EL RANCHO’S TOP LISTENS AND LIKES of 2024

Albums

Anna Butterss – Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem)

Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer (Dead Oceans)

Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (W.25th/Superior Viaduct)

Dart Mouth – Beautiful Good Times (Class Records)

David Nance & Mowed Sound – S/T (Third Man Records)

Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg)

Headache – The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth (PLZ Make It Ruins)

Helen Island – Last Liasse (Knekelhuis)

Hour – Ease The Work (Dear Life Records)

Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch (City Slang)

LYLO – Thoughts of Never (El Rancho)

Mk.gee – Two Star & The Dream Police (R&R Digital)

ML Buch – Sun Tub (15 Loves)

Mountain Movers – Walking After Dark (Trouble In Mind)

Nourished By Time – Catching Chickens EP (XL)

Phosphorescent – Revelator (Calldown Music)

Sam Morton – Daffodils & Dirt (Flesh and Blood/XL)

The Smashing Times – Mrs. Ladyships and The Cleanerhouse Boys (Perennial)

Reissues/Compilations

Black Rain – (V/A) (Smiling C Records)

Cosmic American Music: Motel California – (V/A) (Numero Group)

Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 – (V/A) (Light In The Attic)

Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan – (V/A) (Sup Pop)

Neil Young – Early Daze (Neil Young)

Niningashi – Heavy Way (Time Capsule)

Penny Carson Nichols – Trinidad Seed (Yoga Records)

Someone Like Me – (V/A) (Efficient Space)

Best Gigs

Big Star at Hackney Church, London

Cassandra Jenkins/LYLO le Hasard Ludique, Paris and EartH Theatre, London

Doechii at Village Underground, London

Fontaines D.C. at Glastonbury

LYLO at The Social, London

Mk.gee at EartH Hall, London

Ryan Sambol at Freakender, Glasgow

The Smashing Times at Moth Club, London

Tucker Zimmerman at The Lexington, London

Instagram (What? You don’t spend an unhealthy amount of time on IG?)

Danny Fucking Price https://www.instagram.com/dannyfuckingprice/

Joey Breaux https://www.instagram.com/joeybreauxofficial/

Johnny Dark https://www.instagram.com/johnny.dark.sings/

Middle East Eye https://www.instagram.com/middleeasteye/

Novara Media https://www.instagram.com/novaramedia/

Socks House Meeting https://www.instagram.com/socks_house_meeting/

Sound Waves off Wax https://www.instagram.com/soundwavesoffwax/

Velvet Coke https://www.instagram.com/velvetcoke/

Veronika Is Cool https://www.instagram.com/veronika_iscool/