The (Not) Famous “Best Of” List…2018 Edition!

As Matthew McConaughey would say….”alright, okay, oh sure!”. I’ll admit that sounds much better when Nick Kroll says it. But anyway, that’s besides the point. I have been doing this list for a few years and last year I FAILED YOU ALL. But this year is different! I will compile the best of what I heard, so get fuckin ready. I might rearrange them as the year goes on, but for now here it is:

Best Albums

1. Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
2. Low – Double Negative
3. Bizarre Learning Center – Bizarre Learning Center
4. Author & Punisher – Beastland
5. Stuart A. Staples – Arrhythmia
6. Marble Sounds – The Advice To Travel Light
7. Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
8. Augie March – Bootikins
9. Mastersystem – Dance Music
10. Punch Brothers – All Ashore
11. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
12. Unreqvited – Mosaic I: l’amour et l’ardeur
13. Thierry Maillard Big Band – The Pursuit Of Happiness
14. Sandro Perri – In Another Life
15. The Paper Kites – On The Corner Where You Live
16. Collections Of Colonies Of Bees – HAWAII
17. YOB – Our Raw Heart
18. Mind Over Mirrors – Bellowing Sun
19. Advance Base – Animal Companionship
20. Sleep – The Sciences
21. serpentwithfeet – soil
22. Endless Melancholy – Fragments Of Scattered Whispers
23. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
24. Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert- Here Lies The Body
25. Superorganism – Superorganism
26. An Autumn For Crippled Children – The Light Of September
27. Craig Armstrong – Sun On You
28. Maisha – There Is A Place
29. Gabriel Kahane – Book Of Travelers
30. We Are The City – At Night
31. Pure Ghost – There Is No Heaven Left In Me
32. Startle The Heavens – Canyons
33. Listener – Being Empty : Being Filled

Best Songs

1. Deafheaven – Canary Yellow
2. Deafheaven – Night People
3. Deafheaven – You Without End
4. Deafheaven – Honeycomb
5. Punch Brothers – It’s All Part Of The Plan
6. YOB – Our Raw Heart
7. An Autumn For Crippled Children – Fragility
8. The Paper Kites – Give Me Your Fire, Give Me Your Rain
9. Father John Misty – Mr. Tillman
10. The Good, The Bad and The Queen – Gun To The Head
11. Advance Base – Dolores & Kimberly
12. Spiritualized – I’m Your Man
13. Nine Inch Nails – Ahead Of Ourselves
14. Julia Jacklin – Body
15. Author & Punisher – Nazarene
16. The Decemberists – Once In My Life
17. Mastersystem – Proper Home
18. Augie March – Mephistopheles Perverted
19. serpentwithfeet – cherubim
20. Augie March – When I Am Old
21. Eels – In Our Cathedral
22. Craig Armstrong – If You Should Fall
23. Marble Sounds – Anyhow (Even Now)
24. GUNSHIP – Woken Furies
25. Birds Of Passage – Demons In Our Midst
26. Stuart A. Staples – Step Into The Grey
27. Dashboard Confessional – We Fight
28. Weathertalk – Creek To Falls
29. Lola Kirke – Monster
30. Sandro Perri – Everybody’s Paris Pt. III
31. Ciempiés – Ciudad Transparente
32. Startle The Heavens – Ghost Of Terlingua
33. She Makes War – Devastate Me
34. Collections Of Colonies Of Bees – Murderers