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Listeners in 36 countries so far. #NewMusic #CheckItOut

Heavy Rotation Jeff Matthews · EP · 2025 · 5 songs

5 song EP released today. Check it out!! 👊🙏🫶 open.spotify.com/album/0W5D34...

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Two Steps Backward Jeff Matthews · Two Steps Backward · Song · 2025

Check out my new single Two Steps Backward on your favorite streaming service! Five song EP drops Monday. open.spotify.com/track/0o2uNp...

Two Steps Backward Jeff Matthews · Two Steps Backward · Song · 2025

New single - check it out on your favorite streaming service - thanks for listening! 👂🏽 open.spotify.com/track/0o2uNp...

First single from the upcoming Heavy Rotation project drops this week! “Two Steps Backward” is a reflection on where we are as a nation at this moment in time…coming to your favorite streaming service!

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So excited to share 5 new tunes coming soon on all streaming services! Featuring Earl Slick, Mark Hudson, Steve Holly, Paul Santo, Oskar Häggdahl, Danny Lipsitz, and Lubomir Smilenov (bagpipes!). Produced by Mark Hudson and engineered by Mario McNulty. Recorded at Mission Sound and The Hit Factory.

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Top 20 of 2024 according to me, alphabetically (1/6)

1. Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter
2. Steve Conte —The Concrete Jangle
3. The Cure — Songs of a Lost World
4. Fantastic Cat — Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat
5. Fontaines D.C. — Romance

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The Leapfrog Group names UCMC a Top Teaching Hospital for seventh time - UChicago Medicine
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What did I miss? What were your favorites of 2024? Tag me in your lists!

Top 20 of 2024: Honorable mention (5/6)

The Black Keys – Ohio Players
Charlie xcx – Brat
Brittany Howard – What Now
The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy
Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
Los Campesinos! – All Hell
Dan Reeder – Smithereens

Top 20 of 2024 according to me, alphabetically (4/6)

16. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement
17. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
18. Paul Weller – 66
19. Jack White – No Name
20. Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor

Top 20 of 2024 according to me, alphabetically (3/6)

11. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice
12. Nada Surf – Moon Mirror
13. Pernice Brothers – Who Will You Believe
14. Daniel Romano – Too Hot to Sleep
15. St Vincent – All Born Screaming

Top 20 of 2024 according to me, alphabetically (2/6)

6. Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Past is Still Alive
7. Samara Joy – Portrait
8. Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know
9. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
10. Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets – Indoor Safari

Top 20 of 2024 according to me, alphabetically (1/6)

1. Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter
2. Steve Conte —The Concrete Jangle
3. The Cure — Songs of a Lost World
4. Fantastic Cat — Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat
5. Fontaines D.C. — Romance

And when I say "best", these are the albums released in 2024 that I listened to the most, some obsessively. Let me know what albums I omitted, or post your own list and tag me!

Have you been anxiously awaiting my annual "best of" albums for 2024? 🤣 An amazing amount of great new music by new and legacy artists so again will have to be a "top 20", with a few honorable mentions to boot. #BestAlbums2024

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Lovely time at the Southern Surgical Association gala dinner! #PalmBeach #Breakers

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