In his annual round up, our Kicker narrows it down to his favourite 24 tracks of the year, split across two podcasts for your bitesize enjoyment.

Just click on the pictures to find a link to stream or download each half of the show or just directly listen on the players below them.

PART ONE:

PART TWO:

Turn away now if you don’t want to know what was played. Otherwise, here’s the run down:

Part 1 is tracks 1-12, Part 2 is tracks 13-24. Obviously.

  1. The The – $1 One Vote!
  2. R. Ring – Stole Eye
  3. Ed Nolbed – Everything
  4. The Hermitts – The Moors
  5. Guided By Voices – Released Into Dementia
  6. Circus Devils – Ferris Wheel
  7. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Willow, Pine And Oak
  8. James Yorkston – A Sweetness In You
  9. Brother Of Monday – Ken Tremendous
  10. Sparklehorse – Kind Ghosts
  11. Hap A Damwain – <1
  12. Elaine Howley – Picking Up The Pieces
  13. The Wind-Up Birds – Margarine
  14. Oldfield Youth Club – Cutbacks
  15. Robert Forster – Tender Years
  16. Graeme Jefferies – I Wish We Could Turn Back The Clock Like It’s 1978
  17. Swansea Sound – Markin’ It Down
  18. The Bug Club – Undone
  19. Sparks – When You Leave
  20. Wurld Series – Lord Of Shelves
  21. Kristin Hersh – Ms Haha
  22. Babybird – Untitled (A Dream)
  23. The Fragiles – When You’re Gone
  24. Spare Snare – That’s About It

The physicality (where there was some):

As always, we urge you to support all the wonderful musicians involved in making our lives more tolerable by seeking them out on bandcamp (using the links above where available) or elsewhere, and BUYING their stuff.

Streaming is for wimps. Thanks.

Previous End of Year Podcasts:

Posted by on December 13, 2023 in Best of 2022, Full length podcasts, Podcasts and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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Wizard-in-Chief for Trust The Wizards music podcast and blog. Guided By Voices fanatic.

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