Favorite albums of 2024: the mid-year report

Halfway through this year, I've heard some really great albums, and a lot of very good ones. I've ranked my 10 favorites so far, and follow with an alphabetical list of most of my other favorites.

1. Charli XCX - Brat

2. Les Amazones D’Afrique - Musow Danse

3. Kali Uchis - Orquidas

4. Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

5. Steve Dawson - Ghosts

6. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis

7. Pernice Brothers - Who Will You Believe

8. Nia Archives - Silence is Loud

9. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas 

10. Lizzie No - Halfsies

Other faves:

Bab L’Bluz - Swaken

Liam Bailey - Zero Grace

T Bone Burnett - The Other Side

Cloud Nothings - Final Summer

Madi Diaz - Weird Faith 

Rachel Drew - Old Sky New 

Ducks Ltd. - Harm’s Way 

Finom - Not God 

Angélica Garcia - Gemelo 

Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head 

Sahra Halgan - HIDDO DHAWR

Ian Hunter - Defiance Part 2: Fiction

Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

Iron and Wine - Light Verse

Jon Langford & The Bright Shiners - Where It Really Starts

The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know

Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

Lunchbox - Pop and Circumstance

The Mavericks - Moon and Stars 

Leyla McCalla - Sun Without the Heat 

Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well

Omni - Souvenir 

Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless 

Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch 

Raveena - Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain 

Real Estate - Daniel 

St. Vincent - All Born Screaming

Les Savy Fav - Oui, LSF

The Secret Sisters - Mind, Man, Medicine

Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath 

Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites 

Sprints - Letter to Self

Swamp Dogg - Blackgrass: From West Virginia To 125th St

Hana Vu - Romanticism

Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood