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2024 Music

The Alternative: Best 50 Releases of 2024

28 December 2024

Brat - Charli XCX

The Alternative: Best 50 Releases of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2018 • 2017]

  1. Brat
    Charli XCX
  2. life till bones
    Oso Oso
  3. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
  4. See You at the Maypole
    Half Waif
  5. Dulling the Horns
    Wild Pink
  6. Paul Bunyan's Slingshot
    Liquid Mike
  7. Pink Balloons
    Ekko Astral
  8. I Got Heaven
    Mannequin Pussy
  9. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
  10. Romance
    Fontaines D.C.
  11. Feeling Not Found
    Origami Angel
  12. Dark Times
    Vince Staples
  13. Box for Buddy, Box for Star
    This Is Lorelei
  14. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
    Knocked Loose
  15. With You In Spirit
    Balance and Composure
  16. Hex Dealer
    Lip Critic
  17. Permanent Repeat
    Macseal
  18. Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay
  19. GNX
    Kendrick Lamar
  20. Stay Golden
    Combat
  21. Ehhthang Ehhthang
    GloRilla
  22. I Want To Disappear
    The Story So Far
  23. Triple Seven
    Wishy
  24. Tomorrow's Coffee
    Jimmy Montague
  25. Only God Was Above Us
    Vampire Weekend
  26. Cartoon Darkness
    Amyl and The Sniffers
  27. Megan
    Megan Thee Stallion
  28. The Iliad and the Odyssey and the Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
    The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
  29. Foxing
    Foxing
  30. Faith Crisis Pt 1
    Middle Kids
  31. All You Embrace
    One Step Closer
  32. Bleachers
    Bleachers
  33. Death of a Rabbit
    Your Arms Are My Cocoon
  34. Designed In Heaven Made In Hong Kong
    Kai Tak
  35. New World Depression
    $uicideboy$
  36. Girl With No Face
    Allie X
  37. Green World
    Wildflower
  38. Sugar Honey Iced Tea
    Latto
  39. Full Speed Anywhere Else
    Onsloow
  40. Forever
    Charly Bliss
  41. Red Mile
    Crack Cloud
  42. Make Them Suffer
    Make Them Suffer
  43. Scream from New York, NY
    Been Stellar
  44. best buds :)
    red sun
  45. Keep Your Cool
    Riley!
  46. Heaven Let Them Die
    Counterparts
  47. Normal Sounds
    Lia Kohl
  48. Lust for Gold
    Starflyer 59
  49. Melodi
    Skandal
  50. Fine Art
    Kneecap

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