I think 2024 was a great year for music. So much to love and get excited by. But this exists outside the commercial side, which I think has never been lower in terms of quality. But the spirit of Indie, whatever that means these days, lives on. Some great music from veterans and some from newer acts. I try to listen to each new album released weekly and there is always something worth discovering. In 2024 it was a band that I guess is now considered a veteran one that I believe delivered the best album of the year. Vampire Weekend take their time with their records but the results speak for themselves. Their new album was immaculate and just bursting with beautiful melodies. My perennial favourite in Ty Segall released another stellar record, whilst wonderful artists like Rosali, Adrianne Lenker and Waxahatchee gave us superb gems. True icons such as Gillian Welch and Mount Eerie showed time is not sIlowing them down at all. Then MJ Lenderman returned with a new album, proving himself to be one of the most talented new talents on the planet. Very excited to see him again in March.

1. Only God Was Above Us-Vampire Weekend

2. Three Bells-Ty Segall

3. Manning Fireworks-MJ Lenderman

4. Bite Down-Rosali

5. Night Palace-Mount Eerie

6. The Hard Quartet-The Hard Quartet

7. Woodland-Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

8. Bright Future-Adrianne Lenker

9. Revelator-Phosphorescent

10. Tigers Blood-Waxahatchee

11. Mahashmashana-Father John Misty

12. Below the Waste-Goat Girl

13. No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead-Godspeed You! Black Emperor

14. Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There For Me-Porridge Radio

15. Love Changes Everything-Dirty Three

16. Allora-Ben Seretan

17. Romanticism-Hana Vu

18. Seed of a Seed-Haley Heynderickx

19. Heavy Metal-Cameron Winter

20. Always Happy to Explode-Sunset Rubdown

21. 100’s of 1000’s Millions of Billions-Blitzen Trapper

22. Boeckner!-Boeckner

23. Wall of Eyes-The Smile

24. Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here-Friko

25. Frog in Boiling Water-DIIV

26. Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom-Meatbodies

27. Wild God-Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

28. Little Rope-Sleater-Kinney

29. No Name-Jack White

30. The Collective-Kim Gordon

31. Blue Raspberry-Katy Kirby

32. Cutouts-The Smile

33. The Fool-Young Jesus

34. The Well I Fell Into-Why?

35. East My Love-Current Joys

36. When I’m Called-Jake Xerxes Fussell

37. Light Verse-Iron & Wine

38. Black Holes Don’t Choke-Charles Moothart

39. Cowboy Carter-Beyonce

40. The Neon Gate-Nap Eyes

41. No More Apocalypse Father-We Are Winter's Blue and Radiant Children

42. What Occurs-Islands

43. Final Summer-Cloud Nothings

44. Sorcs 80-Osees

45. Love Rudiments-Ty Segall

46. Daniel-Real Estate

47. The Avett Brothers-The Avett Brothers

48. What an Enormous Room-Torres

49. GNX-Kendrick Lamar

50. Miracle Focus-Strand of Oaks