Year-End Lists

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2024

1. Magdalena Bay
   Imaginal Disk
2. Nilüfer Yanya
   My Method Actor
3. The Cure
   Songs of a Lost World
4. Fontaines D.C.
   Romance
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
   Wild God
6. Cassandra Jenkins
   My Light, My Destroyer
7. Father John Misty
   Mahashmashana
8. The Smile
   Wall of Eyes
9. Adrianne Lenker
   Bright Future
10. Jessica Pratt
    Here in the Pitch
11. Vampire Weekend
    Only God Was Above Us
12. Charli XCX
    Brat
13. The Last Dinner Party
    Prelude to Ecstasy
14. English Teacher
    This Could Be Texas
15. The Waeve
    City Lights
16. The Smile
    Cutouts
17. Waxahatchee
    Tigers Blood
18. Ride
    Interplay
19. Geordie Greep
    The New Sound
20. Memorials
    Memorial Waterslides
21. Yard Act
    Where's My Utopia?
22. Mount Eerie
    Night Palace
23. Elbow
    Audio Vertigo
24. Loma
    How Will I Live Without a Body?
25. Maya Hawke
    Chaos Angel
26. Kim Gordon
    The Collective
27. John Grant
    The Art Of The Lie
28. Laura Marling
    Patterns in Repeat
29. DIIV
    Frog In Boiling Water
30. St. Vincent
    All Born Screaming
31. Mdou Moctar
    Funeral for Justice
32. GIFT
    Illuminator
33. MJ Lenderman
    Manning Fireworks
34. Peel Dream Magazine
    Rose Main Reading Room
35. Michael Kiwanuka
    Small Changes
36. Jack White
    No Name
37. Jamie xx
    In Waves
38. Future Islands
    People Who Aren’t There Anymore
39. Cindy Lee
    Diamond Jubilee
40. Camera Obscura
    Look to the East, Look to the West
41. Confidence Man
    3AM (La La La)
42. Mannequin Pussy
    I Got Heaven
43. Storefront Church
    Ink & Oil
44. Kamasi Washington
    Fearless Movement
45. Beth Gibbons
    Lives Outgrown
46. Floating Points
    Cascade
47. Hinds
    Viva Hinds
48. Caribou
    Honey
49. Ducks Ltd.
    Harm's Way
50. Cheekface
    It's Sorted
51. Julia Holter
    Something in the Room She Moves
52. Kneecap
    Fine Art
53. Faye Webster
    Underdressed at the Symphony
54. The Decemberists
    As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
55. Sprints
    Letter to Self
56. Everything Everything
    Mountainhead
57. This Is Lorelei
    Box for Buddy, Box for Star
58. Amyl and The Sniffers
    Cartoon Darkness
59. Primal Scream
    Come Ahead
60. The Lemon Twigs
    A Dream Is All We Know
61. Still Corners
    Dream Talk
62. Field Music
    Limits of Language
63. Clairo
    Charm
64. Goat Girl
    Below the Waste
65. Xiu Xiu
    13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
66. Khruangbin
    A La Sala
67. Tess Parks
    Pomegranate
68. Wild Pink
    Dulling the Horns
69. Bat for Lashes
    The Dream of Delphi
70. The Linda Lindas
    No Obligation
71. Pixies
    The Night the Zombies Came
72. Tindersticks
    Soft Tissue
73. Desperate Journalist
    No Hero
74. Soccer Mommy
    Evergreen
75. The Jesus and Mary Chain
    Glasgow Eyes
76. W.H. Lung
    Every Inch of Earth Pulsates
77. Fat White Family
    Forgiveness Is Yours
78. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
    Flight b741
79. Porridge Radio
    Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me
80. Charly Bliss
    Forever
81. Hamish Hawk
    A Firmer Hand
82. Being Dead
    Eels
83. Good Looks
    Lived Here For a While
84. MGMT
    Loss Of Life
85. A Place to Bury Strangers
    Synthesizer
86. Babehoven
    Water's Here In You
87. Idles
    Tangk
88. Personal Trainer
    Still Willing
89. Katy J Pearson
    Someday, Now
90. La Luz
    News of the Universe
91. Naima Bock
    Below a Massive Dark Land
92. Saint Etienne
    The Night
93. Mary Timony
    Untame the Tiger
94. Grandaddy
    Blu Wav
95. Gruff Rhys
    Sadness Sets Me Free
96. Lauren Mayberry
    Vicious Creature
97. Silverbacks
    Easy Being a Winner
98. Laetitia Sadier
    Rooting for Love
99. Arab Strap
    I'm Totally Fine with It Don't Give a Fuck Anymore
100. Oceanator
     Everything Is Love and Death

Honorable Mentions

• Beyoncé
  Cowboy Carter
• Boeckner
  Boeckner!
• Bright Eyes
  Five Dice, All Threes
• Chinese American Bear
  Wah!!!
• Kim Deal
  Nobody Loves You More
• Dehd
  Poetry
• Madi Diaz
  Weird Faith
• Billie Eilish
  Hit Me Hard and Soft
• Sam Evian
  Plunge
• Fat Dog
  WOOF.
• Font
  Strange Burden
• Friko
  Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here
• Hurray for the Riff Raff
  The Past Is Still Alive
• Kendrick Lamar
  GNX
• Lionlimb
  Limbo
• Nala Sinephro
  Endlessness
• NewDad
  Madra
• Kelly Lee Owens
  Dreamstate
• Real Estate
  Daniel
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
  Challengers (Original Score)
• Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
  Quiet in a World Full of Noise
• Rosali
  Bite Down
• Tyler, The Creator
  Chromakopia
• Jane Weaver
  Love in Constant Spectacle