A real mixed bag of a year this year - Started the year in Copenhagen and was lucky to get to travel to Shanghai, New York, Boston and Athens, and squeeze in tours with Cavetown, Rolo Tomassi and Maybeshewill.
2024 felt like a really great year for new music, and bucked a recent trend of struggling to find ten albums i was happy to commit to being favourites. In no particular order, these are the ten albums I loved the most in 2024.
Cash is on the decline (almost) everywhere, and being able to accept card payments is basically essential to any touring merch seller. However, once you leave the UK, you can run in to issues with some of the more common readers. This is a run down of the major card payment terminals available to artists and merch sellers in the UK, and the pros and cons of each.
This started as a joke list of stuff that happens on tour that I don’t understand people not understanding, but it got a bit serious and I think there’s something to it. Have I always lived by these? Absolutely not. Do I think I should? Yes, definitely.
I’d love to add more if you’ve got any suggestions.
If we’ve toured together and you think i’m thinking of you with any of these, I probably am.