Albums & Gigs of the Year 2024
A little later than usual, it’s time for our end of year review!
It was an incredible year for music, we had a long list of over 100 albums in the end. But, here are some of our top 5s, and we cannot recommend them highly enough. We’ve also included our top gigs of the year too. Were you at any of them?
Bring on 2025!
Sam
Gigs
Biffy Clyro @ Shepherd's Bush Empire x3
Palm Reader @ Underworld
Poly-Math / Big Lad @ Signature Brew BHR
Mew @ Barbican
Thrice @ Kentish Town Forum
Albums
Foxing - Foxing
Bicurious - Your Life Is Over Now...
toe - NOW I SEE THE LIGHT
LOMA - How Will I Live Without a Body?
5. Vennart - Forgiveness & The Grain
Asher
Gigs
Tool @ O2 Arena / Birmingham Arena
Biffy Clyro @ Shepherd's Bush Empire x3
If These Trees Could Talk @ Portals
Three Trapped Tigers @ Electric Ballroom
BLACKSHAPE @ ArcTanGent
Albums
Arab Strap - I'm Totally Fine with It Don't Give a Fuck Anymore
toe - NOW I SEE THE LIGHT
Overhead, The Albatross - I Leave You This
The Smile- Cutouts
Layers In Lairs - Mantles
Alex
Gigs
Biffy Clyro @ Shepherds Bush Empire x 3
Three Trapped Tigers @ ArcTangent
Alpha Male Tea Party / Poly-Math / Lost In The Riots / Tough Glove
@ Downstairs at The DomeFuture Of The Left @ Clwb Ifor Bach
Efterklang @ The Barbican
Albums
Layers In Lairs - Mantles
Foxing - Foxing
Overhead, The Albatross - I Leave You This
Everything Everything - Mountainhead
Chatte Royal - Mick Torres Plays Too Fucking Loud
Arran
Gigs
Three Trapped Tigers @ Electric Ballroom
Asymmetric Universe @ ArcTangent
BLACKSHAPE @ ArcTanGent
If These Trees Could Talk @ Portals Festival
Outlander @ Victoria Dalston
Albums
Overhead, The Albatross - I Leave You This
Leprous - Melodies of Atonement
Outlander - Acts of Harm
Hexcut - 6C
Night Verses - Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night
Here are some honourable mentions that very nearly made it that we wanted to flag to you as spectacular records to check out:
A Burial At Sea - Close To Home
Alcest - Les Chants de l'Aurore
And So I Watch You From Afar - Megafauna
Another Sky - Beach Day
As Living Arrows - Hope and Ruin
Cursive - Devourer
Dool - The Shape Of Fludity
Envy - Eunoia
Ishmael Ensemble - Rituals
Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full of Blood
Kalandra - A Frame of Mind
Kiasmos - II
Microwave - Let's Start Degeneracy
Midas Fall - Cold Waves Divide Us
Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath
New Ghost - A Dagger In Every Tide
Pijn - From Low Beams Of Hope
Sans Froid - Hello Boil Brain
Slift - Ilion
Slowly Rolling Camera - Silver Shadow
Sugar Horse - The Grand Scheme of Things
Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird Of A Thousand Voices
Tourist - Memory Morning
Willow - empathogen