Favorite Albums of 2024
The arrival of 2024 brought plenty of great albums. Here are my top picks of the year.
2 Alivë is the start of Yeat’s ascent into the mainstream and plays up his eccentricities.
Halo does what Amorphis does best: proggy riffs against an emotional blend of clean and unclean vocals.
Striving Toward Oblivion is an impressive debut from Vorga as they mix together cosmic melodies with the pummeling force of black metal.
Caprisongs is the first mixtape from FKA Twigs, an adventurous transition to a more traditional pop lane.
Parannoul’s new project Mydreamfever dives into new age and ambient sounds for its first full-length release, Rough and Beautiful Place.
Gunna’s fourth and final entry in the Drip Season series features some exceptional production and polishes his formula.
Dawn FM is The Weeknd’s followup to After Hours and a dive into the deepest depths of his psyche.
Violet Evergarden: The Movie is the conclusion of Violet’s journey as an Auto Memory Doll with stunning visuals from Kyoto Animation.
Endwalker’s storyline has deeper philosophical allegories than we might first realize.
2021 was a great year for music and here are 25 of my favorite albums from this year.