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In the special disappointments from 2024: House of Dragons (laborious exercise in patience and ability to distinguish characters practically all sharing the same name) and Three Body Problem (regrettably faithful to the caricatural novel).

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Other special mentions: catching up on series from previous years, I particularly loved The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023), Pluto (2023) and Severance (2022). Very much uncomfortably excited for the new season of Severance coming out now!

While we‘re at it, 2024 was a particularly ripe year for quality TV series. The top 10 among them: 10. True Detective: Night Country 9. The Rings of Power 8. Emily in Paris 7. Mr & Mrs Smith 6. The Day Of The Jackal 5. One Day 4. The Penguin 3. The Bear 2. Shogun 1. Ripley

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1. Arooj Aftab: Night Reign Wondrous soundscapes, as if woven in the velvet of the night and Arooj Aftab’s warm yet quietly powerful voice.

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2. The Smile: Wall of Eyes The purest distillation of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s alt-rock genius mixed with the sinuous rhythms of Tom Skinner.

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3. Mdou Moctar: Funeral For Justice In which the furious solos of the Tuareg guitarist transcend the desert rock of his fantastic first album.

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4. The Smile: Cutouts Like a funkier & free Radiohead, The Smile deliver not one but two incredible albums this year, with Cutouts the more playful younger sibling of the two.

5. Zoot Woman: Maxidrama Simple, catchy tunes from the British electropop band, which manage to sound like classic Zoot Woman yet fresh at the same time.

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6. Shugo Tokumaru: Song Symbiosis Another kaleidoscope of Japanese folk & joyful pop by Shugo Tokumaru, as always layering countless instruments on ever-surprising rhythms. More experimental and tender than ever, the relentless energy this time is interleaved with slow, emotional pieces.

7. Jack White: No Name Bursting with intense power, this surprise bluesy opus somehow sounds both familiar and new, archetypal and inventive; unearthing more uncut rock gems from Jack White’s seemingly bottomless imagination.

8. Floating Points: Cascade Cerebral dance music, halfway between club track and serpentine auditory voyage to the outer reaches of the galaxy.

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9. Jamie XX: In Waves Irresistible collage of dancefloor bangers, often beating their 90’s dance/house inspiration.

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10. David Gilmour: Luck and Strange Late entry into the canon of a legend, never pretending to reach the heights of Pink Floyd but humbly contributing a handful of earnest tunes to the collection.

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Sébastien Cevey @theefer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

There seems to be broad consensus across both sides in America that the political system is fundamentally broken. The only disagreement is about whether Trump is the proof or the solution.

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I've loved and been touched by virtually every single film of his, and we're so lucky they will grace cinema forever. May the world be a little more Lynchian. ❤️

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I remember standing outside the cinema in the rain after coming out of Mulholland Drive, talking for an hour to someone I didn't even know about the possible interpretations of the film, creating our own meaning out of the incredibly fertile material that had just lit up our imagination.

Lynch had a unique, unmistakable touch; while still mastering a broad palette he refined to an almost absurd extent in Inland Empire and Rabbits, yet managing never to fall into gauche self-parody. The ambition and confidence in his work always felt profoundly moving.

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