Albums of 2018

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[Kevin Davis]

There are some great songs on the Postal Service album but I like both "We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes" and "The Photo Album" a lot more. I can see where one would feel differently though.

[bune]

Been listening to the "Her" album. It's good, if a little hard to search information on as there's an act called H.E.R. and just all of the general "her" on the internet. It was a total random find so I didn't know anything about the band prior but I like it. It fits in with all of the jazz I've been listening to lately, somehow.

[bodysnatcher]

i know i'm supposed to like that new Mitski album bc all the cool blogs and kids are telling me to, but holy shit it's boring

[dad]

well, if the internet says you should like it, you should like it.

[bodysnatcher]

i usually do, but sometimes i'm a rebel

i love the homogenized thought that the internet provides. i like all the same things as everyone else and we live in perfect harmony.

[dad]

also, I really don't care for the new mitski. i tried listening a few times over the weekend.

[dad]

i've gotten into Pile recently, and hope they put something new out this year. i saw they're releasing Odds and Ends, but from what i understand it's all older material that's never had a proper release aside from compilations.

[chewm]

Mitski is the fucking best. I do think I like her previous 2 albums better though.

[Higgs]

i know i'm supposed to like that new Mitski album bc all the cool blogs and kids are telling me to, but holy shit it's boring

I haven't heard the new one but I tried to get into the previous albums, partly because of positive words here. Haven't managed to make it stick, not interested enough to keep trying.

[Higgs]

Been listening to the "Her" album. It's good, if a little hard to search information on as there's an act called H.E.R. and just all of the general "her" on the internet. It was a total random find so I didn't know anything about the band prior but I like it. It fits in with all of the jazz I've been listening to lately, somehow.

This was pretty good. Cheers.

[bune]

I did not know this was a bunch of French guys until I read this article. This song is one of the reasons I did not even guess at that.

[Jorge]

Mitski is the fucking best. I do think I like her previous 2 albums better though.

I love Mitski to death; haven't really dug into the new one yet. "Geyser" is a phenomenal song

[verb_to_trust]

The new J Mascis single sounds good.

[Norah]

[Higgs]

She's a young Aussie chick, yeah?

[RAG319]

Not sure if I'm missing anything but this would be my ranking so far, I really like all of these albums a lot.

1-Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
2-Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
3-Screaming Females - All at Once
4-U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
5-A.A.L. (Against All Logic) - 2012 - 2017
6-Trace Mountains - A Partner to Lean On
7-Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
8-Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
9-Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard
10-Soccer Mommy - Clean
11-Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
12-The Breeders - All Nerve

Also the new Mitski just leaked and I'm super excited about that one.

This is a pretty good list. The bolded ones are on my list.

Still think the album of the year bar none is Sleep's The Sciences. Everything about it...from be a complete surprise 4/20 drop, to it being the best thing they've done in year (also pretty much only thing, but still) to the following tour. I have extremely high expectations for High On Fire's new record after hearing the Motorhead-esque single.

I dig the new Mitski a lot. Maybe not of my favorites of the year, but really good.

Also, big fan of this band out of Chicago called Retirement Party - really great 90s slacker/emo/party vibes. Their new record "Somewhat Literate" is on my list.

Finally, while many consider the new Pusha T to be the best Kanye-produced thing this year, I still really dig the KIDS SEE GHOSTS record. It's batshit crazy in a good way.

[Higgs]

Hmmm. At the moment my list would look something like this I guess:

01. S. Carey - Hundred Acres
02. The Breeders - All Nerve
03. Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams - Vanished Gardens
04. Richmond Fontaine - Don't Skip Out On Me
05. RVG - A Quality Of Mercy
06. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
07. Ernie Hawks and The Soul Investigators - Scorpio Man
08. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
09. The Hard Aches - Mess
10. Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You
11. Art Feynman - Blast Off Through the Wicker
12. Ocean Alley - Chiaroscuro
13. Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead
14. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
15. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
16. Lucy Dacus - Historian
17. Grouper - Grid Of Points

[WaitingForBluey]

The new Interpol is absolutely badass. It boggles my mind that so many asshat critics just bash it as if it’s garbage. What the hell are they listening to?

[guestT]

T. Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate, Diamond Rugs, Hardy & the Hardknocks) has a new album out, "Dude, the Obscure." Looking forward to digging into this.