Artwork by Anthony Bauer
Where did the year go. And as I say that, we’re somehow already eight days into the New Year, and no one knows how.
As usual, I waited until the year was actually over before I shared my list. Though this time the delay is more for various reasons and the timing just felt right. Rat race be damned.
2024 was an interesting year for many reasons – especially with music. But as usual, there were a ton of releases that stood out amongst the overwhelming constant overflow. These were 50 that stood out, ranked in some sort of order that may or may not matter.
Here are my top 50 albums of 2024:
50. Nisa – Shapeshifting
49. Soccer Mommy- Evergreen
48. Christopher Owens – I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
47. Porridge Radio – Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me
46. Bess Atwell – Light Sleeper
45. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer
44. Jagged Baptist Club – Physical Surveillance
43. Friko – Where We’ve Been, Where We Go from Here
42. The Hard Quartet – The Hard Quartet
41. Ty Segall – Three Bells
40. Tyler The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA
39. Hemlock Ernst + Icky Reels – Studying Absence
38. Amen Dunes – Death Jokes
37. Amyl and the Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness
36. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
35. Kneecap – Fine Art
34. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know
33. Been Stellar – Scream from New York, NY
32. Ducks Ltd. – Harm’s Way
31. Being Dead – Eels
30. Camera Obscura – Look to the East, Look to the West
29. Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
28. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
27. Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
26. Bonny Light Horseman – Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
25. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
24. Wunderhorse – Midas
23. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat
22. Boeckner! – Boeckner
21. Vince Staples – Dark Times
20. Wishy – Triple Seven
19. Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor – Challengers [Soundtrack]
18. Yard Act – Where’s My Utopia?
17. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana
16. The Smile – Cutouts / Wall Of Eyes
15. MGMT – Loss of Life
14. Los Campesinos! – All Hell
13. Waxahatche – Tigers Blood
12. Adrienne Lenker – Bright Future
11. Bill-Ryder Jones – Iechyd Da
10. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
9. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
8. Sprints – Letter to Self
7. Jack White – no name
6. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
5. Cameron Winter – Heavy Metal
4. Jessica Pratt – Here In The Pitch
3. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
2. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
- Fontaines D.C. – Romance
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