2024 lists

personal-site/src/main/kotlin/com/github/wakingrufus/website/MyWebsite.kt

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.github.wakingrufus.website.music.music2020
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.music.music2021
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.music.music2022
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.music.music2023
+import com.github.wakingrufus.website.music.music2024
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.slideshows.functionalKotlinSlideshow
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.slideshows.kotlin2019Slideshow
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.slideshows.staticWebSlideshow
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ class MyWebsite {
             page(music2021)
             page(music2022)
             page(music2023)
+            page(music2024)
             page(criterion2021)
             page(criterion2022)
 

personal-site/src/main/kotlin/com/github/wakingrufus/website/music/Music2023.kt

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ val bestMusic2023 = bestMusicOf(2023) {
     album("Systemic", "Divide and Dissolve") {
         link("https://divideanddissolve.bandcamp.com/album/systemic")
     }
+    track("& the Charm", "Avalon Emerson") {
+        link("https://avalonemerson.bandcamp.com/album/the-charm")
+    }
 
     // tracks
     track("Insomnia", "Parannoul") {
@@ -78,9 +81,6 @@ val bestMusic2023 = bestMusicOf(2023) {
     track("Waaba Gwa\u200Ḇ\u200Bsoo ", "Saltwater Hank") {
         link("https://saltwaterhank.bandcamp.com/track/waaba-gwa-soo")
     }
-    track("Hot Evening", "Avalon Emerson") {
-        link("https://avalonemerson.bandcamp.com/track/hot-evening")
-    }
     track("City", "Drinking Boys and Girls Choir") {
         link("https://band-dbgc.bandcamp.com/track/city")
     }

personal-site/src/main/kotlin/com/github/wakingrufus/website/music/Music2024.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package com.github.wakingrufus.website.music
+
+val bestMusic2024 = bestMusicOf(2024) {
+    albumOfTheYear("The Past is Still Alive", "Hurray for the Riff Raff") {
+        link("https://hftrr.bandcamp.com/album/the-past-is-still-alive")
+        review(
+            """Come for "Alibi", a catchy tune about supporting someone through their addiction, 
+while struggling with your own tendencies to become an enabler. 
+Stay for "Ogallala", which hit me hard with: 
+    "I used to think I was born into the wrong generation. Now I know I was right on time to watch the world burn."
+"""
+        )
+    }
+    // albums
+    album("Letter to Self", "SPRINTS") {
+        link("https://sprintsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/letter-to-self")
+        review("This we a close runner up for AOTY for me. I highly recommend this album from an Irish post-punk band")
+    }
+    album("Below the Waste", "Goat Girl") {
+        link("https://goatgirl.bandcamp.com/album/below-the-waste")
+    }
+    album("Absolute Elsewhere", "Blood Incantation") {
+        link("https://bloodincantation.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-elsewhere")
+        tag("Metal")
+    }
+    album("RATKING", "Brimheim") {
+        link("https://brimheim.bandcamp.com/album/ratking")
+    }
+    album("XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek", "Thy Catafalque") {
+        link("https://thycatafalqueuk.bandcamp.com/album/xii-a-gy-ny-r-lmok-ezut-n-j-nnek")
+        tag("Metal")
+    }
+    album("Sonido Cósmico", "Hermanos Gutiérrez") {
+        link("https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico")
+    }
+    album("Funeral for Justice", "Mdou Moctar") {
+        link("https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/funeral-for-justice")
+    }
+    album("The Promised Land?", "Black Sites") {
+        link("https://blacksites.bandcamp.com/album/the-promised-land")
+        tag("Metal")
+        review("The Chicago metal scene is alive and kicking.")
+    }
+    album("Championne (EP)", "Championne") {
+        link("https://championne.bandcamp.com/album/championne")
+        review("This is just an EP, but every song is fantastic. I can't wait to hear more from them.")
+    }
+    album("Mahal", "Glass Beams") {
+        link("https://glassbeams.bandcamp.com/album/mahal")
+    }
+    album("Ngélar", "LAIR") {
+        link("https://lairggb.bandcamp.com/album/ng-lar")
+    }
+    album("Codes", "Anja Huwe") {
+        link("https://xmaldeutschland.bandcamp.com/album/codes")
+    }
+    album("A La Sala", "Khruangbin") {
+        link("https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-sala")
+    }
+    album(
+        "Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia",
+        "Various Artists"
+    ) {
+        link(
+            "https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/synthesizing-the-silk-roads-uzbek-disco-tajik-folktronica-uyghur-rock-tatar-jazz-from-1980s-soviet-central-asia"
+        )
+        review("This is technically old music, but these songs have been collected and released worldwide for the first time. " +
+                "It is full of buried treasures from a time and place that is often overlooked.")
+    }
+
+    // tracks
+    track("Gasoline", "I AM THE INTIMIDATOR") {
+        link("https://iamtheintimidator.bandcamp.com/track/gasoline")
+        tag("Metal")
+    }
+    track("No Hiding Place", "Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin") {
+        link("https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/track/no-hiding-place")
+    }
+    track("The Devil in Me", "DIR EN GREY") {
+        link("https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1G6VXT2")
+        tag("Metal")
+    }
+    track("Crooked Road", "Fantastic Negrito") {
+        link("https://fantasticnegritomusic.bandcamp.com/track/crooked-road")
+    }
+    track("Daydream Repeat", "Four Tet") {
+        link("https://fourtet.bandcamp.com/track/daydream-repeat-2")
+    }
+    track("Bul Bul Bul", "Kit Sebastian") {
+        link("https://kitsebastian.bandcamp.com/track/bul-bul-bul")
+    }
+    track("Seeds", "Melt-Banana") { link("https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D51QCLQJ") }
+    track("황금빛 강 (Gold River)", "Parannoul") { link("https://parannoul.bandcamp.com/track/gold-river") }
+    track("No Se Siente Normal", "Sol y Santi") { link("https://casateca.bandcamp.com/track/no-se-siente-normal-2") }
+    track("Sinner", "Elsy Wameyo") { link("https://elsywameyo.bandcamp.com/track/sinner-2") }
+    track("Wipeout", "COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS") {
+        link("https://boris.bandcamp.com/track/wipeout")
+        tag("Metal")
+    }
+    track("Motherfather", "Machine Girl") { link("https://machinegirl.bandcamp.com/track/motherfather") }
+}
+
+val music2024 = bestMusic2024.toHtmlPage()

personal-site/src/main/kotlin/com/github/wakingrufus/website/music/MusicListHtml.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ import com.github.wakingrufus.website.lib.HtmlPage
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.lib.article.article
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.lib.htmlPage
 import com.github.wakingrufus.website.myFooter
-import kotlinx.html.*
+import kotlinx.html.a
+import kotlinx.html.h1
+import kotlinx.html.h3
+import kotlinx.html.id
+import kotlinx.html.li
+import kotlinx.html.ol
+import kotlinx.html.p
+import kotlinx.html.span
+import kotlinx.html.ul
 
 fun YearEndList.toHtmlPage(): HtmlPage {
     return yearEndPage(this)
@@ -29,6 +37,9 @@ fun yearEndPage(yearEndList: YearEndList): HtmlPage {
                     yearEndList.albums.forEach { album ->
                         li {
                             a(href = album.link) { +"${album.title} - ${album.artist}" }
+                            album.review?.also {
+                                span { +" - $it" }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }