Songs of 2024 Discussion Thread

[Pauler]

Kicking off our discussion for the best songs 2024 has to offer.

The first great song I have heard this year is "DASH" by NMIXX: innovative production that fuses R&B, Hip-hop, Jazz with funky syncopated beat, a waterfall of vocal textures throughout (and incredible vocal performances) and a killer hook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UecFm_bSTU

[rosi9x]

I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on "DASH" and the other great songs you've seen this year. I'm also eager to hear what other people are enjoying so we can build a comprehensive list of must-listen tracks. Feel free to share any hidden gems, established hits, or anything in between that's tickling your ears!
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[Pauler]

I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on "DASH" and the other great songs you've seen this year. I'm also eager to hear what other people are enjoying so we can build a comprehensive list of must-listen tracks. Feel free to share any hidden gems, established hits, or anything in between that's tickling your ears!
incredibox

Megan Thee Stallion dropped a track that aims directly at Nicki's husband, Tory Lanez and probably Drake. The line "These hoes don't be mad at Megan, these hoes mad at Megan's Law" is so brutal

Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake's new single makes me drop all hopes for his album. Just awful.

[Pierre]

(To be watched with subtitles on) There are (very rare) times when I'm happy to be alive in this time, and this kind of videos is one of the reasons

(More context: this band is actually developing fast a strong cult following and it's not hard to guess why)

[FrankLotion]

New Vampire Weekend singles suddenly dropped on Spotify, they’re good! They sound like Father of the Bride era stuff but with some production flourishes a la Contra, I guess?

Did anyone else know these were releasing today? Total surprise for me.

[Pauler]

"Coma" from the deluxe version of Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek is one of most incredible songs I've heard this year. The production is absolutely stunning (is this Drum'n'Bass?), possessing a slightly off-kilter aggressiveness as well as a dreamy quality that is enchanting. As always, Caroline is one of the rare non-mainstream singers who can actually SANG.

[TheLastEnemy]

New Vampire Weekend singles suddenly dropped on Spotify, they’re good! They sound like Father of the Bride era stuff but with some production flourishes a la Contra, I guess?

Did anyone else know these were releasing today? Total surprise for me.

Been looking forward to these for a while... Quite underwhelmed at first but after a few listens I love 'Capricorn' now. The production is superb and the drums sound amazing. I imagine with a few more listens 'Gen-X Cops' will grow on me too.

[phil]

The new song by Fontaines DC, Starburster, is amazing. Quite an evolution from their previous sound - much more upbeat / aggressive than recent work. New favourite song of the year so far.

[Pauler]

The indie crowd's favorite K-Pop group NewJeans comes back with another great song "How Sweet". It's not an immediate hit like "Super Shy" but the vocal melodies are damn gorgeous. https://open.spotify.com/track/38tXZcL1 ... 6dde95431a

[Nassim]

I like the new Los Campesinos singles, especially the first one.

With Steve Albini's passing, I wouldn't be shocked if Shellac ended with their first AM ranked song with I Don't Fear Hell.

[stevejobb]

We will wait for the explosion of these music products this year

[JohnnyBGoode]

[Pauler]

"Baddy On The Floor" is great but the song with Robyn is just alright.

[Moonbeam]

Top 20 so far: Lots of repeated artists as I have been focusing mostly on my all-time favorite song list this year (52,000 comparisons and counting!). Current places on my all-time list also included for fun:

1. Bat for Lashes - "The Dream of Delphi" (#534)
2. Charli XCX - "Girl, So Confusing" (#1382)
3. Dua Lipa - "Happy for You" (#1848)
4. Billie Eilish - "Chihiro" (#2203)
5. Dua Lipa - "These Walls" (#2214)
6. Dua Lipa - "French Exit" (#2444)
7. Charli XCX - "Everything Is Romantic" (#2570)
8. Billie Eilish - "Birds of a Feather" (#2573)
9. Bat for Lashes - "At Your Feet" (#2622)
10. Lola Young - "Wish You Were Dead" (#2799)
11. Dua Lipa - "Training Season" (#2864)
12. Chromeo - "Lost and Found" (#3085)
13. Charli XCX - "I Think About It All the Time" (#3243)
14. Charli XCX - "B2B" (#3341)
15. Caroline Polachek - "Coma" (#3741)
16. Sofia Portanet - "Entre Nos Lèvres" (#3821)
17. Allie X - "Galina" (#3990)
18. St. Vincent - "All Born Screaming" (#4125)
19. Dua Lipa - "End of an Era" (#4255)
20. Charli XCX - "Sympathy Is a Knife" (#4258)

Some 2023 leftovers that appear on 2024 albums:

Allie X - "Black Eye" (#1042)
Chromeo - "(I Don't Need a) New Girl" (#2141)
Dua Lipa - "Houdini" (#3547)

[Nick]

The year is halfway over. Here's what's on my provisional list:

1. A.G. Cook- Britpop
2. Ariana Grande- Yes, And?
3. Beyoncé- 16 Carriages
4. Beyoncé- Texas Hold ‘Em
5. Billie Eilish- Lunch
6. Bullion- Rare
7. Caribou- Honey
8. Charli XCX- 360
9. Charli XCX- Girl, So Confusing
10. Charli XCX- Talk Talk
11. Charli XCX- Von Dutch
12. DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ- Deep Down
13. Dua Lipa- Illusion
14. Erika de Casier- Lucky
15. Fontaines D.C.- Favourite
16. Hakushi Hasegawa- Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi)
17. Jamie xx- Baddy on the Floor
18. Jessica Pratt- Life Is
19. Jessie Ware and Romy- Lift You Up
20. Jlin- The Precision of Infinity
21. Julia Holter- Spinning
22. Justice- Generator
23. Kamasi Washington- Get Lit
24. Kamasi Washington- Prolouge
25. Kendrick Lamar- Meet the Grahams
26. Kendrick Lamar- Not Like Us
27. Perennial- Action Painting
28. Pet Shop Boys- Loneliness
29. Porter Robinson- Cheerleader
30. Porter Robinson- Knock Yourself Out XD
31. Porter Robinson- Russian Roulette
32. Rosie Tucker- All My Exes Live in Vortexes
33. Sabrina Carpenter- Espresso
34. Tapir- On a Grassy Knoll, We’ll Bow Together
35. Taylor Swift- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
36. Tommy Richman- Million Dollar Baby
37. Vampire Weekend- Capricorn
38. Vampire Weekend- Classical
39. Waxahatchee- Right Back to It

[Nassim]

The new Alan Sparhawk song is crazy, even with the sonic adventurousness of the latest Low albums, I wouldn't have imagined anything quite like it :

[andyd1010]

Ya Ya by Beyonce is my favorite song of the year so far, so I'm sorry for the little plug, but I have to shout out one of my good friends who just produced this video and got Beyonce to rework the song to introduce Team USA to kick off the Olympics. I was at the shoot with Sha'Carri Richardson, and it's just so cool to see how this all came together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7HpWw ... =NBCSports

[FrankLotion]

Ya Ya by Beyonce is my favorite song of the year so far, so I'm sorry for the little plug, but I have to shout out one of my good friends who just produced this video and got Beyonce to rework the song to introduce Team USA to kick off the Olympics. I was at the shoot with Sha'Carri Richardson, and it's just so cool to see how this all came together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7HpWw ... =NBCSports

They did a good job with it too, right now it’s the #1 trending video on YouTube!

[Cicice]

2024 is doing a bang up job in trying to qualify itself as a sequel for 2008. We have some music from one of Portishead, Beth Gibbons and now we're getting some from one of The B-52s, Kate Pierson ("Evil Love") and one of Goldfrapp, err.. Alison Goldfrapp ("I Just Wanna Be Loved") !!

Charli XCX, Beyonce, Vampire Weekend, Julia Holter, Four Tet, Kings Of Leon, Taylor Swift, Usher, Actress, Black Keys, Sheryl Crow, Liam Gallagher, Travis, Moby, Dandy Warhols, Kid Cudi, Sia, Kanye West have already waved hello to 2024 after blowing 2008 a kiss once before with albums and EPs

[Nick]

Extremely tentative top 10 songs of the year:

1. Charli XCX- Von Dutch
2. Tommy Richman- Million Dollar Baby
3. Charli XCX- 360
4. Jamie xx- Baddy on the Floor
5. Fontaines D.C.- Favourite
6. Porter Robinson- Cheerleader
7. Kendrick Lamar- Not Like Us
8. Father John Misty- I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All
9. Ariana Grande- Yes, And?
10. Porter Robinson- Russian Roulette

[luvulongTIM]

Depends, if a single released in early November 2023 would suffice as a 2024 song, hands down “Jenny” by Fat Dads. If not, I’ll give single of the year to the Otherness with “You Are the Reason for It.” Followed by Lives’ “Cancelled.”

[Lamerde]

Billy Tibbals is my favorite underground musician rn. I think
y’all will really like him. He fuses 70s glam with power pop
and I think he has the potential to save rock music. Not
saying that acts like Maneskin or Olivia Rodrigo is bad but…
Check out his new EP “Nightlife Stories” from this year:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2hfLQRti ... qvGmBfCOyg

[Pepperami]

I can hear some influence from Carly Rae's All That in Jade Thirwall's Angel Of My Dreams and Kacey Musgraves' Lonely Weekend in Sabrina Carpenter's Taste xx

[Nick]

Here's an ultra-rough top 40:

1. Charli XCX- Von Dutch
2. Tommy Richman- Million Dollar Baby
3. Geordie Greep- Holy, Holy
4. Jamie xx- Baddy on the Floor
5. Charli XCX- 360
6. Fontaines D.C.- Favourite
7. Father John Misty- I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All
8. Sabrina Carpenter- Espresso
9. Porter Robinson- Russian Roulette
10. Porter Robinson- Cheerleader
11. HiTech- Spank!
12. Ariana Grande- Yes, And?
13. Kendrick Lamar- Not Like Us
14. Charli XCX- Girl, So Confusing
15. Fcukers- Homie Don’t Shake
16. Shoji Meguro- Color Your Night
17. Shoji Meguro- Mass Destruction
18. Vampire Weekend- Mary Boone
19. MJ Lenderman- She’s Leaving You
20. A.G. Cook- Britpop
21. Magdalena Bay- Image
22. Caribou- Come Find Me
23. Chappell Roan- Good Luck, Babe!
24. Porter Robinson- Knock Yourself Out XD
25. Beyoncé- 16 Carriages
26. Shoji Meguro- It’s Going Down Now
27. Cindy Lee- Kingdom Come
28. The Smile- Zero Sum
29. Magdalena Bay- Death & Romance
30. Vampire Weekend- Classical
31. Pet Shop Boys- Loneliness
32. Beyoncé- Texas Hold ‘Em
33. Vampire Weekend- Capricorn
34. Charli XCX- Talk Talk
35. Taylor Swift- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
36. Perennial- Action Painting
37. Dua Lipa- Illusion
38. Fontaines D.C.- Starburster
39. Billie Eilish- Lunch
40. Waxahatchee- Right Back to It

I need to listen to these songs more to see where they'll slot on my EOY list, but as of now they're all contenders:

Bullion- Rare
Caribou- Honey
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ- Deep Down
Erika de Casier- Lucky
Floating Points- Key103
Hakushi Hasegawa- Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi)
Jessica Pratt- Life Is
Jessie Ware and Romy- Lift You Up
Jlin- The Precision of Infinity
Julia Holter- Spinning
Justice- Generator
Kamasi Washington- Get Lit
Kamasi Washington- Prolouge
Kendrick Lamar- Meet the Grahams
Parannoul- Gold River
Parannoul- Painless
Rosie Tucker- All My Exes Live in Vortexes
Sophie- Reason Why
Tapir- On a Grassy Knoll, We’ll Bow Together
The Cure- Alone
Wishy- Triple Seven

[Nick]

Closing in on a final list, here's what my top 50 looks like so far:

1. Charli XCX- Von Dutch
2. Tommy Richman- Million Dollar Baby
3. Geordie Greep- Holy, Holy
4. Jamie xx- Baddy on the Floor
5. Father John Misty- I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All
6. Sabrina Carpenter- Espresso
7. Charli XCX- 360
8. Kendrick Lamar- Not Like Us
9. Fontaines D.C.- Favourite
10. Porter Robinson- Cheerleader

11. HiTech- Spank!
12. Ariana Grande- Yes, And?
13. Porter Robinson- Russian Roulette
14. Charli XCX and Lorde- Girl, So Confusing featuring Lorde
15. Fcukers- Homie Don’t Shake
16. Shoji Meguro- Color Your Night
17. Shoji Meguro- Mass Destruction
18. Vampire Weekend- Mary Boone
19. The Cure- Alone
20. MJ Lenderman- She’s Leaving You

21. A.G. Cook- Britpop
22. Magdalena Bay- Image
23. Caribou- Come Find Me
24. Chappell Roan- Good Luck, Babe!
25. Porter Robinson- Knock Yourself Out XD
26. Magdalena Bay- Death & Romance
27. Beyoncé- 16 Carriages
28. Shoji Meguro- It’s Going Down Now
29. Kendrick Lamar- Meet the Grahams
30. Pet Shop Boys- Loneliness

31. Cindy Lee- Kingdom Come
32. The Smile- Zero Sum
33. Vampire Weekend- Classical
34. Floating Points- Key103
35. Waxahatchee- Right Back to It
36. The Cure- And Nothing is Forever
37. Nick León and Erika de Casier- Bikini
38. Addison Rae- Diet Pepsi
39. Addison Rae- Aquamarine
40. Beyoncé- Texas Hold ‘Em

41. Vampire Weekend- Capricorn
42. Jessica Pratt- Life Is
43. Charli XCX- Talk Talk
44. Taylor Swift- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
45. Perennial- Action Painting
46. Dua Lipa- Illusion
47. Fontaines D.C.- Starburster
48. Kendrick Lamar- GNX
49. Rosie Tucker- All My Exes Live in Vortexes
50. Tapir- On a Grassy Knoll, We’ll Bow Together

[Henry]

My top 30 (likely to change in the next week or so):

1. Billie Eilish / Birds of a Feather
2. Kamasai Washington / Road to Self (KO)
3. Joe Satriani & Steve Vai / The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1 /
4. Kamasai Washington / Prologue
5. Meghan Trainor / Criminals
6. John Batiste / Fur Elise
7. David Gilmour & Romay Gilmour / Between Two Points
8. Jessie Ware and Romy / Lift You Up
9. Geordie Greep / Holy, Holy
10. Sprints / Literary Mind
11. Green Day / Look Ma, No Brains!
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Baby's In a Thundercloud /
13. Blackwood Mojo / When the Angels Come to Call - lead guitarist (Tommy Lafferty) is a friend of mine from high school
14. Chappell Roan / Good Luck, Babe
15. Eliza McLamb / Modern Woman
16. The Cure / Alone
17. Post Malone / I Had Some Help
18. MGMT feat. Christine and the Queens / Dancing In Babylon
19. Porter Robinson / Cheerleader
20. Sabrina Carpenter / Espresso
21. Sleater-Kinney / Don't Feel Right
22. Illuminati Hotties / Can't Be Still
23. Mannequin Pussy / Loud Bark
24. Black Crowes / Wanting and Waiting
25. Jon Batiste / 5th Symphony In Congo Square
26. Jon Batiste / Ode to Joyful
27. Vampire Weekend / Capricorn
28. Kamasai Washington / Dream State
29. Dua Lipa / Training Season
30. Eric Church / Darkest Hour

[Cadavaca]

Here's my current top 30. Some obvious observations to be made I suppose...

1 | Cola | Keys Down If You Stay
2 | Kendrick Lamar feat. SZA | Luther
3 | Kendrick Lamar | Euphoria
4 | Waxahatchee feat. MJ Lenderman | Right Back to It
5 | John Cale | How We See the Light
6 | Kendrick Lamar | Wacced Out Murals
7 | Myriam Gendron | Long Way Home
8 | Elucid feat. Creature | CCTV
9 | Lake Street Dive | Dance with a Stranger
10 | Kendrick Lamar | Man at the Garden
11 | Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble | Compared to What
12 | MC Digu feat. MC Pipokinha | Pensa que é dois
13 | Kendrick Lamar | Reincarnated
14 | ZY THE WAY | Ten Acres
15 | Kendrick Lamar | Meet the Grahams
16 | Kendrick Lamar feat. AzChike | Peekaboo
17 | Lupe Fiasco | Palaces
18 | Ka | Bread, Wine, Body, Blood
19 | Clairo | Sexy to Someone
20 | Vince Staples | Little Homies
21 | Wet | Double
22 | Kendrick Lamar | Not Like Us
23 | Mach-Hommy feat. Kaytranada & 03 Greedo | #RICHAXXHAITIAN
24 | Nourished by Time | Hell of a Ride
25 | DJ LAG feat. Jazz Alonso | Oke Oke
26 | Schoolboy Q feat. Ab-Soul | Foux
27 | Geese | Baby
28 | Kendrick Lamar feat. Wallie the Sensei, Siete7x, & Roddy Ricch | Dodger Blue
29 | Waxahatchee | Evil Spawn
30 | Selaelo Selota | Thrrr... Phaaa! (DESIREE Remix)