No particular order - Foxing - Nearer My God - Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog - The Sidekicks - Happiness Hours - Pianos Become The Teeth - Wait For Love - Restorations - LP5000 - Hippo Campus - Bambi - The Dirty Nil - Master Volume - Greyhaven - Empty Black - Saintseneca - Pillar of Na - Runaway Brother - New Pocket - Mitski - Be The Cowboy Honourable mentions - Joyce Manor, Snail Mail, The Wonder Years, illuminati hotties, Peach Pit, Gender Roles, The 1975, Lord Huron
Updated: 1 Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Upside Down Flowers 2 Grayhaven - Empty Black 3 The Wonder Years - Sister Cities 4 Caitlyn Smith - Starfire 5 Dirty Nil - Master Volume 6 The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 7 Saves Face - Merci 8 Ruston Kelly - Dying Star 9 Trash Boat - Crown Shyness 10 MXPX - MXPX 11 Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys 12 Fatherson - Sum of All Your Parts 13 Hussey - Hitchens 14 nothing, nowhere. - ruiner 15 Twenty One Pilots - Trench 16 The Penske File - Salvation 17 The Neighbourhood - The Neighbourhood 18 Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour 19 Hopesfall - Arbiter 20 Marmozets - Knowing What You Know Now 21 Shad - A Short Story About A War 22 Point North - A Light in a Dark Place 23 Lori McKenna - The Tree 24 Endless Heights - Vicious Pleasure 25 American Aquarium - Things Change 26 Punchline - LION 27 The Interrupters - Fight the Good Fight 28 Direct Hit! - Crown of Nothing 29 Turnstile - Time & Space 30 Now, Now - Saved 31 Ash - Islands 32 Brockhampton - iridescence 33 Coheed and Cambria - The Unheavenly Creatures 34 Bearings - Blue in the Dark 35 Vein - Errorzone 36 Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur 37 Chase Huglin - Will the Sun Ever Come Back 38 LIMBS - Father's Son 39 Mayday Parade - Sunnyland 40 Pianos Become the Teeth - Wait for Love 41 Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz 42 Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers 43 Cancer Bats - The Spark That Moves 44 Mike Shinnoda - Post Traumatic 45 Animal Flag - Void Ripper 46 Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It 47 The Republic of Wolves - Shrine 48 Nervus - Everything Dies 49 Soccer Mommy - Clean 50 The Sidekicks - Happiness Hours
AOTY: 1. Twenty One Pilots - Trench 2. Caamp - Boys 3. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 4. Hockey Dad - Blend Inn 5. Travis Scott - Astroworld 6. Arctic Monkeys - Tranqulity Base Hotel + Casino 7. Skegss - My Own Mess 8. The Story So Far - Proper Dose 9. Foxing - Nearer My God 10. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts 11. Lord Huron - Vide Noir 12. Mac Miller - Swimming 13. Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army 14. Turnstile - Time & Space 15. LANY - Malibu Nights 16. Pusha T - Daytona 17. Kanye West - Ye 18. Tash Sultana - Flow State 19. Mumford & Sons - Delta 20. Elder Brother - Stay Inside EP: Wallows - Spring EP The Front Bottoms - Ann
1. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 2. Caitlyn Smith - Starfire 3. Noname - Room 25 4. mewithoutYou - [untitled] 5. Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends 6. Anthony Green - Would You Still Be in Love 7. The Night Game - The Night Game 8. Panic! at the Disco - Pray for the Wicked 9. Brockhampton - Iridescence 10. Gunship - Dark All Day 11. Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes - Wind Up Bird 12. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer 13. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities 14. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour 15. Denzel Curry - TA13OO 16. Pale Waves - My Mind Makes Noises 17. Hellogoodbye - S'Only Natural 18. Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures 19. Mae - Multisensory Aesthetic Experience 20. Death Cab for Cutie - Thank You for Today These were my favourite albums of the year.
Top 50, in some semblance of an order 1. Amen Dunes- Freedom 2. Mitski- Be the Cowboy 3. Father John Misty- God’s Favorite Customer 4. Kacey Musgraves- Golden Hour 5. Kanye West- ye 6. Soccer Mommy- Clean 7. U.S. Girls- In a Poem Unlimited 8. Saba- Care For Me 9. Beach House- 7 10. the 1975- A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 11. Wild Pink- Yolk in the Fur 12. Young Jesus- The Whole Thing is Just There 13. Pusha T- DAYTONA 14. DJ Koze- Knock Knock 15. Let’s Eat Grandma- I’m All Ears 16. Hop Along- Bark Your Head Off, Dog 17. Eric Church- Desperate Man 18. Caroline Rose- LONER 19. boygenius- boygenius ep 20. Janelle Monae- Dirty Computer 21. Cardi B- Invasion of Privacy 22. Arctic Monkeys- Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino 23. KIDS SEE GHOSTS- KIDS SEE GHOSTS 24. Snail Mail- Lush 25. Earl Sweatshirt- Some Rap Songs 26. Ariana Grande- sweetener 27. Lucy Dacus- Historian 28. Foxing- Nearer My God 29. Camp Cope- How to Socialise & Make Friends 30. Vince Staples- FM! 31. Adrianne Lenker- abysskiss 32. Jeff Rosenstock- POST- 33. Deafheaven- Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 34. Low- Double Negative 35. Jeff Tweedy- WARM 36. Noname- Room 25 37. Teyana Taylor- K.T.S.E. 38. Colter Wall- Songs of the Plains 39. Courtney Barnett- Tell Me How You Really Feel 40. Against All Logic- 2012-2017 41. Troye Sivan- Bloom 42. Dirty Projectors- Lamp Lit Prose 43. SOPHIE- Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-sides 44. Pistol Annies- Interstate Gospel 45. Joey Purp- QUARTERTHING 46. Ryley Walker- Deafman Glance 47. Rico Nasty- Nasty 48. serpentwithfeet- soil 49. Oneohtrix Point Never- Age Of 50. Playboi Carti- Die Lit Honorable Mentions: Natalie Prass, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Ryley Walker- The Lillywhite Sessions, Car Seat Headrest (does this count), Robyn, Christine and the Queens, Dirty Nil
1. saintseneca - pillar of na 2. iceage - beyondless 3. hop along - bark your head off, dog 4. hovvdy - cranberry 5. soccer mommy - clean 6. richard edwards - verdugo 7. the sidekicks - happiness hours 8. jim james - uniform distortion + uniform clarity 9. pinegrove - skylight 10. ought - room inside the world 11. ruby haunt - blue hour 12. earl sweatshirt - some rap songs 13. father john misty - god's favorite customer 14. snail mail - lush 15. mitski - be the cowboy is the boygenius album considered an ep?
I'm excited to spend some time over the coming week(s) to dig into some of the other lists here and find some more great 2018 music. Keep the lists coming y'all :)
I started this last night. Thanks to you and @whitenblue88 I listened to the Years & Years album which was great. I’ll definitely be going back to it
Great to hear. I feel like that album will be overlooked in a lot of EOTY lists, but it was such a huge highlight this year for me. I played the crap out of that album.
Final list probably won't be ready until like the last week of the year but my top 10 will look something like this In no particular order: Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour Donovan Woods - Both Ways River Whyless - A Kindness, A Rebel Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss Pinegrove - Skylight boygenius - boygenius Field Report - Summertime Songs The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry... Big Red Machine - Big Red Machine Mitski and and Lucy Dacus might replace 2 of those above.. Hmmm. LUMP and Beach House too. This is gonna be tough. Honestly I thought I was going to have trouble making a list this year but I could probably do 50 easy.. edit: Hop Along, Nils Frahm, Oneohtrix Point Never too... damn.
itoldyouiwouldeatyou – Oh Dearism Nervus – Everything Dies Spanish Love Songs -Schmaltz Brian Fallon – Sleepwalkers Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It Gouge Away – Burnt Sugar Mozzy – Gangland Landlord Alkaline Trio – Is This Thing Cursed? Vince Staples – FM! Camp Cope – How To Socialise and Make Friends Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs The Wonder Years – Sister Cities The Hirs Collective – Friends. Lovers. Favorites Kermes – We Choose Pretty Names The Sonder Bombs – MODERN FEMALE ROCKSTAR Vein – Errorzone Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers – Bought to Rot Krimewatch - Krimewatch Beach Bunny – Prom Queen Pianos Become The Teeth – Wait For Love SOB X RBE – Gangin worlds greatest dad – Get Well Soon Boygenius - Boygenius Nef The Pharaoh – The Big Chang Theory Svalbard – It's Hard To Have Hope Remember Sports – Slow Buzz Mol - Jord Kevin Gates – Luca Brasi 3 Orchards – Losers/Lovers Jesus Piece – Only Self Mint Green - Headspace Bobby Barnett – Steady Ache True Love – The Pact closer – All This Will Be 03 Greedo – The Wolf of Grape Street Portrayal of Guilt – Let Pain Be Your Guide Cheerbleederz – Faceplant Ecostrike – Voice of Strength Allie X – Super Sunset Denzel Curry – TA13OO Nef The Pharaoh & 03 Greedo – Porter 2 Grape Hop Along – Bark Your Head off, Dog Super Unison – Stella Freddie Gibbs – Freddie Cassus – Separation Anxiety Screech Bats – Wish You Were Her Payroll Giovanni & Cardo – Big Bossin Vol 2 Molly Brazy – Queen Pin Cold Years - Northern Blue Kissisippi – Sunset Blush There's still albums that I really liked that I didn't include tbh. And I know I'll end up changing parts but if I don't post now I never will lol
Kacey, The 1975, Donovan Woods. Haven’t even heard of River Whyless. Field Report is in my top 40 too, but that one really tumbled in the second half of the year, for me.
River Whyless doesn't get nearly as much love as they deserve :( their newest was absolutely fantastic
Holy shit, I really really love this...the message, the sound, that beat...this is why Chorus is such a huge part of my daily routine, shit like this.
YES! Please check out the whole thing. It's honestly very tough to pick 1 track off the album to show somebody. It's full of very different styles. I feel like many on this site would appreciate it. done linking vids in this thread but I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Haha, i'm actually watching their Tiny Desk Concert right now, but i'll spare others the link... @Craig Manning you better dig it, cause it'll be a let down if you don't...I don't know why.
I'll make a list eventually, but for now, I'll say that The 1975 is at the top, and I also really liked mewithoutYou, Kacey Musgraves, and Pale Waves. Oh, and I'm randomly remembering that I didn't get around to Shad yet, which I'm sure is fantastic.