Shfl's Best of 2024

Ahadu cover

Ahadu

Esy Tadesse
Bright Future cover

Bright Future

Adrianne Lenker
Piedras 1 cover

Piedras 1

Nicolas Jaar
Era cover

Era

Ratigan Era
GNX cover

GNX

Kendrick Lamar
 For Forever cover

For Forever

Hollie Kenniff
Guardians Of The Most Cosmic Shrine cover

Guardians Of The Most Cosmic Shrine

Toshinori Kondo, Jason Wayne Sneed
Budots World (Reloaded) cover

Budots World (Reloaded)

DJ Love (Sherwin Tuna)
 La Hèle: Missa Praeter rerum seriem & works by Manchicourt, Payen & Rogier cover

La Hèle: Missa Praeter rerum seriem & works by Manchicourt, Payen & Rogier

El León de Oro, Marco Antonio Garcia de Paz, Peter Phillips
The Way Out of Easy cover

The Way Out of Easy

Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose
Cascade cover

Cascade

Floating Points
Curva Triangulus cover

Curva Triangulus

Catherine Lamb, Ensemble Proton Bern
Keel Road cover

Keel Road

Danish String Quartet
Hey Panda cover

Hey Panda

The High Llamas
Ngwenyama: Flow cover

Ngwenyama: Flow

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Takács Quartet
Unheard Bird cover

Unheard Bird

Ken Peplowski
 Y'Y cover

Y'Y

Amaro Freitas
This Could Be Texas cover

This Could Be Texas

English Teacher
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9 cover

Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
Silence Is Loud cover

Silence Is Loud

Nia Archives
 Liturgy in Church Slavonic cover

Liturgy in Church Slavonic

Canticum Festum, Kurt Sander
Te-Kwaro Alango-Ekuku cover

Te-Kwaro Alango-Ekuku

Ekuka Morris Sirikiti
Night Reign cover

Night Reign

Arooj Aftab
Romance cover

Romance

Fontaines D.C.
Lives Outgrown cover

Lives Outgrown

Beth Gibbons
Grip cover

Grip

serpentwithfeet
Opus cover

Opus

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Desert Equations: Azax Attra cover

Desert Equations: Azax Attra

Sussan Deyhim, Richard Horowitz
Chromakopia cover

Chromakopia

Tyler, The Creator
Do You Recall cover

Do You Recall

Dori Freeman
Sun Glories cover

Sun Glories

Chuck Johnson
Rong Weicknes cover

Rong Weicknes

Fievel Is Glauque
Ravel: The Complete Works With Piano cover

Ravel: The Complete Works With Piano

François-Xavier Poizat, Maurice Ravel
Iechyd Da cover

Iechyd Da

Bill Ryder-Jones
Chak Chak Chak Chak cover

Chak Chak Chak Chak

Julián Mayorga
High Tide cover

High Tide

Able Noise
Cartoon Darkness cover

Cartoon Darkness

Amyl and the Sniffers
Service Merchandise cover

Service Merchandise

Previous Industries
 We Will Stay Here cover

We Will Stay Here

Various Artists
Lovegaze cover

Lovegaze

Nailah Hunter
Charm cover

Charm

Clairo
Shinbangumi cover

Shinbangumi

Ginger Root
Spirit Box cover

Spirit Box

Flying Lotus
Imaginal Disk cover

Imaginal Disk

Magdalena Bay
Cine cover

Cine

Cavalier, Child Actor
Glasgow Eyes cover

Glasgow Eyes

The Jesus and Mary Chain
 Ghosted II cover

Ghosted II

Andreas Werliin, Johan Berthling, Oren Ambarchi
Endlessness cover

Endlessness

Nala Sinephro
All Life Long cover

All Life Long

Kali Malone
Zara cover

Zara

Parus
Island Boogie cover

Island Boogie

The Emperor Machine
Estradas cover

Estradas

Nídia, Valentina Magaletti
Since 2016 cover

Since 2016

Taku Sugimoto
Echoes of Light cover

Echoes of Light

Chapel Of Disease
Absolute Elsewhere cover

Absolute Elsewhere

Blood Incantation
Speak to Me cover

Speak to Me

Julian Lage
Still cover

Still

Erika de Casier
 Clear Voices in the Dark cover

Clear Voices in the Dark

Matthew Guard, Skylark Vocal Ensemble
 Vivaldi: The Norwegian Seasons cover

Vivaldi: The Norwegian Seasons

Barokkanerne, Ragnhild Hemsing
Ogden Garden cover

Ogden Garden

Kryssi Battalene, Wednesday Knudsen
Fearless Movement cover

Fearless Movement

Kamasi Washington
3am (La La La) cover

3am (La La La)

Confidence Man
Total Blue cover

Total Blue

Total Blue
PowerNerd cover

PowerNerd

Devin Townsend
Forgotten Sounds cover

Forgotten Sounds

Charles Martin Loeffler, Graeme Steele Johnson
Slow Burn cover

Slow Burn

BADBADNOTGOOD
Melodies of Light cover

Melodies of Light

Omri Mor, Yosef Gutman
From the Fire cover

From the Fire

Audrey Powne
A La Sala cover

A La Sala

Khruangbin
Ten Fold cover

Ten Fold

Yaya Bey
Letter to Yu cover

Letter to Yu

Bolis Pupul
 Øyvind Torvund: A Walk into the Future cover

Øyvind Torvund: A Walk into the Future

Olari Elts, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Unusual Object cover

Unusual Object

Josh Johnson
Ireti cover

Ireti

NikNak
Brat cover

Brat

Charli XCX
Haze cover

Haze

Emika
Glorious cover

Glorious

Kate Hudson
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper cover

Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper

Ballaké Sissoko, Derek Gripper
Mahal cover

Mahal

Glass Beams
The New Sound cover

The New Sound

Geordie Greep
Olive cover

Olive

Steven R. Smith
The Hollow cover

The Hollow

Keeley Forsyth
Zouzou cover

Zouzou

Dobet Gnahore
Chorus cover

Chorus

Mildlife
 >>>> cover

>>>>

Beak>
Daylight cover

Daylight

David McAlmont

Welcome to Shfl’s Best of 2024. I call it a best-of because it’s a list of the best music we actually listened to, nobody can listen to all of it right? But as usual there was a ton of great stuff that we did listen to, and these are some of our favorites. How we do things here is that I make a spreadsheet and and everyone who writes for the site who wants to participate adds in some albums they particularly liked, and they all go on this list — there’s no voting or consensus. So click on the filter button over there on the top right and flip through :) there’s sure to be something great you haven’t heard yet. A few writers wrote about a particular favorite: Amelia Riggs, John Dale, Chris Catchpole, Ned Raggett, and Joshua Levine.

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Ahadu cover

Ahadu

Esy Tadesse
Bright Future cover

Bright Future

Adrianne Lenker
Piedras 1 cover

Piedras 1

Nicolas Jaar
Era cover

Era

Ratigan Era
GNX cover

GNX

Kendrick Lamar
Guardians Of The Most Cosmic Shrine cover

Guardians Of The Most Cosmic Shrine

Toshinori Kondo, Jason Wayne Sneed
Budots World (Reloaded) cover

Budots World (Reloaded)

DJ Love (Sherwin Tuna)
 La Hèle: Missa Praeter rerum seriem & works by Manchicourt, Payen & Rogier cover

La Hèle: Missa Praeter rerum seriem & works by Manchicourt, Payen & Rogier

El León de Oro, Marco Antonio Garcia de Paz, Peter Phillips
The Way Out of Easy cover

The Way Out of Easy

Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose
Cascade cover

Cascade

Floating Points
Curva Triangulus cover

Curva Triangulus

Catherine Lamb, Ensemble Proton Bern
Keel Road cover

Keel Road

Danish String Quartet
Hey Panda cover

Hey Panda

The High Llamas
Ngwenyama: Flow cover

Ngwenyama: Flow

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Takács Quartet
Unheard Bird cover

Unheard Bird

Ken Peplowski
 Y'Y cover

Y'Y

Amaro Freitas
This Could Be Texas cover

This Could Be Texas

English Teacher
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9 cover

Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
 Liturgy in Church Slavonic cover

Liturgy in Church Slavonic

Canticum Festum, Kurt Sander
Night Reign cover

Night Reign

Arooj Aftab
Romance cover

Romance

Fontaines D.C.
Opus cover

Opus

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Desert Equations: Azax Attra cover

Desert Equations: Azax Attra

Sussan Deyhim, Richard Horowitz
Chromakopia cover

Chromakopia

Tyler, The Creator
Sun Glories cover

Sun Glories

Chuck Johnson
Rong Weicknes cover

Rong Weicknes

Fievel Is Glauque
Ravel: The Complete Works With Piano cover

Ravel: The Complete Works With Piano

François-Xavier Poizat, Maurice Ravel
Iechyd Da cover

Iechyd Da

Bill Ryder-Jones
Chak Chak Chak Chak cover

Chak Chak Chak Chak

Julián Mayorga
High Tide cover

High Tide

Able Noise
Cartoon Darkness cover

Cartoon Darkness

Amyl and the Sniffers
Service Merchandise cover

Service Merchandise

Previous Industries
Shinbangumi cover

Shinbangumi

Ginger Root
Spirit Box cover

Spirit Box

Flying Lotus
Imaginal Disk cover

Imaginal Disk

Magdalena Bay
Cine cover

Cine

Cavalier, Child Actor
Glasgow Eyes cover

Glasgow Eyes

The Jesus and Mary Chain
 Ghosted II cover

Ghosted II

Andreas Werliin, Johan Berthling, Oren Ambarchi
Estradas cover

Estradas

Nídia, Valentina Magaletti
Since 2016 cover

Since 2016

Taku Sugimoto
Echoes of Light cover

Echoes of Light

Chapel Of Disease
Absolute Elsewhere cover

Absolute Elsewhere

Blood Incantation
Speak to Me cover

Speak to Me

Julian Lage
Still cover

Still

Erika de Casier
 Vivaldi: The Norwegian Seasons cover

Vivaldi: The Norwegian Seasons

Barokkanerne, Ragnhild Hemsing
Ogden Garden cover

Ogden Garden

Kryssi Battalene, Wednesday Knudsen
Fearless Movement cover

Fearless Movement

Kamasi Washington
Total Blue cover

Total Blue

Total Blue
PowerNerd cover

PowerNerd

Devin Townsend
Forgotten Sounds cover

Forgotten Sounds

Charles Martin Loeffler, Graeme Steele Johnson
Letter to Yu cover

Letter to Yu

Bolis Pupul
 Øyvind Torvund: A Walk into the Future cover

Øyvind Torvund: A Walk into the Future

Olari Elts, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Brat cover

Brat

Charli XCX
Haze cover

Haze

Emika
Glorious cover

Glorious

Kate Hudson
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper cover

Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper

Ballaké Sissoko, Derek Gripper
Mahal cover

Mahal

Glass Beams
Olive cover

Olive

Steven R. Smith
The Hollow cover

The Hollow

Keeley Forsyth
Zouzou cover

Zouzou

Dobet Gnahore
Daylight cover

Daylight

David McAlmont