Best of the Bay 2024: Our favorite music of the year from San Francisco, Oakland, and beyond
From Fake Fruit to French Cassettes, La Doña to LaRussell, Soeneido to Space Ghost, check out the Bay Area's best sounds across genres
It’s here! All the best music from the Bay Area in 2024. Or at least our favorites of everything we listened to (there was a lot). Practically every genre is represented:
Corridos and cumbias by La Doña.
Hyphy heights by LaRussell and P-Lo.
Whimsical indie rock by Magic Fig.
Free jazz drum and bass by 4d.
And on and on and on.
Dig in, and please leave a comment letting us know which essential release we missed!
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Listen to the mix (part 1 of 2), featuring our favorite alternative rock, folk and country, punk, Latin vibes, and R&B from the Bay Area in 2024.
— White Crate
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[rock] Seablite, Welcome Strawberry, Try the Pie — Dec 19 at El Rio
[rock] WINTER COAT DRIVE ft. Cindy, Chime School, Violent Change, Black Thumb — Dec 20 at the Chapel
[hip hop] Seiji Oda, Lil Ricefield, Ajai Kasim — Dec 20 at Cornerstone Berkeley
[latin] La Misa Negra, Qiensave — Dec 20 at the New Parish
[hip hop] Berner, Too $hort, LaRussell, and more — Dec 20 at the Warfield
[rock] ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOWS ft. The Mother Hips, Adam MacDougall, Isaiah Mitchell Duo, The Coffis Brothers — Dec 20-22 at Great American Music Hall
[experimental] Christopher Robin Duncan: Seasons, Danishta Rivero — Dec 21 at the Lab
[club] STRAPT ft. 40split, Obstac, Mars Kasei b2b Discnogirl, Tha Nxxt Step — Dec 21 at Nectar Social Club
[club] Vertigo, Tomu DJ — Dec 21 at Underground SF
[club] NO BIAS HOLIDAY PARTY ft. Bastiengoat, DJ JUANNY, Lonald J. Bandz Taraneh, RITCHRD, FINISHHER, Kimosabe — Dec 21 at F8
[gospel] Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir — Dec 24 at Great American Music Hall
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