Favorite albums of 2024
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Mk.Gee - Two Stars & The Dream Police
Brittany Howard - What Now
Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers
Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
Billy Strings - Highway Prayers
Best live performances I saw in 2024
Goose - Forest Hills
Deer Tick - Levon Helm Barn
Guster, Hermanos Guttierez, Elle King, War on Drugs, Killer Mike, Sierra Ferrell, Brittany Howard - Newport Folk Festival
Safety Not Guaranteed - BAM
Barr Brothers - Mercury Lounge
Vampire Weekend - MSG
Kings of Leon - Forest Hills
Favorite books of 2024
The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen
The Freaks Came out to Write - Tricia Romano
The Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles
In the Distance - Hernan Diaz
Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen
The American Way - Helene Stapinski, Bonnie Siegler
The Plot Against America - Philip Roth
The Snakehead - Patrick Radden Keefe
A Gentleman and a Thief - Dean Jobb
All About Me - Mel Brooks
Best places I ate in 2024
Sailor (Brooklyn, NY)
Antonio's, Gandarias, Bar Sport, Casa Urola, Goiz Argi, Cuchara (San Sebastian, Spain)
Brat (London, UK)
Place des Fetes (Brooklyn, NY)
Lords (Manhattan, NY)
Romans (Brooklyn, NY)
Cote (Manhattan, NY)
Sofreh (Brooklyn, NY)
Palizzi Social Club (Philadelphia, PA)
Inness (Accord, NY)
Cervos (Manhattan, NY)
Animae (San Diego, CA)
The Copper Room (Yucca Valley, CA)
