So far we have offered you some of the 2024 rankings of the main international music publications, respectively Mojo, Uncut, Consequence, Pitchfork, Stereogum, The Wire, Ultimate Classic Rock, Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine and NME (New Musical Express), today we add to the list a rather dissonant voice, that of The Quietus magazine, dedicated above all to the more underground and experimental niches, a bit along the lines of The Wire. However, Charli XCX's hit song “Brat” is also included in this list. If last year the choices of The Quietus were dominated by Lankum, PJ Harvey and Teeth Of The Sea, this year the podium sees the post-hardcore of Moin on the third step, on the second the magnetic trance of Tristwch Y Fenywod and at the top the minimalism of Ex-Easter Island Head from Liverpool, with “Norther”.
Here is the ranking of the best albums of 2024 for The Quietus (full report here).
1. Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther
2. Tristwch Y Fenywod – Tristwch Y Fenywod
3. Moin – You Never End
4. Xiu Xiu – 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips
5. Mohammad Syfkhan – I Am Kurdish
6. Still House Plants – If I don't make it, I love u
7. Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution
8. Shovel Dance Collective – The Shovel Dance
9. Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja
10. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath
11. Shellac – To All Trains
12. Fat White Family – Forgiveness Is Yours
13. Dialect – Atlas Of Green
14. Jacken Elswyth – At Fargrounds
15. Charli XCX – Brat
16. Tashi Wada – What Is Not Strange?
17. Clairo – Charm
18. Nonpareils – Rhetoric & Terror
19. Gnod – Spot Land
20. Sealionwoman – Nothing Will Grow In The Soil
Antonio Santini for SANREMO.FM
