The 10 BEST Indie Rock Albums of 2024

These are my picks for the 10 best albums of 2024, most coming from indie rock but with a few outside of the genre. What's missing, and what's not worthy? Share your thoughts!

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0:00 Intro & Honorable Mentions
1:56 Numbers 10-6
8:53 Numbers 5-1

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[etamommy]

My favorite Rock Records 2024 = Hard Quartet, Cure- songs of a lost world, The Softies- The Bed I Made, Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders- keepin chaos at bay, Mary Timony - untame the tiger, Mark Knopfler - One Deep River Deluxe version

[OurFamilyInMotion]

1. Cure - Songs of A Lost World
2. Nick Cave - Wild God
3. Fleet Foxes - Boston Harbor
4. Big Big Train - The Likes of Us
5. Decemberists - As It Ever Was

[Sums]

Funny, I was listening to this to get some inspiration and as the list was progressing I thought, “only new album that I discovered that I really like is Jack White’s latest album but I guess that will not be in this list”….😎

[marcinknoch]

Archbishop Harold Holmes is awesome! Thx!

[hashachache]

The Last Dinner Party is who I've been listening to most this year, enjoy live performances on YouTube. Best new thing in a long you could do an individual reaction to their album.

[GeeWhizbang]

My Top 5…
1. The Heavy Heavy (acid rawk meets the Mama’s & Papa’s)
2. Jack White (primal urges)
3. La Luz (for fans of Khruangbin)
4. Finom (delicious harmonies)
5. New Age Healers (for fans of Secret Machines)

[timchromecast]

Happy Holidays!

Not a fan of the 2 most recent albums by Jack White. My favorites still Blunderbuss and Lazaretto, which I like more than the White Stripes albums.

Here's my list, at the moment still in random order, hoping to have a complete top 100 by the end of the year :)

01. Isaac Roux: Troubled Waters (Mayway Records)
02. Sylvie Kreusch: Comic Trip (Sony)
03. Ão - Ão Mar (late 2023) (Mayway Records)
04. Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop)
05. Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)
06. Bolis Pupul: Letter to Yu (Deewee)
07. Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well (Interscope)
08. Edouard van Praet: Mascarades (Dogless Cats)
09. Telenova: Time Is a Flower (EMI)
10. Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor (Ninja Tune)

11. Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian)
12. Drahla: Angeltape (Captured Tracks)
13. St. Vincent: All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure Records)
14. Aili: Nandakke (Eskimo Recordings)
15. Phoebe Go: Marmalade (Phoebe Go)
16. Sarah Kinsley: Escaper (Kinsley Music)
17. Fontaines D.C.: Romance (XL Recordings)
18. Friedberg: Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
19. Gavin Turek: Diva of the People (Mama Gold Recordings)
20. Calicos: Sugarcoat It (Mayway Records)

21. Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft (Interscope)
22. Bluai: Save It for Later (Mayway Records)
23. Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch (City Slang)
24. Cure: Songs of a Lost World (Polydor)
25. Meltheads: Decent S😂x (Mayway Records)
26. Father John Misty: Mahashmashana (Bella Union)
27. Kali Uchis: Orquideas (Geffen)
28. Reinel Bakole: Healing Exhaustion (1878589 Records DK2)
29. Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (Atlantic)
30. Nala Sinephro: Endlessness (Warp)

31. Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)
32. Paul White: Peace in Chaos (R&S)
33. English Teacher: This Could Be Texas (Universal-Island)
34. Katy J. Pearson: Somday, Now (Heavenly Recordings)
35. Maggie Rogers: Don't Forget Me (Capitol Records)
36. The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstacy (Last Dinner Party)
37. Honeyglaze: Real Deal (Fat Possum)
38. Khruangbin: A La Sala (Dead Oceans)
39. The Smile: Wall of Eyes - Cutouts (XL)
40. Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Merge)

41. Yard Act: Where's My Utopia (Universal-Island)
42. Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
43. Norah Jones: Visions (Blue Note)
44. Amatorski: Curves and Bends (Crammed)
45. David Gilmour: Luck and Strange (Legacy)
46. Sprints: Letter to Self (City Slang)
47. Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
48. Sabrina Carpenter: Short n Sweet (Island)
49. Diane Birch: Flying on Abraham (Légère Recordings)
50. Rosie Frater-Taylor: Featherweight (Cooking Vinyl)

51. Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes (Polydor)
52. Leon Bridges: Leon (Columbia)
53. Ramkot: Rosa (V2 Records)
54. Holly Macve: Wonderland (Loving Memory Rec)
55. Rah Band: Orkestronique (Shocking Records)
56. Fabiana Palladino: S/T (XL)
57. Still Corners: Dream Talk (Wrecking Light Rec)
58. Blu DeTiger: All I Want Is Everything (Capitol)
59. Lo Moon: I Wish You... (strngr rec)
60. Beabadobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit)

61. London Grammar: The Greatest Love (Ministry of Sound)
62. Rosegarden Funeral Party: From the Ashes (Young & Cold)
63. Wunderhorse: Midas (Communion)
64. Nick Lowe: Indoor Safari (Yep Roc)
65. Irène Drésel: Rose Fluo (Onze)
66. DC Salas: To the places I call(ed) home (Echocentric rec)
67. Clairo - Charm (Clairo Records)
68. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
69. Drea Dury: Palmera Nights (Labrea - Turenne Music)
70. Nicolas Michaux: Vitalisme (Capitane Records)

71. Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown (Domino)
72. Eefje De Visser: Heimwee (Sony)
73. Queenie: New Moult (Cheersquad)
74. Purple Disco Machine: Paradise (Columbia)
75. Empire of the Sun: Ask That God (EMI)
76. Marina Allen: Eight Pointed Star (Fire Records)
77. Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (dh2)
78. Lauren Mayberry: Vicious Creatures (EMI)
79. Ivy Falls: Sense & Nonsense (Unday)
80. Floating Points: Cascade (Ninja Tunes)

81. The Jesus and Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
82. Bobbie: The Sacred in the Ordinary (TG8 records)
83. Hazel English: Real Life (Hazel English)
84. Janelane: Love Letters (Kingfisher Bluez)
85. DIIV: Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy) (will certainly end up in my definitive top 50!)

Best of reimagined: Novastar: The Best Is Yet to Come (live from Abbey Road)

EPs:
Eosine: Liminal
Marley Chaney: Windows

[rubif]

My rock/indie picks
Idles, Beth Gibbons, Naima
Block, godspeed you! Black emporor, the smile, chat pile
Metal picks
Opeth, blood incantation, knocked loose, oransi pazuzu, full of hell, nails
Rap picks
Ka, Kendrick

[PunkRockPete]

Great list

My personal Top 3 Albums of 2024:

1. Frank Turner - “Undefeated”
2. Alkaline Trio - “Blood, Hair & Eyeballs”
3. Jack White - “No Name”

[TheDigitalGramophone]

The Smile is definitely one of my favorites of the year. Saw The Decemberists on this tour and it made me enjoy the new album more after seeing it live. Confused by Kendrick Lamar being on an “indie rock” list. Or The Cure for that matter. Cheers ✌🏻

[Fastnbulbous]

Cure is my overall #1, but don't have it in this category. I like the DIIV too, but it was just completely buried by so many great albums.

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1. The Sea Kings – Fear is All Around
2. Ducks Ltd. – Harm’s Way
3. The Buttertones – Face to Face With Fantasy
4. Meatbodies – Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom
5. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
6. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
7. Thus Love – All Pleasure
8. Chime School – The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel
9. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
10. Shellac – To All Trains
11. Mo Dotti – Opaque
12. Aluminum – Fully Beat
13. Jim Nothing – Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn

[TheRudieLibrarian]

Some stellar choices there. I absolutely adore that Decemberists album. I plan on doing a podcast episode at the beginning of January with my favorites of the year. Check it out.

[false_binary]

Brigette Calls Me Baby's debut lp 'The Future is Our Way Out' would be near the top of my '24 Indie picks. Fontaines DC's 'Romance' was by far my top. Both meta genre lp's imho...great channel, subscribed!

[patrickrichardson]

Keep going! Just bought the ramones album

[AnonMemSoc]

Could you play some short clips of the albums you’re reviewing? Good vid

[leem]

#1 The Cure - Songs of the Lost World. #2 The John Smith Band - Nothing Gold Can Stay. Great channel btw.

[GarganoA]

The Cure is the one that we share for top 10 of the year but I agree that the Camera Obscura, The Decemberists and DIIV were all solid as well. Wasn't really into The Smile's new one or Jack White, though I could certainly hear why fans loved the latter. Just not my kinda thing.

[sjbang]

Cigarettes After Sex is one of the stupidest band names in the history of the world, riveled only by Car Seat Headrest. The word genius is often carelessly tossed around, but in the case of Adrianne Lenker the moniker fits. The Cure and Jack White deserve where you have ranked their latest projects.
#1 Adrianne Lenker "bright future"
#2 Rosalie Cunningham "To Shoot Another Day"
#3 Laura Marling "Patterns in Repeat"
#4 Cats in Space "Time Machine"
#5 New Masada Quartet "Vol. 3 Live at Roulette"
Obviously, everything I've typed is merely my opinion. Thanks for your list.

[albrook]

for some reason I didn't like it all, what I really liked from 24 is Wallows - Model Даже не знаю почему..,