Here’s my favorite albums & songs from what I think was one of the most interesting and abundant years in music in some time. Click here to listen to my full Best Songs of 2018 playlist (75 tracks).
Favorite Albums of 2018
01. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour 02. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer 03. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer 04. Beach House - 7 05. Jeff Tweedy - Warm 06. Mitski - Be The Cowboy 07. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt 08. Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears 09. boygenius - boygenius 10. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino 11. MGMT - Little Dark Age 12. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur 13. Robyn - Honey 14. Jeff Rosenstock - POST- 15. Superorganism - Superorganism 16. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster I Run 17. Snail Mail - Lush 18. Neko Case - Hell-On 19. Blood Orange - Negro Swan 20. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past 21. Belle and Sebastian - How To Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3) 22. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose 23. Lucy Dacus - Historian 24. Yo La Tengo - There’s A Riot Going On 25. U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited 26. Pusha T - DAYTONA 27. of Montreal - White Is Rellic / Irrealis Mood 28. Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed 29. Phosphorescent - C’est La Vie 30. Cat Power - Wanderer
Favorite Songs of 2018
01. MGMT - Me and Michael 02. Mitski - Nobody 03. Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel 04. Let’s Eat Grandma - Falling Into Me 05. Father John Misty - Please Don’t Die 06. Kacey Musgraves - Love is a Wild Thing 07. Arctic Monkeys - Four out of Five 08. Lucy Dacus - Night Shift 09. Robyn - Missing U 10. Anderson .Paak - ‘Til It’s Over
11. boygenius - Me & My Dog 12. G Flip - About You 13. Snail Mail - Pristine 14. Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry 15. Yo La Tengo - For You Too 16. Cuco - CR-V 17. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs 18. Beach House - Dive 19. Superorganism - Everybody Wants To Be Famous 20. Jeff Tweedy - I Know What It’s Like 21. Natalie Prass - Short Court Style 22. Spiritualized - A Perfect Miracle 23. SOPHIE - Immaterial 24. U.S. Girls - Rosebud 25. Phosphorescent - New Birth in New England 26. Cat Power - Woman 27. Jeff Rosenstock - Yr Throat 28. Empress Of - When I’m With Him 29. Childish Gambino - This is America 30. Sunflower Beam - Twentytwo
31. Wild Pink - Lake Eerie 32. Hatchie - Sure 33. Dirty Projectors - Break-Thru 34. Sidney Gish - Sin Triangle 35. Amen Dunes - Believe 36. Neko Case - Curse of the I-5 Corridor 37. Pusha T - If You Know You Know 38. Blood Orange - Saint 39. of Montreal - Writing The Circles/Orgone Tropics 40. Yves Tumor - Void
41. Haley Hendrickx - Oom Sha La La 42. Moonface - Walk The Circle in the Other Direction 43. Low - Fly 44. Kero Kero Bonito - Make Believe 45. Gorillaz - Lake Zurich 46. Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex 47. Belle & Sebastian - The Same Star 48. Courtney Barnett - Need A Little Time 49. Nilüfer Yanya - Thanks 4 Nothing 50. Car Seat Headrest - Bodys
Spotify link to full 75-track playlist
Nice! I have been at shows that feature a few of the artists that are your favorite tracks for 2018. Mitski, Cuco, Of Montreal all here in the RGV of Texas. Please check out the band my daughter plays in: Pinky Swear. I am including the link to their Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0KDGcDzyX9ntq7f5HoxZD8?si=jhcSe1v2QrWeG1SH752GwA.
















