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best_of_2024, Brat

 

The Wire, Rob Barnes, Bandcamp Daily, Louder Than War, BrooklynVegan, Gorilla vs. Bear, A.V. Club, Consequence, Vulture, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, The Forty-Five, MOJO, Rolling Stone, The Independent, Paste, Exclaim!, BBC Radio 6 Music, Loud and Quiet, The New Yorker, NPR, Uncut, The Quietus, Stereogum... здесь основные MSM списки (in progress)

 

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интересует в основном топ The Wire (+ тематические списки других изданий), да и в целом любопытно взглянуть спустя год, что же котировалось в mainstream media

 

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deepskyobject (Top-20 of 2024 to RED)

 

1. Left at Orion - Radiowaves (2024)

2. Trentemøller - Dreamweaver (2024)

3. Инна Пиварс и Гистрионы - Песни града Китежа (2024)

4. Whirr - Raw Blue (2024)

5. Julie - My Anti-Aircraft Friend (2024)

6. Хадн Дадн - Поцелуйчик солнышка (2024)

7. Vylet Pony - Monarch of Monsters (2024)

8. TTSSFU - Me, Jed and Andy (2024)

9. конъюнктура - керамика (2024)

10. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (2024)

11. Softcult - Heaven (2024)

12. Mo Dotti - Opaque (2024)

13. Dog silent - Voices in My Head (2024)

14. Clinic Stars - Only Hinting (2024)

15. Sestrica - Memory Lane (2024)

16. Kali Malone - All Life Long (2024)

17. LAAVU - Escape (2024)

18. NewDad - MADRA (2024)

19. Wisp - Pandora (2024)

20. Kim Gordon - The Collective (2024)

 

honorable mentions:

Broadcast - Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006 - 2009 (2024)

Broadcast - Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000 - 2006 (2024)

 

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024

 

50. claire rousay - Sentiment [bedroom pop]

49. Eiko Ishibashi - Evil Does Not Exist [experimental]

48. Robin Mackay - By The North Sea [radio play]

47. Clarissa Connelly - World of Work [progressive folk]

46. Yatta - Palm Wine [glitch pop, hypnagogic pop]

45. The Necks - Bleed [ambient, avant-garde jazz]

44. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven [indie rock]

43. Neil Luck - Radio Archive (2014-2023) [spoken word]

42. KRM & KMRU - Disconnect [dark ambient]

41. Sarah Hennies - Motor Tapes [modern classical]

40. Trigger Object - Ghost Bros OST [noise, electro-industrial]

39. Rhodri Davies - Telyn Wrachïod [free improvisation]

38. Tony Conrad, Jennifer Walshe - In the Merry Month of May [experimental]

37. Frederic D. Oberland, Grégory Dargent, Tony Elieh, Wassim Halal - SIHR [avant-folk]

36. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield [heavy metal]

35. Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us [west coast hip hop]

34. Laurie Anderson - Amelia [spoken word, modern classical]

33. Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding - Milton + Esperanza [chamber jazz]

32. Sisso & Maiko [Tanzania] - Singeli Ya Maajabu [singeli]

31. Nídia & Valentina - Estradas [batida, electroacoustic]

30. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes [jazz pop]

29. Charli XCX - Brat [electropop]

28. The Bug - Machines I--V [ambient dub]

27. Karl D'Silva - Love Is a Flame In the Dark [indie pop]

26. Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - Something About Shirley [abstract hip hop]

25. Richie Culver - Scream If You Don't Exist [glitch, dark ambient]

24. Kali Malone - All Life Long [minimalism, drone]

23. Able Noise - High Tide [experimental rock]

22. Fay Victor & Herbie Nichols SUNG - Life Is Funny That Way [vocal jazz]

21. Mary Timony [Ex Hex, Helium] - Untame the Tiger [indie rock]

20. Cappo - S.T.A.R.V.E [UK hip hop]

19. Pat Thomas - The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir [free improvisation]

18. Dialect - Atlas of Green [progressive electronic]

17. Shellac - To All Trains [noise rock]

16. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere [progressive death]

15. Water Damage - In E [drone]

14. Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus [abstract hip hop]

13. Toshiya Tsunoda/Taku Unami - Wovenland 3 [musique concrète]

12. The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards of a Futile Heaven [post-industrial]

11. Dhangsha - Broadcast Signal Intrusion [industrial, noise]

10. Beings - There Is a Garden [free jazz]

9. Caxtrinho - Queda Livre [psychedelic]

8. Kim Gordon - The Collective [noise rock]

7. Moin - You Never End [post-rock]

6. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee [hypnagogic pop]

5. Still House Plants - If I Don't Make It, I Love U [experimental rock]

4. Moor Mother - The Great Bailout [electroacoustic]

3. Elaine Mitchener - Solo Throat [experimental]

2. Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution [ambient]

1. أحمد [Ahmed][UK] - Giant Beauty [free jazz]

 

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Rob Barnes @ Top 60 Shoegaze/Dreampop albums of 2024

 

01. Newmoon - Temporary Light

02. Animal Ghosts - Swell

03. Mo Dotti - Opaque

04. Clinic Stars - Only Hinting

05. Whitelands - Night-Bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day

06. All Under Heaven - What Lies Ahead of Me

07. Punchlove - Channels

08. Ride - Interplay

09. Softcult - Heaven

10. Magic Shoppe - Down the Wish Elm

11. Tombstone in Their Eyes - Asylum Harbour

12. Virgins - Nothing Hurt and Everything Was Beautiful

13. Starflyer 59 - Lust for Gold

14. DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water

15. Joyer - Night Songs

16. Abandoned Buildings - Eroding Light

17. Mondaze - Linger

18. Ammonia Wash - Fading on the Way Down

19. Left at Orion - Radiowaves

20. Indoor Voices - Past Present

21. Bloococoon - Bloococoon

22. Flu Flu - Furia

23. Blushing - Sugarcoat

24. Newdad - Madra

25. San Carol - Mada Vida

26. Julie - My Anti-Aircraft Friend

27. Air Formation - Air Formation

28. So Totally - Double Your Relaxation

29. Blurred City Lights - Overload

30. The Fauns - How Lost

31. Shower Curtain - Words From A Wishing Well

32. Healees - Coin De L’oeil

33. Keeley - Beautiful Mysterious

34. Brief Candles - Unfinished Nature

35. Future Nostalgia - Imaginary Conversations

36. Bright Like Stars - Reflections

37. Swirlpool - Distant Echoes

38. Burrrn - Without You

39. Somesurprises - Perseids

40. 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - Let Go

41. Tears Run Rings - Everything In The End

42. Trauma Ray - Chameleon

43. Yndling - Mood Booster

44. PURS - Dissipate

45. Sungaze - Sungaze

46. Gift - Illuminatior

47. Wishy - Triple Seven

48. Midwife - No Depression In Heaven

49. Torrey - Torrey

50. Aluminum - Fully Beat

51. Flavor Crystals - Gone Six

52. Fazerdaze - Soft Power

53. A Place To Bury Strangers - Synthesizer

54. Calliere - Float

55. Cold Gawd - I’ll Drown On This Earth

56. White Poppy - Ataraxia

57. Kodaclips - Gone Is The Day

58. Zzzaam - Shine

59. The Proctors - Snowdrops And Hot Air Balloons

60. Three Quarter Skies - Fade In

 

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Piero Zaccagnini - Best Albums of 2024

 

1. Tears Run Rings - Everything in the end

2. Air Formation - Air Formation

3. Ural Mountains - Dead oceans

4. 93millionmilesfromthesun - Let go

5. Anilore - Lia fail

6. New Moon - Temporary light

7. Hoо - III

8. Asteroid No4 - Several shapes of solar flares

9. Echodrone - The curvature of sound

10. Lightning Bug - No paradise

11. Trentemoller - Dreamweaver

12. Starflyer 59 - Lust for gold

13. The Fauns - How lost

14. Loom - Eternal aphelium

15. Oeil - Dream within a dream

16. Indoor Voices - Past present

17. Reverb On Repeat - Ycneo

18. Staring Problem - Equinox

19. Shalloboy - At the mercy of the cloud

20. Horsebeach - Things to keep alive

 

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Manfredi Lamartina (shoegazeblog, Italy)

 

1. Opinion - Horrible

2. Phantom Handshakes - Sirens at golden hour

3. Miners - A healthy future on Earth

4. Punchlove - Channels

5. Chiaroscuro - Chiaroscuro

6. So Totally - Double your relaxation

7. Bloody Knives - Drowning in light

8. Softcult - Heaven

9. Clinic Stars - Only hinting

10. Wishy - Triple seven

11. Fir Cone Children - Jig of glee

12. julie - My anti-aircraft friend

13. Magic Shoppe - Down the Wych Elm

14. swan•seas - Songs in the key of blue

15. Trentemøller - Dreamweaver

16. Burrrn - Without you

17. DIIV - Frog in boiling water

18. Mondaze - Linger

19. Blushing - Sugarcoat

20. The Fauns - How lost

 

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Greg Peters - Top 25 Shoegaze Albums for 2024

 

01. Mo Dotti - opaque (Los Angeles)

02. Mondaze - linger (Faenza, Italy)

03. Whitelands - Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day (London)

04. Newmoon - Temporary Light (Antwerp, Belgium)

05. Sorry, Dave - Sink (Melbourne, AUS)

06. burrrn - blaze down his way like the space show (Tokyo)

07. abandoned buildings - Eroding Light (Bradford, UK)

08. Shades of Violette - Shades of Violette (Washington, D.C.)

09. Casino Garden - Transition (Wuppertal, Germany)

10. trauma ray - Chameleon (Fort Worth, Texas)

11. DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water (Brooklyn, New York)

12. Starflyer 59 - Lust For Gold (California)

13. Virgins - g l i s s (Belfast, UK)

14. Air Formation - Air Formation (Worthing, UK)

15. flu flu - Furia (Sevilla, Spain)

16. CASTLEBEAT - Stereo (California)

17. copperplate - subtle senses (Marietta, Georgia)

18. Healees - Coin de l'œil (Paris, France)

19. julie - my anti-aircraft friend (Los Angeles)

20. sunshy - I don't care what comes next (Chicago)

21. Perpetual Void - Winter in Orbit (Glasgow, UK)

22. Meltway - Nothing Is Real (Denmark)

23. Belong - Realistic IX (New Orleans)

24. The Essential Ether - Ten Indie Essentials (Bergen, Norway)

25. Local Authority - Memory Loss (Brisbane, AUS)

 

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Bandcamp Daily's Essential Releases of 2024

 

Amaro Freitas - Y'Y [avant-garde jazz, post-minimalism]

Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere [progressive death metal]

Caribou - Honey [house, indietronica]

Caxtrinho - Queda Livre [psychedelic rock, vanguarda paulista]

Daudi Matsiko - The King Of Misery [indie folk]

Dummy - Free Energy [neo-psychedelia, noise pop]

E L U C I D - REVELATOR [abstract hip hop]

Helado Negro - PHASOR [indietronica, neo-psychedelia]

Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo [deconstructed club]

J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) [experimental rock, neo-psychedelia]

Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full Of Blood [post-metal, post-hardcore]

Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement [spiritual jazz, jazz fusion]

La Luz - News of the Universe [neo-psychedelia, indie surf]

Machine Girl - MG Ultra [digital hardcore]

Nala Sinephro - Endlessness [jazz fusion, space ambient]

Nubya Garcia - ODYSSEY [third stream, spiritual jazz, jazz fusion]

Previous Industries - Service Merchandise [abstract hip hop]

Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution [ambient, electroacoustic]

Kronos Quartet - Outer Spaceways Incorporated : Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra [third stream, modern classical, nu jazz]

Rosali - Bite Down [indie rock, folk rock]

SML - Small Medium Large [jazz fusion]

Tristwch Y Fenywod - Tristwch Y Fenywod [darkwave, avant-folk, neofolk]

 

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Louder Than War's Top 100 Albums of 2024

 

100. Loose Articles - Scream If You Wanna Go Faster

99. Amelia Coburn - Between The Moon and The Milkman

98. Chris Bridgett - Speedboat On Chapel Street

97. Arab Strap - I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore

96. Wire Worms - The First To Come In

95. The March Afternoons - The March Afternoons Aren't Real

94. Poppycock - Magic Mothers

93. Sassyhiya - Take You Somewhere

92. The March Violets - Crocodile Promises

91. Amy Rigby - Hang in There with Me

90. Michael - Nite Salad

89. The Mystery Lights - Purgatory

88. Plastic Bag - Dead Kings Of Europe

87. Emissaries Of Syn - Past Prescient Future

86. Dan Guidance - Freedom Of Movement

85. Collision Course - Ländfill

84. Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

83. Douglas Dare - Omni

82. Anja Huwe - Codes

81. Osees - SORCS 80

80. New Model Army - Unbroken

79. Horsemeat - Embrace The Abyss

78. David Lance Callahan - Down To The Marshes

77. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

76. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Revelations

75. Yard Act - Where's My Utopia?

74. Jozef Van Wissem - The Night Dwells In The Day

73. Humanist - On the Edge of a Lost and Lonely World

72. Keeley - Beautiful Mysterious

71. Emilíana Torrini - Miss Flower

70. Coded Marking - Coded Marking

69. The Battery Farm - Dark Web

68. The Peawees - One Ride

67. AMASS - Gameskeepers Gallows

66. The Baby Seals - Chaos

65. Fightmilk - No Souvenirs

64. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat

63. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da

62. X - Smoke & Fiction

61. God Bullies - As Above, So Below

60. The Courettes - The Soul of... The Fabulous Courettes

59. Sarah Davachi - The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir

58. Peter Alexander Jobson - Burn The Ration Books Of Love

57. Goat - Goat

56. Coughin' Vicars - Cyrses & Prayers

55. Bugman - The Proto Push

54. Fat White Family - Forgiveness Is Yours

53. Gossip - Real Power

52. cumgirl8 - the 8th cumming

51. The WAEVE - City Lights

50. Objections - Optimistic Sizing

49. Snowgoose - Descendent

48. Stick in the Wheel - A Thousand Pokes

47. Retsu - Retsu

46. Oruã - PASSE

45. Moor Mother - The Great Bailout

44. KNEECAP - Fine Art

43. Kali Malone - All Life Long

42. Einstürzende Neubauten - Rampen: apm (alien pop music)

41. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD

40. Nubiyan Twist - Find Your Flame

39. Dearthworms - Sapsucker

38. Mary Timony - Untame the Tiger

37. ARXX - Good Boy

36. 86TVs - 86TVs

35. Jane Weaver - Love In Constant Spectacle

34. Small Black Arrows - The British Museum

33. BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES

32. Kim Gordon - The Collective

31. Chrystabell & David Lynch - Cellophane Memories

30. Fat Dog - WOOF.

29. The Jesus Lizard - Rack

28. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy

27. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming

26. Tess Parks - Pomegranate

25. Charles Lloyd - The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow

24. YOBS - YOBS

23. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont - DAYLIGHT

22. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes

21. SOFT PLAY - HEAVY JELLY

20. John Cale - POPtical Illusion

19. Richard Hawley - In This City They Call You Love

18. Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii - Mondo Maleficum

17. HOUSE Of ALL - Continuum

16. James - Yummy

15. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud

14. Dead Pioneers - Dead Pioneers

13. The Lovely Eggs - Eggsistentialism

12. DEADLETTER - Hysterical Strength

11. Pizzatramp - The Last Supper

10. The Smile - Wall of Eyes

9. Meryl Streek - Songs For The Deceased

8. Ultimate Thunder - A Spider Will Come to Eat Your Flesh

7. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

6. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

5. IDLES - TANGK

4. Peter Perrett - The Cleansing

3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God

2. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

1. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

 

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A.V. Club's 25 Best Albums of 2024

 

25. The Hard Quartet - The Hard Quartet

24. Rosali - Bite Down

23. Faye Webster - Underdressed at the Symphony

22. Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me

21. Empress Of - For Your Consideration

20. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

19. Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy

18. Redd Kross - Redd Kross

17. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

16. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir

15. Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here

14. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

13. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More

12. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

11. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA

10. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

9. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

8. Jack White - No Name

7. Clairo - Charm

6. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

5. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

4. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

3. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

2. Charli xcx - BRAT

1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

 

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Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2024

 

40. Discovery Zone - Quantum Web

39. Gb - Gusse Music

38. Merely & Malibu - Essential Mixtape

37. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes

36. Erika de Casier - Still

35. Bullion - Affection

34. Man Rei - Doer

34. Man Rei - Thread

33. Caoilfhionn Rose - Constellation

32. Fergus Jones - Ephemera

31. Hemlock - 444

30. Loukeman - Sd-2

29. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild

28. Laryssa Kim - Contezza

27. Dorothea Paas - Think Of Mist

26. Caroline Says - The Lucky One

25. Broadcast - Spell Blanket - Collected Demos - 2006-2009

25. Broadcast - Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006

24. Burial - Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above

23. Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino

22. Sam Morton - Daffodils & Dirt

21. Tyla - TYLA

20. F.G.S. - Tinker Bell's Cough

19. Nourished By Time - Catching Chickens

18. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt

17. Hildegard - Jour 1596

16. Naemi - Dust Devil

15. Armand Hammer - BLK LBL

14. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

13. Jack J - Blue Desert

12. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

11. Night Tapes - assisted memories

10. Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt - Backstage Raver

9. Charli xcx - BRAT

8. Skee Mask - Resort

7. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

6. Fine - Rocky Top Ballads

5. Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN

4. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

3. Being Dead - EELS

2. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

 

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Consequence's 50 Best Albums of 2024

 

50. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More

49. Maxo Kream - Personification

48. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

47. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

46. Wishy - Triple Seven

45. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

44. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

43. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

42. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene

41. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

40. Shellac - To All Trains

39. Denzel Curry - KING OF THE MISCHIEVOUS SOUTH

38. Lip Critic - Hex Dealer

37. Opeth - The Last Will and Testament

36. Vince Staples - Dark Times

35. Joy Oladokun - Observations From A Crowded Room

34. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

33. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

32. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyan's Slingshot

31. Hovvdy - Hovvdy

30. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball

29. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

28. Jamie xx - In Waves

27. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

26. Mount Eerie - Night Palace

25. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

24. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK

23. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas

22. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

21. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

20. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

19. Chat Pile - Cool World

18. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

17. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

16. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & Boys Noize - Challengers [MIXED] By Boys Noize

15. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm

14. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA

13. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

12. The Smile - Wall of Eyes

11. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns

10. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

9. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

8. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well

7. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

6. Jack White - No Name

5. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

4. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir

3. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

2. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

1. Charli xcx - BRAT

 

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Vulture's Best Albums of 2024

 

10. mediopicky - Bexaco y rico

9. Red Hot Org - TRAИƧA

8. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

7. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn of Events

6. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

5. Mustafa - Dunya

4. Bilal - Adjust Brightness

3. KA - The Thief Next to Jesus

2. Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN

1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

 

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BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2024

 

50. Martha Skye Murphy - Um

49. Growing Stone - Death of a Momma’s Boy

48. Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus

47. Undeath - More Insane

46. BigXthaPlug - Take Care

45. High On Fire – Cometh the Storm

44. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da

43. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

42. Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes

41. GloRilla - Glorious & Ehhthang Ehhthang

40. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign

39. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

38. Mach-Hommy - # RICHAXXHAITIAN

37. Chat Pile - Cool World

36. SUMAC - The Healer

35. Candy - It's Inside You

34. State Faults - Children of the Moon

33. ELUCID - Revelator

32. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

31. Thou - Umbilical

30. Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons

29. Speed - Only One Mode

28. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition

27. glass beach - Plastic Death

26. High Vis - Guided Tour

25. Rosali - Bite Down

24. Foxing - Foxing

23. Kim Gordon - The Collective

22. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

21. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

20. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

19. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

18. Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) - Passage Du Desir

17. ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips

16. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

15. Gouge Away - Deep Sage

14. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene

13. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

12. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

11. This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star

10. Jessica Pratt - Here In the Pitch

9. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

8. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

7. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia

6. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

5. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

4. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

3. Charli XCX - Brat

2. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

1. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

 

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brooklynvegan staff:

 

Dave’s honorable mentions

Colin Stetson – The Love It Took to Leave You

Drug Church – PRUDE

Hulder – Verses in Oath

Immortal Bird – The Love It Took to Leave You

Your Old Droog – Movie

 

Andrew’s honorable mentions

Combat – Stay Golden

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland

MGMT – Loss of Life

Nala Sinephro – Endlessness

Touché Amoré – Spiral In A Straight Line

 

Amanda’s honorable mentions

Allie X – Girl With No Face

Christian Lee Hutson – Paradise Pop. 10

Eliza McLamb – Going Through It

Friko – Where we’ve been, Where we go from here

Wishy – Triple Seven

 

Bill’s honorable mentions

Tindersticks – Soft Tissue

Bibi Club – Fou de garde

Beak> – >>>>

High Llamas – Hey Panda

The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers

 

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Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2024

 

50. Wendy Eisenberg - Viewfinder

49. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2

48. Djrum - Meaning's Edge

47. Helado Negro - PHASOR

46. Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come

45. 454 - Casts of a Dreamer

44. Milan W. - Leave Another Day

43. حمد [Ahmed] - Wood Blues

42. Loidis - One Day

41. 坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto] - Opus

40. Erika de Casier - Still

39. This Is Lorelei - Box For Buddy, Box For Star

38. Being Dead - EELS

37. Lisha G & Trini Viv - Groovy Steppin Sh_t

36. Kali Uchis - ORQUÍDEAS

35. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

34. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

33. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

32. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes

31. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat

30. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

29. xaviersobased - keep it goin xav

28. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer

27. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD

26. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

25. Jlin - Akoma

24. Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus

23. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

22. Tyla - Tyla

21. Clairo - Charm

20. Mabe Fratti - Sentir que no sabes

19. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

18. Mk. gee - Two Star & the Dream Police

17. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

16. DORIS - Ultimate Love Songs Collection

15. Still House Plants - If I don’t make it, I love u

14. Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution

13. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

12. skaiwater - gigi

11. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

10. Kim Gordon - The Collective

9. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt

8. Bladee - Cold Visions

7. Mount Eerie - Night Palace

6. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

5. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

4. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

3. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

2. Charli XCX - BRAT

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

 

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Resident Advisor's Best Records of 2024

 

25. British Murder Boys - Active Agents and House Boys

24. Regal86 - Unearthed Vol. II 100 Trax

23. Jlin - Akoma

22. Nourished By Time - Catching Chickens

21. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

20. Midland - Fragments Of Us

19. Total Blue - Total Blue

18. gum.mp3 - Black Life, Red Planet

17. Tim Reaper & Kloke - In Full Effect

16. Tyla - TYLA

15. Various Artists - 10 Years Love On The Rocks - Sky Is The Limit

14. Skee Mask - ISS010

13. Ciel & CCL - Tilda's Goat Stare

12. Various Artists - Letters to a Future Palestine

11. Verraco - Breathe... Godspeed

10. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes

9. Nídia & Valentina Magaletti - Estradas

8. Syclops - Black Eye

7. gyrofield - These Heavens

6. DJ Anderson Do Paraíso - Queridão

5. Polygonia - Da Nao Tian Gong

4. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt

3. Charli xcx - BRAT

2. De Schuurman - Bubbling Forever

1. Loidis - One Day

 

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The Forty-Five's Best Albums of 2024

 

45. Pom Pom Squad - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me

44. ARXX - Good Boy

43. Maya Hawke - Chaos Angel

42. Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites

41. Lime Garden - One More Thing

40. Kali Uchis - ORQUÍDEAS

39. Dora Jar - No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire

38. Tinashe - Quantum Baby

37. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope

36. Ravyn Lenae - Bird's Eye

35. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

34. Wallice - The Jester

33. MICHELLE - Songs About You Specifically

32. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

31. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh

30. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

29. Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate

28. Tyla - TYLA

27. Katie Gavin - What A Relief

26. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas

25. Megan Thee Stallion - MEGAN

24. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

23. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

22. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn of Events

21. Kim Gordon - The Collective

20. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

19. Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath

18. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat

17. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

16. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy

15. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming

14. Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us

13. Bbymutha - sleep paralysis

12. SPRINTS - Letter To Self

11. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud

10. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

9. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK

8. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

7. Clairo - Charm

6. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

5. Charli xcx - Brat and it's completely different but also still brat

4. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

3. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

2. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

1. Charli xcx - BRAT

 

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MOJO’s Top 75 Albums of 2024

 

75. Field Music – Limits of Language

74. Pom Poko – Champion

73. Tindersticks – Soft Tissue

72. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight b741

71. The Bevis Frond – Focus on Nature

70. Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born

69. The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Rhapsody

68. Julia Holter – Something in the Room She Moves

67. Ghost Dubs – Damaged

66. Khruangbin – A LA SALA

65. Cassie Kinoshi’s Seed – Gratitude

64. Hamish Hawk – A Firmer Hand

63. Floating Points – Cascade

62. Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico

61. Oisin Leech – Cold Sea

60. The Hard Quartet – The Hard Quartet

59. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin – Ghosted II

58. Naima Bock – Below a Massive Dark Land

57. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage du Desir

56. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath

55. The Bug – Machine

54. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks

53. Public Service Broadcasting – The Last Flight

52. Richard Hawley – In This City They Call You Love

51. IDLES – TANGK

50. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Spaceship to Mars

49. Joan As Police Woman – Lemons, Limes And Orchids

48. Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari

47. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes

46. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy

45. Nubya Garcia – ODYSSEY

44. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement

43. The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards

42. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes

41. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat

40. Brittany Howard – What Now

39. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign

38. Leyla McCalla – Sun Without the Heat

37. Common – The Auditorium Vol. 1

36. Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch

35. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future

34. Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness

33. Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching

32. Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless

31. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World

30. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood

29. Charles Lloyd – The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow

28. John Cale – POPtical Illusion

27. The The – Ensoulment

26. Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything

25. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming

24. Mercury Rev – Born Horses

23. Richard Thompson – Ship To Shore

22. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice

21. Gruff Rhys – Sadness Sets Me Free

20. Lady Blackbird – Slang Spirituals

19. Peter Perrett – The Cleansing

18. David Gilmour – Luck and Strange

17. Paul Weller – 66

16. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Loophole

15. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas

14. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer

13. The Smile – Wall of Eyes

12. Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

11. John Grant – The Art of the Lie

10. Kim Gordon – The Collective

9. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle

8. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know

7. Fontaines D.C. – Romance

6. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More

5. Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da

4. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland

3. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown

2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God

1. Jack White – No Name

 

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Rolling Stone‘s Top 50 Albums of 2024

 

100. Pom Pom Squad - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me

99. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope

98. Common and Pete Rock - The Auditorium, Vol. 1

97. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God

96. Kali Uchis - Orquídeas

95. Koe Wetzel - 9 Lives

94. Grace Cummings - Ramona

93. Kerry King - From Hell I Rise

92. Megan Moroney - Am I Okay?

91. Allie X - Girl With No Face

90. Various Artists - Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin

89. Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy

88. RM - Right Place, Wrong Person

87. Cavalier - Different Type Time

86. Porter Robinson - SMILE!: D

85. Camila Cabello - C, XOXO

84. The Hard Quartet - The Hard Quartet

83. Floating Points - Cascade

82. NSQK - ATP

81. Hinds - Viva Hinds

80. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy

79. Adeem the Artist - Anniversary

78. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyans Sling Shot

77. Xavi - NEXT

76. Claire Rousay - Sentiment

75. Vince Staples - Dark Times

74. Peso Pluma - Éxodo

73. Ice Spice - Y2K

72. Maggie Rose - No One Gets Out Alive

71. Sexyy Red - In Sexyy We Trust

70. Charly Bliss - Forever

69. This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star

68. ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips

67. Rosie Tucker - Utopia Now!

66. ELUCID - Revelator

65. Maggie Rogers - Dont Forget Me

64. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

63. Red Clay Strays - Made By These Moments

62. Helado Negro - Phasor

61. Allegra Krieger - Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine

60. Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers

59. Omar Apollo - God Said No

58. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

57. John Cale - POPtical Illusion

56. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

55. Shaboozey - Where Ive Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going

54. Brittany Howard - What Now

53. Ayra Starr - The Year I Turned 21

52. Towa Bird - American Hero

51. RaiNao - Capicú

50. Cash Cobain - Play Cash Cobain

49. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming

48. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

47. Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind

46. Latto - Sugar Honey Iced Tea

45. Illuminati Hotties - Power

44. The Marias - Submarine

43. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

42. Halsey - The Great Impersonator

41. Young Miko - Att.

40. Kaytranada - Timeless

39. Soccer Mommy - Evergreen

38. Rachel Chinouriri - What a Devastating Turn of Events

37. Tems - Born in the Wild

36. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

35. The Smile - Wall of Eyes

34. Faye Webster - Underdressed at the Symphony

33. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2

32. Normani - Dopamine

31. Griff - Vertigo

30. Mustafa - Dunya

29. Anycia - Princess Pop That

28. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Woodland

27. Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

26. Kim Gordon - The Collective

25. GloRilla - Glorious

24. Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson - Passage Du Desir

23. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

22. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

21. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

20. Jack White - No Name

19. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

18. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

17. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia

16. Álvaro Díaz - Sayonara

15. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

14. Mk. Gee - Two Star & the Dream Police

13. Clairo - Charm

12. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene

11. Rema - Heis

10. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

9. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

8. Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

7. Future and Metro Boomin - We Don’t Trust You

6. Tyla - Tyla

5. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft

4. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet

3. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

2. Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

1. Charli XCX - Brat

 

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The Independent's Best Albums of 2024

 

20. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy

19. Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

18. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

17. Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes

16. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

15. Hinds - Viva Hinds

14. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

13. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

12. Brett Anderson, Paraorchestra & Charles Hazlewood - Death Songbook

11. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

10. The Smile - Wall of Eyes

9. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat

8. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

7. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA

6. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More

5. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God

3. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

2. Charli XCX - Brat

1. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

 

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Paste's 100 Best Albums of 2024

 

100. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She

99. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

98. Feeling Figures - Everything Around You

97. Bladee - Cold Visions

96. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud

95. Rosali - Bite Down

94. Young Jesus - The Fool

93. Empress Of - For Your Consideration

92. Hour - Ease the Work

91. Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed

90. 파란노을 [Parannoul] - Sky Hundred

89. Rosie Tucker - UTOPIA NOW!

88. claire rousay - sentiment

87. Rose Hotel - A Pawn Surrender

86. Yasmin Williams - Acadia

85. Shovel Dance Collective - The Shovel Dance

84. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn of Events

83. Ekko Astral - pink balloons

82. NxWorries - WHY LAWD?

81. YATTA - PALM WINE

80. Brittany Howard - What Now

79. Amaro Freitas - Y'Y

78. Chris Acker - Famous Lunch

77. Tex Patrello - Minotaur

76. Clairo - Charm

75. 1010benja - Ten Total

74. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers (Original Score)

73. Mount Eerie - Night Palace

72. Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u

71. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

70. Tasha - All This and So Much More

69. Combat - Stay Golden

68. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

67. Cavalier - Different Type Time

66. Midwife - No Depression in Heaven

65. Kali Uchis - ORQUÍDEAS

64. Kim Gordon - The Collective

63. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

62. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes

61. Hovvdy - Hovvdy

60. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

59. Thou - Umbilical

58. Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

57. Lip Critic - Hex Dealer

56. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

55. More Eaze, Pardo & Glass - paris paris, texas texas

54. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

53. Jimmy Montague - Tomorrow's Coffee

52. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

51. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police

50. Wishy - Triple Seven

49. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

48. Good Looks - Lived Here For a While

47. KA - The Thief Next to Jesus

46. Being Dead - EELS

45. Hannah Frances - Keeper Of The Shepherd

44. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball

43. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More

42. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat

41. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild

40. MICHELLE - Songs About You Specifically

39. Willi Carlisle - Critterland

38. Allegra Krieger - Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine

37. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2

36. Hayden Pedigo - Live in Amarillo, Texas

35. Yaya Bey - Ten Fold

34. Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power

33. Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino

32. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

31. Uniform - American Standard

30. Mustafa - Dunya

29. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know

28. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

27. Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt

26. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

25. This Is Lorelei - Box For Buddy, Box For Star

24. Sharp Pins - Radio DDR

23. The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis - The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis

22. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Woodland

21. Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way

20. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer

19. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

18. Jack White - No Name

17. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes

16. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

15. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

14. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA

13. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

12. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

11. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

10. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

9. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns

8. Vince Staples - Dark Times

7. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

6. Charli xcx - BRAT

5. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir

4. Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here

3. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

2. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

1. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

 

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Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2024

 

50. Jamie xx - In Waves

49. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

48. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas

47. Dorothea Paas - Think Of Mist

46. Floating Points - Cascade

45. Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land

44. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball

43. Myriam Gendron - Mayday

42. A. G. Cook - Britpop

41. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

40. Future & Metro Boomin - WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU

40. Future & Metro Boomin - WE DON'T TRUST YOU

39. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

38. Four Tet - Three

37. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD

36. BIG|BRAVE - A Chaos of Flowers

35. Kim Gordon - The Collective

34. OMBIIGIZI - Shame

33. Sumac - The Healer

32. Nap Eyes - The Neon Gate

31. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

30. Clairo - Charm

29. Nemahsis - Verbathim

28. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

27. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

26. Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u

25. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

24. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

23. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

22. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer

21. Nicolette & The Nobodies - The Long Way

20. Vince Staples - Dark Times

19. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police

18. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

17. Corridor - Mimi

16. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

15. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

14. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

13. Jack White - No Name

12. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

11. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

10. Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way

9. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA

8. Bibi Club - Feu De Garde

7. Chat Pile - Cool World

6. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

5. Caribou - Honey

4. Mustafa - Dunya

3. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

2. Charli xcx - BRAT

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

 

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BBC Radio 6 Music's Albums of the Year 2024

 

A. G. Cook - Britpop

Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

Bob Vylan - Humble As The Sun

Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free

Charli XCX - Brat

Clarissa Connelly - World of Work

English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power

Faux Real - Faux Ever

Fontaines D.C. - Romance

Ganavya - Daughter of a Temple

Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand

I. JORDAN - I AM JORDAN

Infinity Song - Metamorphosis Complete

Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

Kim Gordon - The Collective

Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent

Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath

Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land

Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

Oisin Leech - Cold Sea

Shy FX & Mr. Williamz - Rudeboy Design Soundtape

Tess Parks - Pomegranate

Thee Marloes - Perak

Violence Gratuite - Baleine à Boss

Warmdüscher - Too Cold To Hold

 

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Loud and Quiet's Albums of the Year 2024

 

20. Tony Njoku - Last Bloom

19. Bingo Fury - Bats Feet For A Widow

18. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

17. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

16. Moin - You Never End

15. Elias Rønnenfelt - Heavy Glory

14. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

13. Goat Girl - Below The Waste

12. Clarissa Connelly - World of Work

11. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

10. Anastasia Coope - Darning Woman

9. claire rousay - sentiment

8. JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU

7. Kim Gordon - The Collective

6. Geordie Greep - The New Sound

5. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

4. Ex-Easter Island Head - Norther

3. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes

2. Charli xcx - BRAT

1. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer

 

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The New Yorker's Best Albums of 2024

 

20. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

19. Yasmin Williams - Acadia

18. Clairo - Charm

17. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

16. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

15. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

14. Brittany Howard - What Now

13. Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called

12. Helado Negro - PHASOR

11. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2

10. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

9. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

8. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice

7. Charli xcx - BRAT

6. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

5. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

4. Bon Iver - SABLE,

3. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

2. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police

1. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

 

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NPR's 50 Best Albums of 2024

(it’s in chronological order)

 

Kali Uchis – ORQUÍDEAS

Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey – Compassion

Mk. gee – Two Star & The Dream Police

Madi Diaz – Weird Faith

Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive

ScHoolboy Q – Blue Lips

Experiential Orchestra – American Counterpoints

Kim Gordon – The Collective

Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood

Tyla – Tyla

Rosie Tucker – UTOPIA NOW!

Amaia Miranda – Mientras vivas brillas

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino

Maya Beiser – Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C

Ekko Astral – pink balloons

claire rousay – sentiment

Luiza Brina – Prece

Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch

Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown

Angelica Garcia – Gemelo

Kaytranada – TIMELESS

Charli xcx – brat

Tems – Born in the Wild

Gabriela Ortiz – Revolución Diamantina

Rema – HEIS

Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer

Remi Wolf – Big Ideas

JPEGMAFIA – I Lay Down My Life For You

Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Rae Khalil – CRYBABY

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet

Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal

Emily D’Angelo – Freezing

Patricia Brennan Septet – Breaking Stretch

Nala Sinephro – Endlessness

MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks

Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor

Mustafa – Dunya

Yasmin Williams – Acadia

Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere

Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood

BigXthaPlug – Take Care

GloRilla – GLORIOUS

Roy Hargrove’s Crisol – Grande-Terre

Latin Mafia – Todos los días todo el día

Tyler, The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA

The Cure – Songs of a Lost World

Kendrick Lamar – GNX

 

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Uncut's 80 Best Albums of 2024

 

80. Leyla McCalla – Sun Without the Heat

79. Yasmin Williams – Acadia

78. Wadada Leo Smith – Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens

77. Kali Uchis – ORQUÍDEAS

76. Personal Trainer – Still Willing

75. Pye Corner Audio – The Endless Echo

74. Dave Alvin – TexiCali

73. Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari

72. Laurie Anderson – Amelia

71. Beachwood Sparks – Across the River of Stars

70. Arab Strap – I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore

69. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World

68. Taylor Swift – THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

67. John Canning Yates – The Quiet Portraits

66. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us

65. Tindersticks – Soft Tissue

64. Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

63. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes

62. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement

61. IDLES – TANGK

60. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath

59. Charli XCX – BRAT

58. Linda Thompson – Proxy Music

57. Jlin – Akoma

56. Fievel Is Glauque – Rong Weicknes

55. Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor

54. Kaia Kater – Strange Medicine

53. Bonny Light Horseman – Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free

52. BASIC – This Is BASIC

51. Chuck Johnson – Sun Glories

50. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin – Ghosted II

49. Still House Plants – If I don’t make it, I love u

48. David Gilmour – Luck and Strange

47. Sarah Davachi – The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir

46. Charles Lloyd – The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow

45. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat

44. Christopher Owens – I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

43. Richard Thompson – Ship To Shore

42. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More

41. Paul Weller – 66

40. Grandaddy – Blu Wav

39. Brown Horse – Reservoir

38. Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything

37. Shellac – To All Trains

36. Myriam Gendron – Mayday

35. Brittany Howard – What Now

34. Rosali – Bite Down

33. Willie Nelson – The Border

32. Beak> – >>>>

31. Mabe Fratti – Sentir Que No Sabes

30. Kim Gordon – The Collective

29. Oisin Leech – Cold Sea

28. Jake Xerxes Fussell – When I’m Called

27. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas

26. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Loophole

25. Nala Sinephro – Endlessness

24. Phosphorescent – Revelator

23. The High Llamas – Hey Panda

22. Alan Sparhawk – White Roses, My God

21. John Cale – POPtical Illusion

20. Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive

19. Peter Perrett – The Cleansing

18. Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

17. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage du Desir

16. Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da

15. Jack White – No Name

14. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice

13. Fontaines D.C. – Romance

12. Julia Holter – Something in the Room She Moves

11. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer

10. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood

9. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee

8. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks

7. The Smile – Wall of Eyes

6. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future

5. Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch

4. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign

3. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown

2. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God

 

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The Quietus' Top 100 Albums of 2024

 

79. Geordie Greep – The New Sound

78. Thou – Umbilical

77. Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver – The Blacksmiths, The Flowers

76. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – Of The Last Human Being

75. Helado Negro – Phasor

74. Sahra Halgan – Hiddo Dhawr

73. TOMO – Vielle-Electronica

72. Alan Sparhawk – White Roses, My God

71. Skee Mask – ISS010

70. Rosso Polare – Campo Amaro

69. Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice

68. The Dengie Hundred With Gemma Blackshaw – Who Will You Love

67. Bòsc – Bòsc

66. Caveira – Ficar Vivo

65. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere

64. Underworld – Strawberry Hotel

63. Martha Skye Murphy – UM

62. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World

61. Uniform – American Standard

60. MIKE & Tony Seltzer – Pinball

59. Cower – Celestial Devestation

58. Mach-Hommy – RICHAXXHAITIAN

57. BIG|BRAVE – A Chaos Of Flowers

56. Laura Cannell – The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined

55. Wendy Eisenberg – Viewfinder

54. Erika Angell – The Obsession With Her Voice

53. Persher – Sleep Well

52. DJ Anderson do Paraíso – Queridão

51. Schoolboy Q – Blue Lips

50. Kim Gordon – The Collective

49. Quatuor Bozzini - Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 4

48. British Murder Boys - Active Agents & House Boys

47. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes

46. Harry Górski-Brown - Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats

45. Saagara - 3

44. Holy Tongue Meets Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy Of Now

43. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

42. Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand

41. Guðmundur Steinn Gunarsson - Stífluhringurinn

40. Mary Halvorson - Cloudward

39. Senyawa - Vajranala

38. Jane Weaver - Love In Constant Spectacle

37. Water Damage - In E

36. Chrystabell & David Lynch - Cellophane Memories

35. Wu-Lu - Learning To Swim On Empty

34. Lorenzo Abattoir - Mess (Akt IV)

33. Roc Marciano - Marciology

32. Eric Chenaux Trio - Delights Of My Life

31. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

30. Xylitol - Anemones

29. Eros - Your Truth Is A Lie

28. Elijah Minnelli - Perpetual Musket

27. Milkweed - Folklore 1979

26. Naemi - Dust Devil

25. Einstürzende Neubauten - Rampen (apm: alien pop music)

24. Róis - Mo Léan

23. William Doyle - Springs Eternal

22. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da

21. The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards Of A Futile Heaven

20. Sealionwoman – Nothing Will Grow In The Soil

19. Gnod – Spot Land

18. Nonpareils – Rhetoric & Terror

17. Clairo – Charm

16. Tashi Wada – What Is Not Strange?

15. Charli xcx – Brat

14. Jacken Elswyth – At Fargrounds

13. Dialect – Atlas Of Green

12. Fat White Family – Forgiveness Is Yours

11. Shellac – To All Trains

10. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath

9. Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja

8. Shovel Dance Collective – The Shovel Dance

7. Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution

6. Still House Plants – If I don’t make it, I love u

5. Mohammad Syfkhan – I Am Kurdish

4. Xiu Xiu – 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips

3. Moin – You Never End

2. Tristwch y Fenywod – Tristwch y Fenywod

1. Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther

 

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Stereogum: Best Albums of 2024

 

50. Wussy - Cincinnati Ohio

49. Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN

48. Willi Carlisle - Critterland

47. LL Cool J - The FORCE

46. 2nd Grade - Scheduled Explosions

45. Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet

44. glass beach - plastic death

43. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer

42. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir

41. Madi Diaz - Weird Faith

40. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey

39. Couch Slut - You Could Do It Tonight

38. Four Tet - Three

37. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

36. High Vis - Guided Tour

35. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes

34. Drug Church - Prude

33. Hovvdy - Hovvdy

32. Floating Points - Cascade

31. Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called

30. DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water

29. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World

28. Fontaines D.C. - Romance (XL)

27. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor

26. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

25. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

24. Kim Gordon - The Collective

23. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness

22. Mk. gee - Two Star & The Dream Police

21. Chat Pile - Cool World

20. Erika de Casier - Still

19. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

18. Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus

17. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns

16. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

15. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2

14. Gouge Away - Deep Sage

13. This Is Lorelei - Box For Buddy, Box For Star

12. Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia

11. Wishy - Triple Seven

10. Los Campesinos! - All Hell

9. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

8. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

7. Mount Eerie - Night Palace

6. Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch

5. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

4. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

3. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

2. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

1. Charli XCX - Brat & Brat And It's Completely Different But Also Still Brat

 

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