Wednesday, December 25, 2024

 

Bill’s Rockpile  2024008

 

Welcome back, and thanks for checking out the 2024 Rockpile. Another year, another chance to collect and share the songs that stayed with me, sparked countless replays, and soundtracked everything from late-night drives to early morning coffee sessions. These songs are more than favorites; they’re markers of time, bursts of inspiration, and reasons to keep exploring the news songs out there.

As always, this isn’t a “Best Of” list, but a personal curation of tracks that I couldn’t get enough of. Each one of these songs is one I own (yes, even in 2024, I’m still buying the occasional CD but more often something off Bandcamp). While streaming is convenient, owning the music ensures it’s always yours.

I did get to see a lot of shows again this year, and even made it to 2 Festivals (Solid Sound, Merge 35), both of which were fantastic. Other highlights out on the road were seeing Sprints, Ride, Fontaines D.C., Quivers, and Waxahatchee.

For this year, I think for the first time, all the tracks were available on Spotify (link at bottom). So I will just be posting the Spotify link for the playlist, as well as Bandcamp links for each song if you want to listen from there or jump to their bandcamp page and buy a song.

Thanks for tuning in again this year. Feel free to reach out with your own favorites or thoughts on the list. And as always, support the artists and keep the music alive. See you in 2025!

Cheers,

Bill

 

1.   “Drunk” Healees
2.   “Blue Skies” Finnoguns Wake
3.   “SoonishDummy
4.   “The LawnThe Green Child
5.   “Raleigh ArenaJim Nothing
6.   “Dist B” Dehd
7.   “Never Be Lonely” Quivers
8.   “The Coin-Op Guillotine” Los Campesinos!
9.   “I Wasn't Made For War” Peel Dream Magazine
10.   “Coeur d'Alene” Work Wife
11.   “TruckSkylar Gudasz
12.   “If It's Gone” Good Looks
13.   “Standing In The YardRick White & The Sadies
14.   “Chemtrails” Chastity Belt
15.   “Cellar Door” Wussy Duo
16.   “SHAKE!” The Courettes
17.   “Fried RiceRoyel Otis
18.   “Who I AmEilidh Bradley Project
19.   “kleber” The bv's
20.   “Docket (feat. Bully)Blondshell
21.   “Gift” Glow
22.   “lucky boy” Mo Dotti
23.   “Sooner or Later” Soft Skies Inc
24.   “Gravits” Crayon Case
25.   “Clear” DAIISTAR
26.   “Frog In Boiling Water” DIIV
27.   “Calling Off The Rescue” +/-
28.   “Le feu” Bibi Club
29.   “Clouds” The Blue Herons
30.   “Crowbar” Waxahatchee
31.   “Babyfaced God of Terror” Futurebirds
32.   “Wrong Way Round” The Bevis Frond
33.   “Sucker” Lupo Citta
34.   “(Maverick) Can't stop beatning” MADDAM
35.   “Wild God” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

     Here is the link the the Spotify stream:












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