Dive into our list of the best music of the year so far

The 50 Best Albums of 2026 (So Far) https://ourculturemag.com/2026/06/17/the-50-best-albums-of-2026-so-far/

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 https://ourculturemag.com/2025/12/02/the-100-best-albums-of-2025/

With over 100 year end lists counted, these are the best albums of 2024.

Kelly Lee Owens - ARTE Concert On October 26, 2024 at the Gaîté Lyrique, Paris www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRvX...

Buzz Bands LA’s Favorite 101 Songs of the Year buzzbands.la/2024/12/17/p...

40 great 2024 albums from indie & alternative legends

Spectrum Culture's Top 20 Albums of 2024

Albumism’s @justinchadwick.bsky.social has selected Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Deeper Well’ as one of his 10 favorite albums of 2024 | Explore the other albums featured in his Top 10 + all of our writers’ picks here: https://album.ink/WritersFaves24

Charles Lloyd - "The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow" (Full Album Stream) 🎶⭐ youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Bestof2024

CLASH Best Songs of 2024. Next-gen future-pop songbirds, scathing rap tracks that endured beyond the initial shockwaves, songs by revived rockers and more - clashmusic.com/general/song...

DJ Mag’s top tracks of 2024 From ace-in-ya-sleeve heaters and rap gems to breakbeat rollercoasters and technicolour trip-hop, we present our unranked overview of the tunes that made the year so memorable for electronic music djmag.com/features/dj-...

DJ Mag's 50 favourite compilations of 2024 are here 🔉 From mix releases courtesy of dance music royalty to archival deep dives and beyond, here is our unranked overview of the compilations that made the past 12 months so memorable for electronic music in all its forms djmag.com/features/dj-...

Baby Rose produced by BADBADNOTGOOD Slow Burn: A Short Film 🎞️ 🎶 ⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPsZ... #Bestof2024

Baby Rose - "Slow Burn" (w/ BADBADNOTGOOD) (Full EP) 🎶⭐ open.spotify.com/intl-de/albu... #Bestof2024

EPs are often overlooked, especially during year-end list season — which ones did you love in 2024?

Drahla - "Second Rhythm" 🎶⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiID... #Bestof2024

Drahla - "Angeltape" 🎶⭐ open.spotify.com/intl-de/albu... #Bestof2024

Here are a few of our favourite things🎄🎶 As 2024 comes to a close, music lovers everywhere are reflecting on a year filled with unforgettable artistry. We’ve spent countless hours listening, debating, and being moved by the music that soundtracked our year. Check out our essentials below ⬇️

Soap&Skin - "The End" (The Doors Cover) 🎶⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9sz... #Bestof2024

Soap&Skin - "Torso" 🎶⭐ #Bestof2024

Counting down the 20 best cover albums of the year. Hebrew covers of Leonard Cohen! Ska covers of Weird Al! Fingerpicked covers of Kraftwerk! And more of the year's best—and strangest—records.

Dorothea Paas - "Autumn Roses" 🎶⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7bS... #Bestof2024

Dorothea Paas - "Think Of Mist" 🎶⭐ open.spotify.com/intl-de/albu... #Bestof2024

Waxahatchee - "Tigers Blood" (Full Album Stream) 🎶⭐ youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Bestof2024

Made my Interview Mag debut (a now-regular pub of mine) with this piece on Waxahatchee. She even recognized me 🥲 www.interviewmagazine.com/music/how-ka...

Here's our list of the 50 best albums of 2024 www.brooklynvegan.com/brooklynvega...

"The sleek opener to Charlotte Day Wilson's sophomore album, Cyan Blue is both unabashed in its R&B swagger and in the Toronto artist's starkly honest songwriting" CBC Music calls Charlotte Day Wilson's "My Way" one of 2024's Best Songs. www.cbc.ca/music/top-10...

This week, we’ve got interviews with #PetShopBoys, #BillRyderJones and #AroojAftab, Jude Rogers’ fantastic Low Culture Essay on the novel Charlotte Sometimes and how it inspired #TheCure song of the same name... #ThePortal Archive Dive: The Best of The Quietus 2024 https://buff.ly/3WIKufQ

Fester's Lucky 13: #6. Ducks Ltd. – Harm’s Way (Carpark) One of the most perfect executions of the jangle pop sound. Jangle Pop | Indie Pop. RIYL: The Feelies, Real Estate, Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever, The Tubs, Chime School. fastnbulbous.com/lucky-24 #janglepop #MusicSky #bestalbums2024

Beats Per Minute's Top 50 Albums of 2024 beatsperminute.com/bpms-top-50-...

Presenting our Top Albums of 2024. The CLASH team honour the most impactful and restorative full-length projects in a year of great upheaval - www.clashmusic.com/general/albu...

Ashley Henry - "Take It Higher" 🎶⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=80fX... #Bestof2024

Ashley Henry - "Who We Are" 🎶⭐ open.spotify.com/intl-de/albu... #Bestof2024

#AlbumsoftheYear for 2024: 25 -1 #bestof2024 feat #thecure #fontainesdublin #SPRINTSmusic #whlungmusic #charlixcx #lastdinnerparty #nickcave #idlesband #michaelkiwanuka #limegardenband #desperatejournalist #jessicapratt #thuslove #bobvylan #cindylee www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2024/12/18/g...

Look back on the last 12 months with our Best of '24 coverage. daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2024

Sault - "Acts of Faith" (Full Album) 🎶⭐ youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Bestof2024

Kelly Lee Owens - "Dreamstate" 🎶⭐ open.spotify.com/intl-de/albu... #Bestof2024

The Best Electronic Albums of 2024 House, ambient, IDM, techno and more www.treblezine.com/the-20-best-...

Akira Galaxy - "Silver Shoes" 🎶⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1D-... #Bestof2024

Akira Galaxy - "What's Inside You" (Full EP) 🎶⭐ open.spotify.com/intl-de/albu... #Bestof2024

Softcult - "Heaven" (Full EP) 🎶⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=kno_... #Bestof2024

Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips www.whitelight-whiteheat.com/wl-wh-weekly...

The Best Shoegaze Songs Of 2024

Our editors share 227 of their personal favorite albums of 2024, featuring some of the year's biggest releases and a wealth of lesser-heard gems. www.allmusic.com/blog/post/al...

DJ Mag's 50 favourite albums of 2024 are here 🔉 From hard-hitting club material through dub techno, ambient, pop, rap and jazz, we present our unranked overview of the albums that made the past 12 months so memorable for dance and electronic music in all its forms djmag.com/features/dj-...

'The list spans grudge-fuelled hip hop, bright Amapiano-referencing R&B, bizarro alt-pop, dynamic techno, DIY punk, some of the year’s biggest chart hits, and much more besides...' The Quietus Tracks of the Year 2024 https://buff.ly/3ZCot2c #tQcharts

Cassandra Jenkins tells @neverdoneing.bsky.social how getting out of her own way and leaning into her obsessions was pivotal to the creation of My Light, My Destroyer – Best Fit’s album of the year – for our final cover feature of 2024.

Astral Bakers - "Cherry-Coloured Funk" (Cocteau Twins Cover) 🎶⭐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQoA...