KCRW's Best Albums of 2024

We screamed, cried, danced, and caught feels throughout the year–and that’s just from listening to good music. Here’s our Top Albums list, hand-picked and wrapped by our very human DJs.

Published: December 07, 2023 06:00 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 26 / 2024 French Electro Synthwave
# 2
Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 3
Album • Sep 20 / 2024 House Future Garage
# 4
Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop
# 5
Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock
# 6
Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop
# 7
Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion
# 9
Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Punk
# 10
Album • Aug 02 / 2024
# 11
EP • Sep 06 / 2024 Alternative Dance House
# 12
Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Smooth Soul Neo-Soul
# 13
Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock
# 14
Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 15
Album • Apr 17 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Queercore
# 16
Album • Sep 20 / 2024
# 17
Album • Oct 28 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul
# 18
Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Deep Soul Smooth Soul
# 19
Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Synth Punk Post-Punk
# 20
Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music
# 21
Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Dance-Pop Synthpop Electropop
# 22
Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia Hypnagogic Pop
# 23
Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Pop
# 24
Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia
# 25
Album • Feb 23 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock
# 27
Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Latin Pop
# 28
Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Euro House
# 29
Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Soft Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 30
Single • Sep 20 / 2024