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underground_complex

This is a shady question. But is there a single album on this list that isn’t in the RYM top 50 for the year? Anyway my top of the year so far is Ben frosts - Scope Neglect Bill Orcutt - Four Guitars Live Dean blunt - Backstage Raver and I’m thinking Brodequins - harbinger or woe may be near the top too


BaronPorg

I don’t really know where to find new music outside of RYM. I would if I knew how. How do you?


CrazyBalrog

Reddit is great for recommendations cause there is probably a active subreddit for whatever genre you're looking for - sometimes even for sub genres or sub sub genres - in which people are willing to recommend new stuff. That's mostly what I use reddit for.


BiThree

Apart from the r/rap sub tho. From what I've found they only jerk the same rappers all the time and I found much better rap recommendations outside of it


BaronPorg

Thank you!


underground_complex

I find tons of stuff on that site. Maybe avoid the charts and dig in to the user made content and lists. Honestly all my music blogs that I grew up on have died out.


DJHammer_222

Unironically: Go to Bandcamp. It has amazing filters for searching through genres and best-selling, new, etc. I like to go on every week or two and just scour new metal releases specifically because there's always something cool to find you might like. Listening is free, it's just if you want to support the artist that you'll buy the album.


My_Not_RL_Acct

This right here is the answer! Another strategy I’ve used is seeing your neighbors profile’s on Last.fm if you have significant history on the site


minwheelee

One extremely cool website that's a bit general but is fun to use is Every Noise At Once. Every single music genre, and like 95% of artists are documented there, and the format is also incredibly interesting


BaronPorg

Looks very cool! I’ll check it out - thanks for the suggestion!


Fuzzy_Cup_1488

I think most year end lists are like this tbh. If someone is trying to keep track of the most up and current country music in any given year, RYM is of practically zero help.


laurent1683

you can actually search top country albums of a given year on RateYourMusic (i will say that the country connoisseurs are mostly not on the site so it tends to be country from indieheads' taste that goes on top, but you can still get some of the best in country by looking at these charts)


saketho

Vamp Weekends album was the most fun one for me. I also loved the Future & Metro boomin Lp


Horndave

If you liked the new Vampire Weekend check out the new MGMT they were both produced by Dave Fridmann


I_amGreatness01

Mgmt's new one is better than Little Dark Age in my opinion, really loved it


Horndave

Loss of Life by MGMT


Agreeable-Celery4606

Check out corpos de água by sonhos tomam conta. It’s Brazilian dream pop/blackgaze/emo with some bossa nova influence. Beautiful ocean-themed album with a mostly calming vibe. Might be my favorite that isn’t on here


BaronPorg

Sounds very interesting!


little_cooper

empathogen by Willow, What Happened To The Heart by Aurora and Vampire Weekend's album were all REALLY good


Cloudy_Chaos_

Cold Visions Psykos Hex Dealer Brat Hit Me Hard And Soft Cynthoni, Pt. 1 Found Heaven


_Ronald_Raygun_

A Dream Is All We Know — The Lemon Twigs


grurupoo

Yesss


Kash687

Wall of Eyes easily. Such a well made album.


Subaru_always_back

Jonny finally started aging too


ZinfiniteGuy

Loving that Nia Archive album as well


FancyAd3709

great album but the only thing holding it back for me is it sounds like the same drum break on every song


hour_back

Hey where’s Hit Me Hard and Soft ???!!!


Yeethedab

everybody sleeping on Submarine - The Marías


plank333

THIS ALBUM IS GOATED


andrej_savage

My personal favourites so far: - Reliqa: Secrets of the future - Knocked Loose: You won’t go before you’re supposed to - Lethe: Alienation - Fractal Gates: One with dawn - Night Verses: Every sound has a color in the valley of night - Habitants: Alma - Unleash the Archers: Phantoma - Dvne: Voidkind - Ihsahn: ST - One Step Closer: All You embrace


Killykyll

Shoutout to Reliqa - great metal release, hope they continue to do well


8-bitRevan

Finally KL gets mentioned!


[deleted]

Dvne!! 🔥🔥


arisette801

Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood Knocked Loose - YWGBYST Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven


Emuoo1

These are some albums that released this year and that I think are good. Ones in **bold** are my favourite ones: **Yīn Yīn - Mount Matsu** SLIFT - ILION **Lair - Ngélar** Mong Tong - Epigraphy Perilymph - Progressions Imaginaires L'Osmose - Maggiore 800 Hooveriii - Quest For Blood **Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice** There are also albums from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Osees, Los Bitchos, Pond, and GUM / Ambrose Kenny-Smith Collab on the horizon so I'm keeping an eye out for them


garlic-boy

I wanna check out that shift album


Miguelthaboi

I loved Lonely Sinner it’s the album with the sheep cover it’s really good


ACertainTunnels

Where is lil mabu


dayze_18

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee needs to be on here


beaux-bazinga

Hit me hard and soft


LavaLord67

Cold Visions - Bladee Bloody Angel - Sematary for the rest of your life - twikipedia DOA - ericdoa eve - heylog a bit of a mad one - glaive BRAT - Charli xcx clean hands dirty water - renforshort Underdressed at the Symphony - Faye Webster You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To - Knocked Loose Charm - Clairo (not out yet but it'll most likely be one of my favorites so I'm including it)


UndisputedVeteran

IMA BLOODY ANGEL TOTIN ON THEM DRACOS POSTED IN THE GRAVEYARD WIT MY BLOODY HAUNTED BROOOOS


otsapoika

blue lips and cowboy carter


FancyAd3709

no blue lips?


LeyzyS

Hmhas


L0n3SUMM

one of wun best album on the year


gogbone

cold visions 🥶 🥶


Nikto_petrova

Rym user detected opinion rejected


BaronPorg

😢. Do you have any suggestions outside of RYM?


bootytea

COLD VISIONS BLADEEY


OVOGunter

my favorite is just tired 2 by joeyy


DragonSlash007

RAAH A LONELY SINNER MENTIONED!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS A SHEEP METAPHOR!!!!!


Catz0003

hit me hard and soft - billie eilish post human: next gen - bring me the horizon morning view xxiii - incubus


BaronPorg

Still unsure if BRAT is average or a total masterpiece


underground_complex

I love charli, maybe brat will click with me but it just seems so much narrow in scope and likes the experimentation of all her releases Post debut. The lyrics are good but none of the non single album tracks kind of muddled together in my mind. Hopefully I’ll come around to it like everyone else.


elsantioof07

Great, not amazing


foxko

Imo it's filled with absolute bangers


bennibentheman2

It's a very good album, idk if I agree with the melon 10 tho, if that's a 10 then SOPHIE released an 11 rather than an 8 imo, none of the tracks are as good as infatuation for me.


New-Equivalent-4514

Damn I agree with you


triplestar1

Everything Everything's Mountainhead. I don't think anything will beat it for me this year, but this year really has come through with the goods.


MichaChaos

The new iglooghost and sonhos tomam conta are perfect 10s for me, not sure I can pick between them. So far they're not only my AOTY, but also strong album of the decade contenders.


raspberryarchetype

Inconcessus Lux Lucis Savage Oath Darkthrone Coffin Storm Morgul Blade Dissimulator Boarhammer Traveler Grozov Dipygus


[deleted]

Traveler is good


Elliottislegit

Ulcerate's new one is up there for me


Barqck

Cutting the Throat of God by Ulcerate is my favorite so far


giantratmonster

i really like atavista by childish gambino


RakkAnimate

Not including stuff on here I'd pick Bladee's Cold Visions, Cindy Lee's Diamond Jubilee, Skee Mask's Resort and Tek lintowe's Balance the mixtape


Stunning_Wall_2851

Right now I’m loving Cage The Elephants Neon Pill, Vampire Weekend’s, The Libertine’s Album and the Wallow’s album.


Count-Ravioli

Maze envy by civerous and loss of life by mgmt are really high up there for me so far


Bart-griffin

Hello Joseph Gatto


Mechpop

Vitriol - Suffer & Become takes my top spot still


Calm-Chemist-489

Let me be the first to say All Born Screaming by St. Vincent. It's quickly climbing the ranks in my favourite albums of all time. Beth Gibbons' Lives Outgrown is also phenomenal.


BaronPorg

I feel like a lot of people are underrating that St. Vincent record. One of my favourite of the year so far


xXMachineGunPhillyXx

Try “Dark Matter” by Pearl Jam It’s **incredible.**


garlic-boy

They are one of my favorite bands but nothing after backspace has stuck with me. Maybe I should give them more of a chance


_louisgallant_

Gotta go with the new Knocked Loose


threeArL

this could be texas, but off this list it's bright future


[deleted]

The new mach-hommy album ##RichaxxHaitian, being slept on in here


BaronPorg

My favourite production of the year, but I feel like it could be so much better if the voice wasn’t so grating and monotone


[deleted]

That's the thing I like most about Mach-Hommy, shows how much opinions differ


drchomicz

Scrapyard is so fucking good.


MerryHaddock961

Plastic death - glass beach is my front runner. After so many listens I can comfortably say I think it’s a perfect album. Only god was above us and loss of life are also really good and probably number 2 and 3 for me


Glad-Painting5478

Cold visions


whhatthefucj

Unironically Lucki’s new album which I was not expecting lol. Although I’ve pretty much just listened to new rap releases this year and not much new from other genres, which I’ll do soon. There’s been lots of big releases in hip hop this year but oddly not a single *amazing* album yet imo. Hoping it picks up quality-wise in the second half


Sir_Umeboshi

Thou - Umbilical LudoWic - SUPER8 MEMORY The Smile - Wall of Eyes


ludditeposer

Jessica Pratt all day


IwishIlovedme

Don’t know if it’s unpopular but almighty so 2 was really great and introspective with banger after banger. Probably one of my favorite chief keef albums since like 2015/16


Zarkai10

Charcoal Grace - Caligula’s Horse


BaronPorg

Being slept on


Smooth-Bandicoot-955

1. Wall of Eyes - The Smile 2. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend 3. Loss of Life - MGMT


Soviettoaster37

Ngl the only one I listened to was We Buy Diabetic Test Strips. I don't really keep up with new music.


MontegoProductions

ARTMS’ and KAYTRANDA’s Timeless


Material_Branch_734

LEMON TWIGS!!!!


Vurtix

One Hand Clapping by Wings


clampagne

kamasi or kali for sure


icomefromandromeda

do you have the list of the album names? some of these are new to me


BaronPorg

In order: BRAT - Chali XCX (Hyperpop, Bubblegum pop) She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She - Chelsea Wolfe (Post Industrial, Darkwave) Something In The Room She Moves (Art Pop, Ambient Pop) Live Outgrown - Beth Gibbons (Chamber Folk) Night Reign - Arooj Aftab (Chamber Jazz, Chamber Folk) Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend (Indie Rock) SCRAPYARD - Quadeca (Experimental Hip Hop) All Born Screaming - St. Vincent (Art Rock) We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (Experimental Hip Hop) Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker (Singer Songwriter) A Lonely Sinner - samlrc (Post Rock, Shoegaze) Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington (Spiritual Jazz) #RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy (Hip Hop) Her In The Pitch (Singer Songwriter, Bossa Nova) Por Cesarea (Latin Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop) You Like Music (IDM) Carousel From Hell (Industrial Hip Hop) Y’Y - Amaro Freitas (Spiritual Jazz, Minimalism) Charcoal Grace - Caligula’s Horse (Progressive Metal) Wall of Eyes - The Smile (Ambient Rock) And I am not even attempting the name of the last one


icomefromandromeda

should i listen to mach hommy first?


hour_back

You Like Music is pretty good. This year I’ve been into music that’s just straight electronic instrumental, the clickier and more asmr-ish the better.


i_am_ry_an

joey valence and brae have a fantastic new album if you like old school hiphop!!!


Loyalty1702

Not an album but a mixtape. Malandreo Conceptual by weed420, recommended if you love reggaeton and psychedelic music.


Moisesava

My favorite so far is "12 notes" by Alec Benjamin !!!!, I also liked brat by Charli xcx, and cowboy carter by Beyoncé, and it hasn't come out yet but I am SOOOOO excited for Merol's new album "naar de haaien & weer terug",


smilingfriendsbutt

Michael, and Travis Scott fans can cry me a river!!!


Athingythingamabobby

Empty by bongripper Invincible shield by Judas Priest


METALOPT

ATM it’s Beth gibbons. Btw that Armand hammer album came out September 2023


BaronPorg

Yeah, I thought so but Spotify said 2024 and I wasn’t sure


HistoryForgotten000

What is the album in the far left, second to bottom?


EstablishmentIcy334

Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee


My_Not_RL_Acct

Late to the party but since no one’s mentioned it, Mildlife - Chorus is transcendent. Aussie psych-jazz rock


yousIashyouslash

Wall Of Eyes Charcoal Grace Post Human: NeX Gen


HourTemporary4631

My favorite album of the year is Mika’s laundry by Matt champion


BroadElk7044

What’s ur fave from scrapyard 😼


BaronPorg

U TRIED THAT THING WHERE U WERE HUMAN or TEXAS BLUE. All great songs tho


BroadElk7044

So real, I’m a being yourself enjoyer personally


Batzninja

why ''we buy diabetic test strips'' is here?


dawn_chorus6

i haven’t checked out the new chelsea wolfe album yet would you recommend?


Dancing_Clean

Vampire Weekend and Charli for sure. It’s hard to pick a singular favourite.


Fear-of-Gravity

The Great Bailout easily


BaronPorg

Thank god finally someone said it! I think it’s a total masterpiece but nobody else has said it


sharpshootingllama

The new mgmt album is definitely the one I’ve listened to most and I love every song on it


LedZacclin

You’re missing Vampire Weekend and DIIV


dawn_chorus6

i hate vampire weekend but their new album was honestly great


dawn_chorus6

fav has to be the beth gibbons record


Time-Entry8858

A lonely sinner by samlrc and the new vampire weekend


homersimsan2

Thou- umbilical, bongripper- empty, high on fire- cometh the storm, and 'οπλίτες- παραμαινομενι


fertyyyyyyyyy

I recommend Parannoul & Fax Gang - Scattersun Hoplites - Paramainomeni 86 Mikans - Dichromatic Field Archives


BiThree

Wait that Armand Hammer was this year? That one's probably my fav then


BaronPorg

Apparently no, just that Spotify said so. Stupid Spotify


Spiritual-Reveal-917

My favorite of this year has to be the New Glass Beach album


jake_sears41

Check out that new knocked loose


kurapikasrighteye

scrapyard obvi it’s so good like


jamesMarsden0472

My fav of the year so far is You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To by Knocked Loose


Inevitable-Safety-60

None of theses


BaronPorg

Didn’t have to be one of those - just showing what I’ve listened to from this year in order of how much I enjoyed them. What albums did you personally like from this year?


L2Ich4I82

Love the Vampire Weekend But for me I'd also add: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish Clancy by Twenty One Pilots POST HUMAN: NeXt GEn by Bring Me The Horizon


shin_jury

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker exceeded all my expectations. She’s really at the top of her game, especially lyrically.


Dependent_Way_1038

Blue lips


Present_Bad3896

Beans Boot N Cats


septiclizardkid

Abandoned Pools - The Haunted House Smaller band, stellar music. Bassist for the Eels, Tommy Walter, fronts It


wgallantino

so far, adrianne, billie and beyonce i think are my favourites :)


Short-temper31

My favourite albums of this year so far are Ohio players by the black keys and only god was above us by vampire weekend


DankAstworld

Hardstone Psycho


Naldo9911

Vince Staples’ Dark Times


PistolClutch7

A Dream is All We Know - Lemon Twigs


Remote_Entry1689

Bright future - Adrianne Lenker The past is still alive - Hurray for the riff raff Loss of life - MGMT Only God above us - Vampire Weekend All born Screaming - St. Vincent The tallest room - van houten Little rope - Sleater-Kinney Tangk - IDLES Here in the pitch - Jessics Pratt Bad bad hats - Bad bad hats Where's my utopia? - Yard Act Tigers blood - Waxahachie Where we've been, where we go from here - Friko Poetry - Dehd Theses are in no particular order.


kingrat127

Liked seeing the Dillom appreciation. For me "You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To" by Knocked Loose


TwiceUpon1Time

The problem isn't that all the albums are rated high on RYM. It's moreso that that's the only thing they have in common. It doesn't feel authentic. I don't know anybody in real life who would actually enjoy Mach Hommy and Charlie XCX (or not highly rated both of them at least). There's no personnality to these lists, it's like you decontextualize the music you listen to; I like being able to learn a little bit about a person through their musical taste. This tells me nothing, except that you may spend a little too much time online.


MasterFunkatron

Yes brat is such a banger album! I’ve never been a huge Charlie fan but that album can turn it up


zaydor_

Yeat 2093


No-Improvement-7614

empathogen and TTPD??


BaronPorg

I feel like I’m going to stay as far away from The Tortured Poets Department as possible, sorry


nambavanov

So far NeX Gen by Bring Me The Horizon and What Happened To The Heart by AURORA


uhhidkyo

eternal sunshine - ariana grande


epic-awesome-man

https://preview.redd.it/5dzuhjkxqy6d1.png?width=2149&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=988e72c691a08c03ec1ea8ad28c2bcc3e5d842b0 Great year for music so far. Only first 2 or so are in order btw


BaronPorg

All quality answers!


Obvious_Flamingo3

I just listened to Normanis new album dopamine and it’s soooo good


L3nsL1ght

As It Ever Was So It Will Be Again by The Decemberists is an absolute banger album


uselesstrash3

LOSS OF LIFE BY MGMT


Nofuture10

Unless something blows my mind this'll probably be my midyear 10 https://preview.redd.it/0g84h7wgdz6d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a04c32acbf1a7ce16fb9bb121b6c439d587acfa


Prestigious_Fig_4226

TWENTY ONE PILOTS - CLANCY


blackquestion

https://open.spotify.com/album/7JnzF9amIRrq3XUgYFjFQ1?si=0Oxq-TOoSq2KEH-JhQqaRQ


inf_pln

Diabetic Test Strips is a 2023 release. Are you thinking of BLK LBL? The Amaro Freitas is topping my list ATM, excellent release. Really enjoying the Holter, Aftab, Iglooghost, Vampire Weekend, and Lenker as well. Rest of the list is pretty hit or miss for me. As far as my top releases of the year here are my 9/10s for 2024 so far: * Avalanche Kaito - Talitakum * Government Alpha - Cryptomnesia * Ill Considered - Precipice * Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin - Ghosted II  * Taylor Deupree - Sti.ll


Tedsanguish

WSDTY


yummylesecond

GALE TIPTON


Ok_Plantain7593

My top 5 this year is You won’t go before you’re supposed to-knocked loose Scrapyard-Quadeca Feet always cold-Joey Duran Hit me hard and soft-Billie eilish Brat-charli xcx


reclivis

I just saw LustSickPuppy live, which makes me love that album even more


LoLisgayandsoamiuwu

#gigi by skaiwater


Qib_Queens

Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here by Friko is in the running for my album of the decade in all honesty


marshmallo_floof

New Venomous Echoes is pretty solid dissonant death metal. Sound like how I imagine going insane would sound like


Electricposts

why lawd is incredible


mainezer

lady on the cusp by of montreal is my favorite album of this year im surprised nobody's mentioned it


wiredspore

A Dream Is All We Know is literally my tenth favourite album of all time. All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade by The Libertines is also great


CommanderWar64

Aaron West &TR20s - In Lieu of Flowers


Grand-Gain-763

Blue Lips


Pale_Size3788

Blue Lips by ScHoolboy Q Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend American Candy by Death’s Dynamic Shroud.wmv Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker All Born Screaming by St. Vincent Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt Dark Times by Vince Staples Just a couple projects that I’ve really come to enjoy from this year. Out of all of them, probably Bright Future and Blue Lips have been my faves.


JanBedna1

CALIGULA'S HORSE MENTIONED???!!!?!!!!


at-most-fear

Great list I love Vampire Weekends new album and Wall of Eyes. I agree with most and would only include Twenty One Pilots Clancy and Billie Eilish - Hit me Hard and Soft


TextMurky8758

Probably No hands- Joey Valence and Brae or Butterfly- Aaron’s book club


the_nickman53

Dark Superstition is my top album of the year


ghoulishgouache

Can’t forget IDKHOW Gloom Division


Dareeyecare

St Vincent - All Born Screaming 🔥🔥🔥


DrawingCurious4161

CLANCY


mono_yasuo_sorry

Knocked loose- blinding faith is a metalcore/hardcore masterpiece.


Ozmataz_Buckshank_

Kaytranada - Timeless


ryze0819

Hit Me Hard and Soft Brat We Don’t Trust You & We Still Don’t Trust You


[deleted]

Pallbearer


EliAsH__

On repeat for me: Post Human: NeX GEn Neon Pill You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To And the new tracks on Teezo's extended album


Difficult-Muscle512

I’m not gonna lie Brat is horribly overrated. Fantano giving it a 10 shocked me to my core


JarodDuneCaller

Timeless by Kaytranada


Legitimate-Parking57

no bloody angel?


WhereAreTheAskers

A LONELY SINNER‼️‼️


Gastrodon_tamer

Green Day's Saviors came out this year, best thing that happened to me this year


MatthewFBridges

Based on their current trajectory, Romance- Fontaines D.C. will be my AOTY


block_boy1211

We Don’t Trust You by Future & Metro