BEST OF 2018

Artist of the year - Adrianne Lenker.

Close contenders scout niblett, Bjork, Polvo, U.S. Maple

Top 5 albums to come out in 2018:

Adrianne Lenker - Abysskiss
Julia Holter - Aviary
Beak - >>>
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
The Sea and Cake - Any day

Top 5 albums I am embarrassed to say I didn’t already know from previous years...

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (greatest album ever?)
Polvo - Today’s Active Lifestyles
Mayo Thompson - Corky’s Debt To His Father
Bjork - Vespertine
Archers of Loaf - Vee vee

What Can You Say	Adrianne Lenker
Disappear	Adrianne Lenker
Ringing Bells	Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek
Harnessed in Slums	Archers of Loaf
Brean Down	Beak>
Unison	Bjork
Moonlight on Vermont	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Rabbit Dog	Cult Party
Out and About	dbh
Monday Tuesday	Girl Ray
This Time Around	Jessica Pratt
I Shall Love 2	Julia Holter
One Trick Ponies	Kurt Vile
Dear Betty Baby	Mayo Thompson
For Madeline	Michael Gordon
Disgraced in America	Ought
Total Football	Parquet Courts
Thermal Treasure	Polvo
Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)	Run The Jewels
Wet Road	Scout Niblett
Into Rain	The Sea and Cake
Cool	soccer mommy
Money Is A Drug	Spinning Coin
Suspirium	Thom Yorke
My Lil' Shocker	U.S. Maple

Oct/Nov 2018

What Can You Say	Adrianne Lenker
Step into the Light	Archers of Loaf
Harnessed in Slums	Archers of Loaf
Harvester	Beak>
King of the Castle	Beak>
When We Fall	Beak>
Frownland	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Ella Guru	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Bills Corpse	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Sometimes	David Kilgour
Zero Degrees (Callahan)	A Drag City Supersession
This Time Around	Jessica Pratt
Chaitius	Julia Holter
I Shall Love 2	Julia Holter
One Trick Ponies	Kurt Vile
Mutinies	Kurt Vile
Night Goat	Melvins
Self-Referenced	Minutemen
Cut	Minutemen
Disgraced in America	Ought
Violence	Parquet Courts
Almost Had to Start a Fight / In and Out of Patience	Parquet Courts
Freebird II	Parquet Courts
Nobody Speak	DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels
My Queen Is Ada Eastman	Sons of Kemet
Suspirium	Thom Yorke
unconscious melody	viet cong
Monumental	Wilderness

July/August/September 2018

Symbol	Adrianne Lenker
Hours Were The Birds	Adrianne Lenker
Disappear	Adrianne Lenker
Steamboat	Adrianne Lenker
Snow Song	Adrianne Lenker
Ringing Bells	Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek
Come To Life	Arthur Russell
Wulfstan II	BEAK>
Brean Down	Beak>
Cat Walk	Beat Happening
Slider	Bo Ningen
Easy	Deaf Wish
Temporary Loan	Edith Frost
Give Up Your Love	Edith Frost
Birthday	Gia Margaret
Anchin Kfu Ayinkash	Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band
Some Weird Sin	Iggy Pop
Countless Backs Of Sad Losers	The Jesus Lizard
Din	The Jesus Lizard
Deaf as a Bat [bonus]	The Jesus Lizard
Beacon	Jonwayne
It's Not Alright	Lambchop
Why Does The Rain	The Loft
Fortune	Mayo Thompson
Black Legs	Mayo Thompson
Worried Worried	Mayo Thompson
Fortune	Mayo Thompson
Worried Worried	Mayo Thompson
Cruise Control	No Age
Tidal	No Age
Up The Sleeve	Royal Trux
how to rent a room	Silver Jews
the right to remain silent	Silver Jews
Thinning	Snail Mail
Still Clean	Soccer Mommy
Cake Shop Girl	Swell Maps
03 ke mmone	thabang tabane
Stork And Owl	TV On The Radio
Poppy	TV On The Radio
My Lil' Shocker	U.S. Maple
Open A Rose	U.S. Maple

May/June 2018

Fratres (1980)		Arvo Part
Bobby Malone Moves Home		Casiotone For The Painfully...
Hurricane Girl		Cult Party
Rabbit Dog		Cult Party
I Got The Blues This Morning		Cult Party
Pastures of Plenty		Cult Party
The Battlefield		Ghostface Killah
Calenture Boy		Hey Colossus
Weathered		Jane Weaver
Backseat Freestyle		Kendrick Lamar
Goldtone		Kurt Vile
Aviator		Michael Chapman
For Madeline		Michael Gordon
Be Kind to Me		Michael Hurley
Penguins		Michael Hurley
Total Football		Parquet Courts
NYC Observation		Parquet Courts
Legend Has It		Run The Jewels
Call Ticketron		Run The Jewels
DDFH		Run The Jewels
Sea Legs		Run The Jewels
Blockbuster Night Part 1		Run The Jewels
Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)		Run The Jewels
I.B.D.		Scout Niblett
Bargin		Scout Niblett
Duke Of Anxiety		Scout Niblett
Any Day		The Sea and Cake
Into Rain		The Sea and Cake
On and On		The Sea And Cake
Ancient Jules		Steve Gunn
Hands-In-The-Till		Wedding

March / April 2018

Masterpiece	Big Thief
Interstate	Big Thief
Cocoon	Björk
Undo	Björk
Heirloom	Björk
Unison	Bjork
Bipolar	Blonde Redhead
Pier Paolo	Blonde Redhead
Oh James	Blonde Redhead
Futurism Vs. Passéism	Blonde Redhead
Simmer	CAGEWORK
Stars	The Clean
Great Waves	Dirty Three
Track 03	Easter
Pretend	Elle Mary & The Bad Men
Undead	Elle Mary & The Bad Men
Behave	Elle Mary & The Bad Men
Little Uneasy	Fazerdaze
Jennifer	Fazerdaze
Question	Flat Worms
Monday Tuesday	Girl Ray
autoimmune	gorgeous bully
Diving Woman	Japanese Breakfast
Parties In The U.S.A	Jonathan Richman
Moving	Lou Barlow
Dear Betty Baby	Mayo Thompson
Alan Is a Cowboy Killer	Mclusky
Rose on Top of the World	The Men
Polar Opposites	Modest Mouse
Fractured (Like Chandeliers)	Polvo
Lazy Comet	Polvo
Action Vs. Vibe	Polvo
Gemini Cup	Polvo
Parties In The U.S.A.	Jonathan Richman
Tin	Spinning Coin
Money For Breakfast	Spinning Coin
Money Is A Drug	Spinning Coin
Metronome River	Spinning Coin
For You Too	Yo La Tengo

Jan/Feb 2018

Blood of the Covenant	Chino Amobi
Negative Fire III	Chino Amobi
Talkin' Like You (Two Tall Mountains)	Connie Converse
Roving Woman	Connie Converse
Days	Cool Ghouls
Let It Go	Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
90210	The Courtneys
Out and About	dbh
Funny	dbh
Faith	dbh
New Big Prinz	The Fall
Hammers	Nils Frahm
Bodies For Money	Gnod
Wipe Out	High Rise
Hair And DNA	Hot Snakes
No Hands	Hot Snakes
68	Jawbox
Analysis Paralysis	Jen Cloher
Franklin Blues	John Fahey
Bullet	Phosphorescent
The River	PJ Harvey
Jon	Posse
Aloha	The Saxophones
So Much Love To Do	Scout Niblett
Miss My Lion	Scout Niblett
Into	Scout Niblett
Dance of Sulphur	Scout Niblett
Wet Road	Scout Niblett
Check Out The Maker	Scout Niblett
You Changed Me	Sean Nicholas Savage
Wind In My Palm	Six Organs Of Admittance
This Hand	Six Organs of Admittance
Khidr and the Fountain	Six Organs of Admittance
Oak Path	Six Organs Of Admittance
Black Needle Rhymes	Six Organs Of Admittance
Dance Among The Waiting	Six Organs Of Admittance
When You Finally Return	Six Organs of Admittance
The Night Knows Nothing at All	Six Organs of Admittance
Cool	soccer mommy
Mustard Flower	Titeknots