Year-End Lists

Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2024

[see also 2025 • 2011]

1. Geordie Greep
   The New Sound
2. Cindy Lee
   Diamond Jubilee
3. JPEGMAFIA
   I Lay Down My Life for You
4. Charli XCX
   Brat
5. Beth Gibbons
   Lives Outgrown
6. Being Dead
   Eels
7. Xiu Xiu
   13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
8. Carey Clayton
   Headless
9. The Cure
   Songs of a Lost World
10. Animal Prince
    Have Good Dreams
11. Chelsea Days
    Mirror, Mirror
12. Mount Eerie
    Night Palace
13. Kendrick Lamar
    GNX
14. Sanford:
    Extinguished Dreams
15. Magdalena Bay
    Imaginal Disk
16. Adrianne Lenker
    Bright Future
17. Father John Misty
    Mahashmashana
18. Graffick
    Spectra
19. Vampire Weekend
    Only God Was Above Us
20. Armand Hammer
    BLK LBL
21. The Smile
    Wall of Eyes
22. Woven Talon
    Bao Somwa
23. Vince Staples
    Dark Times
24. Zoe Bayani
    You Don't Want Help
25. Kamasi Washington
    Fearless Movement
26. Tyler, The Creator
    Chromakopia
27. Ka
    The Thief Next to Jesus
28. Aaron Joseph Russo
    Calcio
29. Jack White
    No Name
30. Foxing
    Foxing
31. MJ Lenderman
    Manning Fireworks
32. Luna Waves
    Comedowns
33. Sleeps While Walking
    Sleeps While Walking
34. Mk.gee
    Two Star & The Dream Police
35. Laura Marling
    Patterns in Repeat
36. Jessica Pratt
    Here in the Pitch
37. Julia Logan
    Faraway Nearby
38. Drug Store Raid
    Background Music For Family Arguments
39. Mila Degray
    Silver Meteor 98
40. Mystery Friends
    Utopia
41. Holy Wire
    The Ending Of An Age
42. Mach-Hommy
    #RICHAXXHAITIAN
43. Elly Kace
    If I Ask Enough Could You Love Me
44. Conchis
    Chapters
45. Night Tapes
    assisted memories
46. House of Allegro
    Evolution
47. Mr Pigeons
    Ivory
48. Waxahatchee
    Tigers Blood
49. Kim Gordon
    The Collective
50. Faded
    Found Sound