What a familiar feeling!
10 Favorite New Albums
The Passionate Ones, Nourished By Time
Hymnal, Lyra Pramuk
EUSEXUA, FKA twigs
Bleeds, Wednesday
Phonetics On and On, Horsegirl
Disiniblud, Disiniblud
Luster, Maria Somerville
Baby, Dijon
Evangelic Girl is a Gun, yeule
Fancy That, PinkPantheress
5 Favorite Live Shows
Ela Minus @ Public Records
Beth Gibbons @ Beacon Theatre
Chappell Roan @ Forest Hills Stadium
Lia Kohl + Shane Parish @ Roulette Intermedium
Alex G @ Radio City Music Hall
5 Favorite New (to Me) Artists
Daily Toll
ear
forty winks
Couch Prints
Annie DiRusso
10 New Favorite (Old) Albums
I’m the One You Love…, The Motifs (2023)
Ahh-Ahh, Maggi Payne (2020)
Beside Herself, Michele Mercure (2018)
Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Davis Quintet (1958)
In The Garden, Eurythmics (1981)
Forever Forever, Genevieve Artadi (2023)
Evans Pyramid (1978-1994), Evans Pyramid (2012)
luminousorangesuperplastic, Luminous Orange (1999)
Faking the Books, Lali Puna (2004)
Elevator to Eden, Lives of Angels (1983)
Honorable mentions: “One day, I'll kill the bitch inside my brain,” Amaarae, Isabella Lovestory, Jules Reidy, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Sabrina Carpenter offering Chips Ahoy in “House Tour,” Snocaps, JADE, James K, beabadoobee covering “Sway,” the couple who made out the entirety of Nala Sinephro’s set, Sinners, Bb trickz, Wings of Voice, William Basinski prefacing playing “Please, This Shit Has Got to Stop” by saying it was going to “tear everyone a new asshole,” PinkPantheress saying “remember that Lactaid” at The Lot Radio, Four Tet DJ set, “OOH” finally released, Blondshell “Diet Pepsi” cover, “mm, girl, real,” Chappell Roan healthcare speech, “I wanna wanna wanna wanna forget everything.”