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My 11 favorite songs of 2024

This list is far from authoritative.
Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, stands in the middle of greenery in a shirt over a red bra. She wears a ball cap and
If you have talked to me at all in the past year, it will be no surprise there is a Waxahatchee song on this list. (Credit: Anti-)

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