First Avenue’s Staff Picks: Best of 2024

Dec
18
th
2024

Catch up with the First Avenue team as they share their 2024 favorites! Dive into their top albums, unforgettable live shows, surprise discoveries, and the concerts they’re already looking forward to in 2025.

Spiritual Cramp in the 7th St Entry by Christopher Goyette

NameFavorite ShowTop AlbumUnexpected SurpriseShow Looking Forward to
Alex TKublai Khan TX @ First AvenueTyler, The Creator ‘Chromakopia’See You Space CowboyAmyl & The Sniffers @ Palace
Rachael SMannequin Pussy @ Fine LineBigg KiaaTim Heidecker @ First Avenue
Maddy LThe Last Dinner Party @ First AvenueMannequin Pussy ‘I Got Heaven’Phoebe GoFlipturn @ Palace
Kyle TGregorian @ FitzgeraldThe Cure ‘Songs of a Lost World’Spiritual CrampTim Heidecker @ First Avenue
Tayah HMagdalena Bay @ First AvenueDoechii ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’SYM1Soccer Mommy @ First Avenue
Alan GMagdalena Bay @ First AvenueMagdalena Bay ‘Imaginal Disk’Sam Quealy070 Shake @ First Avenue
Bob LBuzzcocks @ PalaceKacey Musgraves ‘Deeper Well’DYL.AN @ 7th St EntryHippo Campus @ Surly Field
Brian JHermanos Gutierrez @ First AvenueGood Looks ‘Lived Here For a While’Benjamin TodKing Buffalo @ First Avenue
Ryan JJack White @ First AvenueSierra Ferrell ‘Trail Of Flowers’The SpooklightsRubblebucket @ Amsterdam
Alex S.Sierra Ferrell @ First AvenueShow Me The Body ‘Corpus ll’MononeonBridge City Sinners @ First Avenue
Andy HJon Batiste @ First AvenueThe Shackletons ‘Formerly The Albatross’FloodingMorgan Wade @ First Avenue
Chris JJason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ PalaceCharli XCX ‘Brat’CouchJack White @ Palace
Chelsea GTeezo Touchdown @ First AvenueCharli XCX ‘Brat’Waxahatchee @ PalaceMolchat Doma @ First Avenue
Joe PRyan Beatty @ Fine LineCharli XCX ‘Brat’Good Morning (opening for Waxahatchee)Toro y Moi & Panda Bear @ First Avenue
Stacy SJack White @ First AvenueBeyoncé ‘Cowboy Carter’Chappell Roan (opening for Olivia Rodrigo)The Vaccines @ Fine Line
Jon GLa Luz @ Turf ClubDehd ‘Poetry’GustafAlan Sparhawk & Mount Eerie @ First Avenue
Nicole KJack White @ First AvenueCharli XCX ‘Brat’Gang of Four @ Fine Line
Signe JJohn Early @ Fine LineClairo ‘Charm’MJ LendermanJamie xx @ Armory
Emily OCherry Glazerr @ Fine LineMJ Lenderman ‘Manning Fireworks’Porcelain (opening for Chat Pile)Amyl & The Sniffers @ Palace

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