In No Particular Order:
OP’s Best of 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, it’s the perfect moment to pause and reflect on the year’s cultural highlights. It’s always a bit odd to wait till December to give props to the incredible artists, labels, and visionaries who keep the spark alive in a increasingly conformist world but people like end of year lists and that sort of thing.

So here’s to the bold ones who make it happen—your work matters.

Show some love, share your support, and let’s celebrate some magic. Here’s our top picks from the past 12 months:

Aneet’s Top Ten of 2024

Broadcast - Distant Call: Collected Demos 2000-2006 & Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009 (Warp Records)

I Saw The TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun) (A24)

Dorothy Carter - Troubadour (Drag City)

Various Artists - Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age Japan 1993-1999 (Music From Memory)

Various Artists - Gonzo Goa II: Party Music 86-93 (Sound Migration)

The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer) (A24)

Faux Naïf - Reel Torque Vol.33 (Reel Torque)

Laraaji  @ ICA, London

Basil Kirchin: The Mutations: Unreleased Basil Kirchin Film Music From 1968 and 1974 (Trunk Records)

G.F.X - Eternal (Magic Ritmo)


Aduke’s Top Ten of 2024

Caleb Femi - The Wickedest (Fourth Estate)

Gary Stevenson - The Trading Game (Penguin Books)

Mk.gee - Two Star & the Dream (R&R)

Lexa Gates - Elite Vessel (GOODTALK)

Bashy - Being Poor is Expensive (Bish Bash Bosh Music)

Anora (Sean Baker) (Universal)

Longlegs (Osgood Perkins) (Neon)

Kneecap (Rich Peppiatt) (Wildcard Distribution/Curzon)

I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun) (A24)

Hoard (Luna Carmoon) (Vertigo Releasing)


Esmé’s Top Ten of 2024

Alligator Bites Never Heal - Doechii (Top Dawg Entertainment)

Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass) (Lionsgate)

Lynne Tillman - American Genius (Soft Skull Press)

Kendrick Lamar (ft Dody6) - hey now (Interscope Records)

Wicked (Jon M. Chu) (Universal)

Abi Palmer - Slugs: A Manifesto (Makina Books)

James K  - Blinkmoth (July Mix)

Janet Planet (Annie Baker) (A24)

Dj Babatr, LYZZA - Sucio (Chromesthesia)

Civil War (Alex Garland) (A24)