Gorilla vs Bear’s top albums of 2024

Oklou (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)

We’ve hit December and End of Year List Season has officially hit. OG music blog Gorilla Vs Bear has just published their list of Best Albums of 2025, and if you’ve followed the site over the last 20 years, you know that the’ve got a distinct aesthetic that has remained constant over the last two decades. This year’s album’s list includes Oneohtrix Point Never, TOPS, Panda Bear, Men I Trust, No Joy, Burial, Nourished by Time, billy woods, Dean Blunt, Oklou, John Glacier, Armand Hammer + The Alchemist, Smerz, and more. As always it’s great to see a fellow ’00s-era blog still doing what they do.

Check out the Top 20 below and head to Gorilla Vs Bear for the full list.

GORILLA VS BEAR – TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2025
20 LAURA GROVES – Yes
19 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER – Tranquilizer
18 YAWNING PORTAL – Anywhere
17 JIM LEGXACY – black british music
16 SWORD II – Electric Hour
15 JOHN GLACIER – Like a Ribbon
14 billy woods – GOLLIWOG
13 SNUGGLE – Goodbyehouse
12 TOPS – Bury the Key
11 DEAN BLUNT – lucre
10 SOPHIA STEL – How to Win at Solitaire
09 ARMAND HAMMER + THE ALCHEMIST – Mercy
08 MARIA SOMERVILLE – Luster
07 PANDA BEAR – Sinister Grift
06 ERIKA DE CASIER – Lifetime
05 JOANNE ROBERTSON – Blurrr
04 JAMES K – Friend
03 NOURISHED BY TIME – The Passionate Ones
02 SMERZ – Big city life
01 OKLOU – choke enough