Shepard Samuels is best known as the host of our long-running and much beloved program "Reggae Roots and Branches", but most DJs have seen his reviews from long ago when he was music director of our station, which stretch far beyond the niche he broadcasts from. Here are his favorite records of 2024.
1. Video Age - Away From The Castle [Winspear]
2. Wilco - Cousin [dBpm]
3. Whisper Party! - Whisper Party! [Rad Rabbit]
4. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori [Columbia]
5. Night Medicine - Night Medicine [Strange Daisy]
6. Beach Fossils - Bunny [Bayonet]
7. Generationals - Heatherhead [Polyvinyl]
8. Mr. Sam & The People People - People People People People! [People People Music]
9. Hannah Jadagu - Aperture/Warning Sign? [Subpop]
10. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - IV [New Words]
Hi, I'm Hunter, I DJ Storm Surge of Reverb on Mondays from 4-6pm. That show is all surf music, but this list is explicitly not!
1. Wilco - Cousin [dBpm]
2. Whisper Party! - Whisper Party!
3. Beach Fossils - Bunny [Bayonet]
4. Big Freedia - Central City [Queen Diva]
5. Night Medicine - Night Medicine [Strange Daisy]
6. Hannah Jadagu - Aperture [Subpop]
7. Generationals - Heatherhead [Polyvinyl]
8. ÌFÉ - OOOO+OOOO [Discos Ifá]
9. Wednesday - Rat Saw God [Dead Oceans]
10. Frankie and the Witch Fingers [RAS/Greenway]
1. Big Freedia - Central City [Queen Diva]
2. Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars [Subpop]
3. Beach Fossils - Bunny [Bayonet]
4. Ruth Mascelli - Non-Stop Healing Frequency [Disciples]
5. Generationals - Heatherhead [Polyvinyl]
6. Wednesday - Rat Saw God [Dead Oceans]
7. JOY - Beacon of Excess [Girlsville]
8. ÌFÉ - OOOO+OOOO [Discos Ifá]
9. Leyla McCalla - Breaking the Thermometer [ANTI-]
10. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Data Doom [RAS / Greenway]