What is this?
A list of music I have listened to in the year 2024. Includes first-time listens and revisited works that are important to me. New content is added to the top of the list. Ratings are based on my personal enjoyment on a scale ranging from "I don't think I'll listen to this again. ★☆☆☆☆" to "This album has given me life. ★★★★★"

April
	Not For Threes Artist: Plaid | Release Date: 1997.10.27 Bubbly, metallic, open, spacious breakbeats, good for nodding your head to at the club that uses only blue mood lighting. Love the oink oink sound in the second track. Made me think of Astro from DDR. Favorite Track: Fer ★★★☆☆
	Purple Drop Artist: 허밍 어반 스테레오 (Humming Urban Stereo) | Release Date: 2006.03.13 On the CanMore swinging chair eating bottomless whipped cream toast. They're like in between Rollercoaster, who I didn't like that much and Clazziquai, who I love. Put this on at the indie fashion show being held in the cafe that says open late. Favorite Track: S.P.X ★★★★☆
	Grotto Artist: Wilma Vritra | Release Date: 2022.05.06 Bars over beats that sounds like the blue cave on the cover. 90s glockenspiel, whoopy muted synths, half a drop of whimsy. Better appreciated when listening in a non-drowsy state. Favorite Track: Clean Me Clean ★★★☆☆
	The Happy Star Artist: Lexie Liu | Release Date: 2022.12.06 Like the music they'd make for a pop star character in some show. Great looking cover tho. The dark synth in GANMA reminds me of some meme song. Favorite Track: 干嘛 (GANMA) ★☆☆☆☆
	Nascent Artist: Alexander Panos | Release Date: 2022.09.02 Strings, synths bouncing around like water, rumbling, artifacts, vocoded choir Like watching a a sped up video of plants growing. The few words spoken on the album are kinda cringe but hey cringe is dead and all that. Favorite Track: 36523_red/blue ★★★★☆
	Virginia: Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1 Artist: Pharrel | Release Date: 2024.04.05 Nothing on here really sat all that well with me. I think this is the first time I've listened to his voice for longer than one song. Would've never listened to this if it wasn't released on a single purpose website. Favorite Track: Caged Bird Free ★☆☆☆☆
	A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling Artist: Magdalena Bay | Release Date: 2020.04.13 Soars, pushes air, makes you dance. Only heard some of these before live. How they learn to music so good? Favorite Track: Killshot ★★★☆☆
	I Hope You Can Forgive Me Artist: Madison McFerrin | Release Date: 2023.05.12 Silk blowing in a warm wind. Kept me moving even on the slower cuts. If you like voices like Lianne La Havas this is it. Favorite Track: Fleeting Melodies ★★★☆☆
	One Of A Kind Artist: Loosemble | Release Date: 2024.04.15 Solid single. Checking all the boxes. Korea's favorite classic movies: Home Alone, Leon, Truman Show. Wish their youtube was better. Favorite Track: Girls' Night ★☆☆☆☆
	Ripple Artist: Fonica | Release Date: 2003.05.06 100% synthetic ear candy but it's good for you not bad. Like a symphony of mini motors for some machines that do nothing particularly useful. How does it pair so well when they bring the acoustic out? Favorite Track: Twang ★★★★★
	Only God Was Above Us Artist: Vampire Weekend | Release Date: 2024.04.05 East coast prep rock. Piano parts sometimes remind me of exercises out of a book. Makes me want to try learning some parts from their debut album. Favorite Track: Ice Cream Piano ★★☆☆☆
	Vanilla Artist: Fisherman | Release Date: 2024.04.08 This really is just the second half of the album along with DLC. I think they're even selling CDs with them on one disc. Still smooth, still chill, still sweet, still groovy. Like Cisco Swank without the quintuplet swing or saxophone. Favorite Track: sudoku ★★★☆☆
	You Will Never Know Why Artist: SweetTrip | Release Date: 2009.06.30 Way more rocking and singing than VDC. Been listening a few times a week at this point. Sad lyrics on top of happy beats. Unstoppable combo. Favorite Track: Darkness ★★★★☆
	More Better Artist: Cisco Swank | Release Date: 2023.05.31 NY-coded wobbly beats and spicy extensions. Start something new with this playing. New day, new chapter, new recipe. Bruh holding a Prophet on the cover, but I don't remember hearing any synths on this. Favorite Track: Home ★★★★☆
	Notebook Fantasy Artist: Chicano Batman | Release Date: 2024.03.29 Joining Shibata Satoko in the "later-stage album with bunch of strings on it" vibe. Also joining St Paul in the "squaeky clean production and more modern sounding" vibe. I guess their drummer left? Favorite Track: Parallels ★★☆☆☆
	Little Dark Age Artist: MGMT | Release Date: 2018.02.09 They made a whole album with all the sounds I try to avoid when making something. This could almost be a Ginger Root album. Fun album, funny song topics, fun times. Favorite Track: Little Dark Age ★★★☆☆
	The Changing of the Trees Artist: Dom McLennon | Release Date: 2024.03.29 Tasteful beats compliment quality rhymes. One of my favorite flows of the BH boys. Solid showing. Favorite Track: River ★★★☆☆