Best of 2024: DJ Picks

For 45 years KRCL has brought listeners a wide range of diverse music. KRCL's DJ continue to explore music that covers everything from Americana to Hip-Hop. Check out some of KRCL DJs favorite albums of 2024 and discover some new music!

Matt Skaggs host of Beat Garden:
1. Mk.gee / Two Star and the Dream Police
2. Khruangbin / A la Sala
3. St. Vincent / All Born Screaming
4. Charlotte Day Wilson / Cyan Blue
5. Jordan Rakei / The Loop
6. Crumb / Amama 
7.  Arooj Aftab / Night Reign
8. NxWorries / Why Lawd?
9. Tems / Born in the Wild
10. Hiatus Kaiyote / Love Heart Cheat Code

Alana host of No Frontier:
Noga Erez / Vandalist (Try: Godmother)
St. Lenox / Ten Modern American Work Songs (Try: Courtesan)
Jota.pe / Se o Meu Feito Fosse o Mundo (Try: Feito a Mare)
Tierra Whack - World Wide Whack (Try: Imaginary Friends)
Kishi Bashi - Kantos (Try: Icarus IV)
Cautious Clay - Karpeh (Try: Ohio)

Troy, host of Across The Tracks
Six Under the Radar Americana Albums
Luke Callen / Also Going Nowhere
Kevin Gordon / The In Between
Mac Leaphart / Motel Breakfast
Sophie Gault / Baltic Street Hotel
David Luning / Lessons
Blaine Bailey / Home
Seven Honky Tonk Heroines
Shawna Thompson / Lean on Neon
Hannah Juanita / Tennessee Songbird
Emily Nenni / Drive & Cry
India Ramey / Baptized by the Blaze
Kaitlin Butts / Roadrunner
Melissa Carper / Borned in Ya
Kimmi Bitter / Old School
Eight Favorites on Repeat
Lizzie No / Halfsies
Adeem the Artist / Anniversary
John Craigie & TK and the Holy Know Nothings / Pagan Church
Sierra Ferrell / Trail of Flowers
Humbird / Right On
Montvales / Born Strangers
Silverada / Self-Titled
Charlie Parr / Little Sun

Brian Kelm, host of Red White and Blues, Top Blues Albums (in chronological order by date) (Disclaimer - it should be noted that these are simply 15 of my favorite CD’s that came into KRCL and/or I otherwise came across. There are simply too many good blues CD’s out there for me to buy them all up!)

Chris O’Leary / The Hard Line (Alligator 1-12-24)
Tinsley Ellis / Naked Truth (Alligator 2-9-24, I always include at least 1 acoustic CD!)
Altered Five Blues Band / Testifyin’ (Blind Pig 3-22-24)
Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman (Stony Plain 3-29-24)
Johnny Burgin / Ramblin’ From Coast to Coast (Straight Shooter 4-15-24)
Jeff Pitchell / Brown Eyed Blues (Deguello Records 5-1-24)
Toronzo Cannon / Shut Up & Play (Alligator 6-7-24)
JP Soars / Brick By Brick (Little Village 6-30-24)
Chris Cain / Good Intentions Gone Bad (Alligator 7-19-24)
Mark Hummel / True Believer (Rockinitis 7-26-24)
Duke Robillard / Roll With Me (Stony Plain 8-30-24)
Tab Benoit / I Hear Thunder (Whiskey Bayou Records 8-30-24)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Dirt On My Diamonds, Vol. 2 (Provogue 9-20-24)
Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA (Alligator 10/11/24)
Jovin Webb / Drifter (Blind Pig 10-18-24)

Ma Black host of Nova FM: On the Radar of 2024

1. MO' HORIZONS from Hannover, GERMANY
 Try:  "Ai mi morena" (Chocolate Restyle) + "Sunset in Palmar" 
2. SLACKWAX from Nuremberg,  GERMANY
Try: "Wanderin' Soul" (feat. Sonny George) + "Flighing High"
3. ACID COCO from Switzerland and COLOMBIA  
Try: "Yo Bailo Sola” + "Pa' lante" (Tigerbalm Remix)
4. BOLEROS WITH ATTITUDE from Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Try: "Regulators"  + "Next Episode" 
5. ALEX SERRA from BARCELONA, ESPANA 
Try: "So Free" + "Sana Corazon" 
6. JUANA MOLINA from BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Try: "In the Lassa" + "Eras" 
7. YOSOYMATT from CDMX, MEXICO.
Try: "Sr. Tigre" + "Perdida"
8. EVA DE MARCE from VALLADOLID, ESPANA 
Try: "Elodie" + "La Niña del Volcán" 
9. CAT BURNS from LONDON,  ENGLAND 
Try: "Alone" + "i like the way you kiss me" 
10. KITTY LIV from LONDON,  ENGLAND
Try: "Sweet Dreams" 
"Keep Your Head Up High"
11. LOLA YOUNG from CROYDON,  UK 
Try: "Big Brown Eyes" + "Intrusive" 
12. GEMINELLE fro SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 
Try: "I Am Luminous" (feat. Karega Bailey) + "Find Your Tribe"
13. LILO SANCHEZ from PANAMA
Try:  "Wolverine Blues" 

Courtney host of Afternoon Delight
Alice Russel / I Am
Angelica Garcia / Gemelo
ASHRR / Sunshine Low
Beth Gibbons / Lives Outgrown
The Bug Club / On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
Cassandra Jenkins / My Light, My Destroyer
Cindy Lee / Diamond Jubilee
Clairo / Charm
The Cure / Songs of a Lost World
Deary / Aurelia EP
DIIV / Frog in Boiling Water
Empress Of / For Your Consideration
English Teacher / This Could Be Texas
Fontaines DC / Romance
Goat / Goat
Half Waif / See You at the Maypole
Helado Negro / Phasor
Idles / TANGK
Jack White / No Name
Jessica Pratt / Here in the Pitch 
Kim Deal / Nobody Loves You More
Kim Gordon / The Collective
Kit Sebastian / New Internationale
Lime Garden / One More Thing
Magdalena Bay / Imaginal Disk
The Marias / Submarine
Naima Bock / Below a Massive Dark Land
NewDad / Madra
Nilufer Yanya / My Method Actor
Rubblebucket / Year of the Banana
St Vincent / All Born Screaming
TR/ST / Performance
Waxahatchee / Tigers Blood
Wishy / Triple Seven
Yard Act / Where is My Utopia?

Jamie G’s Favorite’s of 2024

Pissed Jeans / “Half Divorced”
Metz / “Up on Gravity”
Idles / “Tangk”
Fontaines D.C. / "Romance"
Ana Tijoux / “Vida”
Shellac / “To All Trains”
Jamie XX / “In Waves"
Tyler, the Creator / “CHROMAKOPIA”
Elbow / “Audio Vertigo”

Shannalee host of Saturday Breakfast Jam + Monday Breakfast Jam
Leon Bridges / Leon
John Moreland / Visitor
Marcus King / Mood Swings
Maggie Rogers / Don’t Forget Me
Leif Vollebekk / Revelation
Future Islands / People Who Aren't There Anymore
San Fermin / Arms
Jacob Banks / Yonder: Book I 
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats / South of Here

Michelle host of Night Train

Sarah Jarosz / Polaroid Lovers
Nathaniel Rateliff / South of Here
Sierra Ferrell / Trail of Flowers
Sister Sadie / No Fear
Charley Crocket / $10 Cowboy
Aaron Frazier / Into the Blue
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World
Tony Trischka / Earl Jam
Brittany Spencer / My Stupid Life
Waxahatchee / Tigers Blood

Keith host of Friday Night Fall Out

Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Year:

Chuck Strangers & The Alchemist / A Forsaken Lover's Plea
Oddisee / To What End
Deca & DLZMKSBTS / Bough
Potatohead People / Eat Your Heart Out
Slum Village / F.U.N.
Doechii / Alligator Bites Never Heal
Erick the Architect / I’ve Never Been Here Before
Your Old Droog / I Think I Love Her
Larry June / Magnum P.I.
Common / The Auditorium

Talia Keys of Talia Keys

1. Beyonce / Cowboy Carter 
2. Sierra Ferrell / Trail of Flowers
3. Doechii / Alligator Bites Never Heal 
4. Willie Nelson / Last Leaf On The Tree
5. Brittany Howard / What Now 

Gavin Dahl host of Bubbling Up

Flamingosis / Better Will Come (saw live in Austin)
Machinedrum / 3FOR82 (saw live in SLC)
Clozee & LSDREAM / LSZEE (seeing in SLC on Dec 30)
Liam Bailey / Zero Grace
BADBADNOTGOOD / Midspiral
Ezra Collective / Dance, No One’s Watching
Common & Pete Rock / The Auditorium Vol. 1
Dave Guy / Ruby (saw him live with The Roots in SLC)
Orgone / Chimera (saw them live with Say She She at OFOAM)
TAMTAM / Ramble in the Rainbow EP

Ebay Hamilton, host of The Afternoon Show Favorite 24 Albums of 2024

Aaron Frazer / Into the Blue
Beyonce / Cowboy Carter
Bonny Light Horseman / Keep Me On Your Mind - See You Free
Brittany Howard / What Now
Charley Crockett / $10 Cowboy
Childish Gambino / Atavista
Clairo / Charm
Common & Pete Rock / The Auditorium Vol 1
Dr. Dog / Dr. Dog
Father John Misty / Mahashmashana
Gary Clark Jr / JPEG RAW
Ghost Funk Orchestra / A Trip To The Moon
Hurray For The Riff Raff / The Past Is Still Alive
Jon Batiste / Beethoven Blues
Kelly Finnigin / A Lover Was Born
Khruangbin / A La Sala
La Lom / Los Angeles League Of Musicians
Leon Bridges / Leon
Michael Kiwanuka / Small Changes
Norah Jones / Visions
Sierra Ferrell / Trail of Flowers
The Smile / Cutouts
Thee Sacred Souls / Got A Story To Tell
Waxahatchee / Tigers Blood

Eugenie host of The Midday Show 10 Women Who Rock of 2024:
Beyonce / Cowboy Carter
Brittany Howard / What Now
Waxahatchee/ Tigers Blood
Grace Bowers & the Hodgepodge / Wine on Venus
Kasey Musgraves / A Deeper Well
St. Vincent / All Born Screaming
Lucinda Williams / Lucinda Williams Sings the Beatles From Abbey Road
Haley Hendryx / Seed of a Seed
Amy Helm / Silver City

MC Lyte / 1 of 1