Category: Year-End Lists
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The 30 Best Songs of 2024
From pop stars who repeatedly blew up the Internet, the rap beef that brought the whole music world together, rock music getting very good again, electronic excellence, and those who dared to venture beyond structural convention, these are the 30 Best Songs of 2024.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2024
A cultural shift toward truly independent and alternative sounds alongside perfect pop moments and late-career highlights with the 50 Best Albums of 2024.
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The Best Experimental Albums of 2023
The sound of art in a state of flux evolution from all corners of the music universe, from cosmic jazz to experimental electronic and beguiling rock, with the Best Experimental Albums of 2023.
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The Best Dream-Pop & Shoegaze Albums of 2023
Seminal returns, modern artists getting their laurels, and newer shapes in the static and clouds being invented by its future with the Best Dream-Pop and Shoegaze Albums of 2023.
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+Artist Favorites 2023: Shamir
The prolific indie polymath shares his highly esoteric and eccentric favorite music from 2023.
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The Best Industrial, Noise Rock & Post-Punk Albums of 2023
Angles reconstructed, industrial and noise rock in collision, and noisemaking beyond definition that made being sucked into the universe’s vacuum at least a thrill ride with the Best Industrial, Noise Rock & Post-Punk Albums of 2023.
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The Best Hardcore & Metal Scene Albums of 2023
Celebrating the breakthroughs and the continued fetes of the scene’s continued evolution with the Best Hardcore and Metal Scene Albums of 2023.
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The Best EPs of 2023
New artist buzz, creative crossroads and transitional standouts, as well as building off momentum with the Best EPs of 2023.
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+Artist Favorites 2023: Full Blown Meltdown
The punk songwriter and modern day DIY scene MVP of the year shares his favorite music of 2023.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2023
In a year in music that felt like a lot, there was no shortage of great new sounds across the alternative spectrums of rock, pop, rap, and its experimental edges with the 50 Best Albums of 2023.