Top 50 Albums of 2018

The list is back! A lot of my new music listening in 2018 came via Spotify’s Discover Weekly, and probably skewed this list even more towards white / female vocal / guitar than my default taste.

I ran out of time this year so there are no notes about the top ones but it’s very important to get this posted on January 1 in accordance with tradition :)

50 Wax Idols - Happy Ending

49 The Carters - Everything Is Love

48 KT Tunstall - WAX

47 The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment

46 Martha Ffion - Sunday Best

45 Lucy Dacus - Historian

44 Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain

43 Roma di Luna - We Were Made To Forgive

42 Dragon Inn 3 - Double Line

41 Skating Polly - The Make It All Show

40 Black Honey - Black Honey

39 She Drew The Gun - Revolution Of The Mind

38 Weakened Friends - Common Blah

37 Belly - Dove

36 Black Belt Eagle Scout - Mother Of My Children

35 Meg Myers - Take Me To The Disco

34 Liza Anne - Fine But Dying

33 Middle Kids - Lost Friends

32 Metric - Art of Doubt

31 Mastersystem - Dance Music

30 Anna Calvi - Hunter

29 Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses

28 Snail Mail - Lush

27 CHVRCHES - Love Is Dead

26 Jon Hopkins - Singularity

25 Muncie Girls - Fixed Ideals

24 Pale Waves - My Mind Makes Noises

23 Le Galaxie - Pleasure

22 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

21 Hinds - I Don’t Run

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20 Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman

So Right - YouTube

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19 Goat Girl - Goat Girl

The Man - YouTube

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18 Lykke Li - so sad so sexy

utopia - YouTube

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17 Kate Nash - Yesterday Was Forever

Twisted Up - YouTube

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16 Christine and the Queens - Chris

Girlfriend - YouTube

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15 Eliza Shaddad - Future

My Body - YouTube

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14 Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You

The Joke - YouTube

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13 She Makes War - Brace For Impact

Devastate Me - YouTube

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12 Charlotte Hatherley - True Love

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11 Exitmusic - The Recognitions

Iowa - YouTube

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10 Our Girl - Stranger Today

Our Girl - YouTube

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9 Juliana Hatfield - Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John

"A Little More Love" from the new album "Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John" out now on American Laundromat Records. https://www.alr-music.com/ Directed and Edited by David Doobinin "A Little More Love" Performed by Juliana Hatfield Written by John Farrar Published by Unichappell Music OBO John Farrar Music (BMI)

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8 Sophie Hunger - Molecules

Listen to 'I Opened A Bar' from the album 'Molecules' available now at this link: https://SophieHunger.lnk.to/MoleculesID 'I Opened A Bar' Live directed by Jeremiah and shot in December 2018 in Bern, Switzerland. Sophie Hunger is on tour throughout 2019.

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7 Mitski - Be The Cowboy

http://KEXP.ORG presents Mitski performing "Two Slow Dancers" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 31, 2018. Host: Troy Nelson Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs Cameras: Alaia D'Alessandro, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore Director: Jim Beckmann Editor: Scott Holpainen http://kexp.org http://mitski.com

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6 Poliça & s t a r g a z e - Music For The Long Emergency

The unlikely international collaboration between POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e came about through Liquid Music. Their collaboration is now available as an album, 'Music for the Long Emergency,' on which the song "Agree" appears. This video was filmed at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

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5 Buffalo Tom - Quiet and Peace

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4 Juanita Stein - Until The Lights Fade

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3 Bryde - Like An Island

The official video for 'To Be Brave', the new single taken from upcoming debut album 'Like An Island' by Bryde Pre-order 'Like An Island' smartURL.it/likeanisland Facebook: http://www.brydemusic.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brydeofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brydeofficial Website: http://www.brydemusic.com/ http://vevo.ly/CE4DQ1

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2 Dream Wife - Dream Wife

'Dream Wife', the debut album, out now! LP/CD: https://dreamwife.tmstor.es Digital: http://hyperurl.co/DWDreamWife Directed, shot and edited by John Podpadec. Make up and hair by Jender Anomie. Assistant Camera by Bethany Fitter. Assistant Lighting by Molly Denton. S16mm processing by Cinelab London.

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1 Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance

'Danny Nedelko' from 'Joy as an Act of Resistance.' out now on Partisan Records.