Northern Transmissions' Best Albums of 2024

We've collected the best albums of 2024 on one list so you don't have to miss, featuring Christopher Owens, Charli XCX, DIIV and many more!

Published: December 17, 2024 16:06 Source

# 1

I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Mahashmashana by Father John Misty

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 3

Frog In Boiling Water by DIIV

Album • May 24 / 2024 Shoegaze

# 4

The New Sound by Geordie Greep

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Jazz-Rock Progressive Rock Art Rock

# 5

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 6

Cool World by Chat Pile

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 7

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 8

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 11

Heavy Glory by Elias Rønnenfelt

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock

# 12

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 13

Wall of Eyes by The Smile

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Rock

# 14

A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 03 / 2024 Pop Rock Sunshine Pop

# 15

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 16

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 17

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 18

Spiral In A Straight Line by Touché Amoré

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Emo

# 19

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 20

Dance Of Love by Tucker Zimmerman

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 21

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 22

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Slacker Rock Avant-Folk Post-Rock

# 23

Box for Buddy, Box for Star by This Is Lorelei

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Indie Pop Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 24

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 26

Fearless Movement by Kamasi Washington

Album • May 03 / 2024 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 27

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 28

Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 29

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 30

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 31

The Collective by Kim Gordon

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Rock Noise Rock

# 32

Eels by Being Dead

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 33

Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter

Album • Dec 06 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk

# 34

CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Oct 28 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul

# 35

TANGK by IDLES

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 36

This Could Be Texas by English Teacher

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 37

Where we've been, Where we go from here by Friko

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 38

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia Hypnagogic Pop

# 39

Letter to Self by SPRINTS

Album • Jan 05 / 2024 Garage Punk Post-Punk

# 40

Nobody Loves You More by Kim Deal

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 41

Where’s My Utopia? by Yard Act

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Dance-Punk Art Punk

# 42

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 43

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop Indie Rock

# 44

Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Indie Rock Heartland Rock

# 45

Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

Album • Feb 02 / 2024 Indie Rock Pop Rock Glam Rock

# 46

Up On Gravity Hill by METZ

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Noise Rock Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 47

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 48

Something in the Room She Moves by Julia Holter

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Art Pop

# 49

Fate & Alcohol by Japandroids

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Rock Noise Pop

# 50

The Hard Quartet by The Hard Quartet

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Indie Rock