You’ve waited. You’ve begged. You’ve cried. And now your prayers have finally been answered. This year, Rochel and Claire reflect on 2024’s music in over 20 categories, from country to jazz, from Brats to Brits, from Sabrina to femtanyl. Pulp Friction is available wherever pods are cast. Subscribe and share to support the show. Send riddles to pulpfrictioncast@gmail.com. Stay tuned for Rochel’s 2024 movie list. Full list of nominees and winners: ALBUM OF THE YEAR BRAT - Charli XCX Challengers (Original Score) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan Petrichor - 070 Shake #RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy Silence Is Loud - Nia Archives Still - Erika de Casier Sugar Water - Maude Latour The Thief Next to Jesus - Ka SONG OF THE YEAR Crowded Roomz - Nia Archives Disease - Lady Gaga Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter Girl, so confusing featuring Lorde - Charli XCX, Lorde Holy, Holy - Geordie Greep meet the grahams - Kendrick Lamar My guy (Corporate Shuffle) - Underscores Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar SIN MIEDO - JPEGMAFIA Starburned and Unkissed - Caroline Polachek BEST NEW ARTIST Anycia Baby Kia LustSickPuppy POLO PERKS TAAHLIAH PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Easyfun (“Just Like That”, “SO TRU”, BRAT) FearDorian (“Hoodrat”, A DOG’S CHANCE, Triple Digits [112]) Mustard (“Not Like Us”, “TV Off”, Faith of a Mustard Seed) Michael Uzowuru (“Black&Blue”, LANA, The Great Impersonator) Zhone (“Talk Talk featuring Troye Sivan”, “JOYRIDE”, Sugar Water) SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Navy Blue Zach Bryan A.G. Cook Geordie Greep SZA BEST POP SONG Disease - Lady Gaga Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter Girl, so confusing featuring Lorde - Charli XCX, Lorde Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan Leash - Sky Ferreira WYA? - Leah Kate, 24kGoldn BEST POP ALBUM Big Ideas - Remi Wolf BRAT - Charli XCX Girl with No Face - Allie X Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay Sugar Water - Maude Latour BEST HIP HOP SONG Black&Blue - Vince Staples HISS - Megan Thee Stallion I Killed You - Tyler, The Creator meet the grahams - Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar BEST HIP HOP ALBUM Alligator Bites Never Heal - Doechii CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator Personification - Maxo Kream #RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy The Thief Next to Jesus - Ka BEST ROCK SONG Anybody - Porridge Radio Audacious - Franz Ferdinand FIRE4FUN - Jhariah Jerkin’ - Amyl and the Sniffers Over Each Other - Linkin Park BEST ROCK ALBUM Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me - Porridge Radio Forever - Charly Bliss There Goes the Neighbourhood - Kid Kapichi TRUST CEREMONY - Jhariah What a Devastating Turn of Events - Rachel Chinouriri BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG Compress / Repress - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Crowded Roomz - Nia Archives Eusexua - FKA twigs M3 N MIN3 - femtanyl, Danny Brown My Girl - Coco & Clair Clair Spring Breakers - Charli XCX BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM BRAT - Charli XCX Challengers (Original Score) - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Diva of the People - Gavin Turek Gramarye - TAAHLIAH Silence Is Loud - Nia Archives BEST COUNTRY SONG/ALBUM ALBUM: The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan SONG: Texas Hold ‘Em - Beyoncé BEST JAZZ ALBUM Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington The Great Bailout - Moor Mother No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin - Meshell Ndegeocello Odyssey - Nubya Garcia Rong Weicknes - Fievel Is Glauque BEST R&B SONG 30 for 30 - SZA, Kendrick Lamar Hell of a Ride - Nourished by Time MUTT - Leon Thomas Nasty - Tinashe Young Lion - Sade BEST R&B ALBUM A Kid From Toronto - Kalisway Algorithm - Lucky Daye Bird’s Eye - Ravyn Lenae CRYBABY - Rae Khalil Still - Erika de Casier BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG Floating on a Moment - Beth Gibbons Holy, Holy - Geordie Greep Mahashmashana - Father John Misty My guy (Corporate Shuffle) - underscores SIN MIEDO - JPEGMAFIA Starburned and Unkissed - Caroline Polachek BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM Amelia - Laurie Anderson empathogen - WILLOW The New Sound - Geordie Greep Petrichor - 070 Shake Pointy Heights - Fousheé BEST MUSIC VIDEO Death & Romance - Magdalena Bay (Amanda Kramer) Perfect Stranger - FKA twigs (Jordan Hemingway) Run It - clipping. (Lawrence Klein) Von dutch - Charli XCX (TORSO) Young Lion - Sade (Sophie Muller) BEST COVER Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl - yeule Burning Down the House - Paramore Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other - Orville Peck, Willie Nelson Murder on the Dancefloor - New Radicals Slap That Bass | Get Happy | What the World Needs Now Is Love - Nick Cave This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us - The Last Dinner Party Pulp Friction is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pulpfriction.substack.com/subscribe
