The Alternative's Best 50 Releases of 2024

The Alternative staff present to you our 50 favorite releases of 2024. 50 albums that we stand behind, and that only our team would ever put on the same list together, and that's something we're extra proud of.

Published: December 17, 2024 20:21 Source

# 1

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 2

life till bones by Oso Oso

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Indie Rock Power Pop

# 3

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 4

See You at the Maypole by Half Waif

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Art Pop

# 5

Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Indie Rock Heartland Rock

# 6

Paul Bunyan's Slingshot by Liquid Mike

Album • Feb 02 / 2024

# 7

pink balloons by Ekko Astral

Album • Apr 17 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Queercore

# 8

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 9

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 10

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 11

Feeling Not Found by Origami Angel

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Emo-Pop Power Pop

# 12

Dark Times by Vince Staples

Album • May 24 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 13

Box for Buddy, Box for Star by This Is Lorelei

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

# 14

You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose

Album • May 10 / 2024 Metalcore

# 15

With You In Spirit by Balance and Composure

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Alternative Rock Emo

# 16

Hex Dealer by Lip Critic

Album • May 17 / 2024 Synth Punk Digital Hardcore Post-Industrial

# 17

Permanent Repeat by Macseal

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Power Pop

# 18

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 19

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 20

Stay Golden by Combat

Album • Aug 16 / 2024

# 21

Ehhthang Ehhthang by GloRilla

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Memphis Rap Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 22

I Want To Disappear by The Story So Far

Album • Jun 21 / 2024 Pop Punk

# 23

Triple Seven by Wishy

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 24

Tomorrows Coffee by Jimmy Montague

Album • Feb 28 / 2024 Sophisti-Pop Singer-Songwriter Piano Rock

# 25

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 26

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Garage Punk

# 27

MEGAN by Megan Thee Stallion

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 28

The Iliad and the Odyssey and the Goalies Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

Album • Apr 25 / 2024 Slowcore Indie Rock

# 29

Foxing by Foxing

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock Noise Rock

# 30

Faith Crisis Pt 1 by Middle Kids

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Indie Rock Pop Rock

# 31

All You Embrace by One Step Closer

Album • May 17 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Emo Emo-Pop

# 32

Bleachers by Bleachers

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Pop Rock Alt-Pop Indie Pop

# 33

death of a rabbit by Your Arms Are My Cocoon

Album • Aug 11 / 2024 Midwest Emo Screamo Slacker Rock

# 34

Designed In Heaven Made In Hong Kong by Kai Tak

Album • Jun 21 / 2024

# 35

New World Depression by $uicideboy$

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 36

Girl With No Face by Allie X

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Synthpop

# 37

Green World by Wildflower

Album • Mar 01 / 2024

# 38

Sugar Honey Iced Tea by Latto

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 39

Full Speed Anywhere Else by Onsloow

Album • Oct 25 / 2024

# 40

Forever by Charly Bliss

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Pop Rock

# 41

Red Mile by Crack Cloud

Album • Jul 26 / 2024 Art Punk Post-Punk

# 42

Make Them Suffer by Make Them Suffer

Album • Nov 08 / 2024 Metalcore

# 43

Scream from New York, NY by Been Stellar

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Indie Rock Post-Punk Revival

# 44

Best Buds :) by red sun

EP • Apr 05 / 2024 Midwest Emo

# 45

Keep Your Cool by Riley!

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Emo-Pop Midwest Emo

# 46

Heaven Let Them Die by Counterparts

EP • Nov 07 / 2024 Metalcore

# 47

Normal Sounds by Lia Kohl

Album • Aug 30 / 2024

# 48

Lust for Gold by Starflyer 59

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 49

Melodi by Skandal

Album • Oct 23 / 2024

# 50

Fine Art by Kneecap

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Political Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop