BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2024. This year, like every year in music, the cream of the crop is a mosaic of styles, moods, tones and textures. We’ve done our best to crochet it all together into a loving patchwork. Enjoy:

Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 95: Patrick Wolf - Period Of Harvest. @MeetOurMakers_ chats to @_PATRICK_WOLF.about his new album Crying The Neck and its themes of loss, mourning, celebration. Listen in on Spotfiy, Apple, your usual platform or here:

"Dancing Shoes stands as a worthy complement to and departure from Nilüfer Yanya's previous work". Our review of the songwriter's new EP:

"Dancing Shoes is a memorable segue for Nilüfer Yanya, stretching her aesthetic, expanding her emotional range, and confirming her multifacetedness as a singer". - John Ane reviews @niluferyanya's new EP: It's out on @ninjatune.

Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 94: U.S. Girls - A Line In The Sand Is Not A Wall. @MeetOurMakers_ speaks to Meg Remy all about her new album Scratch It. Listen in on Spotify, Apple, your usual or here:

"with Scratch It, it’s hard to image a finer U.S. Girls album". Our review of the latest from Meg Remy's project:

"On Scratch It, the most easily accessible U.S. Girls album to date, the pleasure principle is at the forefront more than ever before". - @tomwilliams030 reviews the latest album from Meg Remy's project: It's out on @4AD_Official.

". (PERIOD) pleasantly showcases Kesha's impressive vocal range, emotive delivery and riff performance, but the final song is a spark that serves to highlight the unevenness of the album". Our review of the pop star's new album:

"There’s just something slightly underdeveloped about Virgin as a whole, as if Lorde was excited to excise these meditations and get them into some interesting musical passages". Our review of the NZ star's new album:

"Concrete greys and the distant thrum of a city seem to exude from Different Rooms, like the natural music of the outside world seeping into your own living room". Our review of Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer's new album:

"this song was the moment I finally stopped pretending. It’s me airing out the mess I worked so hard to hide.". - Elli Moore on "The Dirt". Listen:

". (PERIOD), has many average tracks. This can make for a less cohesive and engaging listening experience". Our review of Kesha's new album:

". (PERIOD) is posed to create a safe space for people to feel fully embodied and liberated. That's what this album stands for, as that's what Kesha’s going through personally". - @marychiney_ reviews the @KeshaRose's new album:

"Virgin is music to dance to when you’re alone and it’s a little cold in there.". Our review of Lorde's new album:

"The sugar rush is part of the thrill of Virgin — Lorde's sound given a Frankenstein zap of resuscitation — but it is also part of the problem". - @jjfisette reviews @lorde's new album:

"Different Rooms is cosier, that bit more scattered, but still another shining example of how the duo are marvelously in tune with each other". Our review of Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer's new album:

Elli Moore candidly dishes "The Dirt". Listen:

BPM Curates: June 2025. Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs. Enjoy:

"Different Rooms is more evidence of the Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer’s quality". - @JohnnySetlist reviews the duo's new album: It's out via @intlanthem.

Mimika presses the right buttons on "Elevator". Listen:

"As ever, yaya bey's music deals with trudging towards her deepest innerbeing, seeking to understand just why we are the way that we are, why we do the things we do". Our review of the Queens artist's new album do it afraid: