My Favorite Albums of 2024 So Far 

Seeing TheNeedleDrop in the room where Fantano does his videos is surreal to say the least

"This album is just firing on all cylinders and it's grabbing a bunch of other cylinders and having those cylinders cylind while the other cylinders are cyndiling at the same time" - Anthony Fantano, 2024

===== TIMESTAMP ===== 01:07 // CINDY LEE - DIAMOND JUBILEE 02:04 // KIM GORDON - THE COLLECTIVE 03:04 // THE LAST DINNER PARTY - PRELUDE TO ECSTASY 03:40 // CHELSEA WOLFE - SHE REACHES OUT TO SHE REACHES OUT TO SHE 04:58 // QUADECA - SCRAPYARD 06:52 // MGMT - LOSS OF LIFE 07:58 // MOOR MOTHER - THE GREAT BAILOUT 09:10 // BEYONCÉ - COWBOY CARTER 10:25 // CIVEROUS - MAZE ENVY 11:29 // VAMPIRE WEEKEND - ONLY GOD WAS ABOVE US 12:03 // KNOCKED LOOSE - YOU WON'T GO BEFORE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO 12:49 // BETH GIBBONS - LIVES OUTGROWN 13:33 // VINCE STAPLES - DARK TIMES 14:36 // CHARLI XCX - BRAT 15:16 // JOANNA WANG - HOTEL LA RUT

Such a great year for music so far, with so many more releases on the way

bumpin that

My faves that weren't included: Adrienne Lenker - bright future Mannequin Pussy - I got heaven Jessica Pratt - Here in the pitch Chief Keef - Almighty so 2 Marika Hackman - Big Sigh The Smile - Wall of eyes Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy English Teacher - this could be texas Lemon Twiggs - A dream is all we know

Melon I get its the final day of pride month but you cant just list brat 100 times in a row !

Mine: 1. Quadeca - Scrapyard 2 Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To 3. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 4. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas 5. Raveena - Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain

My 15 favourites so far (in no particular order): 1. She reaches out to she reaches out to she - Chelsea Wolfe 2. Girl With No Face - Allie X 3. Something in The room she moves - Julia Holter 4. Only God was above us - Vampire Weekend 5. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent 6. Harbour Century - Eunuchus 7. Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington 8. You Won’t go before you’re supposed to - Knocked Loose 9. Hit me hard and soft - Billie Eilish 10. Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons 11. Brat - Charli xcx 12. Samurai - Lupe Fiasco 13. Impossible Light - Uboa 14. Prelude to Ecstasy - The last dinner party 15. Where we've been, Where we go from here - Friko

Top 5 for me so far: 1. Death's dynamic shroud- You like music 2. Joey Valence & Brae- No hands 3. Quadeca- Scrapyard 4. LustSickPuppy- Carousel from hell 5. Full of hell- Coagulated bliss

Some of my favorites: Charli XCX - Brat Knocked Loose - You Wont go before you supposed too Alcest - Les Chants Don Toliver - Hardstone Psycho Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human NeX GeN Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full of Blood.

0. genre: sadboy 1. Vultures 1 2. The Tortured Poets Department 3. The Heart Part 6 4. Might Delete Later 5. Insano 6. C,XOXO 7. Facts by Ben Shapiro and Tom MacDonald

My top 10: 1. Charli xcx- Brat 2. Vampire Weekend- Only God Was Above Us 3. Beyoncé- Cowboy Carter 4. Cheekface- It’s Sorted 5. Joey Valence & Brae- No Hands 6. Quadeca- Scrapyard 7. Nia Archives- Silence Is Loud 8. The Lemon Twigs- A Dream Is All I Know 9. The Last Dinner Party- Prelude To Ecstasy 10. MGMT- Loss of Life

It’s always great to see Quadeca getting his flowers, or in the case of this mixtape, wiltered flowers.

The fact that this video barely scratches the surface of releases says a lot about 2024 being the year for music. Favourite album thus far is either Dostrotime or A Dream Is All We Know

Top 10 of the year so far for me 1. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 2. NxWorries - Why LAWD? (not lord melon) 3. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 4. The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know 5. ARTMS - (Dall) 6. MGMT - Loss of Life 7. Charli XCX - brat 8. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft 9. The Decemberists - As it Ever Was, So it Will be Again 10. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming

Dropping my top 10 here: - Diamond Jubilee - Cindy Lee - Two Star and the Dream Police - Mk.Gee - Underdressed at the Symphony - Faye Webster - Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves - WHY LAWD? - Nxworries - Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain - Raveena - Mika's Laundry - Matt Champion - Orquiedias - Kali Uchis - Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker - BRAT - Charli XCX I do have some bubbling up too through revisits and re-listens. But 2024 has been fantastic so far! I am not sure if I heard an explicitly bad album so far this year!! Happy BRAT summer bitches!!!

My standout albums so far, in no order (subject to change lol) --Post Human Nex Gen by Bring Me the Horizon --Frog in Boiling Water by DIIV --Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons --Veritas by POD --empathogen by Willow --Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend --Cowboy Carter by Beyonce --The Collective by Kim Gordon --My Stupid Life by Brittney Spencer --Little Rope by Sleater-Kinney --Prelude to Ecstasy by Last Dinner Party Pretty sure the new Lola Young will be a contender for the first half, but it just released two Fridays ago and I actually haven't listened to it in full yet. But the singles have been awesome and I'm excited to actually do a front-to-back listen.

Nice list. My personal top 3 list until now is: 1 - Clancy (top) 2 - Hit me hard and soft (Billie) 3 - Cowboy Carter (Beyoncé)

Yeat's 2093 is one of the best trap album of the last few years for me and I think it deserved a spot here.

Great video man ❤

Brat is an absolute modern classic

Bro the new MGMT album was so good!

1. A Dream Is All We Know - The Lemon Twigs 2. Where We've been, Where we go from here - Friko 3. BRAT - Charli XCX 4. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis 5. ILION - Slift 6. Wall of Eyes - The Smile 7. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend 8. BLUE LIPS - ScHoolboy Q 9. We Don't Trust You - Future x Metro Boomin 10. Hyperdrama - Justice

Some of my favorites: Bright Future, A Dream is All We Know, You Like Music, Tidal Memory Exo, Fearless Movement, Shoelace and Knot, Samurai, Conla's Well, Scrapyard, This Could Be Texas, and Blue Lips.

July has some absolute bangers albums in store too. Can't wait

Surprised lemon twigs didn’t make it!

thanks for the recommendations

5. As grande as 4. Maze envy 3. Wall of eyes 2. Scrapyard 1. Richaxxhaitian

Thanks Melon, I finally know what my favorite albums of the year so far are and I don’t have to keep listening to Vultures 1 on a loop.

5 of my favorites from this year: - Knocked Loose - YWGBYST - Vampire Weekend - OGWAU - Charli XCX - Brat - Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven - Joey Valence & Brae - No Hands

top 5 for me: 1. Scrapyard 2. You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed to 3. brat 4. Penalty of Leadership 5. Pinball

truly one of the biggest years in music in quite a while

Dude, thank you so much for the Cindy Lee recommendation. I am fucking loving it!

In a particular order: 1. The Lemon Twigs- "A Dream is All We Know" 2. Francis of Delirium- "Lighthouse" 3. Lizzy McAlpine- "Older" 4. Aquilus- "Bellum II" 5. Caligula's Horse- "Charcoal Grace" 6. Imminence- "The Black" 7. Kacey Musgraves- "Deeper Well" 8. Benjamin Francis Leftwich- "Some Things Break" 9. ALMO - "Reconciliation" I0. Arooj Aftab- "Night Reign" 11. The Decemberists- "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again" 12. MGMT - "Loss of Life" 13. Taylor Armstrong- "When it Rains" 14. Angus & Julia Stone- "Cape Forestier" 15. Andrew Bird- "Sunday Morning Put-On" 16. Hot Water Music- "VOWS" 17. JJ Grey & Mofro - "Olustee" 18. Waxahatchee- "Tiger's Blood" 19. Psychic Temple- "Doggie Paddlin' Thru The Cosmic Consciousness " 20. Tyler Ramsey- "New Lost Ages"

My Top 10: 10. Thou - Umbilical 9. Malignancy - ...Discontinued 8. Jazmin Bean - Traumatic Livelihood 7. Alligatoah - off 6. Kvadrat - The Horrible Dissonance Of Oblivion 5. Vitriol - Suffer & Become 4. Verberis - The Apophatic Wilderness 3. Aurora - What Happened To The Heart? 2. Orgone - Pleroma ... 1. Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God Cheers and have a good one!

Melon, you can't just scream Not Like Us for the entirety of the video and call that your favorite album of 2024

Great content as always.

respectfully this channel has a lot of promising potential, hopefully you will become big soon Cheers Man Keep Up The Good Work

My vote for best album so far is Yummy by James. 40 years they’ve been putting out epic records. Also, their vinyl releases are always on point.

my favourites: 1: britpop - a.g. cook 2: bright future - adrianne lenker 3: brat - charli xcx 4: still - erika de casier 5: vegyn - the road to hell is paved with good intentions 6: sarah - salami rose joe louis 7: loss of life - MGMT 8: cyan blue - charlotte day wilson 9: loukeman - esd2 10: empress of - for your consideration

bummed to not see Future Islands in here. the new record SLAPS

I’m really waiting for the new Opeth that has been hinted towards, hope you review that when it comes out

My top 5 for the year so far: 1: Only God was above us 2: Brat 3: Dark times 4: Blue lips 5: Timeless

Top 5 so far: 1. Brat - Charli 2. Scrapyard - Quadeca 3. Challengers OST - Reznor & Ross 4. Starkisser - Sucre 5. Hit Me Hard & Soft - Billie

in no particular order: glass beach - plastic death queef jerky - absolute madness charli xcx - brat kamasi washington - fearless movement mother mother - grief chapter shishamo - shishamo 8 jhariah - trust ceremony necry talkie - torch

If Freddie and porter robinson deliver this is probably going to be my favorite year for music

Seeing the Civerous is nice, great DM record Review Ulcerate bro

entirely to judge a book by it's cover the art for Hotel La Rut is so cool I'll have to check it out

Gave that Joanna Wang album a spin. What an incredibly versatile artist and great songwriter

I’ve been bumping As Grande As a lot since you introduced it to me earlier this year

My favorites: 1. Live at Knockdown Center on 2024-02-24 - GY!BE 2. Lechyd Da - Bill Ryder-Jones 3. Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington 4. Harbour Century - Eunuchs 5. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace - Shabaka 6. Impossible Lights - Uboa 7. What Happend To The Heart - AURORA 8. Tidal Memory Exo - Iglooghost 9. Hyperdrama - Justice 10. Snow as a metaphore for death - SENTRIES

some of my favorites so far: paul bunyan's slingshot - liquid mike brat - charli xcx bright future - adrianne lenker only god was above us - vampire weekend silence is loud - nia archives to all trains - shellac triple digits [112] - ritchie what now - brittany howard dark times - vince staples it's sorted - cheekface

Guess we all have our own tastes but I find it hilarious almost none of mine overlap with Melon's. 1. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven 2. IDLES - TANGK 3. BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES 4. Brittany Howard - What Now 5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 6. Master Peace - How To Make A Master Peace 7. Elbow - Audio Vertigo 8. Gary Clark Jr. - JPEG RAW 9. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft 10. KMFDM - Let Go

When cowboy Carter first came out I listened to it a lot to the point where I wondered if I just gassed it up for no reason. I took a break and listened to lots of pop and dance. Then I listened to it again recently and realized it’s actually really good. It sounds so good on the ears.

My top 4 so far 1 - The Maria’s ~ Submarine 2 - ScHool boy Q ~ Blue lips 3 -Vince staples ~ Dark times 4- Faye Webster ~ Underdressed at the symphony 5-The last Dinner party ~ Prelude to ecstasy

Although you and I have different tastes, Anthony, I really appeciate your thoughtful reviews. Thank you. I'm moticing several other RU-vid music reviewers are essentially using long clips from your reviews and commenting on them. I am curious about your take on this? Thank you, Anthony.

Now I can finally have opinions on all these albums, thanks Fantano!

Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Charli, Cindy Lee, The Smile, and Beyonce! What a year so far for music!

Thanks bro. Gonna hit up that Beth Gibbons album right now.

we gotta get a review for the new Thou album, you reviewed a couple of their singles but the whole record is incredible, aoty for me so far

what happened to the heart by Aurora is my #1

LUPE REVIEW PLSSSSS

lmao the lethbridge grain elevator on the cindy lee cover gave me a good chuckle as someone raised there to just see it as a music cover

I would love to hear what your thouths are on the new DIIV!

Here are some of my favorites. Definitely not final, but I love these. 1. Chelsea Wolfe - "She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She" 2. Sylvaine - "Eg Er Framand" 3. Knocked Loose - "You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To" 4. Full of Hell - "Coagulated Bliss" 5. Charli xcx - "brat" 6. Cave Sermon - "Divine Laughter" 7. Allie X - "Girl With No Face" 8. Julia Holter - "Something in the Room She Moves" 9. Thou - "Umbilical" 10. Knoll - "As Spoken" 11. Iglooghost - "Tidal Memory Exo" 12. Dua Lipa - "Radical Optimism" (I know this one flopped, but I still like it. The extended version did help a bit, too) 13. Ulcerate - "Cutting the Throat of God" (This will almost certainly be higher, but I need more time with it) 14. Eivør - "Enn" 15. Kelly Moran - "Moves in the Field"

Cindy Lee #1 spot

the knocked loose album make me like metal music again

Scrapyard does have some great songs but I hope his next project leans towards his more vibey, RnB style rather than his industrial existential dread type beat, type-songs. imo easier is the best song on that project by far and some of the best songs on I didn’t mean to haunt you are the ones with clearer song structures.

I've been absolutely obsessed with the new Knocked Loose album. I've been listening to it almost weekly since it was released. Such a bone-crunching and explosive piece of music.

LETS GO MGMT IS ON THERE Btw afaik you never reviewed any Caravan Palace album Opinion on the latest one?

Hey, do you have any plans to review Right Place, Wrong Person by RM??

Classic intro. The Cindy Lee album is special.

My personal top 5 so far has to be: 1.- Por Cesárea (Dillom) 2.- Brat (Charli xcx) 3.- Blue Lips (ScHoolboy Q) 4.- Descartable (Wos) 5.- Dark Times (Vince Staples)

Love that vince is getting the love he deserves

Yeah!!!

no cheekface is outrageous

Nice. I would add Waxahatchee, Mdou Moctar, Diiv and This is Lorlei❤

Thanks for these videos! You really do the legwork for me! No cheeface tho ...😢

Hey Anthony are you planning on reviewing the new Pond or new Islands?

Hey Melon, you introduced me to Trog a while back with 'Of Vomit Reborn' and I've loved that EP ever since. Trog just released their LP 'Horrors Beyond' and I think it's pretty rad, you should check it out!

My top 5 is: 5: Death Is Little More, by Boundaries 4: Angel Killer Zero, by Diamond Construct 3: YWGBYST - Knocked Loose 2: Paper Lily Ch.1 OST - Various Artists 1: Half Living Things - Alpha Wolf

my 10 favourites (kind of in order): - Night Verses - Every Sound Has a Color In The Valley Of Night: Part II - Greyhaven - Stereo Grief - ERRA - Cure - Bilmuri - American Motorsports - Ghost Atlas - Dust of the Human Shape - Softcult - Heaven - Dead Poet Society - FISSION - Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us - Maruja - Connla's Well - Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She

Some real Dr. Cox energy there at the beginning “ya clicked on the darn thing didn’t ya”

So glad to see vultures 1 on this list!

Brat brat brat brat brat!

The ladies are killing it this year😎

My favourites: 1. Nyssa - Shake Me Where I'm Foolish 2. Future Islands - People Who Aren't There Anymore 3. Nia Archives - Silence is Loud

Charcoal Grace by Caligula's Horse is an absolute banger prog metal album that came out this year! Highly recommend, those guys are super talented and deserve way more attention.

My top ten is probably 1. Julia Holter 2. Julia Holter 3. Julia Holter 4. Julia Holter 5. Julia Holter 6. Julia Holter 7. Julia Holter 8. Julia Holter 9. Julia Holter 10. Julia Holter

Awesome year for music so far

So was The Lemmon Twigs album just a Giggens 9 or a Fantano 9?

if ttpd was called the tortured bald people department you would have given it a 10

Top 3 for me 1. If I Could Sing - Kirin J Callinan 2. People Who Aren’t There Anymore - Future Islands 3. brat - Charli

Hey Anthony: Have you given the new Bonny Light Horseman album a listen? Did you love it did you hate it?

1.) Blue Lips 2.) Dark Times 3.) brat 4.) Samurai 5.) Why Lawd? 6.) Hit Me Hard And Soft This is kinda in no particular order, because i really don't know yet. It's hard. I really don't know if i will know my order at the end of the year, especially since we still get a Denzel, a Rocky, a Peggy, a Kendrick, another Childish Gambino and maybe even a Rihanna Album this year. _(Edit: Found out apparently Freddie x Madlib Album? Like uh..???)_ _(Edit 2: forgot Clipse prod. by Pharrell)_ However, it is kinda in a particular order, because this is the order how i feel at the moment. *But:* this order changed 4 times while writing this comment. So yeah. Lol. Honorable mentions: Lives Outgrown, Pulsar, Chambre 140, Atavista Honorable mention?: No Hands Disclaimer: Didn't listen to the $uicideboy$ Album yet Didn't listen enough to the raveena Album yet I don't know how to feel about might delete later Unpopular opinion: I don't like the Beyoncé Album Shoutout: Yeah shoutout to We Don't Trust You and We Still Don't Trust You, they had a few bangers and kicked this huge throwing hands off, plus without it, the kendrick concert prolly wouldnt have been like what happened in the end Last Disclaimer: Yes, i am such a type of person who only listens to Hip-Hop Yes, i know only listening to Hip-Hop is a bad music taste So please don't jump me in the replies that i am not listening to all of music, i am aware of that :(

Is the Cindy Lee album on streaming platforms?

So... decided to put Hotel La Rut on based on the shout out here. First off... it would appear the album title is a reference to a Kids in the Hall sketch. So props there. But I'm about halfway through at the moment and... the best way I can describe it in a nutshell Susanne Vega meets TMBG. It's wild.

Did you listen to Rachel Chinouriri’s debut album? I noticed earlier videos praising her EPs but can’t find anything discussing her debut album which was great. Curious about your thoughts!

I agree with you, as usual!