Songs of 2024

Presenting the best / my favorite songs of 2024 featuring: Doechii, Shellac, Jamie xx, Kim Deal, Ducks Ltd., Yaya Bey, and of course Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Charli XCX.

2024 was another year that felt jam packed with new music that dared us to keep up with its relentless pace. Every week seemed to have major tunes drop out of nowhere and the unassuming rise of some sensational talents provided endless joy and entertainment throughout the year. From massive festival crowds singing and dancing along to choreographed routines to intimate moments alone with headphones, the songs below represent a wide range of moods that will hopefully appeal to everyone no matter what's going on in your life. If you need to soundtrack a moment of rage, zen, of get a dance party started, you're sure to find something here to get the job done. Whether you spent the year engaged in some of the biggest rap beefs or witnessing the ascension of our next reigning pop stars or maybe you're still deeply immersed in London's unstoppable jazz scene. Regardless of where you're interests lie, 2024 delivered some outstanding new music that will be in rotation long after we ring in the new year.

100  DJRUM | "Codex"

099  CHURCH CHORDS | "Warriors of Playtime"

098  L'IMPÉRATRICE | "Girl!"

097  YOUTH LAGOON | "Lucy Takes a Picture"

096  AGRICULTURE | "Living is Easy"

095  ARTHUR BAKER | "Love Hymn" (ft Pharoah Sanders)

094  KIM DEAL | "Coast"

093  TIERRA WHACK | "MOOVIES"
092  CLAIRO | "Juna"

091  MGMT | "Nothing to Declare"

090  HINDS | "Superstar"

089  AMARO FREITAS | "Mar de Cirandeiras"

088  THE BESNARD LAKES | "(Dizzy) Eagle"

087  JEFF PARKER + THE ETA IVTET | "Late Autumn"

086  PAYCHEQUE | "When You Are Around"

085  GEORDIE GREEP | "Holy, Holy"

084  CAROLINE SAYS | "Dust"

083  JOSHUA IDEHEN | "Mum Does the Washing"
082  VINES | "being loved isn't the same as being understood"

081  ELUCID | "THE WORLD IS DOG"

080  JAMES BLAKE | "Thrown Around"

079  ENUMCLAW | "Change"
078  CONTAINER | "Escape"

077  WINTER | "The Lonely Girl"

076  SUMAC | "Yellow Dawn"

075  KAMASI WASHINGTON | "Prologue"

074  WILD PINK | "Sprinter Brain"
073  A.G. COOK | "Silver Thread Golden Needle"

072  MACH-HOMMY | "#RICHAXXHAITIAN"

071  R. MISSING | "Maryhead"

070  JLIN | "The Precision of Infinity" (ft Philip Glass)

069  YAYA BEY | "Eric Adams in the Club"

068  PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE | "Lie in the Gutter"

067  TOUCHÉ AMORÉ | "Goodbye for Now" (ft Julien Baker)

066  KELLY LEE OWENS | "Love You Got"

065  BEN FROST | "The River of Light and Radiation"

064  THE UMBRELLAS | "Gone"
063  KYLIE MINOGUE | "Lights Camera Action"

062  SHABAKA | "Timepieces" (ft billy woods)  

061  DAWN RICHARD / SPENCER ZAHN | "Traditions"

060  DUCKS LTD. | "Train Full of Gasoline"

059  JACK J | "Wrong Again"

058  NILÜFER YANYA | "Like I Say (I runaway)"

057  ITASCA | "Milk"

056  AROOJ AFTAB | "Raat Ki Rani"

055  200 STAB WOUNDS | "Hands of Eternity"

054  FINE | "Big Muzzy"

053  MAGGIE ROGERS | "So Sick of Dreaming"

052  DUMMY | "Blue Dada"

051  MANNEQUIN PUSSY | "I Don't Know You"

050  TINASHE | "Nasty"

049  SZA | "Saturn"

048  ARIANA GRANDE | "yes, and?"

047  NEWJEANS | "Bubble Gum"

046  NUBYA GARCIA | "Fortify"

045  SABRINA CARPENTER | "Please Please Please"

044  SHELLAC | "I Don't Fear Hell"

043  BON IVER | "S P E Y S I D E"

042  FRIKO | "Cardinal"

041  IRON AND WINE | "All in Good Time" (ft Fiona Apple)

040  NORMANI | "Candy Paint"

039  JESSIE WARE / ROMY | "Lift You Up"

038  BULLION | "Rare" (ft Carly Rae Jepsen)

037  MAGDALENA BAY | "Death & Romance"

036  ROSALI | "Rewind"

035  ASTRID SONNE | "Boost"

034  THE MESSTHETICS / JAMES BRANDON LEWIS | "Emergence"

033  MDOU MOCTAR | "Funeral for Justice"

032  BILLIE EILISH | "BIRDS OF A FEATHER"

031  FUTURE / METRO BOOMIN | "Like That" (ft Kendrick Lamar)

030  REMI WOLF | "Cinderella"

029  THE SMILE | "The Slip"

028  DEAN BLUNT | "DOWNER" (ft Panda Bear, Vegyn)

027  HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF | "Hawkmoon"

026  JACK WHITE | "That's How I'm Feeling"

025  FAYE WEBSTER | "Lego Ring" (ft Lil Yachty)

024  FOUR TET | "Loved"

023  CHAT PILE | "Masc"

022  CAKES DA KILLA | "Do Dat Baby" (ft Dawn Richard)

021  THE CURE | "Endsong"

020  BETH GIBBONS | "Floating on a Moment"

019  FCUKERS | "Bon Bon"

018  FABIANA PALLADINO | "Shoulda"

017  PANDA BEAR | "Defense" (ft Cindy Lee)

016  CINDY LEE | "All I Want is You"

015  BEYONCÉ | "II HANDS II HEAVEN"

014  MJ LENDERMAN | "She's Leaving You"

013  ADRIANNE LENKER | "Sadness as a Gift"

012  CASSANDRA JENKINS | "Clams Casino"

011  JAMIE XX | "Baddy on the Floor" (ft Honey Dijon)

10  MK.GEE | "ROCKMAN"

09  DOECHII | "DENIAL IS A RIVER"

08  ERIKA DE CASIER | "Lucky"

07  NOURISHED BY TIME | "Hell of a Ride"

06  JESSICA PRATT | "Life Is"

05  CHARLI XCX | "360"

04  KIM GORDON | "BYE BYE"

03  CHAPPELL ROAN | "Good Luck, Babe!"

02  WAXAHATCHEE | "Right Back to It" (ft MJ Lenderman)

01  KENDRICK LAMAR | "Not Like Us"