End Of Year Top 5’s For 2024
2024 has been a big year with plenty touring of international artists as well as our favourite Australian and local acts as well. It has also delivered some great new album releases which we hope continues in 2025.
Some of our team has taken stock and looked back on the best album releases and gigs experienced this year… what are yours?
Rob Lyon
Top 5 Albums
- Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
- The Dandy Warhols – Rockmaker
- Jack White – No Name
- Pixies – The Night The Zombies Came
- The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
Top 5 Shows
- The Killers – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
- Cheap Trick – Red Hot Summer, Seppeltsfield
- The Dandy Warhols – The Gov (Night One), Adelaide
- Queens Of The Stone Age – The Drive, Adelaide
- The Vaccines/ Everything Everything – The Gov, Adelaide
Anastasia Lambis
Top 5 Albums
- Jack White – No Name
- Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
- Leon Bridges – Leon
- KAYTRANADA – Timeless
- Alison Moyet – Key
Top 5 Shows
- Simple Minds – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- The Human League – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- Jack White – The Forum, Melbourne (both shows)
- Pink – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
- Despina Vandi – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
Samuel Phillips
Top 5 Albums
- Erra – ERRA
- Bilmuri – American Motor Sports
- Cane Hill – A piece of me i never let you find
- Better Lovers – Highly Irresponsible
- Fit For An Autopsy – The Nothing That Is
Top 5 Shows
- Froth & Fury – Harts Mill, Port Adelaide
- Machine Head – The Forum, Melbourne
- Korn – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- Heilung – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- Knotfest – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
Anita Kertes
Top 5 Albums
- BIG SPECIAL ~ POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
- The Cure ~ Songs of a Lost World
- Fontaines D.C. ~ Romance
- Idles ~ Tangk
- A. Swayze & the Ghosts ~ Let’s Live a Life Better Than This
Top 5 Shows
- Everything Everything/ The Vaccines ~ The Gov, Adelaide
- Holy Holy ~ Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
- Bombay Bicycle Club ~ The Gov, Adelaide
- Tom Jones ~ The Drive, Adelaide
- Bec Sandridge ~ The Gov, Adelaide
Richard De Pizzol
Top 5 Albums
- The Buoys – Lustre
- Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
- Jack White – No Name
- The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy
- Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
Top 5 Shows
- Jack White – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
- Pearl Jam / Pixies – Engie, Sydney (both shows)
- Thom Yorke – Sydney Opera House (both shows)
- Coldplay – Accor Stadium, Sydney
- TISM at the Gov, Adelaide
Matt Eygeneraam
Top 5 Albums
- Jack White – No Name
- Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
- Red Kross – Red Kross
- Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced
- Destroy Boys – Funeral Soundtrack #4
Top 5 Shows
- Mogwai – Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide
- TISM – The Gov, Port Adelaide
- Testeagles – Froth n Fury, Port Adelaide
- The Budos Band – WOMADelaide
- Pearl Jam – Engie Stadium Sydney (night 2)
Peter Pap
Top 5 Live Shows
Wednesday 13 – Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
Iron Maiden – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
Skillet – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
The Fabulous Caprettos – Norwood Concert Hall, Adelaide
Richard Marx – Seppeltsfield Wines, Seppeltsfield
John Glennie
Top 5 Shows
- Graham Nash – Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide
- Tina Turner The Musical – Festival Theatre, Adelaide
- Ian Moss – The Gov, Adelaide
- Mark Seymour – The Gov, Adelaide
- Hopelessly Devoted – Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Robert McArthur
Top 5 Shows
- The Dropkick Murphys / Alkaline Trio – Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide
- Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton / Ella and Sienna – The Gov, Adelaide
- Hoodoo Gurus / Dallas Crane – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
- UB40 / Eagle-Eye Cherry – Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide
- Birds of Tokyo – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
Geoff Jenke
Top 5 Albums
- The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
- Wunderhorse – Midas
- The Hard Quartet – The Hard Quartet
- Bully Hay – Black Dogs & Songbirds
- Jim Keys – Caledonia
Top 5 Shows
- Tom Jones – Memorial Drive, Adelaide
- Walter Trout – The Gov, Adelaide
- The Dirty Three – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
- The Church – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
- Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton – The Gov, Adelaide
Andreas Heuer
Top 5 Albums
- Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
- The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
- Pixies – The Night The Zombies Came
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wold God
- Kim Gordon – The Collective
Top 5 Gigs
- Pearl Jam – Engie Stadium Sydney
- Mr Bungle & Melvins – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
- Kim Gordon – Illuminate Adelaide
- Belle & Sebastian w/ Badly Drawn Boy – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
- Queens of the Stoneage – The Drive, Adelaide
Peter Lanyon
Top 5 Albums
- The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
- Sebastian Bach – Child Within The Man
- The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
- Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts – Rogue To Redemption
- Ace Frehley – 10,000 Volts
Top 5 Shows
- Chocolate Starfish: The Best Of Everything – Norwood Concert Hall
- Noiseworks – Her Majesty’s Theatre., Adelaide
- Jeff Martin sings Bowie – Jive, Adelaide
- Trafalgars About Time album launch – Grace Emily, Adelaide
- Pseudo Echo – The Gov, Adelaide
Mia Hole
Top 5 Albums
- Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
- Juice WLRD – The Party Never Ends
- Tyla – TYLA +
- Charli xcx – Brat
- 21 Savage – American Dream
Top 5 Shows
- Teddy Swims – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide
- Ne-Yo – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- Mahalia – Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
- Tate McRae – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- The Kid Laroi – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
Justin White
Top 5 Albums
- Sum 41 – Heaven x Hell
- Make Them Suffer – Self Titled
- Jack White – No Name
- Mark Seymour & The Undertow – The Boxer
- Grinspoon – Whatever, Whatever
Top 5 Shows
- Parkway Drive – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- In Flames & Kreator – Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide
- Bring Me the Horizon – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
- Make Them Suffer – Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide
- Holy Holy – Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide
Darren Leach
Top 5 Albums
- Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol
- Feeder – Black / Red
- High Vis – Guided Tour
- Drahla – Angeltape
- Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
Top 5 Shows
- High Vis – London
- Pearl Jam – NOS Festival, Lisbon
- LCD Soundsystem – All Points East Festival, London
- White Lies – London
- Paul Draper – Brighton