MusicThe 50 best indie rock albums of 2024 by Rolling Stone [LISTA]The list highlights new talents and veterans of the genre, celebrating the creative diversity of indie rock in 2024By Editorial Staff

The magazine Rolling Stone Americana released its list of the best indie rock albums of 2024, highlighting the albums that defined the year and brought new paths to the genre. Indie rock in 2024 was marked by a combination of influences and styles: from singer-songwriter confessionals to Los Angeles shoegaze and Spanish garage punk, to North Carolina folk-rock and reflections coming from Ohio.

Veterans like Stephen Malkmus, Kim Gordon, Sleater-Kinney and Nada Surf returned with landmark albums, while emerging artists such as MJ Lenderman, Illuminati Hotties and Mannequin Pussy reached new heights. The list also features a variety of sound options, from ambient emo to Claire Rousay to the bedroom-pop of This Is Lorelei and the rock & roll pastiche of Being Dead.

Check out the 50 best indie rock albums of 2024:

50. Wussy – Cincinnati Ohio
49. Marina Allen – Eight Pointed Star
48. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
47. Maxband – On Ice
46. ​​Trace Mountains – Into the Burning Blue
45. Bad Moves – Wearing Out the Refrain
44. Bnny – One Million Love Songs
43. Katie Gavin – What A Relief
42. Haley Heynderickx – Seed of A Seed
41. Rosali – Bite Down
40. Babehoven – Water’s Here in You
39. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
38. Dummy – Free Energy
37. GIFT – Illuminator
36. Madi Diaz – Weird Faith
35. Julie – My Anti-Aircraft Friend
34. Mary Timony – Untamed the Tiger
33. Nilufer Yanya – My Method Actor
32. Cloud Nothings – Final Summer
31. Shellac – To All Trains
30. Thus Love – All Pleasure
29. Cola – The Gloss
28. Being Dead – Eels
27. Wunderhorse – Midas
26. Eliza McLamb – Going Through It
25. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
24. The Softies – The Bed I Made
23. Idles – Tangk
22. Beabadoobee – This Is How Tomorrow Moves
21. Nada Surf – Moon Mirror
20. Sleater-Kinney – Little Rope
19. Hinds – Viva Hinds
18. Liquid Mike – Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot
17. Claire Rousay – Sentiment
16. Charly Bliss – Forever
15. The Hard Quartet – The Hard Quartet
14. Rosie Tucker – Utopia Now
13. Allegra Krieger – Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine
12. This Is Lorelei – Box for Buddy, Box for Star
11. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
10. Fontaines DC – Romance
9. Illuminati Hotties – Power
8. Soccer Mommy – Evergreen
7. Faye Webster – Underdressed at the Symphony
6. Kim Gordon – The Collective
5. Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
4. Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch
3. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
2. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
1. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks

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