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Update dependencies 2024-11-10 17:08:10 +01:00
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Update mastodon link 2024-11-10 17:06:30 +01:00
bbd50fe914
Update dependencies and configuration 2024-08-10 10:40:43 +02:00
33ad084b4b
I got my PhD! 2024-06-20 10:21:42 +02:00
Charlotte Van Petegem
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Add bandcamp link to Marika Hackman's Big Sigh 2024-01-12 10:31:00 +01:00
Charlotte Van Petegem
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Put 2024 albums blog post in draft 2024-01-11 13:21:55 +01:00
Charlotte Van Petegem
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Start 2024 albums blog post 2024-01-11 13:21:33 +01:00
Charlotte Van Petegem
001c8939f0
Language tweaks 2024-01-05 10:41:33 +01:00
63a19ecf81
Finish and publish 2023 favourite albums blog post 2024-01-04 21:12:21 +01:00
e316d2439a
Reorganize blog posts to just have a numbered prefix instead of having the date in the filename
This makes it easier to draft new posts when one does not know when the post
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I am a PhD student at Ghent University working on
[Dodona](https://dodona.ugent.be/en). My main side project is
[Accentor](https://github.com/accentor), a self-hosted music server. I am
passionate about NixOS and general open-source development. My hobbies also
include listening to music, going to concerts, reading, long-distance running
and playing board games and TTRPGs. In the remaining time I volunteer for the
Red Cross. (And also sleep at some point.)
I am a Ruby developer at Silverfin. Before that, I did a [PhD](/phd.pdf) in Computer Science
at Ghent university, working on [Dodona](https://dodona.ugent.be/en). My main
side project is [Accentor](https://github.com/accentor), a self-hosted music
server. I am passionate about NixOS and general open-source development. My
hobbies also include listening to music, going to concerts, reading,
long-distance running and playing board games and TTRPGs. In the remaining time
I volunteer for the Red Cross. (And also sleep at some point.)

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@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ I find it very hard to quantify why I like some music but don't like other music
## Anna Von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival ([Bandcamp](https://annavonhausswolffsl.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-montreux-jazz-festival))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/anna-von-hausswolff.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Anna Von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/anna-von-hausswolff.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Anna Von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival") %}
Cover art of Anna Von Hausswolff's Live at Montreux Jazz Festival.
It depicts a woman with a raised hand, singing into a microphone.
The art is drawn in black and white.
@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ This live album is no different.
## Backxwash - HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING ([Bandcamp](https://backxwash.bandcamp.com/album/his-happiness-shall-come-first-even-though-we-are-suffering))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/backxwash.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Backxwash - HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/backxwash.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Backxwash - HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING") %}
Cover art of Backxwash's HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING.
It depicts a church, but the images is black and white and quite grainy.
If I had to guess I would say that the church is on fire (or that the image of the church is on fire).
@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ While definitely more on the abrasive side of my music tastes, it's still a grea
## Black Flower - Magma ([Bandcamp](https://blackflower1.bandcamp.com/album/magma))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/black-flower.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Black Flower - Magma") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/black-flower.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Black Flower - Magma") %}
Cover art of Black Flower's Magma.
It's quite abstract.
On the left, is has the word "Black" written in white with underneath it the "Flower" written in green.
@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ I've been a fan ever since.
## Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time ([Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/master/2831843-Carly-Rae-Jepsen-The-Loneliest-Time))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/carly.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/carly.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time") %}
Cover art of Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time.
It depicts Carly, looking straight at the camera while her body is angled away from the viewer.
Carly is wearing a transparent blouse.
@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ Not as good as E•MO•TION or Dedication, but still good stuff.
## Cassandra Jenkins & Suhail Yusuf Khan - Chale Jaana: Cassandra Jenkins & Suhail Yusuf Khan Live ([Bandcamp](https://cassandrajenkins.bandcamp.com/album/chale-jaana-cassandra-jenkins-suhail-yusuf-khan-live))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/chale.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Cassandra Jenkins & Suhail Yusuf Khan - Chale Jaana: Cassandra Jenkins & Suhail Yusuf Khan Live") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/chale.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Cassandra Jenkins & Suhail Yusuf Khan - Chale Jaana: Cassandra Jenkins & Suhail Yusuf Khan Live") %}
Cover art of Cassandra Jenkins & Suhail Yusuf Khan's live album Chale Jaana.
It depicts a man standing in the sea.
A small part of the beach is visible.
@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ A small part of the beach is visible.
## Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer ([Bandcamp](https://charlotteandbolis.bandcamp.com/album/topical-dancer))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/charlotte.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/charlotte.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer") %}
Topical Dancer's cover art.
It depicts Charlotte and Bolis, connected by nylon.
Charlotte is pregnant and looking at the camera, while we can only see Bolis' back.
@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ Funny, good beats, nice singing: this album has it all.
## Eliza McLamb - Salt Circle ([Bandcamp](https://elizamclambmusic.bandcamp.com/album/salt-circle))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/eliza.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Eliza McLamb - Salt Circle") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/eliza.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Eliza McLamb - Salt Circle") %}
Cover art of Salt Circle.
It is a blue watercolour drawing.
It depicts a salt circle, along with two cats, a plush rabbit, some plants, a matchbox, two candles, a vial and a chain necklace.
@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ Great lyrics, great singing.
## Ethel Cain - Preachers Daughter ([Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/mothercain/sets/preachers-daughter-1))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/ethel.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/ethel.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter") %}
Cover art of Ethel Cain's Preacher's Daughter.
It depicts Ethel sitting on a chair wearing a white dress.
Her arm is resting on a side table.
@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ This one took a while to grow on me, but the concept alone makes this one of the
## Florist - Florist ([Bandcamp](https://florist.bandcamp.com/album/florist))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/florist.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Florist - Florist") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/florist.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Florist - Florist") %}
Cover art of Florist's self-titled album.
It depicts a drawn grey-yellow flower on a white drawn background.
{% end %}
@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ My dad would probably classify this as "campfire music", but I see nothing wrong
## Jenny Hval - Classic Objects ([Bandcamp](https://jennyhval.bandcamp.com/merch/classic-objects-standard-lp))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/jenny.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Jenny Hval - Classic Objects") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/jenny.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Jenny Hval - Classic Objects") %}
Cover art of Jenny Hval's Classic Objects.
In the foreground are a picture of Jenny and some rocks, surrounded by some cardboard.
In the background are mountains and a lightly clouded sky.
@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ So clear while simultaneously also containing a deeper message.
## King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me ([Bandcamp](https://kinghannah.bandcamp.com/album/i-m-not-sorry-i-was-just-being-me))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/king.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/king.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me") %}
Cover art of King Hannah's I'm Not Sorry I Was Just Being Me.
It depicts the two band members walking in a field at sunset.
Hannah is looking back at the camera, while Craig appears to be falling over.
@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ I saw them live in 2023 and promptly bought a shirt (the design of the shirt was
## Lucy Dacus - Kissing Lessons ([Bandcamp](https://lucydacus.bandcamp.com/track/kissing-lessons))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/lucy.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Lucy Dacus - Kissing Lessons") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/lucy.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Lucy Dacus - Kissing Lessons") %}
Cover art of Lucy Dacus' Kissing Lessons.
It depicts two drawn women in a strong embrace.
The background is a pastel pink.
@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ Just a single, but I can't not put Lucy Dacus in here right?
## MUNA - MUNA ([Bandcamp](https://muna.bandcamp.com/album/muna))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/muna.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="MUNA - MUNA") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/muna.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="MUNA - MUNA") %}
Cover art of MUNA's self-titled album.
It depicts the three band members, each in their own quarter of the cover.
The top right quarter shows the stylised band name.
@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ I discovered them through a cover that Marika Hackman did of Pink Light and have
## Pinegrove - 11:11 ([Bandcamp](https://pinegrove.bandcamp.com/album/11-11))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/pinegrove.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Pinegrove - 11:11") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/pinegrove.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Pinegrove - 11:11") %}
Cover art of Pinegrove's 11:11.
The cover art depicts 4 nested squares.
On the left side, the squares are dark green, light green, dark green again, and then light green again.
@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ I actually only really started listening to Pinegrove after being dragged to a c
## Shabason & Krgovich - At Scaramouche ([Bandcamp](https://shabasonandkrgovich.bandcamp.com/album/at-scaramouche))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/krgovich.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Shabason & Krgovich - At Scaramouche") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/krgovich.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Shabason & Krgovich - At Scaramouche") %}
Cover art of At Scaramouche.
It depicts a white building (if I had to guess, of some American fast-food chain).
In front of the building there are parking spots reserved for the disabled.
@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ Krgovich really took me in with 2018's "Ouch", but At Scaramouche also really gr
## Wet Leg - Wet Leg ([Bandcamp](https://wetleg.bandcamp.com/album/wet-leg))
{% image(path="blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/wet.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Wet Leg - Wet Leg") %}
{% image(path="blog/0001-top-albums-2022/wet.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Wet Leg - Wet Leg") %}
Cover art of Wet Leg's self-titled debut album.
It depicts two women with their backs to the camera.
The women each have one arm around the other woman.

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Like [last year](@/blog/2023-11-02-top-albums-2022/index.md), I listened to a lot of new music in 2023.
Like [in 2022](@/blog/0001-top-albums-2022/index.md), I listened to a lot of new music in 2023.
This is a list of some of my favourite albums from last year.
It's in alphabetic order, because actually ranking albums is very hard when they're very different styles.
It's in alphabetical order, because actually ranking albums is very hard when they're very different styles.
I tried to write something about each album, but mostly it's just that I like the music.
<!-- more -->
## ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross ([Bandcamp](https://anohni.bandcamp.com/album/my-back-was-a-bridge-for-you-to-cross-2))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/back.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/back.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross") %}
Cover art of ANOHNI and the Johnsons' My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross.
It's a portrait of Marsha P. Johnson.
Marsha is looking into the camera, and is wearing earrings and a ring on her ring finger.
The band name is written (stylised) at the top, the album name is written at the bottom.
The band name is written (stylized) at the top, the album name is written at the bottom.
{% end %}
I Am a Bird Now is literally my favourite album of all time, and it holds a lot of personal meaning to me.
@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ It could never be as good and capturing as I Am a Bird Now was, but that doesn't
## Another Michael - Wishes to Fulfill ([Bandcamp](https://anothermichael.bandcamp.com/album/wishes-to-fulfill))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/wishes.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Another Michael - Wishes to Fulfill") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/wishes.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Another Michael - Wishes to Fulfill") %}
Cover art of Another Michael's Wishes to Fulfill.
It's a drawing, primarily in purple, showing a chair at a table.
On the table is a candle, that has just gone out, which is producing a lot of smoke.
@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ Hopefully I'll get the chance to see them live again in the near future.
## boygenius - the record ([Bandcamp](https://xboygeniusx.bandcamp.com/album/the-record))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/therecord.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="boygenius - the record") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/therecord.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="boygenius - the record") %}
Cover art of boygenius' the record.
It depicts three raised hands.
Each arm is also tattooed with a tooth.
@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ That concert was amazing as well (MUNA as the support act was also great).
## boygenius - the rest ([Bandcamp](https://xboygeniusx.bandcamp.com/album/the-rest-ep))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/therest.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="boygenius - the rest") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/therest.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="boygenius - the rest") %}
Cover art of boygenius' the rest.
It depicts Phoebe, Lucy and Julien standing on a windy beach.
They are standing next to each other and are facing the camera.
@ -68,11 +69,11 @@ They are quite hard to see, due to the low light conditions when the photo was t
Yeah, yeah, another boygenius release, I know.
But it's also great.
At first, I was not as impressed as I was with the record, but it really grew on me after a while.
At first, I was not as impressed as I was with "the record", but it really grew on me after a while.
## Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time ([Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/master/3184269-Carly-Rae-Jepsen-The-Loveliest-Time))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/loveliesttime.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/loveliesttime.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time") %}
Cover art of Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loveliest Time.
Carly is facing the camera, but her head is tilted fully backwards.
She is wearing a grey skirt and a matching top.
@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ The tracks are just a bit more loose and experimental, which I can definitely ap
## Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn into You ([Bandcamp](https://carolinepolachek.bandcamp.com/album/desire-i-want-to-turn-into-you))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/desire.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn into You") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/desire.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn into You") %}
Cover art of Caroline Polachek's Desire, I Want to Turn into You.
It shows Caroline crawling on the floor of a subway car, into some sand.
Caroline is wearing headphones.
@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ You have to be into it, though.
## Charlotte Cardin - 99 Nights ([Bandcamp](https://charlottecardin.bandcamp.com/album/99-nights))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/99nights.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Charlotte Cardin - 99 Nights") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/99nights.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Charlotte Cardin - 99 Nights") %}
Cover art of Charlotte Cardin's 99 Nights.
Charlotte is sitting naked at a table, looking at a phone.
Her hair is wet as if she just washed herself.
@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ To be honest, I prefer her 2021 debut album Phoenix, but this one is pretty good
## Claud - Supermodels ([Bandcamp](https://toastmp3.bandcamp.com/album/supermodels))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/supermodels.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Claud - Supermodels") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/supermodels.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Claud - Supermodels") %}
Cover art of Claud's Supermodels.
It shows Claud in a blue and white striped shirt.
They are looking through the lens of an old camera.
@ -121,10 +122,9 @@ It's just some good, fun pop music.
Probably not for everybody, but I like it.
(It's not on this album, but they wrote the better "Wish You Were Gay" song. Instead of Billie Eilish's version, theirs is actually about gay people.)
## Fenne Lily - Big Picture
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/bigpicture.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Fenne Lily - Big Picture") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/bigpicture.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Fenne Lily - Big Picture") %}
Cover art of Fenne Lily's Big Picture.
It depicts a snowglobe (though without the snow).
In the snowglobe there is a house half-swallowed up by the ground, with a person outside the house looking at it.
@ -135,9 +135,18 @@ After On Hold and BREACH, I was pretty sure this would be a great album.
My expectations were absolutely met.
Not much more to say; it's great.
## Forest Swords - Bolted ([Bandcamp](https://forestswords.bandcamp.com/album/bolted))
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/bolted.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Forest Swords - Bolted") %}
Cover art of Forest Swords' Bolted.
There is a grey bust in a cage, on a pedestal.
{% end %}
Good beats.
## illuminati hotties - Truck ([Bandcamp](https://illuminatihotties.bandcamp.com/track/truck))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/truck.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="illuminati hotties - Truck") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/truck.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="illuminati hotties - Truck") %}
Cover art of illuminati hotties' Truck.
It's a drawing of the front of a red truck.
The hood ornament is a figurine of a dog head, the grill has "TRUCK" written on it.
@ -148,20 +157,41 @@ I was really hoping this would be the first single of a new album, but no such l
However, it's still a really fun and cute track.
Heaven really is a truck.
## Jonah Yano - portrait of a dog ([Bandcamp](https://jonahyano.bandcamp.com/album/portrait-of-a-dog))
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/portrait.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Jonah Yano - Portrait of a dog") %}
Cover art of Jonah Yano's Portrait of a dog.
It is a minimalist drawing of a dog on a leash.
{% end %}
I find it hard to describe, but it's good.
Some kind of jazz.
## Lost Girls - Selvutsletter ([Bandcamp](https://lostgirls1000.bandcamp.com/album/selvutsletter))
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/selvutsletter.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Lost Girls - Selvutsletter") %}
Cover art of Lost Girls' Selvutsletter.
It is an abstract painting in yellow, orange and purple.
{% end %}
A worthy follow-up to 2021's Menneskekollektivet.
Jenny Hval's lyrics are always great.
She has an inimitable way with words that I can definitely appreciate.
## Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden... ([Bandcamp](https://matana-roberts.bandcamp.com/album/coin-coin-chapter-five-in-the-garden))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/coincoin.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden...") %}
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Cover art of Matana Roberts' Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden....
It's a collage of pictures of eyes, with some pages from a book and maps in the background.
There are also a number of torn up pieces of paper.
{% end %}
Matana Roberts keeps putting out great music is the Coin Coin album series.
Matana Roberts keeps putting out great music in the Coin Coin album series.
It never gets boring and it's always bringing new ideas.
## Pinegrove - Montclair (Live at the Wellmont Theater) ([Bandcamp](https://pinegrove.bandcamp.com/album/montclair-live-at-the-wellmont-theater))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/montclair.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Pinegrove - Montclair (Live at the Wellmont Theater)") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/montclair.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Pinegrove - Montclair (Live at the Wellmont Theater)") %}
Cover art of Pinegrove's Montclair (Live at the Wellmont Theater).
I'ts a painting of a house, with blue roofs and red walls.
There is a short walkway up to the porch, and the house is surrounded by trees and bushes.
@ -171,9 +201,21 @@ Lots of live versions of the Pinegrove catalogue.
I'd almost call it a best-of, since every song on it is great, but they also have a lot of great songs that are not on it.
The special guests coming on stage on the last few tracks are a fun surprise.
## Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED! ([Bandcamp](https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/album/saved))
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/saved.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED!") %}
Cover art of Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter's SAVED!.
On the cover there is a black and white picture of a woman in a white, stained dress.
She is holding up a book in a preacher-like way.
{% end %}
New music by Kristin Hayter, the person behind Lingua Ignota.
It's definitely a stylistic break from her previous work.
I hope the "SAVED!" refers to herself, given the story behind her previous work.
## Sigur Rós - ÁTTA ([Bandcamp](https://sigurros.bandcamp.com/album/tta))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/atta.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Sigur Rós - ÁTTA") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/atta.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Sigur Rós - ÁTTA") %}
Cover art of Sigur Rós' ÁTTA.
It depicts a large rainbow beach flag that is on fire.
The fire was started from the bottom.
@ -182,9 +224,18 @@ The fire was started from the bottom.
Kjartan rejoined Jónsi and Georg for this album, and it's a great comeback.
While far less punchy than 2013's Kveikur (a style change that I definitely appreciated), it's still a beautiful Sigur Rós album.
## Sofia Kourtesis - Madres ([Bandcamp](https://sofiakourtesis.bandcamp.com/album/madres-2))
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Cover art of Sofia Kourtesis' Madres.
It shows Sofia sitting by a cliff. The sea can be seen in the background.
{% end %}
I don't understand the lyrics, but the music is great.
## Sufjan Stevens - Javelin ([Bandcamp](https://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/javelin))
{% image(path="blog/2024-01-01-top-albums-2023/javelin.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Sufjan Steven - Javelin") %}
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/javelin.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Sufjan Steven - Javelin") %}
Cover art of Sufjan Stevens' Javelin.
It's a collage of all kinds of pictures and drawings on a brown background.
A number of the pictures are of Sufjan himself.
@ -196,9 +247,20 @@ This time is no different; it's a lovely album.
The personal story behind it is also very gripping.
It was funny to see that the music media treated that story as his "coming out", even though anyone with half an ear who had listened to his music could have known that he was at least some kind of queer.
## Tate McRae - Think Later ([Bandcamp](https://tatemcraeofficial.bandcamp.com/album/think-later))
{% image(path="blog/0003-top-albums-2023/thinklater.jpg", width=300, height=300, title="Tate McRae - Think Later") %}
Cover art of Tate McRae's Think Later.
Tate McRae is pictured, wearing a black tank top, Tanga panties and big ice hockey pads (typically worn by goalies).
The words Think Later are written on the pads.
{% end %}
Canada seems to be good at churning out underrated pop stars with "Rae" in their name.
Lots of fresh fun tracks on this (but you have to like the genre).
## Tirzah - trip9love...??? ([Bandcamp](https://tirzah.bandcamp.com/album/trip9love))
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It depicts a woman standing in front of a microphone.
The background is foggy and unclear, as if taken during a concert with a lot of smoke machines.

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Like [in 2023](@/blog/0003-top-albums-2023/index.md), I listened to a lot of new music in 2024.
This is a list of some of my favourite albums from last year.
It's in alphabetical order, because actually ranking albums is very hard when they're very different styles.
I tried to write something about each album, but mostly it's just that I like the music.
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## Marika Hackman - Big Sigh ([Bandcamp](https://marikahackmanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/big-sigh))
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