(yes of course that didn't come out in 2024)

As we approach the end of 2024, Relapse begins to highlight another killer year! Starting off with the February 16 release of TECHNO ANIMAL's The Brotherhood of the Bomb on 2LP/CD/Digital! TECHNO ANIMAL features Justin Broadrick (#Godflesh, #Jesu) & Kevin Martin (#TheBug)

'This genre willingly avoided the spotlight. Never mind that it simply wasn’t fit for exposure, the genre itself openly rejected and lamented it. How beautiful is that – a mode of art which does not demand external confirmation for its existence?' Rock It from the Crypt: Jordan

Check out my top #psychedelic albums of the year. rationaltone.blogspot.com/2024/12/best-p… Sub Pop Records 𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖙 𝖘𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘 12XU Temporary Residence Ltd. 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖌 𝕮𝖎𝖙𝖞 Thrill Jockey Rocket Recordings Invada Records UK Nuclear Blast Records Mothland More genre lists to come before End of Year!

Never handed in my BrooklynVegan list because I got distracted with tour stuff, so here are the things I dug this year:

Check out the 20 best ambient albums of 2024! rationaltone.blogspot.com/2025/01/best-a… Motion Ward Geographic North Sacred Bones Records RVNG Intl. OOH-sounds @room40speaks Rocket Recordings @mondoj_ Thrill Jockey Rafael Anton Irisarri Tonal Union (@tonalunion.bsky.social) Warp Records Touch Mute Phantom Limb Northern Spy Records

New Music: REVELATOR – ‘Interference Pattern’ grownuprap.com/2025/01/03/elu…

this is a killer cover of Isolation by Joy Division, all on taishōgoto! youtube.com/watch?v=9ZyoyG… #joydivision #coversong #2025newmusic

This album is a classic. So hard to google though.

Last year i submitted my all time top 10 Shoegaze album list, for an online mag that never printed it 😂 (Possibly thought i had strayed too far ! ) Feel free to disagree.... (PS I couldnt get it down to 10. Lol Sure i left out classics too)

These guys were #9 on my ambient albums of the year. Wish I could have seen this performance. Glad they documented it!

The new Ethel Cain album is so dark and weird (for her) and out of left field. I love to see it. ethelcain.bandcamp.com/album/perverts

Wrote about my favorite records of 2024 & listed a bunch more I spent time with Good Willsmith sinaïve Arab Strap Iceboy Violet Nueen The Bug(official) Phantom Limb Hyperdub Orange Milk Records Rock Action dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/772211785…

New Dead Neanderthals!

New albums out today as well as singles and remixes from throughout the week! blogger.com/blog/post/edit…… Andy Bell DARKSIDE Squid doseone Mogwai Batushkaofficial / Patriarkhofficial Clipping

New & Notable: The first new Young Widows record in 11 years finds them at the peak of their powers—bludgeoning riffs and howling melodies. youngwidows.bandcamp.com/album/power-su…

I love this Loraine James // Whatever The Weather mixtape: nts.live/shows/loraine-…

am alone in thinking that Roan's speech about the music industry was very misguided? Musicians should be treated as partners, co-owners, or even owners of their brand. Not signed into a low wage contract at a young age and trapped for their entire career. #ChappellRoan #GRAMMY