New Bands for Old Heads

New Bands for Old Heads

The Best Albums for Old Heads of 2024, Pt. 4 (and final!)

The four-part album of the year series concludes with a list (unranked, of course) of would-be #1 records of 2024

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Dec 09, 2024
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At last, we’re here — on time, under budget, and with 10% fewer typos than last week.

I thought about getting into a little introductory analysis of my choices so far over the course of this anti-list series, or at least some justification of what I’ve left out.

But the chances of anybody not scrolling down to the albums just below is vanishingly small. This is the most exciting list of them all — every album that deserves a number one ranking on a typical AOTY list!

We can have a little post-mortem overthinking session in the coming weeks. For now, scroll on.

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The End-of-Year Schedule

  • Week of November 17th: Noteworthy Releases

  • Week of November 24th: Albums Worthy of a Top 50 List

  • Week of December 1st: Albums Worthy of a Top 10 List

  • Week of December 8th: Albums Worthy of a #1 Slot

Let’s go.

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