Looking back at the best local albums of 2024
Are your music listening habits stuck in a rut? Did you open your Spotify Wrapped and realize you listened to the same five songs on an endless loop?
Maybe you want to mix it up in 2025, and become more acoustically adventurous.
Soundside is here to help you out - we've rounded up a panel of local music experts to give you some fresh recommendations for albums to check out before we head into the new year.
GUESTS:
- Bekah Flynn, senior publicist, international promotions manager, and A&R representative at Sub Pop Records.
- Cameron Lavi-Jones, lead singer and guitarist of King Young Blood.
- Kevin Diers, host of Metal Shop and Loud and Local on 99.9 KISW.
Bekah's picks:
- Frenching the Bully - The Gits
- Billboard Heart - Deep Sea Diver
- Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) - J.R.C.G
- Exotic Birds of Prey - Shabazz Palaces
- Robed in Rareness - Shabazz Palaces
- Right Back to It - Waxahatchee
Cam's picks:
- Honest Bloom - Brenna Bruce
- Psychotic Spew - Black Ends
- Take Care - Big Xtha Plug
- Play For Someone You Love - i///u
- We Talk to Birds - Beautiful Freaks
- SORRY, IT'S OVER - The OBGMs
- Neighborhood - Liv Victorino
Kevin's picks:
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Sarah Leibovitz
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Noel Gasca
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Hans Anderson
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