2024 Albums of the Year Lists

• Apple Music — The best albums of 2024 | Sorted A–Z

• Billboard — The 50 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. Charli XCX - BRAT

• Clash — Albums of the Year 2024 | #1: Mk.gee - Two Star & The Dream Police

• Complex — The 50 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

• Consequence — 50 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. Charli XCX - BRAT

• Crack — The Top 50 Albums of 2024 | #1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

• Dazed — The 20 best albums of 2024 | #1: Mk.gee - Two Star & The Dream Police

• Exclaim! — Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2024 | #1: Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

• Gorilla vs. Bear — Albums of 2024 | #1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

• NME — The 50 Best Albums Of 2024 | #1. Charli XCX - BRAT

• NPR — The 50 Best Albums Of 2024 | Sorted by Release Dates

• Paste — The 100 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

• People — The Top 10 Albums of 2024 | #1. Beyoncé, 'Cowboy Carter'

• Pitchfork — The 50 Best Albums Of 2024 | #1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

• Rolling Stone — The 100 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. Charli XCX - BRAT

• Rough Trade — Albums of the Year 2024 | #1: SOPHIE - SOPHIE

• Slant — The 50 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. Charli XCX, Brat

• Stereogum — The 50 Best Albums Of 2024 | #1. Charli XCX - BRAT & Brat and it's completely different but also still brat

• The FADER — The 50 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. skaiwater, #gigi

• The Forty-Five — 2024 Albums of the Year | #1. Charli XCX - BRAT

• The Guardian — The 50 best albums of 2024 | #1: Charli XCX – BRAT (and Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat)

• The Independent — The best albums of 2024, ranked | #1: Fontaines D.C. - Romance

• The Line of Best Fit — The Best Albums of 2024 | #1: Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer

• The Needle Drop — Top 50 Albums of 2024 | #1: Charli XCX – BRAT

• The New Yorker — The Best Albums of 2024 | #1. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

• The Quietus — The Quietus Albums of the Year 2024 | #1. Ex-Easter Island Head - Norther

• The Skinny — Albums of 2024 | #1. Charli XCX - BRAT

• Time Out — The best albums of 2024 | #1: Fontaines D.C. - Romance

• Treble — The 50 Best Albums of 2024 | #1. Chat Pile – Cool World

• Uproxx — The Best Albums Of 2024 | Sorted A–Z

• Vulture — The Very Best Albums of 2024 | #1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

2024 Songs of the Year Lists

• Billboard — The 100 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”

• Clash — Songs of the Year 2024 | #1: Charli xcx, Lorde – Girl, so confusing

• Complex — The 50 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”

• Consequence — 200 Best Songs of 2024 | Kendrick Lamar — "Not Like Us"

• Crack — The Top 25 Tracks of 2024 | #1. Nourished by Time - Hell of a Ride

• Exclaim! — Exclaim!'s 20 Best Songs of 2024 | #1: Charli XCX - Girl so confusing featuring Lorde

• Gorilla vs. Bear — Songs of 2024 | #1. Cindy Lee - If You Hear Me Crying

• NME — The 50 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Chappell Roan – ‘Good Luck, Babe!’

• NPR — The 124 Best Songs Of 2024

• Paste — The 100 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Magdalena Bay: “Death & Romance”

• Pitchfork — The 100 Best Songs of 2024 | #1: Kendrick Lamar: “Not Like Us”

• Rolling Stone — The 100 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Chappell Roan - ‘Good Luck, Babe!’

• Rough Trade — Albums of the Year 2024

• Slant — The 50 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Billie Eilish, “Birds of a Feather”

• Stereogum — The 50 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Waxahatchee - "Right Back To It" (Feat. MJ Lenderman)

• The Guardian — The 20 best songs of 2024 | #1: Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!

• The Independent — The 20 best songs of 2024, ranked | #1: Charli XCX - Girl so confusing featuring Lorde

• The Needle Drop — Top 50 Songs of 2024 | #1: Kendrick Lamar - "meet the grahams"

• The Quietus — The Quietus Tracks of the Year 2024 | #1. Mica Levi - slob air

• Treble — The 100 Best Songs of 2024 | #1. Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

• Uproxx — The Best Songs Of 2024 | Sorted A–Z

• Vulture — The Very Best Songs of 2024 | #1. “Alesis,” Mk.gee

Y'all know what time it is, year-end list season is starting up. Figured this could be a place to post and discuss all those from the major publications.

Always interesting to see who places where, revisit some projects, discover some new ones, let the publication know how trash they are…post your thoughts and feelings. MUSIC!

Side note, I'll be posting all the links in the OP, but probably just keep the list of the most recently discussed in OP to keep s*** as clean as possible.

The Independent — The 20 best songs of 2024, ranked

1. ‘Girl, so confusing featuring lorde’ – Charli XCX
2. ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ – Chappell Roan
3. ‘Not Like Us’ – Kendrick Lamar
4. ‘Bodyguard’ – Beyoncé
5. ‘Free Treasure’ – Adrianne Lenker
6. ‘Alone’ – The Cure
7. ‘Angel of my Dreams’ – JADE
8. ‘Bed Chem’ – Sabrina Carpenter
9. ‘Starburster’ – Fontaines DC
10. ‘Lone Star Lake’ – Waxahatchee
11. ‘Crown’ – Billie Marten
12. ‘Never Need Me’ – Rachel Chinouriri
13. ‘Starburned and Unkissed’ – Caroline Polachek
14. ‘Sexy to Someone’ – Clairo
15. ‘Joy’ – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
16. ‘Aquamarine’ – Addison Rae
17. ‘Someone to Dance With’ – Robby Hecht
18. ‘Speyside’ – Bon Iver
19. ‘Who Knows What You’ll Find?’ – Confidence Man
20. ‘How Did It End?’ – Taylor Swift

The Independent's top 20 songs is a solid list for me.

The JADE single is one of my favorite pop songs of the year, very impressive for a debut after leaving her girl group. "S P E Y S I D E" saw Bon Iver return in the most beautiful fashion. Rachel Chinouriri and "Never Need Me" caught a little viral moment earlier this year, but that should've been an even bigger moment for her and I hope to see her pop up on more of these lists. "Sexy to Someone" is just a really sweet, catchy tune from Clairo. It's interesting they put "Bed Chem" instead of one of Sabrina Carpenter's hit singles, but it's my favorite track on the album so I'm good with it. "Starburned and Unkissed" and "Starbuster" - both darker, more adventurous records that bang every listen. Addison Rae "Aquamarine" supremacy.

Then you get to the top 5. "Free Treasure" is one of the better songs on the Lenker album, stunning. I never expect not to see her on these lists. "BODYGUARD" is absolutely one of the best records of the year. So sexy and groovy and FUN. "Not Like Us", duh. It completely overtook the year and should probably be at the top of any lists that recognize mainstream music. The only hip-hop song on here too though, sadly. I also expect to see "Good Luck, Babe!" a ton, rightfully so. And "Girl, so confusing featuring lorde" is a moment that the music world is still recovering from. I won't argue about it at #1.

How did it end is an interesting pick good song

Just listened to that again, I think I only played the Anthology version of TTPD like twice so didn't remember it. I know people grow tired of how hyper-personal her music is, but I think it's pretty admirable how vividly she writes her life/her romances and heartbreaks particularly. She tells it all in her songs

any list without The Kill by Maggie Rogers is invalid

A highlight for me on her latest album, which is probably my favorite of hers

it's a lil bit surprising to me that the industry doesn't embrace her more. seems like the momentum she had pre-COVID is gone (after releasing back to back great albums)

I was thinking the same but held back cause I'm not really too sure what she's up to. She could still be doing a bunch of shows and have a lot of engagement. But yeah, at the very least, seems like there's less money behind her now. Which is interesting cause I just looked at Capitol's current roster and it doesn't look like there are many priorities left over there besides Katy Perry, Ice Spice, maybe Sam Smith...

S***, I might go back to Don't Forget Me this week now that you bring it up. Lol

dont forget her!! she also dropped a single a month or two ago that was pretty good.

her label is definitely failing her, one Grammy nomination to her name is criminal - how do you screw up on a pretty white girl making enjoyable pop music?

Checking out the 3 songs I haven't heard from The Independent's list - the Billie Marten track is an earworm, I could keep it on a loop. It doesn't seem as significant as some of the other tracks here though, and it only dropped a month ago. Never heard of Robby Hecht but that song sounded good too. The Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds pick is a real stunner, though. "We've all had too much sorrow, now is the time for joy"

I count 4 non white artists LOL

As usual these music publications are affirmative action for white women

Five, I think, but still, lol.

Rough Trade's Top 100 albums is out. SOPHIE's posthumous grabs AOTY.

Rough Trade — Albums of the Year 2024 | #1: SOPHIE - SOPHIE

1. SOPHIE - SOPHIE
2. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
3. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
4. The Smile - Cutouts
5. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy
6. IDLES - TANGK
7. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
8. Charli XCX - BRAT
9. SPRINTS - Letter To Self
10. Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia?
11. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
12. Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues
13. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
14. Ezra Collective - Dance No One's Watching
15. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
16. Clairo - Charm
17. Katy J Pearson - Someday, Now
18. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
19. Bill Ryder-Jones - lechyd Da
20. Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
21. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
22. Jamie xx - In Waves
23. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
24. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
25. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
26. KNEECAP - Fine Art
27. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
28. Denzel Curry - King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2
29. Jack White - No Name
30. Max Richter - In A Landscape
31. Jane Weaver - Love In Constant Spectacle
32. Geordie Greep - The New Sound
33. Thurston Moore - Flow Critical Lucidity
34. Tindersticks - Soft Tissue
35. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh
36. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God
37. Kim Gordon - The Collective
38. Peggy Gou - I Hear You
39. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know
40. Caribou - Honey
41. Camera Obscura - Look To The East, Look To The West
42. Wunderhorse - Midas
43. Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent
44. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
45. Thandii - Come As You / Dream With You
46. Kiasmos - II
47. Master Peace - How To Make A Master Peace
48. The Bug Club - On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
49. Fat Dog - WOOF.
50. Cloud Nothings - Final Summer
51. High Vis - Guided Tour
52. NxWorries - Why Lawd?
53. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
54. Floating Points - Cascade
55. Hinds - Viva Hinds
56. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
57. Maggie Antone - Rhinestoned
58. John Grant - The Art of the Lie
59. Brigitte Calls Me Baby - The Future Is Our Way Out
60. Molchat Doma - Belaya Polosa
61. Allie X - Girl With No Face
62. THUS LOVE - All Pleasure
63. Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God & The King Of My Decrepit Mountain
64. Whitelands - Night​-​bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day
65. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
66. Pernice Brothers - Who Will You Believe
67. Mannequin P**** - I Got Heaven
68. Dog Unit - At Home
69. beabadoobee - This Is How Tomorrow Moves
70. Dehd - Poetry
71. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Loophole
72. Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
73. Marina Allen - Eight Pointed Star
74. Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
75. DEADLETTER - Hysterical Strength
76. Isobel Campbell - Bow To Love
77. Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico
78. Zsela - Big For You
79. Richard Thompson - Ship To Shore
80. Kelly Finnigan - A Lover Was Born
81. Lynks - ABOMINATION
82. Confidence Man - 3AM (LA LA LA)
83. Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u
84. Katie Gavin - What A Relief
85. Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come
86. Clarissa Connelly - World of Work
87. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
88. Bob Vylan - Humble As The Sun
89. The Mysterines - Afraid of Tomorrows
90. Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull The Rope
91. The Courettes - The Soul of... The Fabulous Courettes
92. cumgirl8 - the 8th c*******> 93. MGMT - Loss of Life
94. Justice - Hyperdrama
95. The Soundcarriers - Through Other Reflections
96. Pale Jay - Low End Love Songs
97. Pond - Stung!
98. Public Service Broadcasting - The Last Flight
99. Paranoid London - Arseholes, Liars And Electronic Pioneers
100. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement

I'm gonna go back and read the excerpts for each pick later, but off first look: I've listened to 14 out of 20 of these (Misty is out Friday, looking forward to it). Fabiana Palladino's self-titled? Yes yes yes. That album hasn't left me all year. Cutouts being the pick for The Smile over Wall of Eyes, mmmm. That Clairo album has been getting a lotttt of love and that'll be reflected on plenty of these lists I'm sure.

Ok, out of this list I haven't played:

IDLES - TANGK
Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues
Ezra Collective - Dance No One's Watching
Katy J Pearson - Someday, Now

FJM I'll be listening to when it drops Friday. I don't listen to IDLES, haven't heard of Big Special. Other than that, Amyl and The Sniffers was on my radar. I haven't listened to their stuff before, but they caught my attention with the U Should Not Be Doing That single. I'll check the album out at some point, gotta be in that type of mood.

EDIT: Days later, my dumb ass realizes it's a top 100. Lol I've updated the list with the rest

Damn at this glowing The Last Dinner Party writeup. I felt like there was a pretty big hype train before and right around the album's release, but can't tell if it's really sustained or not. There was a lot going on in indie rock this year though, easy to get lost in the shuffle. I did think the album was solid.

The Rock Beast must feed - but will it be ready for The Last Dinner Party? Coming on with anthem after anthem (Nothing Matters, Sinner and My Lady of Mercy all left a mark like a duelling scar), and channelling Queen and Kate Bush into something headline worthy from the get go, we've not seen a band so ready to take on stadiums since, ooh I don't know - Muse? Ultimately, you'll have an opinion on them by now - one of the marks of a generational band is that they split opinion. And that seems to be what they are, and wherever they go from here it's likely to be a spectacle.

No love for Vampire Weekend? Damn

right, like what have I been listening to?

I'm sure it'll be popping up, maybe just not as much.

In Rough Trade's case, only 4 out of 20 acts are American. So they likely just highlight more folks from their side of the world.

Not a huge Vampire Weekend fan myself but it's one of their better albums IMO, and I really enjoyed "Classical"

Waxahatchee sweep!

Probably a top songwriter of the 2020s, Saint Cloud and now Tigers Blood Critics love her too, she'll rank high up overall.