Continuation of our review of best albums in 2024! As I mentioned last week, this time I won’t rate them in a form of a chart, but just simply list them without a special announcement for the record of the year. We continue with good tunes, this week featuring Doris Melton, Grace Cummings, JD Simo and Luther Dickinson, Daniel Romano, Lemon Twigs, Redd Kross, Best Bets, Leyla McCalla, Gabriel Naim Amor, Delta 21, Dale Crover, Cody Dickinoson, Rowdy, Jessica Boudreaux, Scott Reynolds, Madeleine Peyroux, Little Albert and The Resonars.
Doris Melton – Getting It Even Pt 2
Grace Cummings – Common Man
JD Simo and Luther Dickinson – Do The Rump
Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Generation End
The Lemon Twigs – Rock on Over and Over
Redd Kross – What’s In It For You
Best Bets – Spooky Signals
Leyla McCalla – Tree
Gabriel Naim Amor – September Escapade
Delta 21 – Fly Trap
Dale Crover – Doug Yuletide
Cody Dickinson – Homewrecker
Rowdy – All In My Head
Jessica Boudreaux – Exactly Where You Wanna Be
Scott Reynolds – Barista
Madeleine Peyroux – Showman Dan
Little Albert – Blue and Lonesome
The Resonars – At Journey’s End
The Best Albums in 2024
Motorpsycho - Neigh!!
Guadalupe Plata - La Runa
The Hypos
Omni - Soubenir
Zerodent - Human Races
Makki Jones - Message From The Indigo Children
Sara Petite - The Empress
Corey Ledet Zydeco- M?é?dikamen
Colin Cutler - Tarwater
David Nance & Mowed Sound
Ty Segall - Three Bells
Charles Moothart - Black Holes Don't Choke
Osees - Sorcs 80
J Mascis - What Do We Do Now
Rosali - Bite Down
Lydia Loveless - Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again
Ann Savoy - Another Heart
Doris Melton - Reflected Perspective
Grace Cummings - Ramona
JD Simo and Luther Dickinson - Do The Rump
Daniel Romano's Outfit - Too Hot To Sleep
The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know by
Redd Kross
Best Bets - The Hollow Husk of Feeling
Leyla McCalla - Sun Without the Heat
Gabriel Naim Amor - Stories
Delta 21 - Live at Blues?-?Rock Festival Osijek
Dale Crover - Glossolalia
Cody Dickinson - Homemade
Rowdy
Jessica Boudreaux - The Faster I Run
Scott Reynolds - Magic Beans & Time Machines
Madeleine Peyroux - Let's Walk
Little Albert - The Road Not Taken
The Resonars - Electricity Plus
Today we start off with an Australian band The On and Ons who serve as a backup band for Paul Collins when he plays over there. But they are also a band on their own and The On and Ons Calling is their new record. The band is consisted of former members of Zeros, Stems and Hoodoo Gurus. This also made me look up Hard-Ons. It turns out, they recently had a new record called Peel Me Like An Egg, which I have overseen until now. Scott Reynolds recorded a new album a couple of months ago in his bedroom, so we check it out. Ultimate Painting are a duet from London (Jack Cooper and James Hoare) and we check them out for the first time here at the Little Lighthouse. Todd Rundgren recently teamed up with two Norwegian artists Emil Nikolaisen and Hans Peter Lindstrøm for an unusual new album called Runddans.
The Replacements fans should pay special attention today. We have a new track for Paul Westerberg and also a new one for Chris Mars. Chris’ song is a part of an effort to raise fund for Slim Dunlap’s recovery after a severe stroke this February. And we also have Kevin Bowe, a musician from Minneapolis who collaborates with Westerberg on Bowe’s new record. Nels Cline is on guitar. We also have the brand new album for Natural Child. They already had one really good one earlier this year called For The Love Of The Game (we have a