A Brief Musical Interlude...

50 Songs I Enjoyed Catching Up with in 2024

I had meant to add this at the end of either the first-time watches or the 50 favorite 2024 films post, but I forgot, so I'm giving this it's own mini-post. I don't keep up with music nearly the same way that I do movies, but thought it would be fun to share some songs I enjoyed discovering in 2024. This is a combination of new and old songs, but I'd consider all of them to roughly be "first-time listens" from the year 2024. There's a few on here that I'm sure I've heard before at some point but they didn't register in my brain until this past year.

Many of these are songs I heard in films I watched in 2024, hence the potential relevance and interest on this blog. I did institute a "one song per artist" rule so as not to overwhelm the list with just a few artists.

Without further ado, in alphabetical order by artist name:

Arlo Parks, "Devotion" (2023)

Basement, "Are You the One" (2018)

Brian Kelly, "She is Dancing" (1996)

Caroline Polachek, "Starburned and Unkissed" (2024)

Chop Chop, "Shapeshifter Deception" (2011)

The Damned, "Life Goes On" (1982)

Desmond Child and Rouge, "The Night Was Not" (1979)

Enya, "Boadicea" (1987)

Erthlings, "Irrational" (2020)

Face to Face, "Disconnected" (1992)

Fake Eyes, "Losing Skin" (2024)

The Farmers, "Green Pontiac" (1989)

The Five Stairsteps, "O-o-h Child" (1970)

Fuel, "Shimmer" (1998)

Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army, "Are Friends Electric?" (1979)

Gigi Perez, "Sailor Song" (2024)

Hal Hartley, "From Here to the Station" (2014)

Hovvdy, "Bad News" (2024)

Jamie xx, "Loud Places" (2015)

Josie and the Pussycats, "3 Small Words" (2001)

Joywave, "Now" (2014)

King Woman, "Psychic Wound" (2021)

Knapsack, "Katherine the Grateful" (1998)

The Limps, "Someone I Can Talk To" (1979)

Lori Carson, "Snow Come Down" (1997)

M83, "Laura" (2023)

Malamute, "La Espiral" (2020)

Michael Nyman Band, "Fish Beach" (1988)

Minimal Man, "Show Time" (1984)

MJ Lenderman, "She's Leaving You" (2024)

The Mutton Birds, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (1996)

Olivia Newton-John and The Tubes, "Dancin'" (1980)

Palehound, "Eye on the Bat" (2023)

PJ Harvey, "You Said Something" (2000)

Radwimps, "Dream Lantern" (2016)

Rainer Maria, "Rise" (1999)

Romy & Fred again.., "Strong" (2022)

Sigur Rós, "Untitled #1" (2002)

Skylar Spence, "On the Rhine" (2015)

Somos, "Thorn in the Side" (2016)

Sonic Youth, "Dirty Boots" (1990)

The Sound, "Party of the Mind" (1982)

Steely Dan, "Peg" (1977)

Strafe, "Set It Off" (1984)

Suki Waterhouse, "Supersad" (2024)

Sun Kil Moon, "Sunshine in Chicago" (2012)

That Dog., "Annie" (1997)

Thy Slaughter, "Lost Everything" (2023)

Total Tommy, "Losing Out" (2024)

Winona Fighter, "I'm in the Market to Please No One" (2024)