Mid Year Staff Picks 2024

And, in the blink of a pair of eyes, the first half of 2024 has rocketed right by.

It’s been another busy one with events a-plenty, a shop refit, our biggest RSD to date, an ever-expanding book range, truck-fulls of mail order, and, of course, a litany of ear-tingling and pulse-troubling musical releases for us to fill the shop / mail sacks / your shelves with.

The selections contained within these pages are the pick of the bunch from the first 6 months of the year. According to us anyway. The cream of the crop. The cat’s knees. The bee’s pyjamas. These are the records that we’ve been going back to over and over again. Hopefully you’ve heard some of them. Maybe some are new to you. It could be a nudge to finally check out that band that everyone’s been talking about. Or it might even tempt you to revisit that album which didn’t quite land first time round.Whatever listening situation you might find yourself in, we hope that you find plenty here to explore, enjoy and enhance your sonic life with.

you can browse it online here (but it does honestly look better in print).