{"id":28732,"date":"2024-12-24T05:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T10:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28732"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:21:37","slug":"musoscribes-best-of-2024-new-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/musoscribes-best-of-2024-new-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Musoscribe\u2019s Best of 2024: New Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everybody has their favorite new releases of each year; here are mine. This year I reviewed nearly 120 new releases. As per usual, the list reflects my particular interests, so you won\u2019t find any mainstream pop, Americana or hip hop. It doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that I don\u2019t find value in those styles; they simply don\u2019t make it to the top of the heap for me. Releases that do must be of the I must listen to this again and again<\/i> variety. These five* do that.<\/p>\n

\"\"Kula Shaker \u2013 Natural Magick<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nCombining Donovan-style hippie aesthetics with \u201890s Britpop textures was a winning formula for Kula Shaker back in the day. I certainly never expected them to roar back with a superb album all these decades later. But they certainly did.<\/p>\n

\"\"Sykofant \u2013 Sykofant<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nA progressive concept album from a Norwegian band making its recorded debut? Didn\u2019t see that coming. But what a record Sykofant<\/i> is. Overt nods to their heroes don\u2019t keep this from being fresh and original. Prog \u2013 and the concept album form \u2013 are alive and well.<\/p>\n

\"\"Blake Jones & the Trike Shop \u2013 And Still\u2026<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nWhen I say pop<\/i>, I usually don\u2019t mean the Taylor Swift kind (\u201cnot that there\u2019s\u2026\u201d yada yada). I mean timeless pop values in sturdy songs. Blake Jones and his pals have that in spades.<\/p>\n

\"\"Half\/Cubes \u2013 Pop Treasures<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nFlashcubes were an underrated part of the power pop renaissance. This project is something of a busman’s holiday \u2013 re-interpreting the work of other like-minded artists, with a bevy of guest stars \u2013 but it rises above genre exercises. It\u2019s a terrific listen.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks \u2013 True<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nNobody \u2013 well, hey, certainly not me \u2013 expected Jon Anderson to make one of his best albums outside of Yes as a kind of celebration of his 80th<\/sup> birthday. But True<\/i> is a remarkable work that can stand proudly alongside classic Yes.<\/p>\n

*I said five, but this one simply has to make the list\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"Trees Speak \u2013 Timefold<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nTime and again this Tucson duo turns out its best work. Timefold<\/i> is krautrock for the 21st<\/sup> century, but it\u2019s so much more than that. It\u2019s a mind movie!<\/p>\n

\"\"POSTSCRIPT<\/strong>: Another album arrived late in the year, and a review of it will be published here on Musoscribe the first week in January 2025. But I’m here to tell you that DB Edmunds’ Everybody Knows\u00a0 by Now<\/em><\/strong> is also one of my favorite albums of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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