2024 was an incredible year of new music. Some of our contributors here at The Live Wire shared their thoughts for what they believed some of the best records of the year were.
Cody – Senior Contributor/Social Media Manager
10. Linkin Park – From Zero
9. Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
8. Bring Me The Horizon – NexGen
7. Destroy Boys – Funeral Soundtrack #4
6. Ocean Grove – ODDWORLD
5. Void Of Vision – What I’ll Leave Behind
4. Joey Valance and Brae – No Hands
3. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
2. In Hearts Wake – Incarnation
1. Green Day – Saviours
Is it really the best album of 2024? Probably not, but I go back to this album at least once a week because I love it from start to finish, and in the end that’s all that matters right?
Charlotte – Contributor
10. The Buoys – Lustre
9. Sycco – Zorb
8. Alex The Astronaut – Rage And All Its Friends
7. RAAVE TAPES – RAAVE TAPES
6. Aleksiah – Who Are You When You’re Not Performing
5. Eves Karydas – Burnt Tapes
4. Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back
3. Eilish Gilligan – Final Girl
2. CXLOE – Shiny New Thing
1. Eaglemont – Party Boy
I first came across Eaglemont last year as she opened for Cry Club and fell in love with her raw lyrical prowess. I simply added two of her songs to my everyday rotation, then became further obsessed upon watching her open for Platonic Sex a few months later. Fast forward to mid-2024, Eaglemont has a stack of extremely catchy singles in the world, and releases her debut album “Party Boy”, which became an instant collection of life-defining anthems that accompanied me on every train journey, study session, and emotional turmoil to come for the year. Upon my first listen, I posed the question of whether this album would become as significant to my late teens as Lorde’s Pure Heroine was to my early teen years, and I can successfully answer that question several months later with a resounding yes. From cathartic sing along moments with ‘Vodka Pineapple’ and ‘You Don’t Live Here’, to the tender glimpses of vulnerability present in ‘Normanby’ and ‘Ikea’, Eaglemont’s Party Boy truly soundtracked many of the major memories of my 2024.
Bec – Editor
10. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
9. TISM – Death to Art
8. Jack White – No Name
7. Shellac – To All Trains
6. Orville Peck – Stampede Vol 1
5. The Dandy Warhols – Rockmaker
4. Kim Gordon – The Collective
3. Amyl & the Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness
2. Pixies – The Night the Zombies Came
1. Sleater Kinney – Little Rope
Sleater Kinney Little Rope was such a raw and emotional album (read the review on the back story) and the Pixies throwing up an album that I didn’t shrug at due to patchiness were the perfect bookends to 2024.
Celica – Contributor
Honorable Mentions – Jess Day – A Garden of Small Disappointments, Total Tommy – Bruises, Peach PRC – Chapter 1 Singles Collection, LØLØ – Falling For Robots And Wishing I Was One
1. The Buoys – Lustre
Lucas – Senior Contributor/Video Editor
10. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Dark Rainbow
9. Ocean Sleeper – Death Is All I Need EP
8. Frank Turner – Undefeated
7. Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things
6. Kendrick Lamar – GNX
5. Bilmuri – American Motor Sports
4. Linkin Park – From Zero
3. Nothing More – Carnal
2. Better Lovers – Highly Irresponsible
1. Inertia – Second Shadow
Sydney metalcore crew Inertia came out of nowhere for me this year. In a year where Linkin Park, Kendrick Lamar and Alpha Wolf all dropped new music, and the formation of my all time favorite supergroup, Better Lovers, I did not expect Second Shadow to top my end of year list. Standout tracks include the title track, ‘Second Shadow’, ‘Leviathan’ (featuring Thornhill’s Jacob Charlton) and ‘Dying to Let You Go’. 2025 should line up to be a huge year for these boys. And I cannot wait!
