This year’s list is in a briefer format than year’s past and with fewer bells and whistles. In short, it’s just a list, one that you can engage with as deeply or as passively as the mood strikes you. While unranked, the albums are laid out in relation to when I added them to my working list throughout the year. So where Reyna Tropical kicks off the list, that marks the first album in 2024 that I knew would end up on my best of list and the last line items are the ones that I was feeling towards the end of the year.

As always, this music straddles a range of sound and is globally-minded AF. From hip-hop and pop, to indie rock, various forms of electronica, and of course, some Brazilian music in the mix too. At the bottom, you’ll find my playlist of the best songs from the year that I started adding to at the top of the year (and yes, there are some older tunes in there, cause it be like that sometimes.) This was the music that marked my year. Drop me a line and tell me about yours!

Much love, so long 2024 and a happy 2025 to all of you.

Spinelli

Reyna Tropical - Malegría
Helado Negro - PHASOR
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Sprints - Letter To Self
Alice Russell - I Am
Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
Yaya Bey - Ten Fold
Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
Thee Sinseers - Sinseerely Yours
Porij - Teething
Vince Staples - Dark Times
Fake Fruit - Mucho Mistrust
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Elkka - Prism of Pleasure
Charli XCX - BRAT
Shygirl - Club Shy
Nacho Picasso & Televangel - Jesse's Revenge
Khruangbin - A LA SALA
Sturgill Simpson/Johhny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir
Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There...
Global Underground #46: Anna - Lisbon
MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
Charlotte Day Wilson - Cyan Blue
Rogê - Curyman II
Marcos Valle - Túnel Acústico
Sour Widows - Revival Of A Friend
Waxahatchee - Tiger's Blood
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
Fontaines DC - Romance
Shigeto - Cherry Blossom Baby
Tourist & Gold Panda - Us Two
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
Broadcast - Distant Call (Collected Demos 2000-2006)
Peel Dream Magazine - Rose Main Reading Room 
Nilüfer Yanya
- My Method Actor
Christopher Owens - I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
Enumclaw - Home In Another Life
Sam Wilkes - iiyo iiyo iiyo
Four Tet - Three