The Best Things of 2024
Heartbreak MJ Lenderman, Manning Fireworks - On any given day, I could give you 5 different best songs and 11 different best lines. Sometimes you laugh out loud, mostly you give a wry smile, but you're never not glad he let you in. Hanif Abdurraquib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension - Ostensibly, it's about LeBron James. In reality, basketball is the lens through which we grapple with the messiness of life, mortality and community. Sade, "Young Lion" - If I live to be 400, I swear Sade will come down every 10 years, show us she's still the boss and then go away until we need reminded again. A Man on the Inside - Again, we go back to the importance of community in trying times. It could have been so cheesy, but instead we get more of the good stuff. I could say the Same about Shrinking and The Bear . Iron & Wine ft. Fiona Apple, "All In Good Time" - the best two bankrobbers breakup song of 2024. I feel bad labeling the fe...
