TOP ALBUMS 2024

25 Great Albums to Discover or Rediscover

The Top Albums of Forever And Ever In This Never Ending Infinity World of 2024 Unto the End of Time, Or 2025, Whichever Comes First.

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1. Rosali, Bite Down

A voice to launch a thousand ships.

2. Oruã, Passe

From psychedelic rock, to jazz, through the looking glass, and back home again.

3. Helado Negro, PHASOR

Roberto Carlos Lange is playing in an alt latin sandbox all his own.

4. Amyl and the Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness

Punk rides again, straight outta Australia. Creem loves this band.

5. Kamasi Washington, Fearless Movement

Less epic, more to the point. With high-profile cameos galore.

6. Kim Gordon, The Collective

So much for Thurston, Lee, and Steve. Kim’s starting to run away with the post-Sonic Youth solo career award.

7. Sheer Mag, Playing Favorites

Throwback 70s rock n roll with protopunk attitude.

8. Waxahatchee, Tigers Blood

A country album. Face it. You like country. At least for the next four years.

9. Naked Roommate, Pass The Loofah

Weird band name, weird album title. Fun electropop from the Bay Area.

10. Kal Marks, Wasteland Baby

A wilder, weirder soundscape than My Name Is Hell. Carnival-esque.

11. Leather Lung, Graveside Grin

No fuss, no muss Heavy Metal-aesthetic stoner rock.

12. J Mascis, What Do We Do Now

The white wizard takes a break from a reformed Dinosaur Jr. to speak his truth.

13. Keeley Forsyth, The Hollow

Taut, intense vocals paint dark chiaroscuro landscapes in this avant garde thriller.

14. Chrystabell and David Lynch, Cellophane Memories

The filmmaker with a great ear for music releases the rare album with a latter day Julee Cruise.

15. Gabriel Birnbaum, Patron Saint of Tireless Losers

Indie rock, bubbling over with effervescent gravitas.

16. Christopher Owens, I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

No more Girls. Deal with the timeline you’re given. A Christopher Owens solo record beats a kick in the ass.

17. Lane, Receiver

Go find out.

18. Beeef, Somebody’s Favorite

Beeef. Ittt’s whaaat’s fooor diiinner.

19. Jake McKelvie, A New Kind of Hat

Kind of country, kind of folk, kind of a new hat.

20. Otis Shanty, Up On The Hill

Run up on that hill for some heady jangle pop.

21. Yama Uba, Silhouettes

Killer electro-pop thrills for bedroom mirror serenades.

22. Walt McClements and Mary Lattimore, Rain On The Road

Accordion and harp, together at last.

23. Watercoat, Circles On My Map

Hazy with a chance of beatz-laden electropop.

24. Lee Scratch Perry, King Perry

Closer “Goodbye” is the last song ever recorded by the dub king.

25. Jlin, Akoma

Fleet-footed house work.