Can TikTok Shop help music vinyl and merch sales? Some labels have sold thousands of dollars worth of merch for Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa and more.

It feels as timely as ever, then, to suggest an anti-algorithm alternative for finding new tunes: vinyl record subscriptions.

Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite reissued albums and compilations of 2024, including Japanese techno, Māori hip-hop, and Zambian pop.