Top 89 of 2024: David Safar's top songs of the year
by David Safar
December 13, 2024
The end of the year is upon us, and it's time to reflect on your favorite music of 2024! Here are David Safar’s favorite music picks of the year. Once you've made your own list, vote in The Current's Top 89 poll by December 19, and we'll count down your Top 89 of 2024 at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, and at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1.
Top Songs of the Year
Waxahatchee - "Right Back To It” feat. MJ Lenderman
Fontaines D.C. - "Starburster"
Charli XCX - "Von Dutch"
Jack White - "That's How I'm Feeling"
Beyonce - "Texas Hold 'Em "
Remi Wolf - "Cinderella"
Bon Iver - "S P E Y S I D E"
Kacey Musgraves - "Deeper Well"
Childish Gambino - "Lithonia"
Billie Eilish - "Lunch"
Ravyn Lenae - "Love Me Not"
Adrianne Lenker - "Sadness As A Gift"
DEHD - "Mood Ring"
Hermanos Gutierrez - "Low Sun"
Bully - "Atom Bomb"
The Heavy Heavy - "Happiness"
The Cure - "A Fragile Thing"
Laufey - "Bored"
Hozier - "Too Sweet"
Brigitte Calls Me Baby - "We Were Never Alive"
Local Favorites
Alan Sparhawk - "Can U Hear"
Anna Graves - "Contact High"
Atmosphere - "Wetter"
Bad Bad Hats - "My Heart Your Heart"
Ber - “Room For You"
Bizhiki - "Gigawaabamin (Come Through)"
Charlie Parr - "Boombox"
Clare Doyle - "Devices"
Colin Bracewell - "Dirty Laundry"
Dua Saleh - "want"
FenixDion - "Big Suits"
Gully Boys - "Bad Day"
Hippo Campus - "Paranoid"
KINFU - "NEED YA"
MAKR AN ERIS - "Get In The Water"
Riotgrrrldarko - "Wtvr I Want"
she's green - "bleed"
The Cactus Blossoms - "Something's Got a Hold on Me"
The Shackletons - "Caller Number 10"
The Twins of Franklin - "To The Moon"
Yam Haus - "First To Try"