Albums of the Year 2018

[Andre91]

I’m unsure whether I already posted my Top 20 but with 2018 now out of the way I have settled on my final order: 

 

1. Turnstile - Time and Space 

2. Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It

3. Architects - Holy Hell 

4. IDLES - Joy As An Act of Resistance 

5. MØL - Jord 

6. The Story So Far - Proper Dose 

7. Conjurer - Mire 

8. Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz 

9. Don Broco - Technology 

10. Joyce Manor - Million Dollars To Kill Me

11. Bury Tomorrow - Black Flame 

12. Nervus - Everything Dies 

13. Parkway Drive - Reverence 

14. Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest 

15. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 

16. The Dirty Nil - Master Volume 

17. Can’t Swim - This Too Won’t Pass 

18. Slow Crush - Aurora 

19. Trophy Eyes - American Dream 

20. Ghost - Prequelle 

[OFWGKTA]

 

Albums Of The Year:

5. DAYTONA - Pusha T

Favourite Track: Santeria

4. TA13OO - Denzel Curry

Favourite Track: PERCZ

3. Care For Me - Saba

Favourite Track: Prom / King

2. Cool Like You - Blossoms

Favourite Track: I Can’t Stand It

1. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

Favourite Track: Cudi Montage

 

Songs Of The Year:

5. Chlorine - Twenty One Pilots

4. SICKO MODE - Travis Scott

3. T-Shirt Song - Don Broco

2. Prom / King - Saba

1. infinity (888) - XXXTENTACION

[PDAD]

1) Ty Segall - Freedoms goblin 
2) Parquet Courts - Wide Awake 
3) Young fathers - Cocoa Sugar 
4) Idles - Joy as an act of resistance
5) Confidence man - Confident music for confident people
6) Robyn - Honey 
7) Anna Calvi - Hunter 
Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile 
9) Arctic Monkeys - TBHC
10) Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue 

[Wooderson]

8 hours ago, PDAD said:

1) Ty Segall - Freedoms goblin 
2) Parquet Courts - Wide Awake 
3) Young fathers - Cocoa Sugar 
4) Idles - Joy as an act of resistance
5) Confidence man - Confident music for confident people
6) Robyn - Honey 
7) Anna Calvi - Hunter 
Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile 
9) Arctic Monkeys - TBHC
10) Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue 

Freedom’s Goblin is a belter. The riff on “She” would sound perfick on the Park stage in June.

[Wooderson]

If the bassist from Haim had to jam out to Segall’s “She” her stankface would implode, create a singularity and destroy existence itself.

[Phoenix Girl]

On 1/1/2019 at 11:12 PM, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Right lads, it's on, the list you've been waiting for. The tastemaker is logged on now, make way make way.

1. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
2. Robyn - Honey
3. Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy 2018
4. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
5. SOPHIE - THE OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-SIDES
6. First Aid Kit - Ruins
7. Lykke Li - So Sad So Sexy
8. Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
9. Pusha T - Daytona
10. Haley Heyndrickx - I Need To Start A Garden

11. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
12. Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy
13. Trust Fund - Bringing The Backline
14. Cat Power - Wanderer
15. Vince Staples - FM!
16. Sons Of Kehmet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
17. Anderson .Paak - Oxnard
18. Cupcakke - Ephorize
19. Confidence Man - Confident Music For Confident People
20. Kero Kero Bonito - Time N Place
21. Kali Uchis - Isolation
22. Ought - Room Inside The World
23. Bas Jan - Yes I Jan
24. Father John Misty - God's Favourite Customer
25. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth*

Peep the list. Make sure you read properly it so you don't get left out when all your mates are talking about it in the playground tomorrow. Loads of good stuff across the year actually, thought it'd been pretty light until I started compiling it. 2018 is nothing to sniff at, but not as mad as 2017.

*Kamasi is recipient of the "this is well good but I've not got the time or concentration span to really absorb it right now but I can tell it's good and I'm well into this artist's previous work" award which last year went to Bjork. 

This is absolutely smashing (altho Dental is right to mention Let’s Eat Gramdma).

[Wooderson]

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

‘She’ is an absolute belter, one of the highlights of a great album. Ty’s got some US dates playing with White Fence in Feb - that album wasn’t half as good. Hopefully he’ll back with the Freedom band this side of the pond come June.

[Wooderson]

I'm a fan of Twins and Melted. The newie is maybe the thing of his I've enjoyed the most howevvs. We need to keep Haim/stankageddon away from that cover of "She". Existence depends upon it.

 

[FakeEmpire]

[Mardy]

Lot of stuff i’m anticipating for this year. In addition to the unknown things that’ll come out of nowhere and blindside me, i’ve ordered the new records by James Blake, Beirut, Robert Forster, Lampchop, Mercury Rev and Snapped Ankles 

[Mezhyp1]

High James Blake anticipation, big fan of If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead and Don't Miss It

[Wooderson]

1 hour ago, Mardy said:

Lot of stuff i’m anticipating for this year. In addition to the unknown things that’ll come out of nowhere and blindside me, i’ve ordered the new records by James Blake, Beirut, Robert Forster, Lampchop, Mercury Rev and Snapped Ankles 

I heard some of the new Snapped record! MEGA.

[Mardy]

2 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

I heard some of the new Snapped record! MEGA.

What a band. Hoping for some late madness from them at this years’ G. Crows nest or so.

[Wooderson]

1 minute ago, Mardy said:

What a band. Hoping for some late madness from them at this years’ G. Crows nest or so.

Sign me up.

[Mardy]

18 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Sign me up.

Tricky thing, cos i reckon they need to be indoors and late, which narrows the options down. Much like the Fat Whites, open air and a big stage does them no favours. 

[wolfamongwolves]

Low - double negative
Mitski - be the cowboy
Sophie - oil of every pearls un- insides
Yves tumor - safe in the hands of love
Skee mask - compro
Daughters - you won't get what you want
Sons of kemet- your queen is a reptile
gazelle twin - pastoral
Parquet courts wide awake
Let's eat grandma- I'm all ears
Jon Hopkins - singularity
Soccer mommy - clean
Kamasi washington-heaven and earth
Jean grae & quelle Chris - everythings fine
Rosalia - El mal querer
Sleep - the sciences
Noname - room 25
Kids see ghosts - kids see ghosts
A.A.L 2012-2017

[Mattymooz]

Definitely not a vintage year for me (lots of good stuff but nothing really blew me away), but here are the my favourite 9 albums.

[Phoenix Girl]

1 hour ago, Mattymooz said:

Definitely not a vintage year for me (lots of good stuff but nothing really blew me away), but here are the my favourite 9 albums.

Matty, Tove Stryke was up there for me too and you recommended that to me a good while back. Thanks dude! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Striking lack of love for this rollicking Exile On E Street bit of business:

 

[y0ungtitan]

Think I've settled on this for my top 20. Nothing super blew me away but I found everything on here pretty good.

 

 

[dentalplan]

I only got onto that Foxing album after my list was public domain but it's a damn good time. Sounds like an album that would have been ruler of all it surveys in maybe 2012. But the joke's on 2018 because I like 2012.

[y0ungtitan]

24 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I only got onto that Foxing album after my list was public domain but it's a damn good time. Sounds like an album that would have been ruler of all it surveys in maybe 2012. But the joke's on 2018 because I like 2012.

Yeah, I think it's great. They're in Europe just after Glasto so I'm really hoping they make it to the farm.

[actionstations]

I don't usually do a top ten of the year, but I gave it a crack this year...

1. Hunter - Anna Calvi (Art Rock / Gothic Rock)

2. Jassbusters - Connan Mockasin (Soft Rock / Psychedelic Soul)

3. Adventure - Lydian Collective (Jazz Fusion)

4. God’s Favourite Customer - Father John Misty (Singer/Songwriter / Chamber Pop)

5. Lamp Lit Prose - Dirty Projectors (Art Pop / Alternative R&B)

6. Deportation Blues - BC Camplight (Psychedelic Pop / Synthpop)

7. Double Negative - Low (Glitch Pop / Ambient Pop)

8. Performance - White Denim (Neo-Psychedelia / Blues Rock)

9. Go To School - The Lemon Twigs (Rock Opera / Glam Rock)

10. Critical Equation - Dr Dog (Indie Pop)

 

I always do a top 100 of all time every year, and the only album that made it in from this year was Anna Calvi's 'Hunter'.

[Amy Lawn]

Dirty Computer been on rotation all yesterday and today and I think I probly should've shuffled it up a few places, maybe even AotY.