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Adam Grundy’s Top Albums of 2024

Posted by Adam Grundy
Best of 2024

Another year has come and gone, but the music remains. 2024 was filled with more great music, and in this article, I’ll not only be outlining my Top 30 albums of the year, but also my favorite EPs, songs (with a playlist), concerts, books, entertainment, and interviews I conducted. I want to thank everyone who took the time to visit this site this year, and I hope everyone had a very happy holiday season!

Adam’s Top Albums of 2024

  1. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
  2. Snarls – With Love,
  3. Post Malone – F-1 Trillion
  4. Smallpools – Ghost Town Road
  5. Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell
  6. A Place For Owls – How We Dig in the Earth
  7. Green Day – Saviors
  8. The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
  9. Barely Civil – I’d Say I’m Not Fine
  10. Kendrick Lamar – GNX
  11. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
  12. Bayside – There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive
  13. Real Friends – Blue Hour
  14. Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
  15. Charlotte Sands – Can We Start Over?
  16. Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns
  17. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
  18. Bleachers – Bleachers
  19. Hippo Campus – Flood
  20. Pale Waves – Smitten
  21. Neon Trees – Sink Your Teeth
  22. The Early November – The Early November
  23. Taylor Acorn – Survival In Motion
  24. Oso Oso – Life Till Bones
  25. Eliza & The Delusionals – Make It Feel Like The Garden
  26. Cold Years – A Different Life
  27. Charli XCX – Brat
  28. Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature
  29. Glass Animals – I Love You So F****ng Much
  30. Middle Kids – Faith Crisis Pt. 1

Honorable Mentions:

My Favorite EPs of 2024:

  1. The Gaslight Anthem – History Books: Short Stories
  2. Cassie Dasilva – You Don’t Wanna Feel This Much All The Time
  3. Zebrahead – I
  4. Koyo – Mile A Minute
  5. Daughtry – Shock To The System
  6. Be Well – A Tap I Can’t Turn Off/Without A Compass
  7. Luis Middleton – Nothing Ever After
  8. Broadway Calls – Coming After You
  9. Bartees Strange – Magic Boy
  10. Greywind – Antidote
  11. Lily Meola – Heartbreak Rodeo
  12. Career Day – I’ll Always Be This
  13. Tokyo Police Club – Just A Scratch/Catch Me If You Can
  14. Dreamcar – Dream EP
  15. Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals – Give An Inch
  16. M.A.G.S. – Creator
  17. Great Good Fine OK – Exist
  18. Bartees Strange – Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy
  19. Less Than Jake – Uncharted
  20. Artless Jesus – The Assorted Grievances of Artless Jesus

My Favorite Songs of 2024:

  1. Thursday – “Application For Release From The Dream”
  2. Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
  3. Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”
  4. Bleachers – “Modern Girl”
  5. Snarls – “Moon Tides”
  6. Charlotte Sands – “Blindspot”
  7. Smallpools – “Swayze”
  8. Maggie Rogers – “In The Living Room”
  9. Linkin Park – “Stained”
  10. Billy Joel – “Turn The Lights Back On”
  11. Koyo – “Mile A Minute”
  12. Be Well – “A Tap I Can’t Turn Off”
  13. Thursday – “White Bikes”
  14. Barely Civil – “Better Now”
  15. A Place For Owls – “Tattoo of a Candle”
  16. The Cure – “A Fragile Thing”
  17. Charli XCX ft. Lorde – “The Girl, So Confusing Remix”
  18. Real Friends – “Waiting Room”
  19. Lily Meola – “Cowboy”
  20. Holy Pinto – “Death is in the Air”
  21. Coldplay – “We Pray”
  22. Hippo Campus – “Paranoid”
  23. Pale Waves – “Glasgow”
  24. The Decemberists – “Long White Veil”
  25. Catfish & The Bottlemen – “Showtime”
  26. Middle Kids – “Bend”
  27. X-Ambassadors – “Follow the Sound of My Voice”
  28. 311 – “You’re Gonna Get It”
  29. Sarah & The Safe Word – “Pornstar Martini”
  30. Post Malone – “What Don’t Belong To Me”

My Favorite Concerts of 2024:

  1. The Decemberists w/ Ratboys @ The Anthem Washington, DC; 5/10/24
  2. AJR @ CFG Bank Arena Baltimore, MD; 4/7/24
  3. Snarls @ DC9 Washington, DC; 6/8/24
  4. Underoath @ Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD; 9/28/24
  5. PVRIS w/ Pale Waves @ 9:30 Club Washington, DC; 6/26/24
  6. Rise Against w/ L.S. Dunes @ 9:30 Club Washington, DC; 10/28/24
  7. New Found Glory @ The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD; 8/19/24
  8. Cal Stamp @ Union Stage Washington, DC; 1/20/24

My Favorite Interviews I Conducted:

  1. Barely Civil
  2. Benny Horowitz of The Gaslight Anthem
  3. Shane Told of Silverstein
  4. Sean Scanlon of Smallpools
  5. Snarls
  6. Pat Kirch and Garrett Nickelsen of The Maine
  7. Anthony Raneri of Bayside
  8. The Early November
  9. Sarah and the Safe Word
  10. 8123 Fest Preview (Interviews w/ The Maine, Real Friends and Bad Suns)

My Favorite Books I Read In 2024:

  1. Deryck Whibley – Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell
  2. Andi Coulter – AFI
  3. Amy Fleisher Madden – Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)
  4. Abraham Josephine Riesman – Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

My Favorite Movies of 2024:

  1. Dune: Part Two
  2. Godzilla Minus One
  3. Deadpool & Wolverine
  4. Twisters
  5. Wicked
  6. Venom: The Last Dance
  7. A Quiet Place: Day One
  8. Trap

My Favorite TV Shows of 2024:

  1. The Penguin (MAX)
  2. House of the Dragon: Season 2 (MAX)
  3. Yellowstone: Season 5 (Paramount Network)
  4. Agatha All Along (Disney+)
  5. True Detective: Night Country (MAX)
  6. The Lioness (Paramount+)
  7. Reacher: Season 2 (Amazon Prime)
  8. The Acolyte (Disney+)