On the conclusion of our two-part year end extravaganza, it has all come down to this.

You have heard us discuss close to a 100 albums in 2024, and all of them are well worth your time, but in the end there is only room for 10 that we think are the best this year had to offer.

Thanks for listening. We’ll see ya next year.

On this edition of Discologist, Eduardo and Kevin discuss The New Sound, the debut solo album from black midi’s Geordie Greep, bluegrass phenom Billy Strings’ Highway Prayers, new music from Dawes, Bill Frisell, The Hard Quartet, and much, much more!

On this edition of Discologist, Eduardo and Kevin are looking back to discuss some of their favorite releases of the year so far.

Join Eduardo and Kevin as they chat with music legend Bill Frisell about his electrifying new release, "Orchestras," on Blue Note Records. With his trio and the Brussels Philharmonic/Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Frisell reinvents his classics and breaks new ground on what improvising can be.

Bill Frisell’s latest LP Four is a masterclass in subtlety and connection. To celebrate the release, we’re dishing up a brief history of Frisell’s work and what it means to the American songbook. Then we’re digging into the new album to find out if his latest fits comfortably alongside his earlier releases or if maybe he’s starting to go a radical new direction.

On 2016’s The End Of Comedy and its 2019 follow up Raw Honey, it was clear that Drugdealer, the LA-based musical project led by Michael Collins had one foot firmly planted in the era of AM smooth-rock glory. On Hiding In Plain Sight, Collins and his semi-rotating cast of co-conspirators fully embrace that aesthetic and in doing so not only accept their destiny as the inheritors of Steely Dan’s legacy but deliver one of the most forward thinking yet familiar sounding records of the year.

Most people first heard of Asher Gamedze when he contributed drums to Angel Bat Dawid's acclaimed 2019 release The Oracle. Now, the South African drummer is back, this time as bandleader, crafting a powerful statement on colonialism and his country's history with his debut album Dialectic Soul, a record many have called the best release of 2020.

It's Kesha vs Dr. Luke in a battle for the very soul of the music industry...maybe.

Animal Collective is back with their latest consciousness expanding opus, Painting With. But is it a blissed out journey of enlightenment, or just a bad trip to bummerville.

Bill Frisell's latest, When You Wish Upon A Star, is a sonic ode to television and movie themes beloved by everyone.

Marcus Dowling is in the house. Like a BOSS. Accept. No. Substitutes.