These are the 2024 album releases you need to know about

New album releases and announcements are a constant, and it’s difficult to keep track of them all. Now with our regularly updated release guide, you won’t have to. February is another good month for alternative music, with records from IDLES, Laura Jane Grace, Chelsea Wolfe, iDKHOW, Lime Garden, and more. See which albums are coming out this month below.

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Feb. 2

Being as an Ocean – Death Can Wait (Out of Line)

Brittany Howard – What Now (Island)

J Mascis – What Do We Do Now (Sub Pop)

Joe Wong – Mere Survival (Joe Wong)

J. Robbins – Basilisk (Dischord)

Flight Mode – The Three Times (Tiny Engines)

The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy (Universal)

Liquid Mike – Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot (Liquid Mike)

Meth Math – Chupetones (In Real Life)

The Promised End – For The Buried And Broken (Sound Investment)

Reconciler – Art For Our Sake (Smartpunk)

The Thing – The Thing Is (Onion)

Feb. 9

Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She (Loma Vista)

The Chisel – What A Fucking Nightmare (Pure Noise)

Declan McKenna – What Happened To The Beach? (Tomplicated)

Ducks Ltd. – Harm’s Way (Carpark)

Helado Negro – PHASOR (4AD)

Joel Ross – nublues (Blue Note)

Loving – Any Light (Last Gang)

MICHELLE – GLOW EP (Atlantic)

Mk.gee – Two Star and the Dream Police (R&R)

Shygirl – Club Shy EP (Because Music)

Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears (Goofin’)

Yellowcard and Hammock – A Hopeful Sign (Equal Vision)

Feb. 16

CRAWLERS – The Mess We Seem To Make (Interscope)

Chromeo – Adult Contemporary (BMG)

El Perro del Mar – Big Anonymous (City Slang)

Friko – Where We’ve Been, Where We Go from Here (ATO)

Grandaddy – Blu Wav (Dangerbird)

IDLES – TANGK (Partisan)

Kid Bloom – Inner Light Part 1 EP (Position)

late night drive home – i’ll remember you for the same feeling you gave me as i slept EP (Epitaph)

Laura Jane Grace – Hole In My Head (Polyvinyl)

​levitation room – Strange Weather (ONErpm/TRAP/Greenway)

Lime Garden – One More Thing (So Young)

Prize Horse – Under Sound (New Morality Zine)

serpentwithfeet – GRIP (Secretly Canadian)

Feb. 23

Can – Live in Paris 1973 (Mute)

Glitterer – Rationale (ANTI-)

Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)

iDKHOW – GLOOM DIVISION (Concord)

Job For A Cowboy – Moon Healer (Metal Blade)

Mary Timony – Untame The Tiger (Merge)

MGMT – Loss of Life (Mom + Pop)

Psymon  Spine – Head Body Connector (Northern Spy)

Real Estate – Daniel (Domino)

Remo Drive – Mercy (Epitaph)

Feb. 28

Gulfer – Third Wind (Topshelf)

Jimmy Montague – Tomorrow’s Coffee (817585)

Stay Inside – Ferried Away (Stay Inside)