Best Albums of 2023 and 2024

Best of 2023

Albums

1. Bill Orcutt – Jump On It
2. DJ Manny – Hypnotized
3. Billy Woods and Kenny Segal – Maps
4. Lindstrom – Everyone Else Is a Stranger
5. Nondi_ – Flood City Trax
6. Tyshawn Sorey – Continuing
7. Wolf Eyes – Difficult Messages
8. Kelela – Raven
9. James Brandon Lewis – Eye Of I
10. PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying
11. The Men – New York City
12. Zoh Amba/Bill Orcutt/Chris Corsano – The Flower School
13. Chris Speed Trio – Despite Obstacles
14. Tyvek – Overground
15. Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry – Our Daily Bread

EPs

1. Jlin – Perspective EP
2. Martyn x Om Unit – AJ^6 EP
3. Yushh – Look Mum No Hands

Best of 2024

Albums

1. Computer Fight – 終​わ​り​な​き​日​常​を​生​き​ろ owarinaki nichijo wo ikiro
2. Djrum – Meaning’s Edge EP
3. Julie – My Anti-Aircraft Friend
4. Jamie Saft – Jamie Saft Trio Plays Monk
5. Vince Staples – Dark Times
6. Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced
7. Charli XCX – Brat
8. Darius Jones – Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye)
9. Jeff Parker and the ETA IVtet – The Way Out of Easy
10. Holy Tongue and Shackleton – The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now
11. Jlin – Akoma
12. Mura Masa – Curve1
13. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage du Desir
14. Tyler The Creator – Chromakopia
15. The Drin – Elude The Torch

EPs and Singles

1. Computer Fight – 新​卒​で​天​使​に​な​れ​な​か​っ​た​/​ハ​ン​チ​バ​ッ​ク shinsotsu de tenshi ninarenakatta​/​hunchback
2. Pearson Sound – Which Way Is Up EP
3. JJ Whitefield – Moon Walk

Reissues/Archival

1. The Fall – Slates Live
2. Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
3. Fred Frith – Guitar Solos reissue/Fifty
4. Aphex Twin – Digeridoo
5. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician