Our Favorite Albums of 2024

[@Vanessa.P]

The way Jason described the Christopher Owens album is so on the money. I really liked it initially but I kept wanting to return to it because of all the albums this year it made me feel the most. Whether you know his story or not, there is so much heart in that record. You feel so much connection to him as an artist. There are so many musical layers where I hear something new that catches my ear every time I listen but also so many emotional layers. I think you both spoke so well and passionately about all your picks. Part of what makes this video one if the yearly TLM events.

[@Vanessa.P]

Can't wait to watch but in the meantime here's my top 25: 25) Luke Temple - Certain Limitations 24) Mike Viola - Rock of Boston 23) Charlie Gradon - Colours of My Daydream 22) Ed Harcourt - El Magnifico 21) Nolan Potter - The Perils of Being Trapped Inside a Head 20) Chico Bernardes - Outros Fios 19) Father John Misty - Mahashmashana 18) Grey Delisle - Driftless Girl 17) Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer 16) Grace Cummings - Ramona 15) Benjamin Tod - Shooting Star 14) Andrew Combs - Dream Pictures 13) Cheekface - It’s Sorted 12) Friko - Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here 11) Tyler Ramsey - New Lost Ages 10) Phosphorescent - Revelator 9) RIP Dunes - RIP Dunes 8) Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 7) Dr. Dog - Dr. Dog 6) Sam Evian - Plunge 5) The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know 4) Eric Slick - New Age Rage 3) MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks 2) Rosalie Cunningham - To Shoot Another Day 1) Christopher Owens - I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

[@simondilley9596]

Here’s mine My 2024 End Of Year List 1. Rosie Lowe - Lover, Other 2. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World 3. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More 4. Helado Negro - Phasor 5. Nilufer Yana - My Method Actor 6. Bill Callahan - Resuscitate! 7. Vera Sola - Peacemaker 8. Ella Raphael - Mad Sometimes 9. Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch 10. Willow - Empathogen 11. Moby - Always Centred At Night 12. Goat Girl - Below The Waste 13. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da 14. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh 15. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 16. Rich Ruth - Water Still Flows 17. Moin - You Never End 18. Julia Holter - Something In The Room She Moves 19. The Smile - Wall Of Eyes 20. LOMA - How We Live Without A Body 21. The The - Ensoulment 22. Photay - Windswept 23. Kreidler - Twists (A Visitor Arrives 24. The Messthetics & James Brandon - S/T 25. Rosali - Bite Down

[@matthewgee7164]

10. Lives Outgrown- Beth Gibbons 9. Prelude to Ecstasy- The Last Dinner Party 8. My Method Actor- Nilufer Yanya 7. Wild God- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 6. Sugarcoat- Blushing 5. All Born Screaming- St. Vincent 4. Songs of a Lost World- The Cure 3. She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She- Chelsea Wolfe 2. Brat- Charli xcx 1. Imaginal Disk- Magdalena Bay Same top 2 albums as Joe (different order though), so that's fun!

[@davidellis5141]

My Top 5 of 2024 - # 1 Songs Of A Lost World - The Cure # 2 The Collective - Kim Gordon # 3 Wall Of Eyes - The Smile # 4 Tigers 🐅 Blood - Waxahatchee # 5 Wild God - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[@bengalgangster]

i was never a cure fan , but liked this album [made my list] love endsong high up on my song list

[@davidellis5141]

Bengals still with a shot & catch a break playing Denver at home this week .. but will need the KC backups to beat them in week 17 while they win in Pittsburgh. Nice to have a shot though 👌

[@bengalgangster]

@@davidellis5141 yah was really hoping for a chiefs loss somewhere, joe has been amazing

[@ptwtf]

I’m calling 2024 a pretty decent year. 1. Tigers Blood-Waxahatchee 2. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend 3. A Dream Is All We Know- Lemon Twigs 4. People Who Aren’t There Anymore- Future Islands 5. Songs of a Lost World- The Cure Just missed out- St Vincent, Middle Kids, Last Dinner Party

[@Wiggywoo1977]

Jason is an absolute music machine for listening to all those albums this year.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

There are people in our discord who listen to more than I do. I’ve created a monster! -Jason

[@bababooey666]

Have you ever asked Kram if he wanted to sit in once in a while?

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Yes

[@nechadi]

They told Kram to scram

[@davidbrett8525]

Happy Christmas from Ireland. I only listened to about 50 albums this year. 2024 is one of the better years of the 20s for me and has a good mix of new bands and great comebacks. I have 6 in common with Jason and 4 with Joe on my top 25 1. Manning fireworks (5 stars) - I love the quirky lyrics and slacker rock feel. Some great guitar work too. His best album so far 2. Wild god (4.5 stars) - his best album in a while. 3. Romance (4.5 stars) they keep developing with every album. Including more pop hooks this time 4. Where we’ve been where we go from here (4.5 stars) - get the Conor oberst influence. For Ella is a particular favourite 5. Bright future - (4.5 stars) - beautiful album, full of great songs 6. It’s sorted (4.5 stars) - fun, quirky and catchy 7. Wall of eyes (4.5 stars) - bending hectic and friend of a friend elevate this for me. They raise it from 4 star to 4.5 star 8. Mahashmashana (4.5 stars) - more recent listen and still growing but a big return to form. Shades of Leonard cohen from the 80s 9. No Name (4.5 stars) - haven’t listened to a lot of his solo work but this was rocking from start to finish 10. I’m totally fine with it I don’t give a fuck anymore (4.5 stars) - fascinating album from Arab strap - middle age musings on life, relationships and the state of the world - highly recommend 11. Dark matter (4 stars) 12. Night palace (4 stars) 13. Songs of a lost world (4 stars) 14. That golden time (4 stars) 15. Cutouts (4 stars) 16. A dream is all we know (4 stars) 17. Smoke and fiction - X (4 stars) 18. Cartoon darkness (4 stars) 19. Pink balloon (4 stars) 20. 5 dices all 3s (3.5 stars) 21. Nobody loves you more - Kim deal (3.5 stars) 22. Where is my utopia (3.5 stars) 23. What do we do now (3.5 stars) 24. Midas - wunderhorse (3.5 stars) 25. Ashore mori mi (3.5 stars)

[@mattchastain6133]

Jason, I'm sure someone's said it here already but I'm glad you enjoyed the Christoper Owen's album as much as you did. I've yet to give it a listen, but I spent this year getting to know Girl's debut album. I really wanted my friends to know how special that album was. I really need to check out their EP and follow up. You saying you enjoyed Owen's latest as much as the debut has me anxious to hear it. I really wish I could digest new music as easily as you guys!

[@davidson201]

Always an education watching your videos - long may they continue. Here's my favourite albums from this year in no particular order. Actually it is just the new music that I listened in full to several times. No where near the 200 / 400 albums you guys listened to. Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless - best album in ages? Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know - maintaining a high standard The Felice Brothers - Valley Of Abandoned Songs - somewhat overlooked band Coldplay - Moon Music - guilty pleasure! Field Music - Limits of Language - interesting as always - should have a higher profile Joan Armatrading - How Did This Happen and What Does It Mean - absolute quality as usual

[@livingcolorinc]

Great lists guys! Definitely more in tune with Joe’s list! Here’s my top 15 albums +3! 1. Vampire Weekend- Only God Was Above Us 2. Charli XCX- Brat 3. Magdalena Bay- Imaginal Disk 4. Jack White- No Name 5. The Lemon Twigs- A Dream is All We Know 6. MGMT- Loss of Life 7. Justice- Hyperdrama 8. Brittany Howard- What Now 9. Cindy Lee- Diamond Jubilee 10. The Cure- Songs of a Lost World 11. Father John Misty- Mahashmashana 12. Mk.gee- Two Star & the Dream Police 13. Beyoncé- Cowboy Carter 14. Kendrick Lamar- GNX 15. The Smile- Wall of Eyes Next 3: 16. Tyler the Creator- Chromakopia 17. Schoolboy Q- Blue Lips 18. Jamie XX- In Waves

[@detectivecox]

Here are mine: 1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 3. MGMT - Loss Of Life 4. The Smile - Wall Of Eyes 5. Allie X - Girl With No Face 6. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 7. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 8. Katie Pruitt - Mantras 9. Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me 10. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

[@suartgilmour4540]

Cool list, 3 of your top 5 are top 5 for me, too!

[@detectivecox]

@@suartgilmour4540 which ones 😃

[@suartgilmour4540]

@detectivecox V W, MGMT, and The Smile (my no.1). My other two top 5 were by Adrianne Lenker and St Vincent. Great minds think alike, lol.

[@detectivecox]

@@suartgilmour4540 nice top 5!

[@yedgim8172]

Last Dinner Party 🙌🏼 Billie Eilish 🙌🏼

[@nightowl1851]

You guys finally got me to listen to 224 albums this year, my previous high, no idea, maybe 50? Top 25: 1. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend 2. Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here - Friko 3. This Could Be Texas - English Teacher 4. Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee 5. Prelude To Ecstasy - The Last Dinner Party 6. El Magnifico - Ed Harcourt 7. I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair - Christopher Owens 8. Manning Fireworks - MJ Lenderman 9. Name Your Sorrow - Pillow Queens 10. A Dream Is All We Know - The Lemon Twigs 11. Here In The Pitch - Jessica Pratt 12. Mahashmashana - Father John Misty 13. American Primitive - Old 97s 14. Big Swimmer - King Hannah 15. Bite Down - Rosali 16. Midas - Wunderhorse 17. The Moon Is In The Wrong Place - Shannon & The Clams 18. JPEG Raw - Gary Clark Jr. 19. Sun Without Heat - Leyla McCalla 20. The Mess We Seem To Make - Crawlers 21. Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay 22. Staring at the Sun - Hotel Fiction 23. Nobody Loves You More - Kim Deal 24. Patterns In Repeat - Laura Marling 25. my anti-aircraft friend - julie

[@eaglesrule1415]

Thanks Jason for the Joy Hotel selection. Great album start to finish. Will follow them from here on out. Great content. 👍🎶❤

[@tylerhackner9731]

So many great albums this year!

[@neurophile]

Favorite 2024 album : Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

[@MarkS_1768]

Decent year for sure. My top 5: 1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy 2. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 3. Charli xcx - BRAT 4. Nilufer Yanya - My Method Actor 5. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

[@johnlefsky8731]

It's gonna take a a week or so for me to finish my list, but love the shout out for Mary Timony. I saw her this past Summer and with her punkier band, Ex Hex. in 2023. Untame The Tiger will probably be in my top 5.

[@MattOLearyMusic]

I see that trend of songwriting + great playing. Technicality is getting less hate these days. I even saw Adrianne L wearing a dream theater shirt. As always, there’s plenty to dig into on your lists. My list will be coming shortly. Great to see some deep-cut commonalities like The Medium.

[@Tfaceu]

I don't know if you guys missed someone - Music is Subjective - but List are Fun ;-) I think this Year was a Real Good One My Chosen Ones - 2024; (+ many more) Bad Moves - Wearing Out The Refrain Fastbacks - For WHAT Reason! Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World Camera Obscura - Look To The East Look To The West The Libertines - All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade Drahla - Angeltape Chemtrails - The Joy Of Sects The Gratitudes - Degenerates Are Back The Reflectors - Going Out Of Fashion Mo Dotti - Opaque Amyl And The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness Daniel Romano’s Outfit - Too Hot To Sleep Alice Kat - Around The World & Back To You Dehd - Poetry The Church - Eros Zeta And The Perfumed Guitars Kula Shaker - Natural Magick The Yum Yums - Poppin’ Up Again The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy La Luz - News Of The Universe Nothing Personal - The Diary Of Nothing Personal Laughing - Because It’s True Folly Group - Down There! The Linda Lindas - No Obligation Holiday Ghost - Coat Of Arms

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

Great calls on the Nolan Potter, Slift and Rosalie Cunningham. I liked the Christopher Owens, but there's something magical about a full band at peak powers that solo artists just can't compete with, at least for me. Obviously in the mainstream there's a tyranny of singer-songwriters. Cunningham is technically solo, but with her partner Rosco Wilson, it sounds like a band. By all accounts they bring the heavy and shredding live. Hope they make it to North America -- it's been since 2016 that I saw her with Purson. One underrated gem that's a must-hear: The Sea Kings - Fear is all Around (Iffy Folk) The fact that a serious contender for album of the year isn’t on any other year-end list that I know of could drive be crazy if I let it. But I’m used to the fact that some of the very best bands and artists are truly independent, with no major label budget to promote them or support touring in other countries. It’s sitting there easily available on most streaming services and Bandcamp. You can even order a vinyl copy. While you’re at it, check out their lost classic debut Woke In The Devil’s Arms (Iffy Folk, 2014). This Glasgow band’s darkly literate, indie pop/art rock is essential listening for fans of any of the artists below and more. Indie Pop | Art Rock | Psych Noir. RIYL: The Smiths, The Go Betweens, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Fontaines D.C., The Cure, Syvdoh Fester’s Lucky 13 1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 2. The Sea Kings - Fear is All Around 3. Opeth - The Last Will and Testament 4. Rosalie Cunningham - To Shoot Another Day 5. The Sonic Dawn - Phantom 6. Ducks Ltd. - Harm’s Way 7. Dream Phases - Phantom Idol 8. The Buttertones - Face to Face With Fantasy 9. The Narcotix - Dying 10. The Blinders - Beholder 11. Vitskär Süden - Vessel 12. Meatbodies - Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom 13. The Other Sun - Daimon, Devil, Dawn Bubbling under: Custard Flux, The Mystery Lights, English Teacher, Levitation Room, Goat Girl, White Denim, Thus Love, Chime School, Color Green, MOOON, Elephant Stone, Ian Blurton's Future Now, Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country, Wand, Caldwell, Smoke Bellow, Aluminum, Hamish Hawk, Jim Nothing, Redd Kross, The Resonars, Oneida, Bobbie Dazzle, Peter Perrett, 6kitty, Tamar Berk.

[@epicsoundtracktothemundane]

I'll be posting my own top 25 video, but I had 2 matches with Jason (4 in my top 100) and 1 with Joe (5 in my 100). You both had a few albums that I will need to check out.

[@AS12190]

1. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir 2. Carley Crockett - $10 Cowboy/Visions of Dallas 3. Willie Carlise - Critterland 4. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 5. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood 6. Roc Marci - Marciology 7. Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers 8. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 9. Knocked Loose - YWGBYST 10. Magbay - Imaginal Disk

[@mainzergirl9610]

Great lists, gents. Joe, did i miss you mentioning Invincible Shield?

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Yes. It’s in the top 10

[@DemonSweat714]

Damn, I haven’t listened to half your guys list. Keep up the good work guys! Any chance of a best songs/singles of the year?

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Yep. Should be out in a few days

[@toquecentralmusic9212]

1. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God 3. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 4. Jack White - No Name 5. The Smile - Wall of Eyes 6. The Smile - Cutouts 7. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 8. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 9. Nightwish - Yesterwynde 10. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 11. X - Smoke & Fiction 12. Bryan McPherson - Emigrant and the Winter of Death I'll be sure to check to the Lemon Twigs. Sounds like they'd be right up my alley.

[@davidbrett8525]

@@toquecentralmusic9212 I have 7 of these in my top 25. Great list 👍

[@johnsmusicpassions9740]

i have heard a few of both your top tens - curem lemon twiggs, pillow queen, adrianne lecar, jessica pratt etc enjoyed video

[@utvf68]

My top ten! 1. V - Black Country Communion 2. =1 - Deep Purple 3. Happiness Bastards - The Black Crowes 4. Invincible Shield - Judas Priest 5. When We Were Kings - Stryper 6. True - Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks 7. Lucifer V 8. Luck and Strange - David Gilmour 9. The Art Of Letting Go - Myles Kennedy 10. Light Em Up - The Dead Daisies

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Fantastic list!

[@mainzergirl9610]

Now THAT list rocks! I'd add only Opeth's Last Will.

[@LarsPop-Tartus]

I don’t know if you two ever did a show on the Canterbury scene late 60’s mid-70’s. Interesting sound

[@plank577]

1. La Luz - News of the Universe 2. Mac Cornish - Never Made Much of a Lover 3. Jack White - No Name 4. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive 5. Wussy - Cincinnati Ohio 6. The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards 7. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 8. Phosphorescent - Revelator 9. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir 10. Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers 11. The Bevis Frond - Focus On Nature 12. The Heavy Heavy - One of a Kind 13. somesurprises - Perseids 14. Kiely Connell - My Own Company 15. The Hanging Stars - On A Golden Shore 16. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood 17. Brown Horse - Reservoir 18. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 19. Trummors - 5 20. Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called

[@Sir_Eyeball]

1. Allie X - Girl With No Face (5 Stars) 2. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 3. Warm Exit - Ultra Violence (4,5 Stars) 4. Lime Garden - One More Thing 5. The Smile - Cutouts 6. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She 7. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 8. The Smile - Wall of Eyes 9. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (4 Stars) 10. Courting - New Last Name 11. Desperate Journalist - No Hero 12. Home Counties - Exactly as it Seems 13. Twenty One Pilots - Clancy 14. L Devine - Digital Heartifacts 15. Deadletter - Hysterical Strength 16. Fontaines D.C. - Romance 17. Folly Group - Down There! 18. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh 19. Kula Shaker - Natural Magick 20. Twin Tribes - Pendulum (3,5 Stars) 21. Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia? 22. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft 23. Green Day - Saviors 24. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 25. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy

[@michelewiese48]

Hi Andre! Hope you’re doing well! I knew you wouldn’t disappoint. So happy to see Girl With No Face at #1!! Picking a fave song from that album is nearly impossible. ❤🎶

[@pauljohnson5925]

A top 10 from me and not too difficult as I loved all these albums. Not really one for ordering them but here goes. 1. Fontaines D.C. 'Romance' 2. Amyl & the Sniffers 'Cartoon Darkness's 3. Nick Cave 'Wild God' 4. MGMT 'Loss of Life' 5. Fat Dog 'Woof' 6. Zeal and Ardor 'Grief' 7. Nathaniel Rateliffe and the Night Sweats 'South of Here' 8. The Smile 'Cutouts' 9. Richard Hawley 'In This City They Call You Love' 10. Nadine Shah 'Filthy Underneath'

[@davidbrett8525]

@@pauljohnson5925 nice list. As an Irish man great to see Fontaines at the top. I had them at number 3 behind MJ Lenderman and Nick Cave

[@corleth84]

Jason, I was expecting at least one of these in your top 25.... maybe in the top 50, then: The Decemberists - 'As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again' Chime School - 'The boy who ran the Paisley Hotel'

[@ericgaisser1668]

In no specific order. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy The Warning - Keep Me Fed Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us The Buoys - Lustre Pearl Jam - Dark Matter Fontaines DC - Romance Pom Pom Squad - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me Beabadoobee - This is How Tomorrow Moves Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature Kasabian - Happenings

[@michelewiese48]

Jason, Walt Disco is a revelation! Thank you! ❤🎶✨

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Yeah. Now that you mention it, that's a no-brainer Michele album.

[@michelewiese48]

@ Yes! 💃🪩🖤

[@ArmandoMPR]

My Top 25: 1. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 2. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 3. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 4. Clairo - Charm 5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God 6. Charli XCX - Brat 7. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 8. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 9. The Smile - Cutouts 10. Beyonce - Cowboy Carter 11. Geordie Greep - The New Sound 12. Fontaines D.C. - Romance 13. Beabadoobee - This Is How Tomorrow Moves 14. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor 15. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana 16. Jerry Cantrell - I Want Blood 17. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy 18. The Smile - Wall of Eyes 19. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft 20. Kendrick Lamar - GNX 21. Leon Bridges - Leon 22. Jack White - No Name 23. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 24. The The - Ensoulment 25. King Hannah - Big Swimmer

[@alucinantevinylclub]

I'm at 504 with 145 four star albums. Great video guys. Love the channel

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Thank youuuu

[@bengalgangster]

here goes my top 40 40 collective soul/ here to eternity 39 dead poets society/fission 38 the lemon twigs/ a dream is all we know 37 the last dinner party/ prelude to ectasy 36 lucifer V 35 sheryl crow/ evolution 34 wand/vertigo 33 sam evian/ plunge 32 ravonettes/ sings 31 guided by voices/ strut of kings 30 buffalo tom/ jump rope 29 smashing pumpkins/ ahori,mehori, mei 28 the watchers/nyctophilia 27 the jesus lizard/rack 26 blues pills/ birthday 25 the woggles/ time has come 24 gyasi/ rock and roll swordfight 23 blackberry smoke/ be right here 22 the strange seeds/grow 21 eels /time 20 ar-kiacs/ see the world on fire 19 king gizzard and the lizard/ flight B 741 18 slash/ orgy of the damned 17 the cure/ songs of a lost world 16 dead daisies / light em up 15 white dog/ double dog dare 14 the cold stares/the southern 13 phillip sayce/ the wolves are coming 12 shadow show/ fantasy now 11 pearl jam/ dark matter 10 jerry cantrell/ i want blood 9 black country communion / V 8 j mascis/ what do we do now 7 hot garbage/ precious dream 6 thomas greenwood and the tailsmen/ ATES 5 liam gallagher and john squire /s/t 4 black crowes/ happiness bastards 3 meat bodies/ flora ocean tiger bloom 2 deep purple/ =1 1 jack white . no name decent year , it really falls off for me after 40 albums or so

[@echosmyron1278]

While I personally didn't care for a lot of the albums in questions, it's crazy that Deep Purple, Black Crowes, Jerry Cantrell, Pearl Jam, The Cure, Slash, Eels, The Jesus Lizard (I do like this one), Buffalo Tom, Smashing Pumpkins, Sheryl Crow, and Collective Soul all released albums in 2024. It's possible to make a 2024 year-end list containing new material by alt-rock outfits who peaked 30+ years ago. Primal Scream, the Dandy Warhols, Shed Seven, Better Than Ezra, Eve 6, and Soul Asylum also put out albums this year.

[@bengalgangster]

@@echosmyron1278 yah it did seem like a senior tour this year , i liked some of the dandy warhols album

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Excellent list, bengal. Cool that we have the same album at #2. 🎶💜💜

[@bengalgangster]

@@weirddebbiem1619 thanx deb , great we go purple high💜💜

[@weirddebbiem1619]

@bengalgangster You're welcome, bengal. Yes! Purple high! 🎶💜💜

[@eaglesrule1415]

Rosalie Cunningham was awesome as well. Got some Fanny vibes from it. Killin it with these Jason. Thanks again. 👍🎶❤

[@nodeachunter]

Holy smokes!! So happy to see that I’m not the only Christopher Owens fan out there!! (According to Apple Replay, I’m in his top 100 listeners this year.) Also, great call on the Mary Timony! Here’s my top 15… 1. Christopher Owens - I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair 2. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven 3. The Cure - Songs of a Lost Word 4. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More 5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 6. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God 7. Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West 8. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves 9. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 10. Tindersticks - Soft Tissue 11. sunshy - I don’t care what comes next 12. Nilufer Yanya - Method Actor 13. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana 14. Mary Timony - Untame the Tiger 15. The Smile - Wall of Eyes

[@riffreverence]

Great lists, my dudes. Glad to see that Jason has Blood Incantation as no1

[@TastesLikeMusic]

He finally gets it. - Joe

[@echosmyron1278]

First (to post a list). An extremely deep year for 4-star albums, but I'm not sure many of these will go down as all-timers. I've also included my grade (x/100) for the sake of precision. I guess my #1 pick could be rounded up to 5-stars, but it's the only album on my list that could receive a perfect star rating. 1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (95) 2. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk (93) 3. Thou - Umbilical (91) 4. Geordie Greep - The New Sound (90) 5. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (89) 6. Umbra Vitae - Light of Death (88) 7. Chat Pile - Cool World (88) 8. Warmduscher - Too Cold to Hold (88) 9. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice (87) 10. Mount Eerie - Night Palace (87) 11. Hoplites - Paramainomeni (87) 12. Lip Critic - Hex Dealer (87) 13. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven (86) 14. Xiu Xiu - 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stilettos w/ Bison Horn Grips (86) 15. Folly Group - Down There! (86) 16. Fucked Up - Someday (86) 17. Iron & Wine - Light Verse (85) 18. Du Blonde - Sniff More Gritty (85) 19. Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath (85) 20. Adeem the Artist - Anniversary (85) 21. Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (85) 22. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (85) 23. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God (84) 24. Wishy - Triple Seven (84) 25. Shannon and the Clams - The Moon Is in the Wrong Place (84) (#26-50 in the replies)

[@echosmyron1278]

26. Vredehammer - God Slayer (84) 27. Planes Mistaken for Stars - Do You Still Love Me? (84) 28. Parannoul - Sky Hundred (84) 29. Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand (83) 30. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm (83) 31. Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land (83) 32. Knoll - As Spoken (83) 33. Joanna Wang - Hotel La Rut (83) 34. Undeath - More Insane (83) 35. Redd Kross - Redd Kross (82) 36. Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyonyoru Almok Ezutan Jonnek (82) 37. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of the Last Human Being (82) 38. Inter Arma - New Heaven (82) 39. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks (81) 40. Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy (81) 41. Pillow Queens - Name Your Sorrow (81) 42. LL Cool J - The Force (81) 43. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (81) 44. Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons (81) 45. Slift - Ilion (80) 46. The Jesus Lizard - Rack (80) 47. Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo (80) 48. J. Robbins - Basilisk (80) 49. Friko - Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here (80) 50. Uboa - Impossible Light (80) Approximate # of albums sampled (not necessarily complete listens) in 2024: 1,500

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Pretty good for once. - Joe

[@curly_wyn]

Ugh

[@Liam123-r8o]

​@@echosmyron1278no charli XCX ? 😂

[@painless465]

The albums I got excited for this year were the Nolan Potter, X-Smoke & Fiction,Geordie Greep -The New Sound,This is the Glasshouse-867, and my AOTY, Nick Cave-Wild God

[@jeremysette3657]

The way our musical tastes are similar, I'm sure some of your picks that I haven’t heard will crack into my top 25. Here it is at present moment: 1. Lizzy McAlpine- "Older" 2. Francis of Delirium- "Lighthouse" 3. Father John Misty- "Mahashmashana" 4. Josh Garrels- "Seek Hi Seek Lo" 5. The Lemon Twigs- "A Dream is All We Know" 6. Vampire Weekend- "Only God Was Above Us" 7. Aquilus- "Bellum II" 8. Caligula's Horse- "Charcoal Grace" 9. Kacey Musgraves- "Deeper Well" 10. Zach Bryan- "The Great American Bar Scene" 11. Fontaines D.C.- "Romance" 12. Arooj Aftab- "Night Reign" 13. The Cure- "Songs Of A Lost World" 14. Imminence- "The Black" 15. Benjamin Francis Leftwich- "Some Things Break" 16. The Black Crowes- "Happiness Bastards" 17. Dangermuffin- "Dangermuffin" 18. Ubiquity- "The Ascendant Travels Among the Stars" 19. Alcest- "Le Chants de l'Aurore" 20. MGMT- "Loss of Life" 21. Jon Batiste- "Beethoven Blues" 22. Leon Bridges- "Leon" 23. David Gilmour- "Luck and Strange" 24. Opeth- "The Last Will And Testament" 25. JJ Grey & Mofro- "Olustee"

[@edgustafson]

1. Jack White - No Name 2. Mk.gee - Two Star and the Dream Police 3. Friko - Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here 4. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy 5. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN 6. Brittany Howard - What Now 7. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 8. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir 9. Dehd - Poetry 10. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice 11. Matt Champion - Mika's Laundry 12. Amyl & The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness 13. Vince Staples - Dark Times 14. IDLES - Tangk 15. Vera Sola - Peacemaker 16. Hurray for the Riff-Raff - The Past is Still Alive 17. Ryan Adams - Star Sign 18. 1999 Write the Future - hella (˃̣̣̥╭╮˂̣̣̥) ✧ ♡ ‧º·˚ 19. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks 20. Nia Archives - Silence is Loud 21. Norah Jones - Visions 22. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 23. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal 24. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 25. RM - Right Place, Wrong Person

[@bengalgangster]

1 match , but its the top one lol

[@dprice81]

So many great great albums this year. In no order really: 1.Disco Biscuits-Revolution In Motion (psychedelic rock) 2. Lotus-How To Dream In Color (psychedelic rock) 3. Beebadoobee-This Is How Tomorrow Moves (alt rock/indie pop/pop rock/indie rock) 4.Lawrence-Family Business (funk/soul pop) 5. David Gilmour-Luck & Strange (prog rock) 6.Johnnie Blue Skies-Passage Du Desir (country) 7. Smashing Pumpkins-Aghori Mhori Mei (alt rock) 8. King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard-Flight B741 (blues rock/psych rock) 9. The Warning-Keep Em Fed (hard rock/alternative rock) 10. Yam Yam-Slurp Slurp (funk) 11. Unleash The Archers-Phantoma (power metal) 12. Liam Gallagher & John Squire-S/T (alt rock, blues rock, britpop, psych rock) 13. Krang-Listens To Krang Once (punk) 14. Phish-Evolution (jazz/rock/funk/soul) 15. Half Past Two- Talk Is Killing Me (ska) 16. Shabaka-Perceive It's Beauty, Acknowledge It's Grace (jazz) 17. MJ Landerman-Manning Fireworks (country rock/indie rock) 18. Father John Misty-Mashamanna (alternative rock/folk rock) 19. Charley Crockett-$10 Cowboy (Country) 20. Bonny Light Horseman-Keep Me On Your Mind/See Me Free (folk) 21. Daffodil Pill-S/T (psychedelic/surf rock) 22. Black Crowes-Happiness Baastards (blues rock/southern rock) 23. Street Panther-Muscle Rock (garage rock, glam) 24. Mary Timony-Untame The Tiger (rock, pop) 25. Implants-Annihiliation (punk) 26. Joe Jennings MVP's-Nothing Wrong With Giving Up (punk/power pop/garage/surf/rock n roll)

[@floydshambles]

thank you for keeping it going in '24. i only listened to 6 albums, but i liked them all, so might as well rank them. #6 sarah jarosz - polaroid lovers #5 sierra ferrell - i forget the title #4 thunder and rain - storybook sessions #3 kathleen parks - rolling down the line #2 aj lee and blue summit - city of glass #1 twisted pine - love your mind

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I only listened to the Jarosz - Joe

[@floydshambles]

@@TastesLikeMusic i would be very interested in your opinion on the twisted pine release. i'm more of a live music fan, went to about 100 shows this year. saw them 7 times in '24.

[@suartgilmour4540]

Guess I need to check out Mk. Gee, Lucy Rose, Pillow Queens, Nolan Potter, Chris Owens, Ceremony (Glas-go, btw). Thanks, lots of homework! My top 12 - 1. The Smile - Wall of Eyes. Def top album of the year for me - i listened to it once nearly every night for 2 - 3 months, pretty obsessed by it. 2. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 3. MGMT - Loss of Life 4. St Vincent - All Born Screaming 5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 6. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir 7. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 8. Waxahatchee - Like Tigers Blood 9. Nick Cave - Wild God 10. Jack White - No Name 11. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 12. Gillian Welch - Woodland I still have to give new albums by Idles, The Cure, and Kim Gordon a proper listen. Great year, i think. There were many more i enjoyed.

[@ThePhysicalillusion]

1. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 2. Geordie Greep - The New Sound 3. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 4. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know 5. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch 6. Allie X - Girl With No Face 7. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer 8. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 9. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas 10. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 11. Juliana Gattas - Maquillada en el Cama 12. Rosali - Bite Down 13. Nolan Potter - The Perils of Being Trapped Inside a Head 14. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 15. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement 16. Jack White - No Name 17. Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat 18. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive 19. Ducks Ltd. - Harm’s Way 20. Liana Flores - Flower of the Soul 21. The Umbrellas - Fairweather Friend 22. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God 23. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft 24. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 25. Good Looks - Lived Here for Awhile

[@Kussinz-b6r]

My top 25: 1- Lime Cordiale- Enough Of The Sweet Talk 2- Middle Kids- Faith Crisis Pt 1 3- Jordie Lane- Tropical Depression 4- Thelma Plum- I’m Sorry Now Say It Back 5- Jess Locke- Real Life 6- Mia Dyson- Tender Heart 7- King Stingray- For The Dreams 8- DICE- Midnight Zoo 9- Ziggy Ramo- Human? 10- Amy Shark- Sunday Sadness 11- MGMT- Loss Of Life 12- The Ferguson Rogers Process- Substance And Or Style 13- Emily Wurramara- NARA 14- Bright Eyes- Five Dice All Threes 15- Tom Cardy- The Dancefloor At The End Of The Universe 16- Hiatus Kaiyote- Love Heart Cheat Code 17- Alana Wilkinson- Half Time Oranges 18- Buttered- Homesick 19- Jess Ribeiro- Summer Of Love 20- Ben Lee- This One’s For The Old Headz 21- Donavon Frankenreiter- Get Outta Your Mind 22- The Whitlams Black Stump Band- Kookaburra 23- Angus & Julia Stone- Cape Forestier 24- Missy Higgins- The Second Act 25- Paul Kelly- Fever Longing Still So as you can see, huge Australian indie fan 😂 my top 10 is entirely Australian, and so much of it many of you guys won’t know about, highly recommend all these albums!!

[@Kussinz-b6r]

For star ratings, My top 4 are all 5 stars, 5-16 are all 4.5, 17-24 are all 4 stars and then 25 is 3.5

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Was going to say, I’ve never heard of most of these. - Joe

[@beetlebum7760]

Here’s my top 12. Unfortunately, I haven’t listened enough to new music to come up with a longer list. 1. THE GLASS HOURS - The Glass Hours 2. BETH GIBBONS - Lives Outgrown 3. DRAHLA - Angeltape 4. JOSH FORTENBERY - No Such Thing As Forever 5. SIERRA FERRELL - Trail Of Flowers 6. THE STATE CHAMPIONS - Independent Record 7. MAX DÉCHARNÉ - Night Darkens The Streets 8. KATHERINE PRIDDY - The Pendulum Swing 9. SIMON JOYNER - Coyote Butterfly 10. MAGIC TUBER BAND - Needlefall 11. ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM - To Shoot Another Day 12. OPETH - The Last Will And Testament

[@weirddebbiem1619]

The first time I listened to The Last Dinner Party I rated it a 2.5 out of 5.0. I gave it another chance and it made my top three. 1) JJ Grey & Mofro - Oulustee 2) Deep Purple - =1 3) The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy 4) Moggs Motel - Moggs Motel 5) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 6) Lucifer - V 7) J Mascis - What Do We Do Now 8) Philip Sayce - The Wolves Are Coming 9) Jack White - No Name 10) Luke Winslow-King - Flash-A-Magic 11) Jesse Dayton - The Hard Way Blues 12) Magick Potion - Magick Potion 13) Black Country Communion - V 14) The Cure - Songs of the Lost World 15) Brothers of Metal - Fimbulvinter 16) Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks 17) The Black Crows - Happiness Bastards 18) The Strange Seeds - Grow 19) The Red Clay Strays - Made By These Moments 20) Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 21) Sergeant Thunderhoof - The Ghost of Badon Hill 22) Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Liam Gallagher & John Squire 23) Thomas Greenwood and the Talismans - 24) Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things 25) Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mhori Mei 26) The Cold Stares - The Southern 27) The Georgia Thunderbolts - Rise Above It All 28) Buffalo Tom - Jump Rope 29) Falcon Trails - Coming Home 30) The Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Back In Time 31) The Ar-kaics - See the World on Fire 32) Amigo the Devil - Yours Until the War is Over 33) Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project 34) The Woggles - Time Has Come 35) White Dog - Double Dog Dare

[@bengalgangster]

great list a bunch of matches💜💜

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Good stuff

[@weirddebbiem1619]

​@@bengalgangsterThank you, bengal. Yay! Matches!! Woohoo 🎉 🎶💜💜

[@weirddebbiem1619]

​@@TastesLikeMusicThank you, Jason. 🎶

[@jeremysette3657]

First I've seen JJ Grey on someone's list and #1, to boot! Nice. It's a great album.

[@yedgim8172]

My Top 10 1. What Happened to the Heart by Aurora 2. Hyperdrama by Justice 3. Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish 4. Big Ideas by Remi Wolf 5. Cowboy Carter by Beyonce 6. Prelude to Ecstacy by The Last Dinner Party 7. People Who Aren't There Anymore by Future Islands 8. Imaginal Disc by Magdalena Bay 9. Kantos by Kishi Bashi 10. No Obligation by The Linda Linda's ✌🏼🎧

[@tomthorsett1433]

Listen to Blackwater Park, Still Life, and Deliverance by Opeth. Those are the masterpieces IMO.

[@johnsmusicpassions9740]

do you guys sleep - 400 albums - i've got about 120 downloads and i am struggling and don't work 0 appreciare the work guys and doubtless i'll be seeking some of my choices

[@SomeSong2]

My Top 25 5 stars: 1. Alcest: Les Chants de l’Aurore 2. Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk 4.5 stars 3. The Warning: Keep Me Fed 4. Kendrick Lamar: GNX 5. Griff: Vertigo 6. Jack White: No Name 7. Nada Surf: Moon Mirror 8. Ulcerate: Cutting the Throat of God 9. Lowen: Do Not Go to War With the Demons of Mazandaran 10. Pearl Jam: Dark Matter 11. Poppy: Negative Spaces 12. Charli xcx: BRAT 13. Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us 4 stars: 14. Judas Priest: Invincible Shield 15. Vince Staples: Dark Times 16. (G)I-DLE: 2 17. Clairo: Charm 18. Nile: The Underworld Awaits Us All 19. Better Lovers: Highly Irresponsible 20. Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department 21. MGMT: Loss of Life 22. The Decemberists: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again 23. Opeth: The Last Will and Testament 24. Nilufer Yanya: My Method Actor 25. Crystal Tea: High School Musical

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Didn’t hear the Alcest. I forget I’ve ever heard anything by them

[@garethallen4191]

Alcest is my #1 as well. Brilliant album!

[@niallq8447]

Glad you had the pillow queens in there and watched them and they were great. Update. Their drummer Rachel left the band. Now a 3 piece with a touring drummer.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Yeah…I saw that.

[@K4neki_CNTP]

Here comes my top 10 (still working on the top 50): 10. CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator 9. Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington 8. Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons 7. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend 6. GNX - Kendrick Lamar 5. The New Sound - Geordie Greep 4. Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker 3. Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay 2. I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU - JPEGMAFIA 1. BRAT - Charli xcx

[@yedgim8172]

Remi Wolf 🙌🏼 Last Dinner Party 🙌🏼 Magdalena Bay 🙌🏼

[@rockingbirdey]

Typical Jason/Joe contrast where Joe has a lot of artists/albums I know and Jason has so many artists/albums I've never heard of. Love it.

[@nechadi]

Jason always tries so hard to be contrarian and non conformist.

[@rockingbirdey]

@nechadi Jason just has a very unique taste. I don't think he's trying to be contrarian. I used to think that but I don't now. Most of the time anyway

[@nechadi]

@ eh..he obviously knows if he portrays that he has the same/similar tastes as the other guys then it’s not as interesting…so chooses to be different on purpose

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Nope. I just like what I like

[@179rich]

@@nechadi I see zero evidence for your assessment. Why would you assert something like that without evidence?

[@erimart63]

My favorite 5 for 2024, and you haven't heard of them, are: Quivers - Oyster Cuts, Marina Allen - Eight Pointed Star, Thus Love - All Pleasure, Best Bets - The Hollow Husk of Feeling, Mt Misery - Love in Mind.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I mean that’s cool i guess

[@curly_wyn]

My Top 25 of 2024! I thought this was a great year, but just for music that I like hehe :3 1. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know 2. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch 3. Mk.gee - Two Star & the Dream Police 4. Liana Flores - Flower of the Soul 5. The Reflectors - Going Out of Fashion 6. Clairo - Charm 7. Sam Evian - PLUNGE 8. Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes 9. Daniel Romano’s Outfit - Too Hot to Sleep 10. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy 11. Charli XCX - BRAT 12. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot 13. Rosie Tucker - Utopia Now! 14. Redd Kross - Redd Kross 15. Luna Li - When a Thought Grows Wings (thanks for the shout-out, Joe! :3) 16. Thee Sacred Souls - Got a Story to Tell 17. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 18. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana 19. Lucy Rose - This Ain’t the Way You Go Out 20. Xiu Xiu - 13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips 21. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven 22. Nada Surf - Moon Mirror 23. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More 24. Meaningful Stone - Angel Interview 25. Friko - Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here Most overrated albums: Geordie Greep - The New Sound (1.5/5 stars) The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (2/5 stars) Also, I thought Imaginal Disk was just ok when it came out, but now it think it’s good, solid! It’s not a masterpiece imo, but it is a good 3.5/5 stars. :3

[@markgatica12]

Top 25, plus some HR: 1 The Cure Songs of a Lost World 4.5 2 Bernie Worrell Wave From the WOOniverse 4.5 3 Kali Uchis ORQUIDEAS 4.5 4 Los Yesterdays Frozen in Time 4.5 5 Marcus King Mood Swings 4.5 6 Grupo Frontera Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada 4.5 7 The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy 4.5 8 Ed Maverick La nube en el jardin 4.5 9 Hinds Viva Hinds 4.5 10 Andra Day CASSANDRA (cherith) 4.5 11 Norah Jones Visions 4 12 Gaby Moreno Dusk 4 13 Joanne Shaw Taylor Heavy Soul 4 14 Viniloversus Mi mejor enemigo 4 15 Jack White No Name 4 16 Kid Kapichi There Goes the Neighbourhood 4 17 Magdalena Bay Imaginal Disk 4 18 Boulevards Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road 4 19 Los Invasores de Nuevo Leon Trascendental 4 20 Brie Stoner Me Veo 4 21 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft 4 22 Suki Waterhouse Memoir of a Sparklemuffin 4 23 Snowy White Unfinished Business 4 24 Ray LaMontagne Long Way Home 4 25 Chicano Batman Notebook Fantasy 4 HM Sofi Tukker BREAD 4 HM DARUMAS [DARUMAS] DARUMAS 4 HM Nikka Costa Dirty Disco 4 HM LA LOM The Los Angeles League of Musicians 4 HM Mary Timony Untame the Tiger 4 HM Becky G Encuentros 4

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year for 2024 1. The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry. 3. St. Vincent All Born Screaming 4. billie eilish hit me hard and soft 5. Cindy Lee Diamond Jubilee 6. doechii alligator bites never heal 7. The lemon twigs a dream is all we know 8. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown 9. charli xcx brat 10. tyler the creator chromatopia 11. Kendrick Lamar gmx 12. vampire weekend only god was above us 13. Katy j Pearson someday now

[@petewajda3083]

Mood swings is a good pick

[@Sim-s5b]

Wishy, Beth Gibbons, Cindy Lee, English teacher, The smile and Nick Cave wud feature in my top 20....

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year for 2024 1. The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry. 3. St. Vincent All Born Screaming 4. billie eilish hit me hard and soft 5. Cindy Lee Diamond Jubilee 6. doechii alligator bites never heal 7. The lemon twigs a dream is all we know 8. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown 9. charli xcx brat 10. tyler the creator chromatopia 11. Kendrick Lamar gmx 12. vampire weekend only god was above us 13. Katy j Pearson someday now

[@niallq8447]

My top album too the last dinner party is

[@timchromecast]

Isaac Roux 'Troubled Waters' was a nice surprise, not the biggest fan of male singer-songwriters, but this one is really strong (except one cheesy track). Also: - Sylvie Kreusch 'Comic Trip' - Nicolas Michaux 'Vitalisme' - Edouard van Praet 'Mascarades' (except the stupid happy hardcore track, wtf is this doing on such a great alternative album) - Calicos - Sugarcoat It (nice indie, americana) - Bobbi Lu - Arrow Four - Meltheads - Decent S😂x - Ão - Ão More (from late 2023, but my most played album in 2024, sounds great). Many of them released on Mayway, they did a great job this year! Label of the year for indiepop / alternative.

[@timchromecast]

Forgot a few ones: - Bolis Pupil - Letter to Yu - Aili - Nandakke - Bluai - Save It for Later - Reinel Bakole - Healing Exhaustion - And They Spoke in Anthems - Still - DC Salas - The Places I Call(ed) Home - Lefto Early Bird - Motherless Father - Eosine - Liminal [EP] International favorites: Nilüfer Yanya, Kacey Musgraves, St. Vincent, Norah Jones, Diane Birch, Jessica Pratt, Faye Webster, Floating Points, Phoebe Go, Maggie Rogers, Beabadoobee, The Smile, Rosie Frater-Taylor, Drahla, Fabiana Palladino, DIIV, Yard Act,...

[@kevhove]

Crikey . I must be old British and odd .. but heh yes all 3. Not a great deal in common it seems these days . not to worry I will investigate some stuff. I did 69 albums this year .. still narrowing down final top 10 but winner is London Grammar The Greatest Love ...has moments of Massive Attack, great vocals and an interessting lyrical slant

[@bluedog2340]

Blood Incantation > 2024

[@givem110]

Brigitte calls me baby - the future is our way out is the best record of the year and it's a shame they're not a bigger deal.

[@petewajda3083]

I’m pretty mainstream kid but here’s my top 15 1. GNX (Kendrick Lamar) 9 2. The Great American Bar Scene (Zach Bryan) 8.5 3. Mood Swings (Marcus King) 8 4. Passage Du Desir (Sturgill Simpson) 8 5. Restless Mind (Sam Barber) 8 6. Made by These Moments (The Red Clay Strays) 8 7. Leon (Leon Bridges) 8 8. How to Cope With the Passing of Time (Nolen Durham) 8 9. Welcome to the Plains (Wyatt Flores) 8 10. WE DON’T TRUST YOU (Future, Metro Boomin) 7.5 11. American Dream (21 Savage) 7.5 12. Cold Beer and Country Music (Zach Top) 7.5 13. Don’t Mind If I Do (Riley Green) 7.5 14. Fathers and Sons (Luke Combs) 7 15. A LA SALA (Khruangbin) 7

[@bartholomeusjgunspy]

25. TIHTM - beabadoobee (4) 24. GNX - Kendrick Lamar (4) 23. Patterns in Repeat - Laura Marling (4) 22. Missionary - Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre (4) 21. Bad Cameo - James Blake & Lil Yachty (4) 20. Loss of Life - MGMT (4) 19. Quantum Baby - Tinashe (4) 18. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent (4) 17. It's Sorted - Cheekface (4) 16. Keeper Of The Shepherd - Hannah Frances (4) 15. Cutouts - The Smile (4) 14. Mahashmashana - Father John Misty (4) 13. ILDMLFY - JPEGMAFIA (4.5) 12. A Dream Is All We Know - The Lemon Twigs (4.5) 11. Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay (4.5) 10. plastic death - glass beach (4.5) 9. No Name - Jack White (4.5) 8. BRAT - Charli xcx (4.5) 7. SCRAPYARD - Quadeca (4.5) 6. Mountainhead - Everything Everything (4.5) 5. Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons (4.5) 4. CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator (4.5) 3. The New Sound - Geordie Greep (5) 2. Wild God - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (5) 1. Prelude to Ecstacy - The Last Dinner Party (5)

[@G-Man01]

1:01:17 iron Maiden?

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Oops?

[@sammo2560]

heard about 170 this year and agreed it’s a bit of a below average year, definitely my least favourite of the decade so far. top ten would be something like this: 1. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 2. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 3. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 4. Mount Eerie - Night Palace 5. Geordie Greep - The New Sound 6. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks 7. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 8. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World 9. Xiu Xiu - 13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips 10. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She

[@MidosujiSen]

Only albums released this year that I listened to was the Cure one and the Liam Gallagher/John Squire one lol

[@cabritsanscor]

For me, 'Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee' takes the crown. No other album felt as impactful. I'm usually not a fan of double albums where they could have been curated into a strong single album. Here we have a triple album with little filler. Lots of great tracks like 'Kingdom Come' and 'If You Hear Me Crying'. The GeoCities non-streaming initial release felt like a throwback to simpler times.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Could have been cool as an EP. But having that sound for a double album. Noooo way. - Joe

[@curly_wyn]

For me, it’s way too damn long. I also felt absolutely nothing while listening to it. I can’t understand anything that they are saying at any point, a lot of the songs sound the same, and while I do like the fact that there’s some classic 60s brill building styled pop on it, I HATE the way the album sounds. It sounds “stripped down” and “lo-fi” to the point of being thin and skeletal and nothing.

[@Sim-s5b]

It took some time for me but this is an excellent album......

[@frangarcia7774]

I only have 2 records over 9 (out of 10), but 41 records rated between 8 and 9

[@Sharkwhisperer]

Little love in the comments for cindy lee

[@curly_wyn]

I have three big problems with it: 1. Too long 2. A lot of the songs sound the same 3. I hate the way it sounds. It’s “lo-fi” to the point of being skeletal and like it’s about to fall apart, and it’s so muffled that I can’t understand a word that they say at any point.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Plenty in the discord though.

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

well, good chance the new Falling Up/The Chilling Alpine Adventure album which is released tomorrow, 12/27/24 will be on my list. Unsure when that list will be coming tho. It could be in mid January, I dunno. Geordie, Opeth and Blood Incantation are the only clear reps from the Prog and Metal scene (and Priest I suppose)..although Rosalie Cunningham I knew about and have liked her past stuff a bit, I'll have to earmark...a few others as well Mk Gee. I would pose to Jason if he's claiming Geordie's album is 1st of its kind to have clear cut virtuoso type playing in the indie/alt/art aesthetic...has he heard DIRTY LOOPS for example? Their new EP has all that for the most part, although maybe leans more on Jazz than Geordie. Greatest songwriter of the 21st Century?..Casey Crescenzo of The Dear Hunter?

[@JackFate76]

I don’t get the brat hype. To me it sounds like a half-assed version of cool hyperpop concepts with ok songs. It’s a good album.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

It’s hyper pop, except good. - Joe

[@JackFate76]

@@TastesLikeMusic But hyperpop is exciting and different, and brat is just meh. But I will keep going back to it because everybody can’t be wrong, right? Have a happy new year.

[@Marlowe10100]

It sounds like Vengaboys and that garbage party music of the 90s.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Well, you don’t have to like it, or think it’s different. It’s a free country.

[@reconnecting.reconnecting.8103]

congratulations to jason for getting chris to no1

[@martinlarsson5254]

This is a loooong video. But I'll try to view all of your choices, but in small pieces. 5 at a time...

[@bartholomeusjgunspy]

Glad beabadoobee made it Joe I thought I was alone!

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I thought I was alone. - Joe

[@JJ-ez3tr]

No DIIV?

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Didn’t listen to it. - Joe

[@curly_wyn]

Also Joe, yes, I totally agree with what you said about The New Sound and why something holds you back from really liking it. Aside from the fact that I think it’s too noodly, and his voice is awful and grating, everyone says that the lyrics are awesome and funny and are just character pieces that are anti-misogynist, but the thing is: I don’t think I buy that. People can hide behind character songs to disguise the fact that they’re exactly like the scummy characters they portray, and I don’t know definitively if Greep is like that, but I’m with you, I definitely kinda feel like it. Also, just looking at him too, with his smug face and his wide ear to ear smile, he just looks like an Andrew Tate acolyte.

[@qwer8907]

Chalie x i really do not consider it just manufactured rubbish i rather listen to ed sheeran

[@josejones]

I’m a fan of Charlie XCX and Brat, but please don’t confuse an effect on pop culture with good music, Joe.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

It’s both, clearly. - Joe

[@frangarcia7774]

I already see good things on the thumnail... except for Charlie xcx ... I guess it's me, but I can't see the alleged genious that almost everyone is seeing on this album...and I am quite fine with other similar albums, like Sabrina Carpenter, Chapell Roan, Magdalena Bay, Remi Wolf...

[@niallq8447]

What do you think of the Fontaines DC album romance. It is a good album but in my opinion overrated.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

For sure wildly overrated. It sounds like an Arctic Monkeys record. - Joe

[@niallq8447]

It was produced by James Ford who also done the last dinner party. Yes they is a arctic monkeys connection.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Skinty Fia, the one everyone seems to hate is still my favorite Fontaines album. -Jason

[@niallq8447]

@TastesLikeMusic still their best album. I prefer that to romance.

[@niallq8447]

@@TastesLikeMusic you would put that in your overhyped/disappointing albums of the year in your previous video.

[@Resmioglu]

I can't get Brat, it complete shite. I have been trying to listen for few days.. I just can't. I am sorry

[@TastesLikeMusic]

It’s not for everyone. But it is for every critic. - Joe

[@Sharkwhisperer]

I agree, it sounds very generic. She sounds emotionally detached like a commercial puppet. Cindy lee made the best album i believe.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

It certainly doesn’t sound generic. - Joe

[@Resmioglu]

I am certainly not a pop fan, my pick for the year is Geordie Greep from black midi. But I certainly like occasional pop album - Billy Eilish or Dua Lipa had few memorable hits. Magdalena Bay was not too bad. Charlie XCX? There is not a single catchy tune here on this album that one can sing on the shower

[@funkymonk2893]

Same here, I bounced off it so hard. Tried a few times and just not for me unfortunately. Hate that synthetic robotic cold autotuned sound, it's just awful imo and will sound so dated in 10-15 years.

[@Liam123-r8o]

Listened to the Charli XCX album. Worse than I expected. Absolute garbage. Sorry.😥 Greetings from Leipzig/ germany.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

It’s not for everyone. Though I figured all Euros would like it. - Joe

[@Liam123-r8o]

There are still good albums?? 🤯 shocking!

[@TastesLikeMusic]

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