The Top Albums / Songs Of The Midyear - 2024 

my youngest sister, who is six, watched this with me because she was bored, and she called mark a doofus at least three times lol

Great to see TTPD on here. I was in the trenches the first few days of release but seems people are coming around.

so excited. here are my predictions! 15. Rapsody - Please Don't Cry 14. Katie Pruitt - Mantras 13. Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers 12. Willi Carlisle - Critterland 11. Faril Body - Artificial Bouquet 10. Saidan - Visual Kill 9. Nourished by Time - Catching Chickens 8. Ekko Astral - pink balloons 7. Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain 6. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive 5. Vince Staples - Dark Times 4. B. Dolan - The Wound is Not the Body 3. Alcest - Le Chants de l'Aurore 2. Wade Bowen - Flyin' 1. Everything Everything - Mountainhead but maybe i'm just projecting my top 2 because you introduced me to both and i'm in LOVE

Great list. My top albums of the year so far is: Everything Everything- Mountainhead Alcest- Les Chants de L'Aurore Knocked Loose- You Won't Go Before You're Suppose To Infant Island- Obsidian Wreath Weston Super Maim- See You Tomorrow Candy-It's Inside You Rapsody- Please Don't Cry Beth Gibbons- Lives Outrgrown Joey Valence and Brae- No Hands Knoll-As Spoken Frail Body-Artificial Bouquet Chelsea Wolfe- She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She The Decemberists- As It Was So It Will Be Again Twenty One Pilots- Clancy Job for a Cowboy- Moon Healer Civerous- Maze Envy Allie X- Girl With No Face Full of Hell- Coagulated Bliss Filth-Southern Hospitality Adeem the Artist- Anniversary Billie Eilish- Hit Me Hard and Soft Vorga- Beyond the Palest Star Vince Staples- Dark Times Enterprise Earth- Death: An Anthology Mannequin Pussy-I Get Heaven Imminence- The Black Couch Slut- You Could Do It Tonight Roc Marciano- Marciology SeeYouSpaceCowboy-Coup de Grace Luke Combs- Fathers and Sons Bring Me the Horizon- Post Human: Nex Gen In Vain- Solumn Rarity-Lower Feeling One Step Closer- All Your Embrace Bob Vylan-Humble as the Sun

Great vid again. I have so many albums in my To-Listen list. But here are my TOP15: 15. Anniversary - Adeem the Artist 14. $10 Cowboy - Charley Crockett 13. Polaroid Lovers - Sarah Jarosz 12. Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker 11. Don't Forget Me - Maggie Rogers 10. Trails of Flower - Sierra Ferrell 9. Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee 8. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves 7. Half Life - Wyatt Flores 6. Norther - Shane Smith & the Saints 5. Mantras - Katie Pruitt 4. Critterland - Willi Carlisle 3. Nothing Here's the Same - Jonathan Peyton 2. The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift 1. Visitor - John Moreland And just based on the previews of some songs from the album. I am sure this list will be much different.

So far this year, I've really enjoyed Chelsea Wolfe, Beth Gibbons, Knocked Loose, Mach-Hommy, Lupe Fiasco, Spectral Voice, meth., and The Last Dinner Party. Looking forward to Mark's list!

Here's a list of tracks I've been listening to in 2024: - 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE ft. Amaarae & Warren Hue - cOoL WATer foR thE nIGHT - Antoher Sky - Star Roaming - Ariana Granda - supernatural - Armin Van Buuren - Lose This Feeling - Astrid S - Hot Fever Dream - Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! - Charli XCX - b2b - Corey Lingo - Bad Enough - d4vd - Leave Her - Dagny - Same Again (For Love) - Del Water Gap ft. Holly Humberstone - Cigarettes & Wine - Erika de Casier - Lucky - Everything Everything - The Mad Stone - glass beach - motions - Hammok - Terror (Forever Lasting) - John Summit & Sub Focus ft. Julia Church - Go Back - kiyosumi - empty look in your eyes - Luke Hemmings - Close My Eyes - Maruja - The Invisible Man - MGMT ft. Christine and the Queens - Dancing In Babylon - NewDad - Dream of Me - Night Tapes - loner - Porter Robinson - Cheerleader - Ride - Peace Sign - Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso - San Cisco & Nicholas Allbrook - Summer Days - Shaboozy - A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shygirl, SG Lewis & Club Shy - mr useless - Tori Kelly - high water - TWICE - I GOT YOU - twikipedia - anyone but you - Vitesse X - Realize - Viva Belgrado - Perfect Blue - Winter - The Lonely Girl - Yo - God's Gift - yonige - スクールカースト - yungatita - Pack It Up

i'm so so behind on listening to music this year... the way you listed its best and worst tracks, i was really expecting Vince Staples' "Dark Times" to top your list, if not place very very high. it's currently my personal fav of the year. mostly, though, i've been hearing albums from smaller artists, mostly in the RU-vid sphere and in local scenes and friend groups. among some of those are: - "Digital Nightmare" by TWRP, in which they continued to show themselves as much more than just a backing band. - "Wonderful now" by Anatole Muster, a pretty eclectic mix of electronic stuff. and some accordion. - "Infinite Void" by With Sails Ahead, a show of massive potential. they have greatness in them--i feel it in my bones! for more established artists: - "Mantras" by Katie Pruitt, which is Just Damn Good all around. - "If I Could Sing" by Kirin J Callinan, a bit of a weird listen, but with some charming moments!

Killer list. Some albums that I've been meaning to get around to and haven't had the time but with the audio samples included here I definitely will. Here are my favorite albums of the year so far (taken from my ever evolving top 50 list). 1. Svdestada - Candela (blackened crust punk/hardcore punk) 2. Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will (melodic black metal/crust punk/epic heavy metal) 3. SeeYouSpaceCowboy… - Coup De Grâce (sasscore/metalcore/post-hardcore/emo) 4. Vemod - The Deepening (atmospheric black metal) 5. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot (power pop/indie rock/emo) 6. One Step Closer - All You Embrace (hardcore punk/emo/alternative rock) 7. The Funeral Procession - In Still Silence (progressive death metal/melodic death metal) 8. Carly Cosgrove - The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty (emo/indie rock/punk rock) 9. Alcest - Les Chants de l'aurore (post-metal/post-rock/blackgaze) 10. Call Me Malcolm - Echoes and Ghosts (ska punk/hardcore punk) 11. Volcandra - The Way of Ancients (melodic black metal/blackened death metal) 12. Nostalghia - Phaneron (atmospheric post-black metal) 13. Green Day - Saviors (punk rock/power pop/pop punk/alternative rock) 14. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well (country folk/folk pop) 15. Vorga - Beyond The Palest Star (melodic black metal/atmospheric black metal) Honorable mention to a few albums that could be top albums but need more spins 1. Southtowne Lanes - Take Care (emo/melodic hardcore/screamo) 2. Huntsmen - The Dry Land (progressive sludge metal/stoner metal/post-metal) 3. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God (technical death metal/post-metal) 4. Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss (grindcore/noise/death metal) 5. Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire (war metal) 6. Kvaen - The Formless Fires (melodic black metal/pagan black metal/thrash metal) 7. Tymvos - World of Abominations (death metal)

Love to see Mountainhead at number one. My Top 15 albums of the year so far are: 15. Allie X - Girl With No Face 14. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign 13. Brittany Howard - What Now 12. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 11. SLIFT - Ilion 10. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers OST 9. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves 8. WILLOW - Empathogen 7. Hoplites - Paramainomeni 6. Friko - Where we've been, where do we go from here 5. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God 4. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 3. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 2. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement 1. Everything Everything - Mountainhead

I saw Nourished By Time live a few weeks back. It was a solid show. It's also a safe bet that the next time I see him it won't be in a small club. He's on the come up and I am on board

Listened to very few albums this year, but here are some of my favorite songs in no particular order :) - 'Cold Reactor' - Everything Everything - 'The End Of The Contender' - Everything Everything - 'The Last Temptation Of Wil E. Coyote' - B. Dolan - 'Fantasy Baseball' - B. Dolan - 'The Traveler' - B. Dolan - 'Good Luck, Babe!' - Chappell Roan - 'euphoria' - Kendrick Lamar - 'Hell Of A Ride' - Nourished By Time - 'meet the grahams' - Kendrick Lamar - 'Not Like Us' - Kendrick Lamar - 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' - Shaboozey - '2 Bad' - Bruiser Wolf ft. Danny Brown & Zelooperz - 'Homesick' - Noah Kahan & Sam Fender - 'BTS' - Chromeo - 'HISS' - Megan Thee Stallion - 'Breathe' - Yeat - 'Wild Guess' - Everything Everything - 'Hola' - That Mexican OT ft. Fredo Bang - 'Like That' - Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar - 'Too Sweet' - Hozier - 'Florida!!!' - Taylor Swift ft. Florence + The Machine - 'LUNCH' - Billie EIlish - 'Baddy On The Floor' - Jamie xx ft. Honey Dijon - 'places to be' - Fred again.., Anderson .Paak, & CHIKA - 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' - Billie Eilish - 'Pink Skies' - Zach Bryan - 'HIND'S HALL' - Macklemore

I wish Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future made this list. That has been one of my top albums from this year. She is exceptional. Also, Glad TTPD - Taylor Swift made this list. The album is phenomenal and maybe her best yet. Happy the album has had commercial success despite the critics shitting on it. Great list Mark. It appears you have put a few more albums on my list to check out. Thank You

My top ten favourite albums so far of 2024 1. "Gravity Stairs" by Crowded House (Best Song: "Some Greater Plan (For Claire)" 2. "Rise & Fall" by Scotty McCreery (Best song: "Cab in a Solo") 3. "Hit Me Hard and Soft" by Billie Eilish (Best song: Lunch") 4. "The Rose of Jericho" by Georgia Lines (Best song: "Trust") 5. "Dangerous Men" by Addison Johnson (Best song: "The Busker") 6. "The Heartbroken Record" by Lauren Watkins (Best song: "Gatlinburg") 7. "Prelude to Ecstasy" by The :Last Dinner Party (Best Song: "Caesar on a TV Screen) 8. "Love Ain't Pretty" by Charles Esten (Best Song: "Willing To Try") 9. ""Keep Me Fed" by The Warning (Best song: "Escapism") 10. "Dark Times" by Vince Staples (Best Songs: "Little Homies") Songs: ""Corvette Summer" by Green Day "Hiss" by Megan Thee Stallion "Steal Her From Me" by Shaboozey "Nightmare" by Adeem The Artist "TaKe Me to the Ball Game" by Luke Combs "Edge of the Earth" by Sheppard "But Daddy I Love Him" by Taylor Swift "Fault Line" by Carly Pearce

I can't help but admire Mark's dedication to keep up with so many different genres at once and select the best for more casual consumers through videos like this one. I don't listen to nearly as much music as he does, but I did think a little bit about which songs I've been enjoying the most over the past few months, so here are my favorite songs of the year thus far: 10. "Hiss" by Megan Thee Stallion 9. "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" by Taylor Swift 8. "6:16 in LA" by Kendrick Lamar 7. "Sad Boys Don't Go To Heaven" by Rosendale 6. "Just Like The Nazis Did" by David Rovics 5. "Streets Made Me A King" by Future & Metro Boomin 4. "Always Be My Fault" by Future & Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd 3. "Old Days" by Lil Durk 2. "My Fault" by Shaboozey ft. Noah Cyrus 1. "Ya Tal3een" by Dana Salah

great work Mark! gave me a couple albums to check out. I'll agree it's hard for me to find a standout this year.

My Top 15 Albums of 2024 (so far): 15. Kenyon Harold - Foreverland 14. R.A.P Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura - the First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap 13. Adeem The Artist - Anniversary 12. Spose - What Could Go Wrong? 11. St Vincent - All Born Screaming 10. Heems & Lapgan - LAFANDAR 9. Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer 8. Brother Ali & unJust - Love & Service 7. Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology 6. Ryujin - Ryujin 5. Ghost-Note - Mustard n'Onions 4. Horndal - Head Hammer Man 3. Rapsody - Please Don't Cry 2. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 1. Gary Clark Jr - JPEGRAW You got a great list as always, Mark 👏

The first year where my favorite album of the year so far is also yours. Nice!

I feel in my own taste, my favorites tend to pluck from the middle of your list. It's interesting the way that goes. Katie Pruitt is currently at the top for me, pretty easily, though I'm excited to see who could top her at the same time, for an album I love but I'm not even sure if I like it more than Expectations she's just so great.

Benson Boone really grew on him to be his favorite album so far this year.

Hey mark can you put your top 3 songs of the album when you reveal it in the future? I never have time these days to listen to much new music or even watch longer videos of yours and its nice get a good quick taste of an album to see if I should listen to more

For me my ranking is 1- What Happened To The Heart by Aurora. This is by far my fav album of the year. The vocals are otherworldly on this album one listen to Dreams will be enough to bring any human to tears. This is what music is supposed to be. Not only is it my fav album of 2024 but my fav album ever made. Dreams is stunning, starvation is life changing, my name and my body not mine are genius. The whole album has not a single flaw and makes every other album I ever heard (besides her other 4) sound just slightly worse in comparison. 2- hit me hard and soft by Billie Eilish 3- Im Doing It Again Baby by Girl In red 4- 3 by for tet

Number 15 is an incredibly valid choice and I'll hear no other argument. Nourished By Time's next record is gonna be a BANGER if this is any indication

i did NOT expect ttpd to make this list, but it’s a welcome surprise, since i genuinely like it for all of its campy drama, sad to see adeem missed the cut, but it’s not as good as white trash revelry, so i get it, and i’m glad to see one night stand getting the love it deserves, it’s great. also surprised that THE GREATEST missed the list, that song is amazing.

Tapir with my favourite album of the year so thank you for the recommendation

Album best so far this year 1. The Last Dinner Party Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry 3. St. Vincent All Born Screaming 4. vampire weekend Only God Was Above Us 5. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown 6. Molly Lewis On The Lips 7. Everything Everything Mountainhead 8. Lupe Fiasco samurai

The only albums I know of that for released so far this year are: 1. Green day's Saviors (studio album) 2. Linkin park's papercuts the singles 2000 to 2023 Greatest Hits album which includes their latest post humorously chester bennington song friendly fire 3. Taylor swift The Torture Poets Department 🏬 also studio album

Hozier: Too Sweet Kendrick Lamar: Not Like Us (G)I-DLE: Wife Red Velvet: Cosmic TWICE: I Got You Weeekly: Stranger Wage War: Magnetic Billie Eilish: Birds of a Feather beabadoobee: Take a Bite Real Friends: Waiting Room LE SSERAFIM: Smart GroovyRoom: Yes or No (feat. Huh Yunjin) NMIXX: Run for Roses The Plot In You: Closure Alcest: L’Envol Pete Yorn: Someday, Someday Taylor Swift: The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Olivia Rodrigo: obsessed NewJeans: Bubble Gum BABYMONSTER: Like That Vince Staples: Black&Blue Beyoncé: II Most Wanted (feat. Miley Cyrus) Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton: Purple Irises YUQI: Could It Be Kep1er: Shooting Star

I haven't listened to a lot of albums this year so here are some of the songs I heard from this year that for sure will make my best list Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan Supernova - aespa Supernatural - NewJeans Tipsy - Clipping Club Classic - Charli xcx Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilis Like That - Future & Metro Boomin ft. Kendrick Lamar Euphoria - Kendrick Lamar Wanna Be - GloRilla ft. Megan Thee Stallion

#1 hearts and hand grenades- where I begin #2 blooming discord- memories from the future #3 Scott stapp- higher power #4 mick mars- other side of Mars #5 lift the curse- overtake #6 the gems- phoenix #7 the warning- keep me feed #8 raising ravens- motivesEP #9 Devilskin- surfacingEP

Great list so far!

Great year for music so far

*YNG's Top 15 Best Songs of Mid-Year 2024* 1. Hot To Go! - Chappell Roan 2. The Door - Teddy Swims 3. Red Wine Supernova- Chappell Roan 4. After Hours - Kehlani 5. Close To You - Gracie Abrams 6. Sweet Dreams - Koe Wetzel 7. A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey 8. 360 - Charli XCX 9. Stargazing - Myles Smith 10. Scared To Start - Michael Marcagi 11. Overcompensate - twenty one pilots 12. Creek Will Rise - Conner Smith 13. I Like The Way You Kiss Me - Artemas 14. Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan 15. Million Dollar Baby - Tommy Chapman What do you think of this list?

Nourished by time is a great inclusion

nice list! here’s mine.

Spectrum pulse is amazing I hope he knows that

I've love for you to get to Polaroid Lovers at some point this year. That's up there for me.

My favourite so far is Judas Priest Invincible Shield other's Saxon Gatecreeper Tombstoner Civerous Cognitive High on Fire Dödsrit Cailgula's Horse Vargskelethor Morbid Saint Vitriol Ihsahn Job For A Cowboy Crypt Sermon Hyperdontia Knocked Loose

Little surprised to see Euphoria on here and not HISS

My top 15 ep/albums/songs 15: ttpd 14: the death of slim shady. 13: vultures 2 12: vultures 1 11: cowboy carter 10: guts (deluxe) 9: hit me hard and soft 8: are i there yet(ik it came out late 2023 but still.) 7: Legendary bon Jovi 6: Beautiful things 5: good good usher summer walker & 21 savage 4: beautiful as you Thomas rhett 3: change you mind knox 2: hotel party crash Adams 1: 11:11 (deluxe) Chris Brown Hm 1 the unheard EP.

So far this year I’ve really been enjoying ttpd eternal sunshine deeper well fireworks and rollerblades radical optimism secret of us Clancy

Review seven albums a day then scheduled a video that will keep consistently going

Hmm, Taylor Swift, really!? I thought it was such a mediocre album

Yikes this list has some bad picks