Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2024. Our next list is from DJ and Production Director DJ Ninja.

My top 10 albums of the year, with standout tracks noted, plus my top 40 songs of the year at the bottom. No song on the Top Songs list appears in the top albums. Included is a link to listen to a full playlist at the end.

#1 BRAT by Charli XCX (Atlantic)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: 360 Sympathy is a knife Talk talk B2b

#2 Hole in My Head by Laura Jane Grace (Polyvinyl)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: Punk Rock in Basements Cuffing Season Dysphoria Hoodie

#3 In Waves by Jamie xx (Young)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: Baddy on the Floor (ft. Honey Dijon) Waited All Night (ft. Romy & Oliver Sim) Life (ft. Robyn)

#4 Where's My Utopia? by Yard Act (Republic)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: Dream Job Grifter's Grief We Make Hits

#5 Songs of a Lost World by The Cure (Fiction/Capitol)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: A Fragile Thing Alone

#6 Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman (Anti-)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: She's Leaving You Wristwatch

#7 Tiger's Blood by Waxahatchee (Anti-)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: Right Back To It Bored

#8 All Born Screaming by St. Vincent (Total Pleasure/Virgin)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

This is a solid album play, top to bottom. No favorite tracks.

#9 Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and the Sniffers (B2B)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout tracks: Me and the Girls Big Dreams

#10 Romance by Fontaines D.C. (XL)

BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Standout track: Starburster

Honorable Mentions

Best 50 Songs of 2024:
1. Melissa Villasenor (ft. Wolves of Glendale) - Life is Better in Spanish
2. Wolves of Glendale - Ricky
3. Valebol - Netuchepa! (local)
4. Bleachers - Tiny Moves
5. Friko - Crimson and Chrome (local)
6. DEHD - Mood Ring (local)
7. Charly Bliss - Tragic
8. Nicky Lawrence - Get Over It
9. Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove Terminator - World Hold On
10. The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Eagles and the Beatles
11. Les Amazones d’Afrique - Kuma Fo (What They Say)
12. American Patchwork Quartet - The Devil’s Nine
13. Finom - Haircut (local)
14. Gaby Moreno - Solid Ground
15. John Trentes - Do You Love Me Like Bacon?
16. Ellie Bleach - Hottest Man Alive 1995
17. Dark Chisme - Fangs
18. The Gossip - Edge of the Sun
19. The Umbrellas - Echoes
20. Sofi Tukker - Bread
21. Pale Waves - Glasgow
22. Two Shell (ft. FKA twigs) - Talk to Me
23. Empress Of - Lorelei
24. Ibibio Sound Machine - Fire
25. Tuff Sudz - No Time For Love
26. Washed Out - Got Your Back
27. Lupe Fiasco - Cake (local)
28. X-Ray Ted (ft. Carys Abigail) - Dance With Me
29. The Bug Club - Pop Single
30. Vampire Weekend - Classical
31. Quivers - Apparition
32. John Grant - All That School for Nothing
33. Yaeji - booboo
34. Sega Bodega & Dorian Electra - Teenage Dirtbag
35. Kim Deal - Crystal Breath
36. Camera Obscura - We’re Going to Make it in a Man’s World
37. Common (local) and Pete Rock - Dreamin’
38. Sprints - Heavy
39. The Last Afternoons - Shatterproof
40. Greenlights Music - Sooth Sayer (local)

Listen to all these tracks, including the album highlights, here (with 10 secret, bonus honorable mention songs)