Looks like various sites are pulling out their best albums of the year so far lists. Seems a bit early but I guess it's the halfway point if you consider that everyone starts looking at their end of year lists instead of new releases come November.
Stereogum top 50:
www.stereogum.com/2265102/best-albums-2024-so-far/lists/album-list/1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
2. Gouge Away - Deep Sage
3. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
4. Erika de Casier - Still
5. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
6. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
7. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
8. Mk.gee - Two Star & The Dream Police
9. Future - WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU
9. Future - WE DON'T TRUST YOU
10. Four Tet - Three
11. Prize Horse - Under Sound
12. Kim Gordon - The Collective
13. SPRINTS - Letter To Self
14. That Mexican OT - TEXAS TECHNICIAN
15. MGMT - Loss of Life
16. Madi Diaz - Weird Faith
17. Ekko Astral - pink balloons
18. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
19. Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
20. Shellac - To All Trains
Consequence top 30:
consequence.net/list/best-albums-of-2024-so-far-list/1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
2. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
3. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
4. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
5. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
6. Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice
7. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK
8. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
9. BIG|BRAVE - A Chaos of Flowers
10. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
11. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers [MIXED] By Boys Noize
12. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball
13. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
14. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
15. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
16. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS
17. Shellac - To All Trains
18. Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyan's Slingshot
19. Tyla - TYLA
20. Hovvdy - Hovvdy
Exclaim! top 25:
exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim-25-best-albums-of-2024-so-far1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
3. Bibi Club - Feu De Garde
4. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS
5. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
6. Agriculture - Living Is Easy
7. Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
8. Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice
9. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
10. Kim Gordon - The Collective
11. Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u
12. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball
13. Corridor - Mimi
14. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
15. Four Tet - Three
16. Jon McKiel - Hex
17. Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
18. BIG|BRAVE - A Chaos of Flowers
19. A. G. Cook - Britpop
20. Blunt Chunks - The Butterfly Myth
Alphabetical order ones:
Spin:
www.spin.com/2024/06/the-best-albums-of-2024-so-far/Uproxx:
uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2024-so-far-list/