| Top 50 Albums of 2018 |
| 50 |  | ODE Willie's Funky Bunch
Throckmorton
to be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand throckmorton. the humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of--
[Folk Punk / Spoken Word / ???? / Comedy] |
| 49 |  | Screaming Females
All At Once
[Indie Rock / Hard Rock] |
| 48 |  | Anna von Hausswolff
Dead Magic
[Art Pop / Ambient / Experimental] |
| 47 |  | A.A.L. (Against All Logic)
2012-2017
[Electronic / House] |
| 46 |  | U.S. Girls
In A Poem Unlimited
[Art Pop / Psychedelic Pop] |
| 45 |  | Horrendous
Idol
[Technical Death Metal / Progressive Metal] |
| 44 |  | Toby Driver
They Are the Shield
[Chamber Pop / Experimental] |
| 43 |  | Avantdale Bowling Club
Avantdale Bowling Club
[Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap] |
| 42 |  | Endon
Boy Meets Girl
*panting/gasping noises*
[Noise Rock / Black Metal / C A T O S T R O P H I C N O I S E M E T A L] |
| 41 |  | The Necks
Body
[Jazz / Experimental] |
| 40 |  | Silent Planet
When the End Began
Christian antifa metalcore about marxism and gay rights and stuff, it's pretty dope
[Metalcore] |
| 39 |  | Toundra
Vortex
[Post-Rock / Post-Metal] |
| 38 |  | Poppy
Am I a Girl?
Bow to your non-binary matriarch
[Pop / Electronic / Nu Metal???] |
| 37 |  | Kamasi Washington
Heaven And Earth
yeah yeah I know kamasi washington is the token jazz album for people/publications who don't listen to jazz but what can I say it's a good album
[Jazz / Jazz Fusion / Soul ] |
| 36 |  | Denzel Curry
TA13OO
[Hip-Hop / Rap / Soul] |
| 35 |  | mewithoutYou
[Untitled]
[Post-Hardcore / Alternative Rock] |
| 34 |  | Iceage
Beyondless
[Post-Punk / Noise Rock] |
| 33 |  | Machine Girl
The Ugly Art
[Cybergrind / Electronic / Breakcore / Experimental] |
| 32 |  | Antarctigo Vespucci
Love in the Time of E-Mail
[Pop-Punk / Emo] |
| 31 |  | Janelle Monae
Dirty Computer
[Pop / R&B / Electronic] |
| 30 |  | Saba
Care For Me
[Hip-hop / Jazz Rap / Soul] |
| 29 |  | Black Dresses
WASTEISOLATION
[Noise Pop / Trauma Pop / Experimental] |
| 28 |  | Monobody
Raytracing
[Jazz Fusion / Progressive Rock / Math Rock] |
| 27 |  | Kids See Ghosts
Kids See Ghosts
[Hip-hop / Psychedelic Rock] |
| 26 |  | Rook (CA)
shed blood
[Industrial / Electronic / Trauma Pop] |
| 25 |  | Hop Along
Bark Your Head Off, Dog
[Indie Rock / Folk] |
| 24 |  | Tropical Fuck Storm
A Laughing Death in Meatspace
The downside is we’re all about to get royally fucked, and the upside is we’re all about to get screwed
[Psychedelic / Post-Punk / Experimental] |
| 23 |  | Locktender
Friedrich
[Screamo / Post-Metal] |
| 22 |  | Typhoon (USA-OR)
Offerings
It's one thing to conceive of a concept album that leads the listener through the process of memory loss in the first person; it's another thing entirely to pull it off without a hitch. Nicely done, Typhoon.
[Indie Rock / Indie Folk] |
| 21 |  | Tim Hecker
Konoyo
[Ambient / Drone / Electronic] |
| 20 |  | The Armed
Only Love
A L L
H A I L
D A N
[Hardcore / Electronic] |
| 19 |  | Daughters
You Won't Get What You Want
T H I S C I T Y I S A N E M P T Y G L A S S
[Noise Rock / Grindcore / Experimental] |
| 18 |  | Andrew W.K.
You're Not Alone
Hard rock party enthusiast turned inspirational speaker somehow manages to deliver uplifting messages of empowerment with such heart and sincerity so as to be just the musical pep talk we all needed in 2018.
[Arena Rock / Hard Rock] |
| 17 |  | Imperial Triumphant
Vile Luxury
Eat The Rich: The Avant-Garde Jazz Black Metal Album. It rules.
[Black Metal / Jazz / Experimental] |
| 16 |  | Brockhampton
Iridescence
Brockhampton's best album yet, and that's saying something.
[Hip-hop / Rap] |
| 15 |  | MOL
JORD
[Blackgaze / Post-Metal] |
| 14 |  | Mid-Air Thief
Crumbling
[Folk / Electronic] |
| 13 |  | Superchunk
What a Time to Be Alive
Politically charged pop punk that doesn't totally suck? In MY 2018? It's more likely than you think.
[Pop-Punk / Indie Rock] |
| 12 |  | Noname
Room 25
"My pussy wrote a thesis on colonialism" is lyric of the year
[Hip-hop / Rap] |
| 11 |  | Foxing
Nearer My God
[Art Rock / Indie Rock] |
| 10 |  | Delta Sleep
Ghost City
[Math Rock / Post Hardcore / Emo] |
| 9 |  | Julia Holter
Aviary
[Chamber / Experimental / Classical / Bagpipe Shoegaze] |
| 8 |  | The Voidz
Virtue
Julian Casablancas is back and better than ever.
[Psychedelic Rock] |
| 7 |  | Car Seat Headrest
Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
everyone's favorite gay furry album except it sounds better now
[Indie Rock / Lo Fi Rock] |
| 6 |  | IDLES
Joy as an Act of Resistance
Listening to IDLES somehow makes me want to both 1. Hug everyone I know and 2. Punch every bigot in sight, and I mean, what more could I ask from a punk album in 2018?
[Post Punk] |
| 5 |  | Clarence Clarity
THINK: PEACE
Tragically overlooked by nearly every music publication, brilliant pop album.
[Experimental Pop / R&B / Electronic ] |
| 4 |  | Mount Eerie
Now Only
"Though my life is a galaxy of subtleties, my complex intentions and aspirations do not matter at all in the face of the crushing flow of actual time."
i swear it's just something in my eye
[Folk Rock / Lo-Fi] |
| 3 |  | Deafheaven
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
[Blackgaze / Post-Rock / Post-Metal] |
| 2 |  | Sophie
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
I M M A T E R I A L G I R L S
I M M A T E R I A L B O Y S
I M M A T E R I A L G I R L S
I M M A T E R I A L B O Y S
[Industrial Pop / Electronic / Ambient] |
| 1 |  | Kero Kero Bonito
Time 'n' Place
𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝕊ℍ𝕆𝕌𝕃𝔻 𝔹𝔼 𝔸𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕋𝕆 𝔽𝔼𝔼𝕃 𝔸 ℙ𝔼ℝ𝔽𝕆ℝ𝕄𝔸ℕℂ𝔼 𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ 𝕎ℍ𝕆𝕃𝔼 B̶̝̲̠̫͚͇̞͎̅́̍̆̉̓̑͘ͅÔ̷̡̭̫̞͍̬̺̪͇̊D̷͓̰͇̿̄̃̀̉̄̓̊͝Ŷ̶̜͎̣̻̲̥͍͔͈̠͋̓́͌̋͆͆͝ A̸̺̘͉̲̟̬͖͚̰͛̓̐́̍͛̕͘͝Ń̵̨̝̤͎̎͑D̷̗̖͇̮̺̠̊͋́̊́̀͒̋ Ṣ̷̭̠̞̘͓͍̮̒Ọ̶̕Ư̸̥̞̞̰͚͗́̓̒͘͜L̵̫̥͓͉͖̦͘͠ |
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