
Luther Vandross - Luther
Various Artists - Pour A Little Sugar On It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds of American Bubblegum 1966-1971
Black Sabbath - Anno Domini 1989-1995
Book:
The Age of Magical Overthinking - Amanda Montell

TYLER

(preloved music buyer/resident cinema expert/sound conductor)
Top 10 Albums
1. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
2. Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
3. The Hypos - The Hypos
4. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
5. Wussy - Cincinnati, Ohio
5. D. Watusi - Watusioosie
7. Rich Ruth - Water Still Flows
8. Patrick Sansone - Infinity Mirrors
9. Wilco - Hot Sun Cool Shroud
10. The Smile - Wall Of Eyes
Reissue
1. Paul McCartney - One Hand Clapping
2. Neil Young - Early Daze
3. The Replacements - Not Ready For Prime Time
4. The Velvet Underground - Loaded (Alternate)
5. Guided By Voices - Tonics & Twisted Chasers