35: The best (and worst?) music of 2024

December comes but once a year, and sneaking in at the
very last point we could probably get away with… it’s No Tags’
2024 round-up!


Joined by regular guest Henry Bruce-Jones in
what’s becoming a bit of a list-making tradition, we run down our
favourite music of the year and tackle some of the year’s big
consensus releases – good and bad.


Minimal intro required, really, but below is a
timestamped run-down of everything discussed – so if Rap
Corner’s not your vibe or you simply can’t hear the B-word one
more time, we’ve made it easy to skip ahead.


This episode also closes the first full year of No Tags! Thanks
to all of you for tuning in, especially our paid tier, those of
you who came to our recent live show, and those of you who bought
our book. The first edition is already sold out (!) but we’ll be
printing a second edition in January 2025, and pre-orders for
that are up now. It’s been a pleasure, see you in January.


Running order:


2024 consensus picks (04:15)


Dance music corner (26:30)


Something is vibing in the state of Denmark (56:54)


Underrated Pop (01:02:39)


Rap Corner (01:15:03)


One instrument in a really big room (01:40:15)


Marg.mp3 faves AKA What is this new vocal style? (01:43:32)


Assorted percies (1:48:52)


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