Song for Sunday

Pulp – Spike Island

Band/artist of the week: Blood Orange
Song of the week: Cloisters – Sister Ray Davies 

Song for Sunday

Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor – Dummy (feat. Purient)

Band/artist of the week: Blood Orange
Song of the week: Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor – Dummy (feat. Purient)

Song for Sunday

Blood Orange – The Field

Band/artist of the week: Arrkula Yinbayarra
Song of the week: Blood Orange – The Field

Favourite Songs of 2024

1 Davey Says – King Hannah

2 Arabian Flight – Public Service Broadcasting 

3 People Watching – Sam Fender 

4 Southerly – King Stingray

5 Greatest Dancer – Nadine Shah

6 Minds a Lie – Hi Vis

7 Tired Angels – Sailor Honeymoon

8 Washed in Blue – She Drew the Gun

9 It's So Good – Jamie xx

10 Afterlife – Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

Honourable mentions

Loved – Four Tet

The Day You Died – The Folk Implosion

Lagunita – Lizzie No

Kaleidoscope – Sam Morton

Like I Say (I runaway) – Nilüfer Yanya

Ghost – Honeyglaze

Favourite – Fontaines D.C.

Some Kind of Angel – Georgia Gets By

Come Closer – Buffalo Tom

Imouhar – Mdou Moctar 

Favourite Albums of 2024

 

1 Songs of a Lost World – The Cure

2 The Last Flight – Public Service Broadcasting 

3 Big Swimmer – King Hannah

4 Filthy Underneath – Nadine Shah

5 My Method Actor – Nilüfer Yanya

6 Howl – She Drew the Gun

7 Guided Tour – Hi Vis

8 Romance – Fontaines D.C.

9 Sailor Honeymoon – Sailor Honeymoon

10 Warrangu: River Story – Dobby

Honourable mentions

Daffodils and Dirt – Sam Morton

Live Drugs Again – War on Drugs  

my anti-aircraft friend – julie 

Prelude to Ecstasy – The Last Dinner Party

Real Deal – Honeyglaze

Rome (Live) – The National

Three – Four Tet

Song for Sunday

Gretel – Maybelline

Band/artist of the week: King Creosote
Song of the week: The Deep Blue Okay – Self Esteem 

Song for Sunday

Orbital, David Holmes and DJ Helen featuring Mike Garry – Tonight in Belfast

Band/artist of the week: King Creosote
Song of the week: Blue Marbled Elm Trees (Live) – King Creosote 

Favourite Books of 2024

1 Ghost Cities – Siang Lu
2 Burntcoat – Sarah Hall
3 Atlas of AI – Kate Crawford
4 Fire Weather – John Vaillant
5 Creation Lake – Rachel Kushner
6 Horizon – Barry Lopez
7 The Candy House – Jennifer Egan
8 Hidden Potential – Adam Grant
9 Conquest – Nina Allan
10 The Future is History – Masha Gessen

 

Full list of 2024 reading here. And reading stats here.

 

 

Song for Sunday

The Cords – Fabulist

Band/artist of the week: Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory
Song of the week: Idiot Box – Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

Song for Sunday

Sam Fender – Howdon Aldi Death Queue

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: Crumbling Empire – Sam Fender

Song for Sunday

POLIÇA – Dreams Go

Band/artist of the week: All India Radio
Song of the week: steamroller – better joy 

Song for Sunday

Georgia Knight – Desire

Band/artist of the week: Georgia Knight
Song of the week: Haze (feat. Ellie) – Daniel Avery

Song for Sunday

Floodlights – Tricky

Band/artist of the week: Poliça
Song of the week: steamroller – better joy 

Song for Sunday

Sugar – House of Dead Memories

Band/artist of the week: King Stingray
Song of the week: Tricky – Floodlights

Song for Sunday

Better Joy – Quiet Thing

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: Sky Writing – Fade Evare

Song for Sunday

Georgia Gets By – Madeline

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Lorica Pink – Barry Burns and Kathryn Joseph

Song for Sunday

Fade Evare – Sky Writing

Band/artist of the week: Fade Evare
Song of the week: Madeline – Georgia Gets By

Song for Sunday

Warumpi Band – Waru

Band/artist of the week: King Stingray
Song of the week: Idiot Box – Sharon Van Etten

Song for Sunday

Gretel – Unbloom

Band/artist of the week: Bleak Squad
Song of the week: Everything Must Change – Bleak Squad

Song for Sunday

Black Rock Band – Struggle

Band/artist of the week: Bleak Squad
Song of the week: Everything Must Change – Bleak Squad

Song for Sunday

Bleak Squad – Strange Love

Band/artist of the week: Bleak Squad
Song of the week: Bleak Squad – World Go to Hell

Song for Sunday

Idlewild – It's Not the First Time

Band/artist of the week: Ethel Cain
Song of the week: The Deep Blue Okay – Self Esteem 

Song for Sunday

Barkaa – Ngamaka (feat. Leroy Johnson)

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: 5AM – Floodlights 

Song for Sunday

Wildfire Manwurrk – Marradj (feat. Victor Rostron)

Band/artist of the week: Black Rock Band
Song of the week: Wildfire Manwurrk – Marradj (feat. Victor Rostron)

Song for Sunday

Eastern Arrernte Band – Prison Cell

Band/artist of the week: Maria Somerville
Song of the week: The Deep Blue Okay – Self Esteem

Song for Sunday

Winter – Without You 

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Warumpi Band – Waru (Fire)

Song for Sunday

Night Tapes – Helix

Band/artist of the week: Floodlights
Song of the week: The Deep Blue Okay – Self Esteem 

Song for Sunday

Maria Somerville – Stonefly

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: The Deep Blue Okay – Self Esteem

Song for Sunday

Self Esteem – Deep Blue Okay

Band/artist of the week: Bruce Springsteen
Song of the week: 5AM – Floodlights

Song for Sunday

Lykke Li – Into My Arms

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: 5AM – Floodlights 

Song for Sunday

Steve Queralt feat. Emma Anderson – Lonely Town

Song of the week: 5AM – Floodlights
Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender

Song for Sunday

King Stingray – Cat 5 Cyclone

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Glad – Saint Etienne

Song for Sunday

Cloth – Pink Silence

Band/artist of the week: Flyying Colours
Song of the week: Glad – Saint Etienne

Song for Sunday

Saint Etienne – Glad

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: Yellow – King Stingray

Song for Sunday

Folk Bitch Trio – Cathode Ray

Band/artist of the week: Flyying Colours
Song of the week: andalucia play – slowdive

Song for Sunday

King Husky – Heads Above Water

Band/artist of the week: Maria Somerville
Song of the week: Suburbia – Floodlights

Song for Sunday

All India Radio – Catch the Breeze (feat. Lisa Gibbs)

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: 5AM – Floodlights

Song for Sunday

Dobby – Matter of Time

Song of the week: Sam Fender – People Watching
Band/artist of the week: Flyying Colours

Song for Sunday

Laurie Anderson – Waiting for the Barbarians

Band/artist of the week: Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory
Song of the week: Crumbling Empire – Sam Fender

Song for Sunday

Tusks – London Thunder

Band/artist of the week: Floodlights
Song of the week: Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory – Idiot Box

Song for Sunday

Sam Fender – Crumbling Empire

Band/artist of the week: The Cure
Song of the week: Goodbye to Music – Flyying Colours

Song for Sunday

Prolapse – On the Quarter Days

Band/artist of the week: Floodlights
Song of the week: Arabian Flight (KVB remix) – Public Service Broadcasting

Song for Sunday

Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory – Trouble

Band/artist of the week: Floodlights
Song of the week: Arabian Flight (KVB Remix) – Public Service Broadcasting

Song for Sunday

Bully – Atom Bomb (Electric Version)

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Idiot Box – Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

Song for Sunday

Bob Mould – Here We Go Crazy

Band/artist of the week: Flyying Colours
Song of the week: Bright Lights – Flyying Colours

Song for Sunday

Flyying Colours – Goodbye to Music

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: Idiot Box – Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

Song for Sunday

Maria Somerville – Garden

Band/artist of the week: Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory
Song of the week: Garden – Maria Somerville

Song for Sunday

Coast Arcade – City Limits

Band/artist of the week: Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

Song of the week: 18 Volcanoes – Mogwai

Song for Sunday

Pale Blue Eyes – The Dreamer

Band/artist of the week: Sharon Van Etten and The Attachment Theory

Song of the week: 18 Volcanoes – Mogwai

Song for Sunday

Self Esteem – Focus is Power

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai

Song of the week: Southerly – King Stingray

2024 listening

Thanks to last.fm. See 2024 playback report and 2024 listening report.

Song for Sunday

Nadine Shah – Twenty Things

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai

Song of the week: Southerly – King Stingray

Song for Sunday

King Stingray – Southerly

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai

Song of the week: Davey Says – King Hannah

Song for Sunday

Floodlights – Cloud Away

Band/artist of the week: King Hannah

Song of the week: Davey Says – King Hannah

Song for Sunday

Public Service Broadcasting – Arabian Flight

Band/artist of the week: She Drew the Gun

Song of the week: Davey Says – King Hannah