Albums of the Year 2024
Behold! These are the records that lingered, the ones that stayed with us throughout the year. Out of hundreds of albums that drifted through the New Commute headphones this year, narrowing it down felt less like a process and more like a reckoning—a celebration of the works that spoke to something essential about this year.
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Alex Izenberg & The Exiles
S/T
[Weird World]
Allegra Krieger
Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine
[Double Double Whammy]
Amery
Continue As Amery
[Night School]
Anna Butterss
Mighty Vertebrate
[International Anthem]
Armlock
Seashell Angel Lucky Charm
[Run For Cover]
Astrid Sonne
Great Doubt
[Escho]
Barrie Archie Johnson
Fortune’s Mirror
[VDSQ]
Beachwood Sparks
Across The River Of Stars
[Curation Records
Begale
Loose Ender
[People In A Position To Know]
Being Dead
EELS
[Bayonet Records]
Ben Varian
SNIP
[Bumpy]
Bloomsday
Heart of the Artichoke
[Bayonet Records]
Bondo
Harmonica
[Day End Records]
The Bures Band
Fool Circle
[Love Police Records]
Chris Acker
Famous Lunch
[Gar Hole Records]
Christo Graham
Music For Horses
[We Are Busy Bodies]
Christopher Owens
I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
[True Panther]
Cindy Lee
Diamond Jubilee
[Superior Viaduct]
Color Green
Fool’s Parade
[New West Records]
Daryl Johns
Daryl Johns
[Mac’s Record Label]
David Nance
David Nance & Mowed Sound
[Third Man Records]
The Dead Tongues
Body of Light / I Am A Cloud
[Psychic Hotline]
Dummy
Free Energy
[Trouble In Mind Records]
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel
The Room
[Real World Records]
Fantasy of a Broken Heart
Feats of Engineering
[Dots Per Inch Music]
Floreana
Floreana One
[Day End Records]
Fust
Songs of the Rail
[Dear Life Records]
Future Museums
Peace Park
[Hippie Scum]
Gee Tee
Prehistoric Chrome
[Nailbiter Records]
Ghost Trees
Intercept Method
[Miami Tree Music]