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Smith & Wesson Viking Tactics Carbine as designed by Kyle Lamb.
Features include:
Barrel Length: 16"
Action: Semi-Auto
Barrel Twist: 1 in 7"
Overall Length: 35" Extended, 32" Collapsed
Stock: VLTOR™ ModStock 6-Position Collapsible
Weight: 6.5 lbs.
Barrel Material: 4140 Steel
Receiver Material: 7075 T6 Aluminum
Finish: Hard Coat Black Anodized
Surefire® Flash-hider and G2 Light with VTAC Light Mount
VTAC/JP Handguard
JP Single Stage Match Trigger & Speed Hammer
5 Magpul Pmags
Three Adjustable Picatinny-Style Rails
VTAC® Padded 2-Point Tactical Sling
This stuff has all been in storage for nearly three years. I haven't really been able to make any noise, but right now I can get a little loud for a few days so I couldn't resist. So nice to hear it all come to life again.
The Ibanez UE-405 has long been a favorite of mine.
The way I understand it, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I understand it those circuits are all pedal effects circuits from the same 9-series line of effects that the Tube Screamer TS-9 came from (except for the parametric EQ circuit, which is unique to this box AFAIK). The big difference here is that they're all AC-powered and in a rack unit. So yeah, AFAIK that's the AD-9 analog delay, the CS-9 stereo chorus and the CP-9 compressor/limiter. The "Insta-Patch Position" knobs let you arrange what order they're in.
What I do know with some degree of certainty is that they've always sounded great.
Images taken at Sheffield skate park at Devonshire green. The guys were really easy going and very enthusiastic.
Canon at 1/2 power with diffuser positioned on the left hand side with LP160 to the upper left at 1/4th power.
canon 580exII, LP160, YN RF 603 triggers, canon 18-135
Decided to buy 3 of these Phottix triggers. I got 3 triggers for the price of one Pocket Wizard trigger!
Kiveton Park's Rob Gorman unleashes a shot at Wales High School during a 2-1 victory over relegation-haunted Sheffield County Senior League First Division rivals Stocksbridge Park Steels Development.
Match statistics:
Admission: free. Programme: £1 (12 pages). Attendance: 30. Scoring sequence: 1-0 (Josh Shepherd, 24mins); 2-0 (Jonny Gravelle, 30mins); 2-1 (Jardel Mansell-Banton, 43mins). Referee: Gareth Roberts (Rotherham).
The location is a burnt out house from the turn of the century in Ottawa, Canada. It used to be owned by a local judge. Later some kids burnt it down. I keep forgetting to try and find out the whole story, but I keep getting lost in the beauty of this wonderful disaster. This was my first time working with Lucy. I'd always wanted to work with her. Sadly, this is the only shoot we did. This shoot does mean alot to me however since it was the first shoot I'd done with my brand new camera, (Nikon D70s). One thing you can't see in these pictures is how gross hot it was.
Featuring Lucy Trigger
Photo by Jef Harris
Our 6 month old blue heeler puppy, Trigger, has to always be in the water. My boyfriends mom's most prize possession is her goldfish pond... She gets so mad when Trigger takes a dip in it to cool off. She is so worried he is going to hurt her goldfish. We have tried EVERYTHING to keep him out.. and he knows he isn't supposed to be in there. So this is our criminal pup swimming with the goldfish with his " i didn't do it " look!
Damaged Case and/or device: No goldfish have been damaged.. yet! but we will never get tired of the endless amounts of " I didn't do it looks" or chasing trigger out of the goldfish pond!
I sent a second picture of Trigger picking up some bad habbits of his owner ( Drew Black). once again here is his "I didn't do it mom!" look :) hope everyone enjoys our CRIMINAL PUPPY!!
Another shot of Christy. Shot with a Canon 430EXII Using Hahnel Wireless Flash Trigger for my first go at taken off flash photography on My Canon EOS 500D
Model: Christy Louise Wilkes
Location: West Bromwich Albion F.C.
Lens: Tamron 70 - 300mm
The objective of the trigger finger treatment is to dispose of the swelling and bolting and permitting it full and agony free development of the trigger finger. Its regular treatment incorporates night splints,anti - fiery medivations and steroid infusions.
Model(s):
Skeletrina MM #341858
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Strobist info:
1x Yongnuo YN-460II right in 24" Phottix Softbox without diffusor,
1x Yongnuo YN-460II bare left low with 33" white shoot through umbrella,
triggered with Yongnuo PT-04TM set.
PP: Adobe Lightroom
Strobist Stuff:
EX430II low right with stofen filter 1/8th
EX580II high left with snoot 1\8th
triggered STE2
shot after dark (because it took too long to set up) in the garden, under a child wielding a hose, in front of a black screen
So....the perfect shave. I have been theorising about this for some time. I suspect shaving, and the way an individual shaves is, like as not, similar to religion. the technique is a hand-me-down. More than likely, as a child, you watched your father in front of the bathroom mirror, scrapping away before work, or you read somewhere, in some lifestyle mag, the best way to shave. the method seems to be with the grain or against the grain, up or down, and they are both "the best".
So, for what its worth, here is my method for the best wet shave, derived from experimentation. I would never suggest it cannot be bettered, and welcome suggestions and improvements.
First off, shave in the shower. The function of all the lathering with expensive foams and soaps is to soften the bristles. water and time does this, so the shower is ideal and saves some effort. The other function of the foam is lubrication. This does work, but so does a bar of soap. The next thing is the blade. The blade companies have gone too far in their quintuple blade heads "for the best shave yet". two blades is just fine, with plenty of clearance between the blades so they wash out easily. The next thing, and possibly the most important, is never keep your current blade on the razor handle. Keep it in the box. The reason for this is not technical or clever, it merely increases the odds of your partner not using it, and every fellow knows what a leg does to a blade. So keep an old blade on the razor (she (or indeed he) will not notice) and the one you use in the box. This rule might not apply if you live alone, but you can never be sure.
Next, after all the normal shower procedures, soap the old chin, foam, whatever, and shave down, with the grain. You don't have to be too fussy or particular here, just run the blade downwards from nose to neck, cheek to jowl, then after a quick rub over with your soapy paw, shave the other way, neck to nose etc. This knocks off all the sharp bits and leaves the (IMHO) the best possible result. It takes no longer, blades last longer (you can get away with using a blunter blade) and you have a much more kissable chin, than the method you use now.
What could be better?
Well, a better shave could be better, so I invite you, in the spirit of scientific investigation, to test and improve.
With apologies to Carole C if she didn't call it that - Dennis said she did, but one thing not in dispute is that surprisingly it was Carole's first trig pillar.
We had a stunning day and views for the recce - the day of the walk was greyer, damper and windier.
Title: Flickr Dutch Strobists Meeting, Breukelen
Model(s):
Meis
Location: Breukelen, The Netherlands
Strobist info:
1x Yongnuo YN-460II bare flagged with blue gel left high,
1x Yongnuo YN-460II right front in 24" Phottix Softbox,
triggered with Yongnuo PT-04TM set.
PP: Adobe Lightroom
Yet more studio work. Done for a University brief; we had to create a magazine. This is for the food section.
Model: Amy
Make up: Jess Nunnery
Photography&PP:myself
This partial lunar eclipse lasted 6 hours. That's longer than any lunar eclipse in the past 580 years. Here you can see it's maximum shadow state.
It was visible to all of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, Eastern Asia, and Western Europe.
Moon Altitude: 45º
View this night sky in context with other space objects on TheSkyLive: theskylive.com/planetarium?objects=sun-moon-mercury-venus...
Read more about the event: www.space.com/beaver-moon-lunar-eclipse-photos-november-2021
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Our experience of this lunar eclipse:
We found out about this once-in-a-lifetime partial lunar eclipse a day before it happened. (I don't know why all my Likes, Follows, etc. didn't trigger the algorithm to show it to me earlier. It's frustrating because it doesn't give much time to share it with folks who don't follow astronomical activities.) I spent a couple of hours researching the best places to view it. We're still fairly new to Anchorage, so I'm still gathering my favourite spots to view sunrises, moonrises, auroras, stars, fog, etc.
In Anchorage, the peak of the eclipse happened around midnight, so the moon was in the highest part of its arc across the sky. The glorious Chugach Mountains were well below the moon and not going to provide the kind of closeup shot I was looking for.
I searched satellite images to see if there were any easily accessible locations at the foot of a mountain. Mirror Lake looked promising, but I hadn't been there before and I think the angle of the moon would still have been well above the nearest mountain. I'd decided I would *try* Mirror Lake.
Then, with about an hour before we had to leave, I quickly researched (TPE, StreetView, PhotoPills) if any buildings in Anchorage would be good candidates for the foreground of the photo. I remembered that I'd seen the JL Tower during our morning commute on Thursday. There are a few other tall buildings in that area, so I figured I would have options. I had more confidence in that location than I did Mirror Lake. So we went for it!
Upon arrival at 2230, the moon had begun entering Earth's shadow. I quickly setup the GoPro HERO9 (attached to a USB battery pack wrapped in a towel) on the roof of the car.
Did I mention it was -22ºC outside?
I setup my Canon T6i on a tripod and started snapping some bracketed shots with the JL Tower's rooftop LED light artwork in the foreground. I think it turned out splendidly because the red hues of the lights sometimes matched the red hue reflecting off the moon.
I was only able to get some short video recordings of the moon moving more into shadow because the batteries on my Canon didn't last more than about 15 minutes at a time. We kept the car running to avoid death and keep spare batteries warm.
I only saw one other photographer swing by our spot to grab some photos. He was driving around looking for various buildings to place in the foreground of his shots. I wonder if — the next day — anyone watched CCTV recordings of cars driving sporadically around parking lots looking for their desired angle. Hehe.
WARNING - HIGH VOLTAGE
THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY
Interior Close-up of the 580EX II foot. The factory PC jack has been replaced with a common 3.5mm mono audio jack.
Temporary jumper wires verify continuity:
White - trigger wire from center pin to jack
Black - ground wire from foot frame to ground on jack
Capacitor - .02microfarad/50V bridged from ground to trigger (allows firing in manual-master mode!)
EDIT 2007_11_16 - It's actually not necessary to carve a notch for the 3.5mm plug after all. I tested this on my second 580EX II and the plug goes in all the way just fine without making a notch.
best_of_2024, Brat
The Wire, Rob Barnes, Bandcamp Daily, Louder Than War, BrooklynVegan, Gorilla vs. Bear, A.V. Club, Consequence, Vulture, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, The Forty-Five, MOJO, Rolling Stone, The Independent, Paste, Exclaim!, BBC Radio 6 Music, Loud and Quiet, The New Yorker, NPR, Uncut, The Quietus, Stereogum... здесь основные MSM списки (in progress)
www.flickr.com/photos/deepskyobject/54180822209
интересует в основном топ The Wire (+ тематические списки других изданий), да и в целом любопытно взглянуть спустя год, что же котировалось в mainstream media
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deepskyobject (Top-20 of 2024 to RED)
1. Left at Orion - Radiowaves (2024)
2. Trentemøller - Dreamweaver (2024)
3. Инна Пиварс и Гистрионы - Песни града Китежа (2024)
4. Whirr - Raw Blue (2024)
5. Julie - My Anti-Aircraft Friend (2024)
6. Хадн Дадн - Поцелуйчик солнышка (2024)
7. Vylet Pony - Monarch of Monsters (2024)
8. TTSSFU - Me, Jed and Andy (2024)
9. конъюнктура - керамика (2024)
10. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (2024)
11. Softcult - Heaven (2024)
12. Mo Dotti - Opaque (2024)
13. Dog silent - Voices in My Head (2024)
14. Clinic Stars - Only Hinting (2024)
15. Sestrica - Memory Lane (2024)
16. Kali Malone - All Life Long (2024)
17. LAAVU - Escape (2024)
18. NewDad - MADRA (2024)
19. Wisp - Pandora (2024)
20. Kim Gordon - The Collective (2024)
honorable mentions:
Broadcast - Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006 - 2009 (2024)
Broadcast - Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000 - 2006 (2024)
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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024
50. claire rousay - Sentiment [bedroom pop]
49. Eiko Ishibashi - Evil Does Not Exist [experimental]
48. Robin Mackay - By The North Sea [radio play]
47. Clarissa Connelly - World of Work [progressive folk]
46. Yatta - Palm Wine [glitch pop, hypnagogic pop]
45. The Necks - Bleed [ambient, avant-garde jazz]
44. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven [indie rock]
43. Neil Luck - Radio Archive (2014-2023) [spoken word]
42. KRM & KMRU - Disconnect [dark ambient]
41. Sarah Hennies - Motor Tapes [modern classical]
40. Trigger Object - Ghost Bros OST [noise, electro-industrial]
39. Rhodri Davies - Telyn Wrachïod [free improvisation]
38. Tony Conrad, Jennifer Walshe - In the Merry Month of May [experimental]
37. Frederic D. Oberland, Grégory Dargent, Tony Elieh, Wassim Halal - SIHR [avant-folk]
36. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield [heavy metal]
35. Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us [west coast hip hop]
34. Laurie Anderson - Amelia [spoken word, modern classical]
33. Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding - Milton + Esperanza [chamber jazz]
32. Sisso & Maiko [Tanzania] - Singeli Ya Maajabu [singeli]
31. Nídia & Valentina - Estradas [batida, electroacoustic]
30. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes [jazz pop]
29. Charli XCX - Brat [electropop]
28. The Bug - Machines I--V [ambient dub]
27. Karl D'Silva - Love Is a Flame In the Dark [indie pop]
26. Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - Something About Shirley [abstract hip hop]
25. Richie Culver - Scream If You Don't Exist [glitch, dark ambient]
24. Kali Malone - All Life Long [minimalism, drone]
23. Able Noise - High Tide [experimental rock]
22. Fay Victor & Herbie Nichols SUNG - Life Is Funny That Way [vocal jazz]
21. Mary Timony [Ex Hex, Helium] - Untame the Tiger [indie rock]
20. Cappo - S.T.A.R.V.E [UK hip hop]
19. Pat Thomas - The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir [free improvisation]
18. Dialect - Atlas of Green [progressive electronic]
17. Shellac - To All Trains [noise rock]
16. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere [progressive death]
15. Water Damage - In E [drone]
14. Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus [abstract hip hop]
13. Toshiya Tsunoda/Taku Unami - Wovenland 3 [musique concrète]
12. The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards of a Futile Heaven [post-industrial]
11. Dhangsha - Broadcast Signal Intrusion [industrial, noise]
10. Beings - There Is a Garden [free jazz]
9. Caxtrinho - Queda Livre [psychedelic]
8. Kim Gordon - The Collective [noise rock]
7. Moin - You Never End [post-rock]
6. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee [hypnagogic pop]
5. Still House Plants - If I Don't Make It, I Love U [experimental rock]
4. Moor Mother - The Great Bailout [electroacoustic]
3. Elaine Mitchener - Solo Throat [experimental]
2. Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution [ambient]
1. أحمد [Ahmed][UK] - Giant Beauty [free jazz]
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Rob Barnes @ Top 60 Shoegaze/Dreampop albums of 2024
01. Newmoon - Temporary Light
02. Animal Ghosts - Swell
03. Mo Dotti - Opaque
04. Clinic Stars - Only Hinting
05. Whitelands - Night-Bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day
06. All Under Heaven - What Lies Ahead of Me
07. Punchlove - Channels
08. Ride - Interplay
09. Softcult - Heaven
10. Magic Shoppe - Down the Wish Elm
11. Tombstone in Their Eyes - Asylum Harbour
12. Virgins - Nothing Hurt and Everything Was Beautiful
13. Starflyer 59 - Lust for Gold
14. DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water
15. Joyer - Night Songs
16. Abandoned Buildings - Eroding Light
17. Mondaze - Linger
18. Ammonia Wash - Fading on the Way Down
19. Left at Orion - Radiowaves
20. Indoor Voices - Past Present
21. Bloococoon - Bloococoon
22. Flu Flu - Furia
23. Blushing - Sugarcoat
24. Newdad - Madra
25. San Carol - Mada Vida
26. Julie - My Anti-Aircraft Friend
27. Air Formation - Air Formation
28. So Totally - Double Your Relaxation
29. Blurred City Lights - Overload
30. The Fauns - How Lost
31. Shower Curtain - Words From A Wishing Well
32. Healees - Coin De L’oeil
33. Keeley - Beautiful Mysterious
34. Brief Candles - Unfinished Nature
35. Future Nostalgia - Imaginary Conversations
36. Bright Like Stars - Reflections
37. Swirlpool - Distant Echoes
38. Burrrn - Without You
39. Somesurprises - Perseids
40. 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - Let Go
41. Tears Run Rings - Everything In The End
42. Trauma Ray - Chameleon
43. Yndling - Mood Booster
44. PURS - Dissipate
45. Sungaze - Sungaze
46. Gift - Illuminatior
47. Wishy - Triple Seven
48. Midwife - No Depression In Heaven
49. Torrey - Torrey
50. Aluminum - Fully Beat
51. Flavor Crystals - Gone Six
52. Fazerdaze - Soft Power
53. A Place To Bury Strangers - Synthesizer
54. Calliere - Float
55. Cold Gawd - I’ll Drown On This Earth
56. White Poppy - Ataraxia
57. Kodaclips - Gone Is The Day
58. Zzzaam - Shine
59. The Proctors - Snowdrops And Hot Air Balloons
60. Three Quarter Skies - Fade In
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Piero Zaccagnini - Best Albums of 2024
1. Tears Run Rings - Everything in the end
2. Air Formation - Air Formation
3. Ural Mountains - Dead oceans
4. 93millionmilesfromthesun - Let go
5. Anilore - Lia fail
6. New Moon - Temporary light
7. Hoо - III
8. Asteroid No4 - Several shapes of solar flares
9. Echodrone - The curvature of sound
10. Lightning Bug - No paradise
11. Trentemoller - Dreamweaver
12. Starflyer 59 - Lust for gold
13. The Fauns - How lost
14. Loom - Eternal aphelium
15. Oeil - Dream within a dream
16. Indoor Voices - Past present
17. Reverb On Repeat - Ycneo
18. Staring Problem - Equinox
19. Shalloboy - At the mercy of the cloud
20. Horsebeach - Things to keep alive
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Manfredi Lamartina (shoegazeblog, Italy)
1. Opinion - Horrible
2. Phantom Handshakes - Sirens at golden hour
3. Miners - A healthy future on Earth
4. Punchlove - Channels
5. Chiaroscuro - Chiaroscuro
6. So Totally - Double your relaxation
7. Bloody Knives - Drowning in light
8. Softcult - Heaven
9. Clinic Stars - Only hinting
10. Wishy - Triple seven
11. Fir Cone Children - Jig of glee
12. julie - My anti-aircraft friend
13. Magic Shoppe - Down the Wych Elm
14. swan•seas - Songs in the key of blue
15. Trentemøller - Dreamweaver
16. Burrrn - Without you
17. DIIV - Frog in boiling water
18. Mondaze - Linger
19. Blushing - Sugarcoat
20. The Fauns - How lost
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Greg Peters - Top 25 Shoegaze Albums for 2024
01. Mo Dotti - opaque (Los Angeles)
02. Mondaze - linger (Faenza, Italy)
03. Whitelands - Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day (London)
04. Newmoon - Temporary Light (Antwerp, Belgium)
05. Sorry, Dave - Sink (Melbourne, AUS)
06. burrrn - blaze down his way like the space show (Tokyo)
07. abandoned buildings - Eroding Light (Bradford, UK)
08. Shades of Violette - Shades of Violette (Washington, D.C.)
09. Casino Garden - Transition (Wuppertal, Germany)
10. trauma ray - Chameleon (Fort Worth, Texas)
11. DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water (Brooklyn, New York)
12. Starflyer 59 - Lust For Gold (California)
13. Virgins - g l i s s (Belfast, UK)
14. Air Formation - Air Formation (Worthing, UK)
15. flu flu - Furia (Sevilla, Spain)
16. CASTLEBEAT - Stereo (California)
17. copperplate - subtle senses (Marietta, Georgia)
18. Healees - Coin de l'œil (Paris, France)
19. julie - my anti-aircraft friend (Los Angeles)
20. sunshy - I don't care what comes next (Chicago)
21. Perpetual Void - Winter in Orbit (Glasgow, UK)
22. Meltway - Nothing Is Real (Denmark)
23. Belong - Realistic IX (New Orleans)
24. The Essential Ether - Ten Indie Essentials (Bergen, Norway)
25. Local Authority - Memory Loss (Brisbane, AUS)
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Bandcamp Daily's Essential Releases of 2024
Amaro Freitas - Y'Y [avant-garde jazz, post-minimalism]
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere [progressive death metal]
Caribou - Honey [house, indietronica]
Caxtrinho - Queda Livre [psychedelic rock, vanguarda paulista]
Daudi Matsiko - The King Of Misery [indie folk]
Dummy - Free Energy [neo-psychedelia, noise pop]
E L U C I D - REVELATOR [abstract hip hop]
Helado Negro - PHASOR [indietronica, neo-psychedelia]
Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo [deconstructed club]
J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) [experimental rock, neo-psychedelia]
Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full Of Blood [post-metal, post-hardcore]
Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement [spiritual jazz, jazz fusion]
La Luz - News of the Universe [neo-psychedelia, indie surf]
Machine Girl - MG Ultra [digital hardcore]
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness [jazz fusion, space ambient]
Nubya Garcia - ODYSSEY [third stream, spiritual jazz, jazz fusion]
Previous Industries - Service Merchandise [abstract hip hop]
Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution [ambient, electroacoustic]
Kronos Quartet - Outer Spaceways Incorporated : Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra [third stream, modern classical, nu jazz]
Rosali - Bite Down [indie rock, folk rock]
SML - Small Medium Large [jazz fusion]
Tristwch Y Fenywod - Tristwch Y Fenywod [darkwave, avant-folk, neofolk]
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Louder Than War's Top 100 Albums of 2024
100. Loose Articles - Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
99. Amelia Coburn - Between The Moon and The Milkman
98. Chris Bridgett - Speedboat On Chapel Street
97. Arab Strap - I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore
96. Wire Worms - The First To Come In
95. The March Afternoons - The March Afternoons Aren't Real
94. Poppycock - Magic Mothers
93. Sassyhiya - Take You Somewhere
92. The March Violets - Crocodile Promises
91. Amy Rigby - Hang in There with Me
90. Michael - Nite Salad
89. The Mystery Lights - Purgatory
88. Plastic Bag - Dead Kings Of Europe
87. Emissaries Of Syn - Past Prescient Future
86. Dan Guidance - Freedom Of Movement
85. Collision Course - Ländfill
84. Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
83. Douglas Dare - Omni
82. Anja Huwe - Codes
81. Osees - SORCS 80
80. New Model Army - Unbroken
79. Horsemeat - Embrace The Abyss
78. David Lance Callahan - Down To The Marshes
77. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
76. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Revelations
75. Yard Act - Where's My Utopia?
74. Jozef Van Wissem - The Night Dwells In The Day
73. Humanist - On the Edge of a Lost and Lonely World
72. Keeley - Beautiful Mysterious
71. Emilíana Torrini - Miss Flower
70. Coded Marking - Coded Marking
69. The Battery Farm - Dark Web
68. The Peawees - One Ride
67. AMASS - Gameskeepers Gallows
66. The Baby Seals - Chaos
65. Fightmilk - No Souvenirs
64. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
63. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
62. X - Smoke & Fiction
61. God Bullies - As Above, So Below
60. The Courettes - The Soul of... The Fabulous Courettes
59. Sarah Davachi - The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir
58. Peter Alexander Jobson - Burn The Ration Books Of Love
57. Goat - Goat
56. Coughin' Vicars - Cyrses & Prayers
55. Bugman - The Proto Push
54. Fat White Family - Forgiveness Is Yours
53. Gossip - Real Power
52. cumgirl8 - the 8th cumming
51. The WAEVE - City Lights
50. Objections - Optimistic Sizing
49. Snowgoose - Descendent
48. Stick in the Wheel - A Thousand Pokes
47. Retsu - Retsu
46. Oruã - PASSE
45. Moor Mother - The Great Bailout
44. KNEECAP - Fine Art
43. Kali Malone - All Life Long
42. Einstürzende Neubauten - Rampen: apm (alien pop music)
41. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD
40. Nubiyan Twist - Find Your Flame
39. Dearthworms - Sapsucker
38. Mary Timony - Untame the Tiger
37. ARXX - Good Boy
36. 86TVs - 86TVs
35. Jane Weaver - Love In Constant Spectacle
34. Small Black Arrows - The British Museum
33. BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
32. Kim Gordon - The Collective
31. Chrystabell & David Lynch - Cellophane Memories
30. Fat Dog - WOOF.
29. The Jesus Lizard - Rack
28. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy
27. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
26. Tess Parks - Pomegranate
25. Charles Lloyd - The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
24. YOBS - YOBS
23. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont - DAYLIGHT
22. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
21. SOFT PLAY - HEAVY JELLY
20. John Cale - POPtical Illusion
19. Richard Hawley - In This City They Call You Love
18. Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii - Mondo Maleficum
17. HOUSE Of ALL - Continuum
16. James - Yummy
15. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
14. Dead Pioneers - Dead Pioneers
13. The Lovely Eggs - Eggsistentialism
12. DEADLETTER - Hysterical Strength
11. Pizzatramp - The Last Supper
10. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
9. Meryl Streek - Songs For The Deceased
8. Ultimate Thunder - A Spider Will Come to Eat Your Flesh
7. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
6. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
5. IDLES - TANGK
4. Peter Perrett - The Cleansing
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God
2. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
1. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
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A.V. Club's 25 Best Albums of 2024
25. The Hard Quartet - The Hard Quartet
24. Rosali - Bite Down
23. Faye Webster - Underdressed at the Symphony
22. Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me
21. Empress Of - For Your Consideration
20. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
19. Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy
18. Redd Kross - Redd Kross
17. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
16. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir
15. Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here
14. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
13. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
12. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
11. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
10. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
9. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
8. Jack White - No Name
7. Clairo - Charm
6. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
5. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
4. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
3. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
2. Charli xcx - BRAT
1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
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Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2024
40. Discovery Zone - Quantum Web
39. Gb - Gusse Music
38. Merely & Malibu - Essential Mixtape
37. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
36. Erika de Casier - Still
35. Bullion - Affection
34. Man Rei - Doer
34. Man Rei - Thread
33. Caoilfhionn Rose - Constellation
32. Fergus Jones - Ephemera
31. Hemlock - 444
30. Loukeman - Sd-2
29. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild
28. Laryssa Kim - Contezza
27. Dorothea Paas - Think Of Mist
26. Caroline Says - The Lucky One
25. Broadcast - Spell Blanket - Collected Demos - 2006-2009
25. Broadcast - Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006
24. Burial - Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above
23. Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
22. Sam Morton - Daffodils & Dirt
21. Tyla - TYLA
20. F.G.S. - Tinker Bell's Cough
19. Nourished By Time - Catching Chickens
18. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt
17. Hildegard - Jour 1596
16. Naemi - Dust Devil
15. Armand Hammer - BLK LBL
14. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
13. Jack J - Blue Desert
12. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
11. Night Tapes - assisted memories
10. Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt - Backstage Raver
9. Charli xcx - BRAT
8. Skee Mask - Resort
7. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
6. Fine - Rocky Top Ballads
5. Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN
4. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
3. Being Dead - EELS
2. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police
1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
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Consequence's 50 Best Albums of 2024
50. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
49. Maxo Kream - Personification
48. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
47. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
46. Wishy - Triple Seven
45. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
44. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
43. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
42. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene
41. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
40. Shellac - To All Trains
39. Denzel Curry - KING OF THE MISCHIEVOUS SOUTH
38. Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
37. Opeth - The Last Will and Testament
36. Vince Staples - Dark Times
35. Joy Oladokun - Observations From A Crowded Room
34. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
33. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS
32. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyan's Slingshot
31. Hovvdy - Hovvdy
30. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball
29. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
28. Jamie xx - In Waves
27. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
26. Mount Eerie - Night Palace
25. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
24. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK
23. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas
22. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
21. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
20. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
19. Chat Pile - Cool World
18. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
17. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
16. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & Boys Noize - Challengers [MIXED] By Boys Noize
15. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
14. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
13. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
12. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
11. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns
10. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
9. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
8. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
7. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
6. Jack White - No Name
5. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
4. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir
3. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
2. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
1. Charli xcx - BRAT
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Vulture's Best Albums of 2024
10. mediopicky - Bexaco y rico
9. Red Hot Org - TRAИƧA
8. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
7. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn of Events
6. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
5. Mustafa - Dunya
4. Bilal - Adjust Brightness
3. KA - The Thief Next to Jesus
2. Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN
1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
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BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2024
50. Martha Skye Murphy - Um
49. Growing Stone - Death of a Momma’s Boy
48. Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus
47. Undeath - More Insane
46. BigXthaPlug - Take Care
45. High On Fire – Cometh the Storm
44. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
43. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
42. Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes
41. GloRilla - Glorious & Ehhthang Ehhthang
40. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
39. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
38. Mach-Hommy - # RICHAXXHAITIAN
37. Chat Pile - Cool World
36. SUMAC - The Healer
35. Candy - It's Inside You
34. State Faults - Children of the Moon
33. ELUCID - Revelator
32. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive
31. Thou - Umbilical
30. Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons
29. Speed - Only One Mode
28. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition
27. glass beach - Plastic Death
26. High Vis - Guided Tour
25. Rosali - Bite Down
24. Foxing - Foxing
23. Kim Gordon - The Collective
22. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
21. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
20. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
19. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
18. Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) - Passage Du Desir
17. ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips
16. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
15. Gouge Away - Deep Sage
14. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene
13. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
12. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
11. This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star
10. Jessica Pratt - Here In the Pitch
9. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
8. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
7. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia
6. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
5. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
4. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
3. Charli XCX - Brat
2. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
1. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
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brooklynvegan staff:
Dave’s honorable mentions
Colin Stetson – The Love It Took to Leave You
Drug Church – PRUDE
Hulder – Verses in Oath
Immortal Bird – The Love It Took to Leave You
Your Old Droog – Movie
Andrew’s honorable mentions
Combat – Stay Golden
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
MGMT – Loss of Life
Nala Sinephro – Endlessness
Touché Amoré – Spiral In A Straight Line
Amanda’s honorable mentions
Allie X – Girl With No Face
Christian Lee Hutson – Paradise Pop. 10
Eliza McLamb – Going Through It
Friko – Where we’ve been, Where we go from here
Wishy – Triple Seven
Bill’s honorable mentions
Tindersticks – Soft Tissue
Bibi Club – Fou de garde
Beak> – >>>>
High Llamas – Hey Panda
The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers
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Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2024
50. Wendy Eisenberg - Viewfinder
49. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
48. Djrum - Meaning's Edge
47. Helado Negro - PHASOR
46. Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come
45. 454 - Casts of a Dreamer
44. Milan W. - Leave Another Day
43. حمد [Ahmed] - Wood Blues
42. Loidis - One Day
41. 坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto] - Opus
40. Erika de Casier - Still
39. This Is Lorelei - Box For Buddy, Box For Star
38. Being Dead - EELS
37. Lisha G & Trini Viv - Groovy Steppin Sh_t
36. Kali Uchis - ORQUÍDEAS
35. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
34. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
33. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive
32. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
31. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
30. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
29. xaviersobased - keep it goin xav
28. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
27. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD
26. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
25. Jlin - Akoma
24. Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus
23. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
22. Tyla - Tyla
21. Clairo - Charm
20. Mabe Fratti - Sentir que no sabes
19. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
18. Mk. gee - Two Star & the Dream Police
17. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
16. DORIS - Ultimate Love Songs Collection
15. Still House Plants - If I don’t make it, I love u
14. Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution
13. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
12. skaiwater - gigi
11. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
10. Kim Gordon - The Collective
9. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt
8. Bladee - Cold Visions
7. Mount Eerie - Night Palace
6. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
5. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
4. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
3. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
2. Charli XCX - BRAT
1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
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Resident Advisor's Best Records of 2024
25. British Murder Boys - Active Agents and House Boys
24. Regal86 - Unearthed Vol. II 100 Trax
23. Jlin - Akoma
22. Nourished By Time - Catching Chickens
21. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
20. Midland - Fragments Of Us
19. Total Blue - Total Blue
18. gum.mp3 - Black Life, Red Planet
17. Tim Reaper & Kloke - In Full Effect
16. Tyla - TYLA
15. Various Artists - 10 Years Love On The Rocks - Sky Is The Limit
14. Skee Mask - ISS010
13. Ciel & CCL - Tilda's Goat Stare
12. Various Artists - Letters to a Future Palestine
11. Verraco - Breathe... Godspeed
10. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
9. Nídia & Valentina Magaletti - Estradas
8. Syclops - Black Eye
7. gyrofield - These Heavens
6. DJ Anderson Do Paraíso - Queridão
5. Polygonia - Da Nao Tian Gong
4. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt
3. Charli xcx - BRAT
2. De Schuurman - Bubbling Forever
1. Loidis - One Day
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The Forty-Five's Best Albums of 2024
45. Pom Pom Squad - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me
44. ARXX - Good Boy
43. Maya Hawke - Chaos Angel
42. Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites
41. Lime Garden - One More Thing
40. Kali Uchis - ORQUÍDEAS
39. Dora Jar - No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire
38. Tinashe - Quantum Baby
37. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope
36. Ravyn Lenae - Bird's Eye
35. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
34. Wallice - The Jester
33. MICHELLE - Songs About You Specifically
32. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
31. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh
30. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
29. Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
28. Tyla - TYLA
27. Katie Gavin - What A Relief
26. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas
25. Megan Thee Stallion - MEGAN
24. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
23. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
22. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn of Events
21. Kim Gordon - The Collective
20. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
19. Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath
18. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
17. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
16. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy
15. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
14. Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us
13. Bbymutha - sleep paralysis
12. SPRINTS - Letter To Self
11. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
10. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
9. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK
8. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
7. Clairo - Charm
6. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
5. Charli xcx - Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
4. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
3. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
2. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
1. Charli xcx - BRAT
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MOJO’s Top 75 Albums of 2024
75. Field Music – Limits of Language
74. Pom Poko – Champion
73. Tindersticks – Soft Tissue
72. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight b741
71. The Bevis Frond – Focus on Nature
70. Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born
69. The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Rhapsody
68. Julia Holter – Something in the Room She Moves
67. Ghost Dubs – Damaged
66. Khruangbin – A LA SALA
65. Cassie Kinoshi’s Seed – Gratitude
64. Hamish Hawk – A Firmer Hand
63. Floating Points – Cascade
62. Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico
61. Oisin Leech – Cold Sea
60. The Hard Quartet – The Hard Quartet
59. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin – Ghosted II
58. Naima Bock – Below a Massive Dark Land
57. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage du Desir
56. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath
55. The Bug – Machine
54. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
53. Public Service Broadcasting – The Last Flight
52. Richard Hawley – In This City They Call You Love
51. IDLES – TANGK
50. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Spaceship to Mars
49. Joan As Police Woman – Lemons, Limes And Orchids
48. Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari
47. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes
46. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy
45. Nubya Garcia – ODYSSEY
44. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement
43. The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
42. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes
41. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat
40. Brittany Howard – What Now
39. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
38. Leyla McCalla – Sun Without the Heat
37. Common – The Auditorium Vol. 1
36. Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch
35. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
34. Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness
33. Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching
32. Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless
31. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
30. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
29. Charles Lloyd – The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
28. John Cale – POPtical Illusion
27. The The – Ensoulment
26. Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything
25. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
24. Mercury Rev – Born Horses
23. Richard Thompson – Ship To Shore
22. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice
21. Gruff Rhys – Sadness Sets Me Free
20. Lady Blackbird – Slang Spirituals
19. Peter Perrett – The Cleansing
18. David Gilmour – Luck and Strange
17. Paul Weller – 66
16. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Loophole
15. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
14. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer
13. The Smile – Wall of Eyes
12. Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
11. John Grant – The Art of the Lie
10. Kim Gordon – The Collective
9. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle
8. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know
7. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
6. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
5. Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da
4. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
3. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
1. Jack White – No Name
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Rolling Stone‘s Top 50 Albums of 2024
100. Pom Pom Squad - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me
99. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope
98. Common and Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1
97. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God
96. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
95. Koe Wetzel - 9 Lives
94. Grace Cummings - Ramona
93. Kerry King - From Hell I Rise
92. Megan Moroney - Am I Okay?
91. Allie X - Girl With No Face
90. Various Artists - Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin
89. Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy
88. RM - Right Place, Wrong Person
87. Cavalier - Different Type Time
86. Porter Robinson - SMILE!: D
85. Camila Cabello - C, XOXO
84. The Hard Quartet - The Hard Quartet
83. Floating Points - Cascade
82. NSQK - ATP
81. Hinds - Viva Hinds
80. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy
79. Adeem the Artist - Anniversary
78. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyans Sling Shot
77. Xavi - NEXT
76. Claire Rousay - Sentiment
75. Vince Staples - Dark Times
74. Peso Pluma - Éxodo
73. Ice Spice - Y2K
72. Maggie Rose - No One Gets Out Alive
71. Sexyy Red - In Sexyy We Trust
70. Charly Bliss - Forever
69. This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star
68. ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips
67. Rosie Tucker - Utopia Now!
66. ELUCID - Revelator
65. Maggie Rogers - Dont Forget Me
64. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
63. Red Clay Strays - Made By These Moments
62. Helado Negro - Phasor
61. Allegra Krieger - Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine
60. Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers
59. Omar Apollo - God Said No
58. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
57. John Cale - POPtical Illusion
56. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
55. Shaboozey - Where Ive Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going
54. Brittany Howard - What Now
53. Ayra Starr - The Year I Turned 21
52. Towa Bird - American Hero
51. RaiNao - Capicú
50. Cash Cobain - Play Cash Cobain
49. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
48. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
47. Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind
46. Latto - Sugar Honey Iced Tea
45. Illuminati Hotties - Power
44. The Marias - Submarine
43. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
42. Halsey - The Great Impersonator
41. Young Miko - Att.
40. Kaytranada - Timeless
39. Soccer Mommy - Evergreen
38. Rachel Chinouriri - What a Devastating Turn of Events
37. Tems - Born in the Wild
36. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive
35. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
34. Faye Webster - Underdressed at the Symphony
33. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
32. Normani - Dopamine
31. Griff - Vertigo
30. Mustafa - Dunya
29. Anycia - Princess Pop That
28. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Woodland
27. Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
26. Kim Gordon - The Collective
25. GloRilla - Glorious
24. Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson - Passage Du Desir
23. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
22. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
21. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
20. Jack White - No Name
19. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
18. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
17. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia
16. Álvaro Díaz - Sayonara
15. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
14. Mk. Gee - Two Star & the Dream Police
13. Clairo - Charm
12. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene
11. Rema - Heis
10. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
9. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
8. Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine
7. Future and Metro Boomin - We Don’t Trust You
6. Tyla - Tyla
5. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
4. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet
3. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
2. Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter
1. Charli XCX - Brat
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The Independent's Best Albums of 2024
20. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy
19. Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
18. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
17. Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes
16. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
15. Hinds - Viva Hinds
14. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
13. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
12. Brett Anderson, Paraorchestra & Charles Hazlewood - Death Songbook
11. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
10. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
9. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
8. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
7. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
6. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
5. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God
3. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
2. Charli XCX - Brat
1. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
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Paste's 100 Best Albums of 2024
100. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
99. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
98. Feeling Figures - Everything Around You
97. Bladee - Cold Visions
96. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
95. Rosali - Bite Down
94. Young Jesus - The Fool
93. Empress Of - For Your Consideration
92. Hour - Ease the Work
91. Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed
90. 파란노을 [Parannoul] - Sky Hundred
89. Rosie Tucker - UTOPIA NOW!
88. claire rousay - sentiment
87. Rose Hotel - A Pawn Surrender
86. Yasmin Williams - Acadia
85. Shovel Dance Collective - The Shovel Dance
84. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn of Events
83. Ekko Astral - pink balloons
82. NxWorries - WHY LAWD?
81. YATTA - PALM WINE
80. Brittany Howard - What Now
79. Amaro Freitas - Y'Y
78. Chris Acker - Famous Lunch
77. Tex Patrello - Minotaur
76. Clairo - Charm
75. 1010benja - Ten Total
74. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers (Original Score)
73. Mount Eerie - Night Palace
72. Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u
71. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
70. Tasha - All This and So Much More
69. Combat - Stay Golden
68. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
67. Cavalier - Different Type Time
66. Midwife - No Depression in Heaven
65. Kali Uchis - ORQUÍDEAS
64. Kim Gordon - The Collective
63. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
62. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
61. Hovvdy - Hovvdy
60. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
59. Thou - Umbilical
58. Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
57. Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
56. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
55. More Eaze, Pardo & Glass - paris paris, texas texas
54. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
53. Jimmy Montague - Tomorrow's Coffee
52. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS
51. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police
50. Wishy - Triple Seven
49. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
48. Good Looks - Lived Here For a While
47. KA - The Thief Next to Jesus
46. Being Dead - EELS
45. Hannah Frances - Keeper Of The Shepherd
44. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball
43. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
42. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
41. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild
40. MICHELLE - Songs About You Specifically
39. Willi Carlisle - Critterland
38. Allegra Krieger - Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine
37. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
36. Hayden Pedigo - Live in Amarillo, Texas
35. Yaya Bey - Ten Fold
34. Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power
33. Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
32. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
31. Uniform - American Standard
30. Mustafa - Dunya
29. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know
28. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
27. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt
26. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
25. This Is Lorelei - Box For Buddy, Box For Star
24. Sharp Pins - Radio DDR
23. The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis - The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis
22. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Woodland
21. Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
20. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
19. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
18. Jack White - No Name
17. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
16. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
15. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
14. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
13. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
12. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive
11. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
10. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
9. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns
8. Vince Staples - Dark Times
7. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
6. Charli xcx - BRAT
5. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir
4. Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here
3. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
1. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
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Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2024
50. Jamie xx - In Waves
49. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
48. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas
47. Dorothea Paas - Think Of Mist
46. Floating Points - Cascade
45. Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land
44. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball
43. Myriam Gendron - Mayday
42. A. G. Cook - Britpop
41. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
40. Future & Metro Boomin - WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU
40. Future & Metro Boomin - WE DON'T TRUST YOU
39. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
38. Four Tet - Three
37. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD
36. BIG|BRAVE - A Chaos of Flowers
35. Kim Gordon - The Collective
34. OMBIIGIZI - Shame
33. Sumac - The Healer
32. Nap Eyes - The Neon Gate
31. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS
30. Clairo - Charm
29. Nemahsis - Verbathim
28. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
27. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
26. Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u
25. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
24. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
23. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
22. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
21. Nicolette & The Nobodies - The Long Way
20. Vince Staples - Dark Times
19. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police
18. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
17. Corridor - Mimi
16. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
15. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
14. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
13. Jack White - No Name
12. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
11. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
10. Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
9. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
8. Bibi Club - Feu De Garde
7. Chat Pile - Cool World
6. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
5. Caribou - Honey
4. Mustafa - Dunya
3. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
2. Charli xcx - BRAT
1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
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BBC Radio 6 Music's Albums of the Year 2024
A. G. Cook - Britpop
Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
Bob Vylan - Humble As The Sun
Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
Charli XCX - Brat
Clarissa Connelly - World of Work
English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power
Faux Real - Faux Ever
Fontaines D.C. - Romance
Ganavya - Daughter of a Temple
Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand
I. JORDAN - I AM JORDAN
Infinity Song - Metamorphosis Complete
Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
Kim Gordon - The Collective
Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent
Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath
Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
Oisin Leech - Cold Sea
Shy FX & Mr. Williamz - Rudeboy Design Soundtape
Tess Parks - Pomegranate
Thee Marloes - Perak
Violence Gratuite - Baleine à Boss
Warmdüscher - Too Cold To Hold
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Loud and Quiet's Albums of the Year 2024
20. Tony Njoku - Last Bloom
19. Bingo Fury - Bats Feet For A Widow
18. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
17. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
16. Moin - You Never End
15. Elias Rønnenfelt - Heavy Glory
14. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
13. Goat Girl - Below The Waste
12. Clarissa Connelly - World of Work
11. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
10. Anastasia Coope - Darning Woman
9. claire rousay - sentiment
8. JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU
7. Kim Gordon - The Collective
6. Geordie Greep - The New Sound
5. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
4. Ex-Easter Island Head - Norther
3. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
2. Charli xcx - BRAT
1. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
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The New Yorker's Best Albums of 2024
20. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
19. Yasmin Williams - Acadia
18. Clairo - Charm
17. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
16. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
15. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS
14. Brittany Howard - What Now
13. Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called
12. Helado Negro - PHASOR
11. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
10. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
9. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
8. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
7. Charli xcx - BRAT
6. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
5. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
4. Bon Iver - SABLE,
3. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
2. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police
1. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
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NPR's 50 Best Albums of 2024
(it’s in chronological order)
Kali Uchis – ORQUÍDEAS
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey – Compassion
Mk. gee – Two Star & The Dream Police
Madi Diaz – Weird Faith
Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive
ScHoolboy Q – Blue Lips
Experiential Orchestra – American Counterpoints
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
Tyla – Tyla
Rosie Tucker – UTOPIA NOW!
Amaia Miranda – Mientras vivas brillas
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino
Maya Beiser – Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C
Ekko Astral – pink balloons
claire rousay – sentiment
Luiza Brina – Prece
Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch
Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
Angelica Garcia – Gemelo
Kaytranada – TIMELESS
Charli xcx – brat
Tems – Born in the Wild
Gabriela Ortiz – Revolución Diamantina
Rema – HEIS
Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer
Remi Wolf – Big Ideas
JPEGMAFIA – I Lay Down My Life For You
Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Rae Khalil – CRYBABY
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
Emily D’Angelo – Freezing
Patricia Brennan Septet – Breaking Stretch
Nala Sinephro – Endlessness
MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
Mustafa – Dunya
Yasmin Williams – Acadia
Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood
BigXthaPlug – Take Care
GloRilla – GLORIOUS
Roy Hargrove’s Crisol – Grande-Terre
Latin Mafia – Todos los días todo el día
Tyler, The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
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Uncut's 80 Best Albums of 2024
80. Leyla McCalla – Sun Without the Heat
79. Yasmin Williams – Acadia
78. Wadada Leo Smith – Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
77. Kali Uchis – ORQUÍDEAS
76. Personal Trainer – Still Willing
75. Pye Corner Audio – The Endless Echo
74. Dave Alvin – TexiCali
73. Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari
72. Laurie Anderson – Amelia
71. Beachwood Sparks – Across the River of Stars
70. Arab Strap – I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore
69. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
68. Taylor Swift – THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
67. John Canning Yates – The Quiet Portraits
66. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
65. Tindersticks – Soft Tissue
64. Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
63. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes
62. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement
61. IDLES – TANGK
60. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath
59. Charli XCX – BRAT
58. Linda Thompson – Proxy Music
57. Jlin – Akoma
56. Fievel Is Glauque – Rong Weicknes
55. Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
54. Kaia Kater – Strange Medicine
53. Bonny Light Horseman – Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
52. BASIC – This Is BASIC
51. Chuck Johnson – Sun Glories
50. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin – Ghosted II
49. Still House Plants – If I don’t make it, I love u
48. David Gilmour – Luck and Strange
47. Sarah Davachi – The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir
46. Charles Lloyd – The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
45. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat
44. Christopher Owens – I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
43. Richard Thompson – Ship To Shore
42. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
41. Paul Weller – 66
40. Grandaddy – Blu Wav
39. Brown Horse – Reservoir
38. Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything
37. Shellac – To All Trains
36. Myriam Gendron – Mayday
35. Brittany Howard – What Now
34. Rosali – Bite Down
33. Willie Nelson – The Border
32. Beak> – >>>>
31. Mabe Fratti – Sentir Que No Sabes
30. Kim Gordon – The Collective
29. Oisin Leech – Cold Sea
28. Jake Xerxes Fussell – When I’m Called
27. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
26. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Loophole
25. Nala Sinephro – Endlessness
24. Phosphorescent – Revelator
23. The High Llamas – Hey Panda
22. Alan Sparhawk – White Roses, My God
21. John Cale – POPtical Illusion
20. Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive
19. Peter Perrett – The Cleansing
18. Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
17. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage du Desir
16. Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da
15. Jack White – No Name
14. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice
13. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
12. Julia Holter – Something in the Room She Moves
11. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer
10. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
9. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
8. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
7. The Smile – Wall of Eyes
6. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
5. Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch
4. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
3. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
2. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
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The Quietus' Top 100 Albums of 2024
79. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
78. Thou – Umbilical
77. Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver – The Blacksmiths, The Flowers
76. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – Of The Last Human Being
75. Helado Negro – Phasor
74. Sahra Halgan – Hiddo Dhawr
73. TOMO – Vielle-Electronica
72. Alan Sparhawk – White Roses, My God
71. Skee Mask – ISS010
70. Rosso Polare – Campo Amaro
69. Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice
68. The Dengie Hundred With Gemma Blackshaw – Who Will You Love
67. Bòsc – Bòsc
66. Caveira – Ficar Vivo
65. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
64. Underworld – Strawberry Hotel
63. Martha Skye Murphy – UM
62. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
61. Uniform – American Standard
60. MIKE & Tony Seltzer – Pinball
59. Cower – Celestial Devestation
58. Mach-Hommy – RICHAXXHAITIAN
57. BIG|BRAVE – A Chaos Of Flowers
56. Laura Cannell – The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined
55. Wendy Eisenberg – Viewfinder
54. Erika Angell – The Obsession With Her Voice
53. Persher – Sleep Well
52. DJ Anderson do Paraíso – Queridão
51. Schoolboy Q – Blue Lips
50. Kim Gordon – The Collective
49. Quatuor Bozzini - Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 4
48. British Murder Boys - Active Agents & House Boys
47. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
46. Harry Górski-Brown - Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats
45. Saagara - 3
44. Holy Tongue Meets Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy Of Now
43. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
42. Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand
41. Guðmundur Steinn Gunarsson - Stífluhringurinn
40. Mary Halvorson - Cloudward
39. Senyawa - Vajranala
38. Jane Weaver - Love In Constant Spectacle
37. Water Damage - In E
36. Chrystabell & David Lynch - Cellophane Memories
35. Wu-Lu - Learning To Swim On Empty
34. Lorenzo Abattoir - Mess (Akt IV)
33. Roc Marciano - Marciology
32. Eric Chenaux Trio - Delights Of My Life
31. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
30. Xylitol - Anemones
29. Eros - Your Truth Is A Lie
28. Elijah Minnelli - Perpetual Musket
27. Milkweed - Folklore 1979
26. Naemi - Dust Devil
25. Einstürzende Neubauten - Rampen (apm: alien pop music)
24. Róis - Mo Léan
23. William Doyle - Springs Eternal
22. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
21. The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards Of A Futile Heaven
20. Sealionwoman – Nothing Will Grow In The Soil
19. Gnod – Spot Land
18. Nonpareils – Rhetoric & Terror
17. Clairo – Charm
16. Tashi Wada – What Is Not Strange?
15. Charli xcx – Brat
14. Jacken Elswyth – At Fargrounds
13. Dialect – Atlas Of Green
12. Fat White Family – Forgiveness Is Yours
11. Shellac – To All Trains
10. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath
9. Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja
8. Shovel Dance Collective – The Shovel Dance
7. Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution
6. Still House Plants – If I don’t make it, I love u
5. Mohammad Syfkhan – I Am Kurdish
4. Xiu Xiu – 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips
3. Moin – You Never End
2. Tristwch y Fenywod – Tristwch y Fenywod
1. Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther
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Stereogum: Best Albums of 2024
50. Wussy - Cincinnati Ohio
49. Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN
48. Willi Carlisle - Critterland
47. LL Cool J - The FORCE
46. 2nd Grade - Scheduled Explosions
45. Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet
44. glass beach - plastic death
43. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
42. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir
41. Madi Diaz - Weird Faith
40. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey
39. Couch Slut - You Could Do It Tonight
38. Four Tet - Three
37. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
36. High Vis - Guided Tour
35. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
34. Drug Church - Prude
33. Hovvdy - Hovvdy
32. Floating Points - Cascade
31. Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called
30. DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water
29. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
28. Fontaines D.C. - Romance (XL)
27. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
26. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
25. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
24. Kim Gordon - The Collective
23. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
22. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police
21. Chat Pile - Cool World
20. Erika de Casier - Still
19. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
18. Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus
17. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns
16. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
15. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
14. Gouge Away - Deep Sage
13. This Is Lorelei - Box For Buddy, Box For Star
12. Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia
11. Wishy - Triple Seven
10. Los Campesinos! - All Hell
9. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
8. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
7. Mount Eerie - Night Palace
6. Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
5. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
4. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
3. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
2. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
1. Charli XCX - Brat & Brat And It's Completely Different But Also Still Brat
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ZEN MAGNETS - Neodymium Magnetic Balls (@648) - Alien Blaster v3
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6TgZ4-vonE
This is my homage to the classic Alien Blaster designs (most recently the one from the computer game FPS Fallout 3)
This is made with exactly 3 sets of 216.
No build break-down on this dynamic design which started out with the main body shape, then handle, trigger, and finger guard, then the barrel sections, and finally the top section. It took around 3 attempts of redesign to get the final product using a build as you go a few balls and layers at a time.
This is a larger enhanced version of my original Alien Blaster design from 2011
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5389736644/]
It was made for the Zen Magnets Aug 2013 Contest 32: A Firearm, Fictional or Real ... www.zenmagnets.com/blog/32-a-firearm-fictional-or-real/
More pics here: www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/sets/72157635200563817/
A senior portrait of Jason Humphrey shot using a Nikon D200, Nikkor AF-D 50mm f/1.8 lens, Creative Lighting Silver Umbrella, Sunpak PZ42X Hot Shoe Flash, Yongnuo RF-603N1 wireless flash trigger in April 2012.
Canon has begun a rapid evolution from its camera offerings and advertising of just a few months earlier. The model V's baseplate trigger-wind takes up the era's popular theme of speed winding (for example from Voigtländer or Ricoh). The f/1.2 lens also broke new ground.
The highly logical Shockwave (Laserwave in Japan) is a cold, calculating Decepticon that was so effective at his job, that Megatron left Shockwave in charge of Cybertron in his absence that resulted in the G1 Transformers series.
The character has appeared throughout the years and area as expected homages to the original character, with the most recent mainline release of the Tranformers: Siege Shockwave being probably the closest to the original G1 toy.
I was tempted to buy one to fill in that G1 gap I had until one fateful day, I responded to a Facebook Marketplace ad for a used MP 29, which after a good two weeks, I finally have opened up.
MP 29 is, of course, Shockwave/Laserwave. Specifically, this one is coloured as per the animation model, with the more recently solicited MP 29+ being a darker purple akin to the original toy itself.
Generally speaking, with the exception of white on the grip of the gun mode, and the various pieces of metal on the figure, everyting is the colour of whatever plastic it was moulded in.
The MP 29 set comes with the main figure, 5 extra hand attachments, a miniature version of himself that I think was used for one episode, along with a backpack cover (more on that later), stickers, a bio card, and the manual.
Shockwave's alt mode is a laser pistol, and was originally one of those toys that was purchased from a third party company so Hasbro could flesh out the Transformers mythos quickly and cost effectively.
I never owned the original toy, but I have had, in recent years, the opportunity to play with one. The spirit of this original toy has, like with all MP figures, been carried over to this figure. While the figure has no sounds, an LED was built into the muzzle of the gun for some light up fun. The tiny trigger is hilarious, perhaps to the point of harming Shockwaves self esteem, but highly logical beings don't fear that sort of stuff, I suppose. Unlike the original toy, Takara wisely made the "power conduit" to his left arm out of the a plastic coil this time rather than a rubber tube that would eventually fray over time.
The translucent aiming reticle is nice and is a good throwback to the original toy. The gap in the back of the grip.. not so much.
The backpack doubles as a stand such that you can in fact display Shockwave in gun mode should you choose to do so.
Transformation into robot mode is nowhere as complicated as the new MP Megatron.. of course, with the exception of the upcoming MP Convoy, I don't think they will ever release anything so difficult to transform. The process isn't as simple as the G1 toy either, which is the other extreme. Everything is generally straight forward, with the exception of the legs, which requires a bit of thinking but does result in proportionally correct body parts. The muzzle does not come off the figure like the original toy, but rather is attached to main body via a rail, and tucks neatly on the back of the robot mode - this is hidden from sight by, you guessed it, the application of the backpack cover.
While it is a positive to not have a transformation sequence as complicated as MP Megatron, the resulting robot is sadly, nowhere as impressive as that beast.
Articulation is generally there, though the limited ab crunch and waist movement is only activated by you pulling apart the upper and lower torso.Typical shoulder, forearm, and neck movement is present, with no chest collapse allowed. Leg articulation is alright, though limited due to the design of joints and physical space limitation, which translates into no extreme lower body poses. There is some ankle articulation, but the hips on mine are loose in anything other than upright position, and as such holding non standard poses can be challenging, further made more annoying due to the small width of the feet which are smooth and do not grip any surfaces, resulting in uncontrolled splaying of his feet.
Each of the hands can be pulled off and replaced according to how you feel. Generally speaking, there are two types of attachments - fist, open palm, and laser barrel, all of which come in both opaque and translucent varieties. The figure also includes a left fist in the event that Shockwave wants to go and take up boxing. His left forearm has lights built into it to allow for some light up fun there as well. The head does not have light up capabilities, but is provided with light piping such that if a light is used on the back of the head, his "eye" will glow.
The MP 29 succeeds at doing what it set out to complete - to provide a show model accurate transforming toy. Gun mode is functional (and really, what else did you expect from a glorified flashlight) but robot mode is at best above average. It certainly looks nice but is somewhat restrictive in what you poses the figure will hold, which is disappointing to say the least in a figure that is supposed to be THE definitive version of a character.
It is probably this fact plus the availability of more articulated 3P figures that also look the part that resulted in the online prices for this figure dropping significantly.
At the end of the day, I paid about the same price as I'd pay for the Siege version of Shockwave. Articulation wise I can't imagine the Siege version being that much better than the MP version, with the MP version giving a improved,albeit flawed, G1 character experience. This nostalgia is, if we're being honest, what the Siege line is banking on.
Thus, overall, I feel I paid a fair price for what I got. If I had bought this brand new at around $200 back in the day, however, I might have had a meltdown.
Long live the King of Logic.
Lighting: Vivitar 285 at 1/16, 105mm throw, fired via eBay trigger 3 ft. above and behind subject; Vivitar 283 at 1/32 fired via Wein hotshoe slave 2 ft. camera left from subject; 430 EX at 1/4 on camera bounced off ceiling for some fill; silver reflector about 1 ft. camera right from subject.
My first time making beef Wellington. It is filled with meat and win.