This Finals year end list comes from Brooklyn based stand up comedian Nick Viagas, who runs a monthly show at Littlefield called Struggle Bus with Ivy Wolk, and who fancies himself something of a music expert and a writer as well -- hence the track by track writtens. Give him a follow if ya nasty, and if you ever meet him, give him a positive stroke and let him know how punk he is. Thanks Nick!

Miss Rackz - Bb trickz

Viral catalan drill rapper. Beat sounds like it's by the guy who made this reel. I like to sing along phonetically.

Lock N Key - Anella Herin

I FW this song so heavy yet Shaboozey is unlistenable to me (no eminem). Tipsy has the aesthetics of "authenticity" that are completely detestable to me after living through The Lumineers. Shaboozey's voice has that once-I-was-20-years-old, heyyyyyy-brother quality. The imagery in Lock N Key puts you at the center of a spinning city, Shaboozey gets you tipsy.

Hellscape - Sleepwell

Caught a Sleepwalk show been obsessed since. I have a soft spot for hardcore music about sobriety that isn't cloying. Captures how hopeless and haunted sobriety can be.

Pandora - Wisp

I love fake tiktok shoegaze. Found this on the Gothboyclique ig, a reliable source of heat. Good for thinking about the beautiful and ailing women in your life.

Rockman - Mk.gee

Masculine, powerful indie rock. If Frank Ocean made a jock jam. We started a war. Eagle sound.

The Spark - Kabin Crew, Lisdoonvarna Crew

Ya know sometimes I can really get on my high horse about having cool music taste. I listened to this shit every day for months. Love a song about how "they're trying to stop us from partying." Thick Irish accent can almost fool you into thinking it’s political. It If yar prad of who you ar and what you do showt it.

Funtown USA - TV Room

Disturbing. You can't dance to it, you can't cry to it, you’re hype to kill yourself. I’m finally free. Crazy frog ass beat with some nylon guitar.

Money Problems - Nino Paid, Lil Gray

Heard about it in this very publication (hyperlink). Im not a music journalist but this shit is hard. I like the production name FRISSONJOHN. Meezy means someone from Maryland.

Hate the Real - 41

Strong sense of form, otherworldly, self-contained. Insecure flows over a jersey club beat with ennui. I wonder what tiktoks TaTa watches.

Missing Out - Maya Hawke

I was stressed after the biggest show of my life in February (1200 people). I walked out the stage door of the Tampa Theater into pouring rain and listened to this on wired headphones to collect myself. I was feeling reflective. Whole song is kind of a humble brag. Maya Hawke if you’re reading this do you want to come to my show in January.

Make It Real - Kurtains

One of the reasons I like whatever youre supposed to call hyperpop is how my ear catches the switching between analogue and digital. The stop at 02:00 is like that. I can make it real or I can make it funny etc…