Our album of 2024 comes from Kim Deal. Her solo debut, ‘Nobody Loves You More’ is quintessentially Kim with her distinctive vocals and bass sounds, yet the songs here manage to incorporate electronic beats, strings and brass sections, and range from beautifully warped indie lounge tunes to pounding electronica with plenty of melodic guitar hooks and vocal earworms in between.

 

There were plenty of great albums this year and here is our top 50.

  1. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
  2. The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
  3. Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes – Dark Rainbow
  4. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Wild God
  5. Dana Gavanski – Late Slap
  6. Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da
  7. Field Music – Limits of Language
  8. Wunderhorse – Midas
  9. EverGrey – Theories Of Emptiness
  10. Personal Trainer – Still Willing
  11. William Doyle – Springs Eternal
  12. Midwife – No Depression in Heaven
  13. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle
  14. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
  15. Gruff Rhys – Sadness Sets Me Free
  16. Yard Act – Where’s My Utopia
  17. Ibrahim Maalouf – Trumpets of Michel-Ange
  18. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
  19. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
  20. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024, 28,340 DEAD
  21. Adrienne Lenker – Bright Future
  22. Fontaines DC – Romance
  23. Alan Sparhawk – White Roses, My God
  24. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know
  25. Powerwolf – Wake Up The Wicked
  26. Lip Critic – Hex Dealer
  27. The Mysterines – Afraid of Tomorrows
  28. Julián Mayorga – Chak Chak Chak Chak
  29. Sam Lee – Songdreaming
  30. Mary Timony – Untame the Tiger
  31. Michael Head And The Red Elastic Band – Loophole
  32. Tindersticks – Soft Tissue
  33. David Lance Callahan – Down to the Marshes
  34. Bhajan Bhoy – Peace Frequencies / Healing Frequencies
  35. Jesus And Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes
  36. The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers
  37. High Llamas – Hey Panda
  38. Thou – Umbilical
  39. Stone – Fear Life for a Lifetime
  40. Joan As Police Woman – Lemons, Limes and Orchids
  41. Objections – Optimistic Sizing
  42. Kim Gordon – The Collective
  43. Linda Thompson – Proxy Music
  44. Guy Blakeslee – Extravision
  45. Half Waif – See You At The Maypole
  46. Sinkane – We Belong
  47. Kugelschreiber – Cheerleaders
  48. The K’s – I Wonder If The World Knows?
  49. Trust Fund – Has It Been A While?
  50. Pom Poko – Champion