The BEST Albums of 2024 (Mid-Year)

[@artvjon]

What's your favorite album of 2024 so far? Enjoy the mid-year review, lmk if I should make this a regular thing in the future!!

[@Maxsinclair785]

Clancy!!!!

[@a_s6712]

Dark Matter - Pearl Jam

[@Fanged.Fiend.Reactor]

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy Green Day - Saviors Cage The Elephant - Neon Pill Fat White Family - Forgiveness Is Your These are my top 4 but still so much I haven’t listened to yet….

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

@@Fanged.Fiend.Reactor Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@sah-win]

My AOTY is (and will continue to be👹) Prelude To Ecstasy from TLDP. (edited to fully answer the question; the best of the rest in no particular order: MADRA from NewDad Visions from Norah Jones Drop 7 from Little Simz Gratitude from Cassie Kinoshi & seed. This Could Be Texas from English Teacher

[@theseth455]

2020: Green Day disappoints, Dua Lipa puts out solid record! 2024: Dua Lipa disappoints, Green Day puts out solid record!

[@Tyler108x]

@@theseth455 facts

[@trizia-]

Ouch! I liked both Green Day and Dua Lipa... I liked Radical Optimism! Well it's very hard to follow up Future Nostalgia. Lol. It's like Green Day when they released 21st Century Breakdown.

[@jckfilms6379]

Either the new Knocked Loose or The Story So Far albums are huge AOTY contenders for me!

[@jbucktheman]

Saviors and post human were the two biggest surprises for me in a good way

[@Wilbrown89]

The Story So Far definitely released a contender for AOTY. Knocked Loose is up there too.

[@gcolbyp]

My favorites so far: • Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT • Vince Staples - Dark Times • St. Vincent - All Born Screaming • Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To • Judas Priest - Invincible Sheild • Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter • Sum 41 - Heaven x Hell • The Smile - Walls of Eyes • Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@paramountxtreme]

I think you haven't heard 'Only God was Above Us' yet

[@strawberry_shampoo]

ugh all born screaming is so good... might be the one I go back to the most so far

[@corycosta1818]

AOTY​@@paramountxtreme

[@Richard-vq1ld]

Sum 41 yes 🎉

[@thedinorhino1034]

Mid-year review is a great idea! It's been a great year for music (so far!). My favourite albums so far include BRAT, POST HUMAN: NeX GeN, HMHAS, Clancy and Saviors :)

[@CAFCJonezy]

Charli XCX and Bring Me The Horizon are my two favourites so far 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@robbiemoore5608]

1. She Reaches Out She Reaches Out to She - Chelsea Wolfe 2. Next Gen - BMTH 3. The Black - Imminence

[@jasonforpresident5678]

I completely forgot Green Day dropped this year

[@artvjon]

here's your reminder!

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

Night Verses, Vampire Weekend, and The Last Dinner Party have released stellar albums! Great music and executions to the sound. AOTY contenders for me!

[@turboshazed7370]

Charli XCX, Schoolboy Q, Knocked Loose, Twenty One Pilots, Sum 41, Green Day, Future n Metro Boomin We Don't Trust You (not the other one), Lemon Twigs and Mach Hammy. Positive i will be adding Hiatus Kiayote within the next couple of days.

[@ASCENSiON_]

Here's my current top 10! 1. Charli XCX - BRAT 2. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy 3. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 4. Justice - Hyperdrama 5. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 6. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves 7. Finny - Memorial Mob (EP) 8. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement 9. Benny The Butcher - Everybody Can't Go 10. Allie X - Girl With No Face I'm 100% expecting both Porter Robinson and Magdalena Bay to take the #1 spot very soon.

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@jd1800]

I only listened to 3, 5, and 6, but W for Julia Holter.

[@hellonurd8957]

Nice list! Here's my favorites (so far): Knocked Loose- You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To Job For A Cowboy- Moon Healer Boundaries- Death Is Little More Galleons- Violent Delights One Step Closer- All You Embrace Night Verses- Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night High On Fire- Cometh The Storm Chelsea Wolfe- She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She Eidola- Eviscerate Sum 41- Heaven x Hell

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@gamermoviedude5533]

Vampire Weekend, Twenty One Pilots, idkHOW, Last Dinner Party, and BMTH are my top 5 right now, love this format too

[@thereverse-flash9942]

Definitely agree with Only God Was Above Us getting a 5/5. Definitely AOTY for me.

[@thehiddenpineapple]

All Born Screaming has been my favorite this year as well! It abeolutely floored me when it came out. I've also enjoyed Gloom Divisiom by IDKHow and Older by Lizzy Mcalpine :)

[@Mathemusician97]

I love The Last Dinner Party album so much I bought band merch for the first time!

[@TheCriticalLlama]

I'm glad that Declan McKenna's album got a shoutout. I loved that album!

[@arcanemaster8722]

My top 4 so far have been Only God Was Above Us, Clancy, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, and Brat

[@sand_is_greaney]

Really love this mid year vid! I’ve listened for most of these but definitely will check out all the others that I haven’t yet! Can’t wait to try the rest out

[@kahnxo]

I agree with the majority of your takes here, especially HMHAS, All Born Screaming, Dark Times, and Mountainhead, but I wanna bring up Joywave's "Permanent Pleasure" and IDKHOW's "GLOOM DIVISION" as albums i've been loving since they've come out. I'll toss in AVRALIZE's "FREAKS" as some of the best metalcore i've heard all year, Fax Gang and Parannoul's collab album "Scattersun" as some really cool glitchy hyper pop shoegazey type beat, glass beach's "plastic death" as something I can't even really pin down into any one genre, Microwave's "Let's Start Degeneracy" (I'm suprised you didn't talk about it) for some really chill, slightly gazey alt rock, and Wallows' "Model" for some really nice indie alt rock. Love the mid-year review, great way to recap what's been good this year!

[@perhapsitsnoelle]

i wasnt expecting another joywave enjoyer here, wassup

[@kahnxo]

@perhapsitsnoelle hey! Permanent Pleasure took me by surprise, i wasnt expecting to love it as much as I do; He's Back! and 787 Dreamliner, and Hate To Be A Bother are personal favorites! i first got into Joywave in 2022 when they dropped Cleanse, and i think PP is definitely the band at their peak.

[@perhapsitsnoelle]

@@kahnxo permanent pleasure is on a diff level for them

[@kahnxo]

@perhapsitsnoelle yeah i think the production really drove it home for them, they really kicked up a gear on this one

[@Flappaee]

love model banger albums lets go

[@micham33]

Great list !! My faves are Prelude to Ecstasy, Fearless Movement by Kamasi Washington (a MUST listen for any jazz fan), Model by Wallows , Loss of Life by MGMT and I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@Flappaee]

lovel model banger album

[@andreshead25]

wallows need more recognition!

[@Stefan_Gerards]

so many great albums on this list 🤤🤤 my top 3 so far this year would be: Bring Me the Horizon - Post Human: Nex Gen top 3: R.I.P, A Bullet With My Name On, Lost rating: 9/10 Green Day - Saviors top 3: Dilemma, Look Ma, No Brains, Suzie Chapstick rating: 9/10 Justice - Hyperdrama top 3: Neverender, Incognito, Afterimage rating: 8/10

[@ASCENSiON_]

Hyperdrama is so good! I recently listened to Post Human: Nex Gen as well, and I really enjoyed it, even though not every song clicked with me.

[@Stefan_Gerards]

@@ASCENSiON_ first Justice album i heard in full, i loved the singles so i just had to check it out! earworm after earworm 😁

[@charlottexroyalty7819]

My favourites so far are as follows: Cowboy Carter - Beyonce' Kleine Feuer- Paula Hartmann Loss Of life- MGMT Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons Brat- Charli XCX Hit Me Hard And Soft- Billie Eilish Wall of Eyes - The Smile Empathogen - Willow

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@niallq8447]

Beyonce is overrated. Her album is.

[@desiree8350]

@@niallq8447 u try to sing like her then

[@niallq8447]

@@desiree8350 not a fan. Don't like her version of blackbird. Yes I am a Beatles fan. I like wings.

[@niallq8447]

@@maryannappiagyei4277 love the last dinner party. Yard act are funky and lemon twigs very beach boys like

[@RanterInShades]

Currently, Bayside is my AOTY, combining the heavy sound of their last album with the hooky stuff they’re consistently great at. Belmont’s latest also really floored me with its relatability.

[@humanreviewsstuff]

My top 5 of the year so far are: #5: Bright Future - Adrienne Lenker #4: Wall of Eyes - The Smile #3: Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington #2: Scrapyard - Quadeca #1: You Won't Go before You're Supposed To - Knocked Loose

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@wheelsofmercury]

Pretty crazy to think I’ve done a midyear video before you have (well, it’s officially called my Mid-Year Report, but still!). Some pretty good picks on this list! Might give me motivation to pick up the slack and do my own… 👀

[@kct412]

My top 5 so far would be: 1. BMTH - Nex Gen 2. The Story So Far - I Want to Disappear 3. Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - In Lieu of Flowers 4. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft 5. Neck Deep - Self Titled Honorable mention: ERNEST - Nashville, Tennessee I'm really looking forward to the new Four Year Strong, Post Malone, and State Champs albums. Although the new A Day to Remember song was horrendous, I am still curious to see what their album will sound like. Low expectations, but ADTR has always been one of my favorites so I do have some anticipation for new music.

[@satelliteimagerymusic]

Vampire Weekend, The Last Dinner Party, St. Vincent, Charli XCX, Adrianne Lenker, and The Smile make up my top 6 I *REALLY* recommend the Charli XCX, VW, and Adrianne Lenker for those who haven’t heard.

[@dylangullberg7383]

My best so far (in no particular order): The Smile Green Day The Black Crowes Vampire Weekend Pearl Jam Iron& Wine St Vincent DIIV The Decemberists Alien Ant Farm

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Artist of year for so year 1. The Last Dinner Party 2. Rapsody 3. Green Day 4. Yard Act 5. the smile 6. vampire weekend 7. ScHoolboy Q 8. Everything Everything

[@MrMulk10]

Some great music this year. In no particular order.. -NeX GEn (BMTH) -Hyperdrama (Justice) -What now (Brittany Howard) -Dark Times (Vince Staples) -I want to disappear (TSSF) Honorable mention- A LA SALA (Khruangbin)

[@jeremysette3657]

Great list! Here's mine: 1. The Lemon Twigs- "A Dream is All We Know" 2. Francis of Delirium- "Lighthouse" 3. Lizzy McAlpine- "Older" 4. Aquilus- "Bellum II" 5. Caligula's Horse- "Charcoal Grace" 6. Imminence- "The Black" 7. Kacey Musgraves- "Deeper Well" 8. Benjamin Francis Leftwich- "Some Things Break" 9. ALMO - "Reconciliation" I0. Arooj Aftab- "Night Reign" 11. The Decemberists- " 12. MGMT - "Loss of Life" 13. Taylor Armstrong- "When it Rains" 14. JJ Grey & Mofro - "Olustee" 15. Andrew Bird- "Sunday Morning Put-On" 16. Hot Water Music- "VOWS" 17. Angus & Julia Stone- "Cape Forestier" 18. Waxahatchie- "Tiger's Blood" 19. Psychic Temple- "Doggie Paddlin' Thru The Cosmic Consciousness " 20. Tyler Ramsey- "New Lost Ages"

[@westong6215]

No “Only God was Above us”? Good call on The Lemon Twigs tho that’s my #2

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album best so far this year 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. charli xcx brat 3. joey valence & brae no hands 4. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown 5. Molly Lewis On The Lips 6. St. Vincent All Born Screaming

[@emmyrose233]

It's been such a good year for emo, hardcore, and pop punk. My personal top 10 so far: 1. All You Embrace- One Step Closer (didn't think anyone could beat TSSF but this album is literally perfect) 2. I Want To Disappear- The Story So Far (!!!!!HOLY FUCK!!!!!!) 3. In Lieu of Flowers- Aaron West 4. Keep Your Cool- Riley! 5. True To You- HEAVYHEX 6. Steps Ascending- Stand Still 7. The Cleanest of Houses are Empty- Carly Cosgrove 8. What's Left Unsaid- Foreign Hands (if you liked the Knocked Loose record PUH-LEASE listen to Foreign Hands and Boundaries) 9. Let's Start Degeneracy- Microwave 10. Self-Titled- Grumpster Come back to me when Four Year Strong and The Home Team drop though ;)

[@TristanReveur]

Some new artists for me to check out, heck yeah!

[@thedreschcode5713]

If you’re into emo rock (and I know you are), the new Southtowne Lanes album has been HEAVILY slept on in mainstream music. Such a good record and I highly recommend checking it out.

[@Ericjionni]

They have 4,000 monthly listeners on Spotify …..

[@thedreschcode5713]

@@Ericjionni That’s still not a lot in the grand scheme of things compared to most of the other artists covered in music publications and KZbin, etc.

[@zaynebonshire4860]

Pfff “emo rock”

[@Ericjionni]

@@thedreschcode5713 no i know that's what i'm saying lol 4k is nothing

[@thedreschcode5713]

@@Ericjionni Oh gotcha lol yeah it’s crazy how they’re not popping off like they should. Especially since a lot of bands are resurfacing that were huge on that sound

[@Benlovescheese]

Last dinner party, st Vincent, willow, vampire weekend and kaytranada are my top 5 with knocked loose, four tet and Marika hackman deserving of a mention for outstanding music which will likely end up high on my year end list.

[@Imogenbrownart]

hell yeah someone mentioning declan mckenna's album in a positive way ‼️‼️

[@fredriknydahl7580]

Nice list Jon! These are my favorites best to worst (but none of them bad): MGMT - Loss of Life Vampire Weekend - OGWAU The Smile - Wall of Eyes Beyonce - Cowboy Carter Billie Eilish - HMHAS English Teacher - This Could Be Texas Charli xcx - Brat St. Vincent - All Born Screaming BMTH - NeX GEn Pond - Stung! TØP - Clancy The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy Declan McKenna - What Happened to the Beach?

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@sahilahmed7332]

I think it's a good thing that you put out this video. Always better to check out some of these recommendations now and save some time at the end of the year for the next batch of solid records than listening to too much all at once. Anyways, Clancy is my personal best album so far with Post Human and Saviors right behind it!

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@guy8029]

My favourites so far this year: IDLES - TANGK BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES SPRINTS - Letter To Self The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention St. Vincent - All Born Screaming Green Day - Saviors Looking forward to the new SOFT PLAY and Fontaines D.C. albums coming out in the next few months

[@artificialgummies7416]

Honestly I know you don’t do reviews too often anymore but I would love to see one for “Only God Was Above Us” if ever, since it does seem you’re passionate about it. That album seems to have gone somewhat under the radar for a relatively big band in a sea of big hot releases. It’s been my favorite of the year quite handily and every song does just get better over time. Somehow…it did manage to dethrone MVOTC for me.

[@thenightranger987]

Billie Eilish and BMTH being in the thumbnail makes me happy

[@jakeharmon542]

Caligula's Horse's new album (Charcoal Grace) and Imminence's new album (The Black) are ones that have made big splashes, but the new Cyberiam (Unobtanium) is a beautifully introspective album from them

[@jakethesnake7917]

The fact that you’ve used all my favorite albums in the thumbnail alone tells me this has been an excellent year for music

[@DuffyLONER64]

Here's some of my personal favs so far (in no particular order): - _Duck_ by The Aristocrats - _A Fortress Called Home_ by Seven Spires - _Eviscerate_ by Eidola - _Clancy_ by twenty one pilots - _HIT ME HARD AND SOFT_ by Billie Eilish - _Evermore_ by Tatran - _You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To_ by Knocked Loose - _Liminal_ by Casagrande & Hanysz - _Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night_ by Night Verses (loved seeing this one in your video!) And watching your video reminded me that I still need to check out The Smile's new release from this year... Gah! 🤣

[@mcdreisig7924]

i have really been enjoying nothing,nowhere's mixtape, and The Plot In You's new songs.

[@oscartaylor3850]

Long time listener, first time subscriber. Yeah, I'm "that" guy. I wanted to tell you that you have a nice bombastically persuasive voice that I liken to the greats like Casey Kasem. Nice work.

[@artvjon]

That's so kind of you Oscar, that's a huge compliment! Kasem is definitely one of my earliest inspirations, my dad was a big fan of his show/voice acting

[@oscartaylor3850]

​@@artvjon We need a cure tier list and I need you to cook the books and put head on a door at number 1. Jk

[@oscartaylor3850]

but seriously a cure tier is a match made just like heaven. I make jokes because I'm socially awkward and I'm only a little sorry for it.

[@ellie364]

I can't get through some of Nex Gen just because the lyrics. In limousine, "Get me low, like a basement" makes me laugh every time i hear it Clancy, Saviors, and the new Knocked Loose album are my top 3 AOTY so far :)

[@maciejojewski1755]

Great list! My favorites are: Hit Me Hard And Soft by Billie Eilish A Lonely Sinner by Samlrc Nex Gen by Bring Me The Horizon And Clancy by Twenty One Pilots

[@animationstation1005]

Just my personal opinion, but honestly I don't think that any Best Albums of 2024 list is truly complete until the Season 1 soundtrack of Hazbin Hotel is included ❤️🔥

[@ryanweaver155]

Love this mid-year catchup! 👍 Makes it so that we all can hear about stuff that we may have missed before the year is over and we’re onto new music. Definitely keep doing them each year in June or July! Some great 2024 albums not mentioned in the video • I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy • IGNORE THIS by Dead Pony • falling for robots and wishing i was one by LØLØ • The Great Spirit by Fried By Flouride Keep up the great work!

[@GabrielRhodes-ff5xr]

A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs. Superb release this year. Must listen if you haven't!

[@artvjon]

I have! I think it’s very solid, great at times, but a little redundant

[@westong6215]

@@artvjon Eveythings redundant at this point. I find the album refreshing and genuinely joyful. The D’Addario brothers are some of the most talented musicians in the industry, also they only record Analog which most people only record digital.

[@ForumSide]

the best and most underrated album of this year is Bringing back all mankind by mark jones. The best experimental album

[@imawfulljusttosee]

i just created my album of the year profile and fell in love with the concept

[@m4rgh3r1t4c]

You should do a review of the new AURORA album, I loved it!

[@Lifesaver7741]

My favorite album so far this year has been For Keeps by Too Close to Touch, but if Starset releases a new record this year like fans are speculating, then that’ll probably be a serious contender

[@stevenator7313]

My best albums have been Imminence’s The Black and Knocked Loose’s You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. I love both for different reasons and they go really hard

[@purple1441]

Nex Gen was so good, I think Top 10 Statues might just be part of my favorite songs of the 2020s decade.

[@cowmark67]

Awesome, definitely a few albums here I haven't heard yet that I will have to check out. Here are my favorite albums of the year so far. 1. Svdestada - Candela (blackened crust punk/hardcore punk) 2. Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will (melodic black metal/crust punk/epic heavy metal) 3. SeeYouSpaceCowboy… - Coup De Grâce (sasscore/metalcore/post-hardcore/emo) 4. Vemod - The Deepening (atmospheric black metal) 5. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot (power pop/ indie rock/emo) 6. One Step Closer - All You Embrace (hardcore punk/emo/alternative rock) 7. The Funeral Procession - In Still Silence (progressive death metal/melodic death metal) 8. Carly Cosgrove - The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty (emo/indie rock/punk rock) 9. Alcest - Les Chants de l'aurore (blackgaze/post-metal) 10. Call Me Malcolm - Echoes and Ghosts (ska punk/hardcore punk) 11. Volcandra - The Way of Ancients (melodic black metal/blackened death metal) 12. Nostalghia - Phaneron (atmospheric post-black metal) 13. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well (country folk/folk pop) 14. Vorga - Beyond The Palest Star (melodic black metal/atmospheric black metal) 15. Cistvaen - At Light’s Demise (atmospheric post-black metal/blackened doom metal) 16. Green Day - Saviors (punk rock/power pop/pop punk/alternative rock) 17. Gouge Away - Deep Sage (hardcore punk/post-hardcore/alternative rock) 18. Friko - Where we’ve been, Where we go from here (art rock/post-punk/indie rock/chamber pop) 19. basque - Pain Without Hope Of Healing (screamo/emoviolence/noise rock) 20. Demersal - Demersal (screamo/post-metal/blackgaze)

[@tymoviedatabase7788]

1. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Billie Eilish (Top 3: THE DINER, CHIHIRO, & BIRDS OF A FEATHER) 2. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology - Taylor Swift (Top 3: The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?, & So High School) 3. Don't Forget Me - Maggie Rogers (Top 3: The Kill, Don't Forget Me, & I Still Do) 4. Brat - Charli XCX (Top 3: Sympathy is a knife, 360, & Apple) 5. eternal sunshine - Ariana Grande (Top 3: we can't be friends, true story, & eternal sunshine) 6. Found Heaven - Conan Gray (Top 3: Alley Rose, Bourgeoisieses, & Lonely Dancers) 7. The Secret Of Us - Gracie Abrams (Top 3: us, Close To You, & Risk) 8. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent (Top 3: Flea, Hell Is Near, & Broken Man) 9. Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa (Top 3: Illusion, French Exit, & Happy For You) 10. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend (Top 3: Gen-X Cops, Classical, & Capricorn)

[@CYANYE_]

1. BMTH - POST HUMAN 2 Top 3: Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood, Amen!, YOUtopia 5/5 2. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To Top 3: Slaughterhouse 2, Suffocate, Blinding Faith 5/5 (saw this on your AOTY profile glad you gave it a shot even though I don't see you listen to stuff that heavy lol) 3. TOP - Clancy Top 3: Next Semester, Backslide, Paladin Strait 4.5/5

[@aleksaranitovic]

It`s interesting that zou said that Billie "leans heavily on her brother Finneas on production" while on the other hand, they said that Billie done a lot of production by herself on this record.

[@maika9643]

Right Place, Wrong Person by RM is GORGEOUS prod and songwriting , one of the best this year, you need to check it guys

[@luked6286]

Releasing this video the day before James Blake dropped an AOTY contender (along with Wall of Eyes) is criminal

[@patrickstar6247]

The new Nothing More album is their best since the self titled record. Hopefully you dig it!! As of right now it’s my favorite album of the year and it just came out today 😂

[@cal7957]

#1 hearts and hand grenades- where I begin #2 blooming discord- memories from the future #3 Scott stapp- higher power #4 mick mars- other side of Mars #5 lift the curse- overtake #6 the gems- phoenix #7 the warning- keep me feed #8 raising ravens- motivesEP #9 Devilskin- surfacingEP

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album best so far this year 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. charli xcx brat 3. joey valence & brae no hands 4. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown 5. Molly Lewis On The Lips 6. St. Vincent All Born Screaming

[@Max1267-d3x]

Gangsters of Love by Super American and The Cleanest of Houses are Empty by Carly Cosgrove are my albums of the year right now

[@spookey2004]

So far my AOTY is Coup de Grâce by Seeyouspacecowboy. 2000’s metalcore and post hardcore back with vengeance and attitude, this proves the band is more than just a nostalgia act with its electric energy, earwormy choruses, band chemistry (especially between the 3 vocalists) and a jazzy tinge not seen on their previous records that makes this one feel special. The guest vocalists are also fantastic too. Not a single skip, I don’t personally see anything topping it for me and I feel like not a lot of ppl are discussing it in the conversation of the strongest albums released this year.

[@mattcimino5759]

My top favorites so far this year are Saviors, Clancy, Prelude to Ecstasy, and Only God Was Above Us from this video. Also in my personal list would be Model by Wallows, Cage the Elephant's Neon Pill, and IDKhow's Gloom Division.

[@andreshead25]

hell yea!! wallows recognition!

[@KermitJaggerBand]

Probably sounds like a left-field pick, but I have "HARDSTONE PSYCHO" - Don Toliver right now. Until it gets dethroned :)

[@theOneThatUChase]

Do you plan to review Charli XCX’s Brat?

[@Ri5ings0n]

It’s Charli xcx followed by Vampire Weekend for me, with honourable mentions to The Last Dinner Party, Billie Eilish and Chelsea Wolfe.

[@brandondavies4683]

A great video Jon. Savior best Green Day album since American Idiot. A song that has caught my attention this week is Cherry Blossom by Empire of the Sun. Might just be my favourite song of the year so far 😊

[@PH3NOM246]

The new The Story So Far record might take it for me right now

[@Hillelfraenkel]

Surprised that Tangk by Idles didn’t make it, it’s personal AOTY so far. But great list either way…

[@grantbuhta5239]

Quadeca scrapyard is technically a mixtape but oh my it is so good album of the year for sure and bille hit me hard and soft is insane

[@perhapsitsnoelle]

110% agree on clancy being one of the best 🔥 have you heard joywaves new album permanent pleasure?

[@cloneo6618]

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Pearl Jam

[@simonunge6911]

this isnt worst of the year btw

[@Isaacyeah]

@@simonunge6911pearl jams new album was great just saw them live in manchester yesterday they were amazing

[@wahtdookie]

They’re new album was MID

[@abrahamesparza01]

​@simonunge6911 it's a great album

[@simonunge6911]

@@abrahamesparza01 as a life long pj fan I really disliked this album but cool you enjoyed it

[@Goo.Bitty.73]

For me, top 3 so far are nex gen (bmth), you wont go before youre supposed to (knocked loose) and leap of death (left to suffer) I love you so f***ing much (glass animals) and there are things worse than being alive (bayside) are pretty close tho

[@takodabostwick8507]

Here's my most listened to bands/artists so far. We have to wait until November/December to get us stats on Spotify. 1. Green Day 2. The Who 3. The Moody Blues 4. Black Sabbath 5. The Pretty Things 6. The Kinks 7. The Beatles 8. Bad Religion 9. The Rolling Stones 10. Motorhead 11. Sum 41 12. The Byrds 13. Rise Against 14. Megadeth 15. Depeche Mode 16. The Yardbirds 17. Duran Duran 18. Linkin Park 19. The Offspring 20. The Cure 21. The Jam 22. Rancid 23. All Time Low 24. Black Veil Brides 25. Elvis 26. Metallica 27. ACDC 28. Saxon 29. Cheap Trick 30. Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@TheWRCS]

I’m so behind on new music

[@groopergames]

You guys gotta check out Boys of Fall's self titled. Immaculate stuff

[@dublymike]

The new Lip Critic is my aoty no question. They're hard to compare to anything but if you like Death Grips or Show Me The Body you gotta check it out

[@xXMachineGunPhillyXx]

*PEARL JAM!* Also, that Twenty One Pilots album was surprisingly good!

[@gooddogson]

Forgot MGMTs Loss of Life. . Album of the year so far . Also the Marias submarine was excellent.

[@takodabostwick8507]

1. Saviors Green Day 2. Blood Hair, and Eyeballs Alkaline Trio 3. Be Right Here BlackBerry Smoke 4. Neck Deep Neck Deep 5. Heaven and Hell Sum 41 6. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To Knocked Loose 7. Dark Matter Pearl Jam 8. Invincible Shield Judas Priest 9. Where's My Utopia Yard Act 10. In Lieu of Flowers Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties Top 5 is not going to change at all this year.

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year so far 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. Green Day SAVIOR 4. Everything Everything Mountainhead 5. Yard Act Where's My Utopia? 6. ScHoolboy Q Blue Lips 7. the smile. Wall of eyes. 8. The Lemon Twigs A Dream Is All We 9. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us

[@djkcd]

Five Albums that weren’t mentioned that I really liked so far this year: 1) Return To Dust - Return To Dust 2) Slash - Orgy of the Damned 3) The Thing - The Thing 4) Montara - Montara 5) Liam Gallagher & John Squire

[@niallq8447]

Liam Gallagher John squire good but wasn't great

[@niallq8447]

Good cover of Fleetwood Mac oh well on the slash album.

[@Kalitayy]

Try not to make this about me (impossible!). Anyway, GOATed list, St. Vincent #1 is based. Here's mine: 1. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 2. Kaonashi - The 3 Faces of Beauty: A Violent Misinterpretation of Morgan Montgomery 3. fallingwithscissors - the death and birth of an angel 4. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 5. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 6. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 7. Dude Central - Where The Butterflies Go 8. death's dynamic shroud - You Like Music 9. Diamond Construct - Angel Killer Zero 10. Taku Sugimoto - Since 2016

[@cupofstew]

It’s so funny to me that you’re the second music reviewer to say that the “welcome back to trench” is cringe when everyone in the clique was soooo hype about it, including myself. Back-referencing is always dope to me. This line calls back to Levitate and Overcompensate samples Bandito. It’s chef’s kiss in my opinion, I was vibrating out of my seat when I heard that line for the first time lmao. If nothing else, twenty one pilots really knows their audience and did a great job of pulling us back into Trench and the world building they have been doing for 10 years now.

[@artvjon]

It’s cringe because 1. The album is in no way a return to Trench, many of the songs seemingly have little to nothing to do with the lore 2. It’s way too on the nose for them. They’ve been mysterious for a decade, now they’re spelling out the entire lore and literally saying it loud in a song? 🤢

[@drakecrutchfield4023]

Gloom Division by iDKHOW honestly I’m surprised I haven’t heard you talk about it.

[@thehufflepuffhermione]

Cannot believe Brat isn’t on this list 😢 Love Hit Me Hard And Soft as well as Deeper Well, All Born Screaming, Prelude To Ecstasy, and Only God Was Above Us. I liked but didn’t love Saviors, Clancy, and The Bring Me The Horizon album. My top 10: 1. Brat - Charli XCX 2. Older - Lizzy McAlpine 3. Brighter Future - Adrianne Lenker 4. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent 5. Prelude To Ecstasy- Last Dinner Party 6. Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons 7. Hit Me Hard And Soft - Billie Eilish 8. The Secret Of Us - Gracie Abrams 9. What Happened To The Heart? - Aurora 10. Love Hate Music Box - Rainbow Kitten Surprise

[@Mjao519]

For the algorithm! ❤🎉

[@JohanCrunchy]

I've had Cold Reactor on repeat for six months straight

[@artvjon]

That’s a lot of digging, how’s the mountain coming along? 😂

[@henrivandecasteele6042]

We can’t not mention What Happened to the Heart

[@westong6215]

1. Vampire Weekend: “Only God Was Above Us” 9.5/10 2. The Lemon Twigs: “A Dream is all we Know” 9/10 3. Brooks Nielsen (Formerly from The Growlers): “A Ride Im Waiting For” 8.5/10 4. Sam Evian: “Plunge” 8.5/10 5. The Smile: “Wall of Eyes” 8/10 (Friend of a Friend is song of the year) 6. Justice: “Hyperdrama” 8/10

[@secondarygumby319]

Sad that Dragonforce's Warp Speed Warriors isn't on this list. 😢

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

St Vincent strikes me as being a lot like David Bowie. She seems to completely reinvent herself with every album. Some fans might not like a particular album, but they'll probably like the next one. She also seems to be one of those artists who you feel like you know less about the more you learn, a true enigma. It's like every answer raises another 5 far more complicated questions. I personally really love Daddy's Home because I love 70s music and she does such a great job of recreating that sound and that vibe without sounding like she's copying anyone, it feels like she actually went back in time and made an album in 1974ish but of course that's not what happened. There's an attention to detail there that you don't often get when an artist tries to replicate the vibes of a bygone era.

[@lisandroxiii5031]

Vampire Weekend had a return to form Twenty One Pilots had a return to form Bring Me The Horizon have surprisingly outdone themselves Billie Eilish has surprisingly outdone herself... I'm liking 2024 so far I'm trying to get into that Last Dinner Party album btw. I'll see what else I can grab from here Great list