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These are starting to trickle in. Figured I’d post a few lists I’ve seen and we can have a thread where people can share their lists. I always find a couple gems from seeing other people’s lists (I’m still working on mine). 

 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/the-50-best-albums-of-2018.html

 

https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-best-albums-of-2018/

 

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Mitski - Be the Cowboy**

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake**

The Vaccines - Combat Sports**

Benjamin Lazar Davis - Nothing Matters

Low - Double Negative**

Frog - Whatever We Probably Already Had It**

Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss

Mount Eerie - Now Only

Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog

Floating Action - Heartache Essentials

Soccer Mommy - Clean

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

Trace Mountains - A Partner to Lean On

Beach House - 7

gobbinjr - ocala wick

David Byrne - American Utopia

Tony Molina - Kill the Lights

 

Double asterisks denotes that these were especially enjoyed.

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I was so close to certain on mine but last Friday saw so much good stuff drop that I'll have to seriously reconsider my orders of preference. So heres a disorganised list of albums I've enjoyed.

Drowse - Cold Air
Mount Eerie - Now Only
Eliza Shaddad - Future
Floating Room - False Baptism
Dead Meadow - The Nothing They Need

Remote Viewing - Blood Loss

Sonance - To Possess You Entirely

Ex:Re - Ex:Re

Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses

Big Lad - Pro Rock

Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs

Cursive - Vitriola

Author & Punisher - Beastland
Vennart - To Cure A Blizzard On A Plastic Sea

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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

Shannon Shaw - Shannon in Nashville

Preoccupations - New Material

Hookworms - Microshift

The Chills - Snowbound

Oh Sees - Smote Reverser

Arndales - Shops

Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin

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I'll have to go through some stuff again, but just off my discogs this is probably my top 10 this year (no particular order):

 

Slow Crush - Aurora

Pusha T - Daytona

Spaceslug - Eye the Tide

Khemmis - Desolation

Sleep - The Sciences

John Coltrane - Two Directions At Once

Neko Case - Hell On

Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer

Beach House - 7

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard/Slomatics - Totems

 

 

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Off the top of my head these are my tops, though not in order. If I gave it more thought, some may change, but Mol and Zeal & Ardor are solid.

 

Mol - Jord
Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit
High on Fire - Electric Messiah
Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead
YOB - Our Raw Heart
Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
Sleep - The Sciences
Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Close But No Cigar
Sixes - Methistopheles
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On 12/7/2018 at 4:50 PM, lexicondevil said:

Off the top of my head these are my tops, though not in order. If I gave it more thought, some may change, but Mol and Zeal & Ardor are solid.

 

Mol - Jord
Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit
High on Fire - Electric Messiah
Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead
YOB - Our Raw Heart
Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
Sleep - The Sciences
Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Close But No Cigar
Sixes - Methistopheles

Mol is incredible.

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My favorites:

1. Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz (https://spanishlovesongs.bandcamp.com/album/schmaltz)

2. Cecil Frena - The Gridlock (https://cecilfrena.bandcamp.com/album/the-gridlock)

3. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt (https://www.spiritualized.com/)

4. Foxing - Nearer My God (https://foxingtheband.bandcamp.com/album/nearer-my-god)

5. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur (https://wildpink.bandcamp.com/album/yolk-in-the-fur)

6. World's Greatest Dad - Get Well Soon (https://worldsgreatestdadmusic.bandcamp.com/album/get-well-soon)

7. Postdata - Let's Be Wilderness (http://www.postdatamusic.com/)

8. Lori McKenna - The Tree (https://lorimckennama.bandcamp.com/album/the-tree)

9. Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed (https://sidneygish.bandcamp.com/album/no-dogs-allowed)

10. Curling - Definitely Band (https://curling.bandcamp.com/album/definitely-band)

11. Emma Louise - Lilac Everything (https://www.emmalouise.net/)

12. Republic of Wolves - Shrine (https://therepublicofwolves.bandcamp.com/album/shrine)

 

And I liked these EPs:

boygenius - boygenius (https://xboygeniusx.bandcamp.com/album/boygenius)

Young Statues - Amarillo (https://youngstatues.bandcamp.com/album/amarillo)

bristletongue - femme florale (https://bristletongue.bandcamp.com/album/femme-florale)

Telethon - Modern Abrasive (https://telethonband.bandcamp.com/album/modern-abrasive)

 

And a special shout out to my brother, who released his new hip hop EP, Professional Help, which is well worth your time - https://johnwesleyrap.bandcamp.com/album/professional-help-2018

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My Tops:

Beach House — 7

Big Red Machine - s/t

Black Moth Super Rainbow — panic blooms

Black Panther - The Album

Culture Abuse — Bay Dream

Dawes - Passwords
Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour

Kanye West — Ye

Kids See Ghosts — Kids See Ghosts

Leon Bridges — Good Thing

Low - Double Negative 

MGMT — Little Dark Age

Now, Now — Saved
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

The Midnight - Kids

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On 12/4/2018 at 7:32 PM, swb said:

Mitski - Be the Cowboy**

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake**

The Vaccines - Combat Sports**

Benjamin Lazar Davis - Nothing Matters

Low - Double Negative**

Frog - Whatever We Probably Already Had It**

Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss

Mount Eerie - Now Only

Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog

Floating Action - Heartache Essentials

Soccer Mommy - Clean

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

Trace Mountains - A Partner to Lean On

Beach House - 7

gobbinjr - ocala wick

David Byrne - American Utopia

Tony Molina - Kill the Lights

 

Double asterisks denotes that these were especially enjoyed.

Finally had time to run through everything I listened to and make a proper favorites list, so I updated my post.

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Here's my list this year:

1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour

2. Saba - Care for Me

3. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats - Tearing at the Seams

4. Leon Bridges - Good Thing

5. J.P Bimeni and the Black Belts - Free Me

6. Lake Street Dive - Free Yourself

7. Pusha T - Daytona

8. Jorja Smith - Lost & Found

9. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy

10. Jason Mraz - Know.

11. Nas With National Symphony Orchestra - Illmatic (Live From The Kennedy Center)

12. Black Panther The Album

13. Natlie Prass - The Future and the Past

14. Dashboard Confessional - Crooked Shadows

15. Elise LeGrow - Playing Chess

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A few I really enjoyed this year.  In no particular order.

  1. Foxing - Nearer My God  (AOTY)
  2. Delta Sleep - Ghost City
  3. Thrice - Palms
  4. Kississippi - Sunset Blush
  5. Toe - Our Latest Number
  6. Pianos Become the Teeth - Wait for Love
  7. Bad Bad Hats - Lightning Round
  8. Soccer Mommy - Clean
  9. Hail the Sun - Mental Knife
  10. Royal Coda - Self Titled 

Artists that released singles & EPs worth noting:

  1. Small Leaks Sink Ships - Polaroid People 
  2. Keyes - Floating Room & Subtle Sway
  3. Childish Gambino - This is America & Summer Pack
  4. Elise Trouw - Line of Sight 
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20.  Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone

19.  KIDS SEE GHOSTS - KIDS SEE GHOSTS

18.  Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog

17.  Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz

16.  American Pleasure Club - a whole fucking lifetime of this

15.  The Wonder Years - Sister Cities

14.  Lydia - Liquor

13.  Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - CORINTHIAX

12.  Ghostmane - N/O/I/S/E

11.  Dance Gavin Dance - Artificial Selection

10.  Brockhampton - iridescence

9.  $UICIDEBOY$ - I Want To Die In New Orleans

8.  The Midnight - Kids

7.  Joji - BALLADS 1

6.  The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

5.  88rising - Head In The Clouds

4.  Gunship - Dark All Day

3.  Hot Mulligan - Pilot

2.  Foxing - Nearer My God

1.  Allan Rayman - Harry Hard-On

 

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