Part One - The 200 BEST Songs of 2024 {200-101}

101 - 3% - Won't Stop {Feat. Jessica Mauboy}

102 - Emily Wurramara - STFAFM {Feat. Arringarri}

103 - Taylor Swift - Fortnight {Feat. Post Malone}

104 - Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT

105 - Teenage Dads - Boyfriend

106 - Dua Lipa - Maria
107 - Sycco -  Swarm
108 - Dillon Francis & Yeah Boy - Jet Setter
109 - FINNEAS - For Crying Out Loud
110 - Parcels - Leaveyourlove
111 - The Kid LAROI - Nights Like This - Part Two
112 - Thomas Headon - Middle of the Night
113 - Fred again.., Lil Yachty & Overmono - stayinit
114 - The Kid LAROI - GIRLS
115 - BENEE - Animal
116 - bbno$ - it boy
117 - San Cisco - Consequence
118 - Thelma Plum - Freckles
119 - Anna Lunoe - Look My Way
120 - Hockey Dad - Safety Pin
121 - Joey Valence & Brae - The Baddest
122 - Lime Cordiale - The Big Reveal; Ou L'Hypocrite
123 - Tinashe - Nasty
124 - Thelma Plum - Nobody's Baby
125 - Ruel & DMA'S - What a Life
126 - Kendrick Lamar - Gloria (with SZA)
127 - Hayden James - All In
128 - Allday - Access
129 - King Stingray - Light Up The Path
130 - Blusher - Somebody New
131 - Emily Wurramara - Lordy Lordy {Feat. Tasman Keith}
132 - Future, Metro Boomin - Type Shit
133 - Halsey - Ego
134 - Tyla - Jump {Feat. Gunna, Skillinbeng}
135 - grentperez & Benny Sings - Fuzzy Feeling
136 - Beyoncé - Ya Ya
137 - Remi Wolf - Toro
138 - BENEE - Sad Boiii
139 - Tommy Richman - WHITNEY
140 - The Blessed Madonna - Brand New {Feat. James Vincent McMorrow & A-Trak}
141 - Tyla - PUSH 2 START
142 - The Rubens - Black Balloon
143 - Great Gable - Hometown
144 - The Last Dinner Party - The Feminine Urge
145 - Ecca Vandal - Bleed But Never Die
146 - Mariae Cassandra - Million Billion Trillion
147 - Disclosure, Pa Salieu - King Steps
148 - Telenova - Discothèque Inside My Head
149 - Slowly Slowly - Gimme the Wrench
150 - Lime Cordiale - Stangers
151 - Mia Wray - Nice To Meet Me
152 - Tobiahs - Alone
153 - Rex Orange County - 2008
154 - Kehlani - After Hours
155 - KUČKA - One More Night {Feat. Flume}
156 - Becca Hatch - Bass Keeps Calling
157 - Taylor Swift - Florida!!! {Feat. Florence + The Machine}
158 - Stand Atlantic x Sueco - NOSE BLEED
159 - The Rions - Passionfruit
160 - Ninajirachi & Izzy Camina - Ninacamina
161 - Kaytranada - Call U Up {Feat. Lou Phelps}
162 - Ocean Grove - RAINDROP
163 - Rum Jungle - Did The Morning Let You Down
164 - Great Gable - Best Friend
165 - Ice Spice & Central Tee - Did it First
166 - King Stingray - Southerly
167 - Luude - Pachamama {Feat. Elliphant}
168 - South Summit - Catacombs
169 - SOPHIE - Reason Why {Feat. Kim Petras, BC Kingdom}
170 - Shygirl & SG Lewis - mr useless
171 - Sycco - Touching and Talking
172 - 21 Savage & Doja Cat - n.h.i.e.
173 - Sycco -  I'd Love To Tell You
174 - Khalid - Ground
175 - Wafia - Background
176 - Kita Alexander - Zodiac
177 - John Summit & Sub Focus - Go Back {Feat. Julia Church}
178 - BIG WETT - HOLD UP UR BODY
179 - Flo Milli - Never Lose Me {Feat. SZA, Cardi B}
180 - Tommy Richman - Devil Is A Lie
181 - AJ Tracey & Pozer - Heaterz
182 - Empire Of The Sun - Changes
183 - The Weeknd - São Paulo {Feat. Anitta}
184 - JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling
185 - Nia Archives - Cards On The Table
186 - Megan Thee Stallion - Mamushi {Feat. Yuki Chiba}
187 - Glass Animals - A Tear in Space (airlock)
188 - Ben Gerrans - I Wanna Be
189 - Doechii - NISSAN ALTIMA
190 - Ice Spice - Think U the Shit (Fart)
191 - A. G. Cook - Britpop
192 - Jem Cassar-Daley - Big Container
193 - Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus - II Most Wanted
194 - Jamie xx - Baddy on the Floor  {Feat. Honey Dijon}
195 - Northeast Party House - Dark Boy
196 - Fanning Dempsey National Park - Disconnect
197 - Beyoncé - Jolene
198 - KUČKA - FUN!
199 - Bliss n Eso - Feeling Fly 
200 - Yaeji - Booboo

Album of the Year - CHARLI XCX {Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat}

SZA x Kendrick Lamar

Lana (or SOS Deluxe: Lana) is the reissue of the Album of the Year from 2022, SOS.

This is the second studio album by SZA. Landing late into the year, December 20the to be exact. The Lana version of the reissue features a single guest appearance from Kendrick Lamar. This has continued the pair working across multiple tracks together.

Including Kendrick's album of 2024 GNX. So on the festive, holy day lets celebrate SZA x Kendrick Lamar.

Lana was supported by the singles Saturn and Drive. You can stream the full album, see these videos below.

Till next time. Laters......

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Summer Holidays - SZA - {SOS Deluxe: LANA}

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Album of the Week - SNOOP DOGG - {Missionary}

 

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Album of the Week - MASHD N KUTCHER - {Legacy}

Friday Flash(back) back in Q1, 2025

Back in August the Friday Flash(back) unearthed Grinspoon, Foster the People, The Smashing Pumpkins while September was Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Missy Higgins, Snow Patrol & Nelly Furtado.

The Friday Flash(back) has been a really fun addition to this very blog.

With so many artists of nostalgia dropping records in 2024, I have had a ball digging deep into new records from the above, Ben Folds, The Offspring, Coldplay, Ben Lee, Kings of Leon and more!

So I am excited to get the Friday Flash(back) sometime in Q1, 2025. Very exciting. For now, for your weekend, here are some highlights from this years Friday Flash(back)'s.

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the year for 2024 & the winner is.....

This year, has really only been about one particular album, Brat.

This is actually Charli XCX's sixth studio album. Landing in June, the album had it's own season. Brat Summer, was a thing! Brat features production by Charli XCX, her longtime executive producer A. G. Cook, Finn Keane, Cirkut, her partner George Daniel, and others. The album is Charli's follow up to the brilliant, 2022 album, Crash.

Commercially, Brat peaked at number one in the UK, Australia, and Ireland, and reached the top ten in 12 other countries, including the United States, where it marked Charli XCX's highest debut on the Billboard 200 (number 3). 

A week later a deluxe edition, Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not, with three additional tracks. Including the OG Guess track!

Mark three was a full remix album, titled Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat, featuring 20 guest artists, this landed in October.

The album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize for 2024 Album of the Year.

The cover art and aesthetic became a popular Internet trend, and was adopted by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign after Charli XCX tweeted about the candidate.

Brat was nominated for seven Grammy Awards at the 67th annual ceremony, including Album of the Year.

To support the album, Charli XCX embarked on the Sweat tour in 2024 with collaborator Troye Sivan with an additional Brat arena solo tour coming in late 2024 and early 2025. She will also make her way to Laneway in 2025! Basically Laneway 2025 is all about Charli XCX!

Speaking of the Sweat tour, who won last year's Album of the Year 2023? Well it was also the ARIA album of the year! Yes tour partner Troye Sivan has also had, a fairly HUGE 2024!

So if you guessed, this year's Album of the Year was brat, you were right! With tunes like Guess, Apple, the remixes, the guests! This album was FIRE! Well done Charli XCX! See you at Laneway in 2025!

Album of the Week - OCEAN GROVE - {Oddworld}