Keeping it trim, for your sanity and mine. Too much good music released this year, again, but nothing topped the swirling, weighted haze of "Everyone Thought You Were Dead.”
While I'm very strongly in favor of buying music and supporting artists, consider also a donation to Gaza Soup Kitchen and The Sameer Project.
Happy New Year, and thanks for reading. On with the show:
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J.R.C.G., Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
THE BODY, The Crying Out of Things (Thrill Jockey)
BILDERS, Dustbin of Empathy (Grapefruit/Sophomore Lounge)
SHOP REGULARS, s/t (Merrie Melodies)
SEPTAGE, Septic Worship (Intolerant Spree of Infesting Forms) (Me Saco Un Ojo)
ANADOL & MARIE KLOCK, La Grande Accumulation (Pingipung)
MORDECAI, Seeds From the Furthest Vine (Petty Bunco)
WATER DAMAGE, In E (12XU)
MATT KREFTING, Finer Points (Open Mouth)
ÅTHÄVOR, s/t CS (Satatuhatta)
BALTA, Mindenki Mindig Minden Ellen 7" (La Vida Es Un Mus)
BRAIN TOURNIQUET / DELIRIANT NERVE, split 7" (Iron Lung)
CICADA, Wicked Dream 7" (Unlawful Assembly)
DEAD DOOR UNIT, Abandon CD (Tribe Tapes)
LIGHT METAL AGE, s/t CS (self-released)
JIM MARLOWE, Mirror Green Rotor In Profile CS (Medium Sound)
PHILL NIBLOCK, Looking For Daniel CD (Unsounds)
NORMS, 100% Hazaárulás 12" (11PM/Total Peace)
SIN TAX, Abnegation 7" (Miracle Cortex)
SUFFOCATING MADNESS, Unrelenting Forced Psychosis 12" (Toxic State)
Sharp Pins at the Pilot Light, May 23, 2024
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, February 2, The Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
Unwound, March 21, The Mill & Mine, Knoxville, TN
Sharp Pins with A Certain Zone, May 23, The Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
Negativland + Sue-C feat. Zoh Amba for two songs, June 8, Central Cinema, Knoxville, TN
Primitive Man, September 22, Eulogy, Asheville, NC
BONUS: Driving to Nashville to see J.R.C.G. only to find out it was canceled, but getting to eat the best meal of the year at Margot Cafe
All first-time reads in 2024; highly recommend Fat City and The Wall.
Don Carpenter, Hard Rain Falling (1966)
Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell, Our Share of Night (2023)
Leonard Gardner, Fat City (1969)
Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside, The Wall (1963)
Aurora Venturini, translated by Kit Maude, Cousins (2023)
