{"id":2672,"date":"2024-12-22T16:07:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2024-12-22T16:43:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T21:43:18","slug":"favorite-music-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/2024\/12\/22\/favorite-music-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"favorite music of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cindy Lee \u2013 <em>Diamond Jubilee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intentionally kept off the dominant streaming platforms (except YouTube), this sprawling lo-fi collection from somewhere\/someone in Canada has retained its mystery all year. What if Royal Trux arranged Lesley Gore\u2019s 60s pop heartbreak? Now we know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IF YOU HEAR ME CRYING by CINDY LEE (official video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0OMRfM8VxiE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quivers \u2013 <em>Oyster Cuts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australian in both origin and musical tradition, this quartet\u2019s jangle-pop and winsome group harmonies gained emotional breadth by having bassist Bella Quinlan take the lead on several cuts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quivers - Never Be Lonely (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l8cPziLqNg0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kid Congo &amp; The Pink Monkey Birds \u2013 <em>That Delicious Vice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the ripe old age of \u201cI published my memoir this year,\u201d Kid Congo Powers \u2014 revered guitarist from the Gun Club, the Cramps, and the Bad Seeds \u2014 tapped a rich vein of chicano garage rock with his bass-less Pink Monkey Birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kid Congo &amp; the Pink Monkey Birds (ft. 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Studded with tasty samples (Can!) by producer Q-Tip, this was his post-A Tribe Called Quest album that we all needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Saturday Night Special\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CvX7TnSTD-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnny Blue Skies \u2013 <em>Passage Du Desir<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Sturgill Simpson made a yacht rock album? 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