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    New Cult Leader, Hilary Woods 'Colt', Deafheaven 'OCHL'...Coltrane's 'Both Directions At Once' was nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Soma View Post
    The Armed - Only Love
    Thank you. ONLY LOVE, NO SOLUTIONS. NO REST FEST IN T-MINUS 22 HOURS.


    The Armed: Only Love
    Death Grips: Year of the Snitch
    Ruen Brothers: All My Shades of Blue
    NIN: Bad Witch

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    SERIOUSLY, do yourself a favor and give this one a whirl. It's only like 24 min long, and it is UTTERLY revolutionary. It's EXTREMELY experimental beats with insanely personal, dark poetry. I think the album's name is meant to be ironic, as there isn't a single traditional rap song on this thing. It has WAY more in common with the weirdest Tricky songs than any hip hop ive ever heard (and I've heard a LOT.) I think what it is is the first like, surrealist art rap album.
    This is DEFINITELY my album of the year.

    2. Bad Witch

    3.

    4. Crimesididntcommit: Don't Wake Up

    The Breeders- All Nerve

    APC: Eat the Elephant

    MF DOOM and CZARFACE: CZARFACE meets METALFACE (the caps arent a mistake; this is how both acts stylize their names)

    The Prodigy: No Tourists

    Kids See Ghosts

    Edit: late addition

    Old 97s Love the Holidays. Yes, it's a Christmas album, but it's still a 97s album and it's fucking great.
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    Pitchfork's list:
    https://pitchfork.com/features/lists...f-2018/?page=5

    I've heard of maybe seven of the artists/bands mentioned. This is a song from their number one pick:

    Meh. Not bad, not really my thing either.

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    I feel like the end-of-year music lists these days are so esoteric that it's like the publications are being paid by record labels to mention these albums, like a new form of payola. I mean, I'm only kidding, but come the fuck on.

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    No particular order or anything at the moment, and I'm well past the point of ranking everything top to bottom, but my top five would look something like:

    Daughters - 'You Won't Get What You Want'
    Lingua Ignota - 'All Bitches Die'
    Nine Inch Nails - 'Bad Witch'
    The Body - 'I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer'
    lié - 'Hounds'

    With consideration given to...

    Emma Ruth Rundle - 'On Dark Horses'
    Jaye Jayle - 'No Trail and Other Unholy Paths'
    Kimbra - 'Primal Heart'
    Queen Kwong - 'Love Me to Death'
    Death Grips - 'Year of the Snitch'
    Sleep - 'The Sciences'
    Snail Mail - 'Lush'
    The Body/Uniform - 'Mental Wounds Not Healing'
    The Black Queen - 'Infinite Games'
    Fucked and Bound - 'Suffrage'
    C.H.E.W. - 'Feeding Frenzy'
    Deafheaven - 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love'
    Black Moth Super Rainbow - 'Panic Blooms'
    Haunted Horses - 'Cold Medicine'
    Post/Boredom - 'Shaking Hands With Clients'
    Daniel Avery - 'Song for Alpha'

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    Quote Originally Posted by piggy View Post
    it's like the publications are being paid by record labels to mention these albums, like a new form of payola
    I mean, that is basically what the situation is nowadays. No way is anyone getting an album on Pitchfork unless they've got a serious publicist, and those do not come cheap.

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    Recently revisited the debut album from Loma (supergroup of sorts feat. Jonathan Meiburg from Shearwater + the band Cross Record) after Steven Wilson mentioned it as one of his 2018 faves, and it's still a stunner. Some great stuff. Definitely check it out!


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    Favorites of 2018, no particular order:

    NIN - Bad Witch
    Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl
    Thom Yorke - Suspiria soundtrack
    APC - Eat the Elephant
    Murder by Death - The Other Shore
    Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer
    Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens
    Gorillaz - The Now Now
    Jack White - Boarding House Reach (grew on me after seeing it live)
    Dr. Octagon - Moosebumps (surprisingly good comeback)

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLobster View Post
    "LateNightTales - David Holmes" - various
    "Streets Of Rage 3" - Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima
    "We Care" - Whale
    "Professor Bizarre's Funknology" - Dr. John
    "Deadpool 2 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - various
    "Music From The Motion Picture Judgement Night" - various
    "Greatest Hits" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
    "Essentials II" - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
    Late addition:

    "Die Cut" by Cut Chemist

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    Quote Originally Posted by RhettButler View Post
    This list is just way too "Hey look, I'm a hipster" for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLobster View Post
    Late addition:
    Late addition part 2; finally chose a 10th album to round it out (and unless I pick up something else great in the next two-ish weeks, this'll be it)


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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLobster View Post
    Late addition part 2; finally chose a 10th album to round it out (and unless I pick up something else great in the next two-ish weeks, this'll be it)

    is that you with the stunning beard? Because that's fan-fucking -tastic if it is.

    That being said, dude, didn't Judgement Night come out in like...93? 94?
    Aren't we talking about albums from THIS year?

    What am I missing here?
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    Quote Originally Posted by elevenism View Post
    is that you with the stunning beard? Because that's fan-fucking -tastic if it is.

    That being said, dude, didn't Judgement Night come out in like...93? 94?
    Aren't we talking about albums from THIS year?

    What am I missing here?
    Yup, that's me.
    I take the topic to mean "Favourite albums that I picked up in 2018"... as such, I picked up Judgement Night this year, so it counts in my head. If it meant just albums that came out for the first time in 2018, yeeah... that'd be a different list (but half would stay, they came out in 2018).
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    It's been a very good year for music, and a very very good year for me discovering more new music and expanding my horizons. In no particular order here's my favourites:

    Orbital - Monsters Exist (Solid album from the brothers, the deluxe version is a treat with all the extra tunes, and they backed it up with a solid live show)
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Sex & Food (so funky and I get some Tame Impala vibes, been replaying this one a lot recently)
    Hookworms - Microshift (Absolutely mind-blowing, even if it sucks the singer allegedley did some fucked up shit and the band recently split because of it)
    Bill Ryder Jones - Yawn (Probably my absolute favourite record of the year, it really hits hard and gets me right in the feels)
    Boy Azooga - 1, 2, Kung Fu (Very strong debut and cohesive record, can't wait to hear more from these guys)
    Skee Mask - Compro (an electronic journey distilled into a record, his first one was good but this one took it to another level)
    Connan Mockasin - JASSBUSTERS (This one took a while to click, but hearing it over and over and then hearing it performed live made the penny drop for me)
    BC Camplight - Deportation Blues (A weird, zany kinda record, made me explore this guys back catalogue)
    Aphex Twin - Collapse (Easily some of the finest Aphex ever recorded to my ears, although only an EP. Makes me want more)
    Inwards - Diesel (A really solid debut from an electronic artist that I now want to hear a lot more of next year)
    Ross From Friends - Family Portrait (Loved this guys stuff since he came about, and the album is really really good)
    Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha (Deep, rich solid second record from DA)
    NIN - Bad Witch (Some of the best NIN I've heard in years)
    Big Red Machine - Big Red Machine (More Justin Vernon is ALWAYS appreciated)

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    Late addition

    Ice Cube - Everythang's Corrupt

    Rap album of the year

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    cross-posted from the vinyl collectors thread








    top 27 records that either came out or came into my possession in 2018, in no particular order:
    the black queen • infinite games
    cult leader • a patient man
    the body • i have fought against it, but i can't any longer
    wolves in the throne room • thrice woven
    thou • magus
    amenra • mass vi
    true widow • avvolgere
    daughters • you won't get what you want
    forn • rites of despair
    mizmor • yodh
    wear your wounds • WYW
    mouth of the architect • the ties that blind (2018 remaster/reissue)
    wear your wounds • dunedevil
    christopher young • hellraiser 7" box set
    vile creature • cast of static and smoke
    them are us too • amends
    svalbard • it's hard to have hope
    gary numan • dance (2018 reissue)
    nine inch nails • bad witch
    sumac • love in shadow
    queen kwong • love me to death
    myrkur • mareridt
    imperial triumphant • vile luxury
    author & punisher • beastland
    john carpenter • halloween 2018
    josie & the pussycats soundtrack
    steven universe soundtrack

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    Not an easy task as I haven't listened to a lot of recent releases this year, but here are the ones that stuck:

    - Jaye Jayle / no trail and other unholy paths
    - Emma Ruth Rundle / on dark horses (not a real favorite, but saw her live three times this year and hung out on two occasions, so this is special)
    - Black Rebel Motorcyclec Club / wrong creatures (their weakest since baby81 but I just can't help myself, but adore this band)
    - INVSN / forever rejected EP
    - Desert Mountain Tribe / om parvat mystery (the band seems not too fond of it, but I love these guys)
    - Odd Couple / yadda yadda (if you like modern Krautrock with a punky edge, this might just be for you!)
    - Shame / songs of praise (pretty much record of the year!)
    - Mantar / the modern art of setting ablaze (my home boys, love them!)
    - Karies / Alice (best german speaking album of the year by far!)
    - Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood / with animals
    - Viagra Boys / street worms (discovery of the year for me)
    - Demob Happy / holy doom
    - Lance Butters / Angst (german rap, odd but a heavyweight)
    - Brother Grimm / home today, gone tomorrow
    - Maida Vale / madness is too pure

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    albums:
    1. Rendez-Vous- Superior State
    2. Gazelle Twin- Pastoral
    3. Low- Double Negative
    4. SRSQ- Unreality
    5. Lycia- In Flickers
    6. Public Memory-
    Demolition

    7. Dead Can Dance- Dionysus
    8. Zanias- Into the All
    9. Silent Servant- Shadows of Death and Desire

    10. Kaelan Mikla- Nótt Eftir Nótt
    11. Beak>- >>>

    12. Suede- The Blue Hour
    13. Shadow Age- Shadow Age
    14. Молчат Дома- Этажи
    15. Silent Em- Foreign States


    EPs/singles/etc.
    1. Inhalt- Commerce
    2. HTRK- Drama
    3. Kontravoid- Undone

    4. Nine Inch Nails- Bad Witch
    5. Second Still- Equals

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    I might as well live under a rock when it comes to new music, mostly listening to old stuff in the collection. So when I got back into NIN this year I found out about the EP trilogy and experienced all of them in rapid succession. Can I consider the whole thing my favorite of 2018?

    Listening to that new Failure album online right now and it's amazing! Went ahead and placed an order for the vinyl copy.

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    These were the ten I listened to the most this year. Honestly felt like it was a really weak year for my own personal music tastes. But these were all really good.

    1. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant
    2. NIN - Bad Witch
    3. Beach House - 7
    4. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    5. Idles - Joy As An Act of Rebellion
    6. Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha
    7. mewithoutYou - [untitled] + [Untitled]
    8. Underoath - Erase Me
    9. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    10. Superorganism - Self Titled

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    My personal top 25 (first 15 in no particular order).

    Tribulation - Down Below
    Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload
    Cat Power - Wanderer
    Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings
    Screaming Females - All at Once
    Curren$y/Freddie Gibbs/the Alchemist - Fetti
    Rico Nasty - Nasty
    The Necks - Body
    Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
    The Breeders - All Nerve
    Bun B - Return of the Trill
    High on Fire - Electric Messiah
    Eli Keszler - Stadium
    Iceage - Beyondless
    The Internet - Hive Mind

    10. Vein - Errorzone
    09. Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut
    08. Pusha T - Daytona
    07. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
    06. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
    05. Dödsrit - Spirit Crusher
    04. Kali Uchis - Isolation
    03. Noname - Room 25
    02. Tim Hecker - Konoyo
    01. Robyn - Honey

    I also really dug the new Mariah Carey, Nine Inch Nails and Let's Eat Grandma.
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    Comeback of the year, imho, goes to Stone Temple Pilots. Yeah, it's not the same without Weiland, but they made a surprisingly strong comeback album and they made the right call with going with Jeff Gutt. I was listening to their 2018 self-titled album the other day, a 4/5, imho.

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    Right now I’m all about the new Low album, and I think Richard Devine's new epic is a sound design masterpiece. I could make a list but those will top it

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    I really dug the new albums from The Breeders and The Soft Moon.
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    Mean Jeans - Jingles Collection

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinsai View Post
    Right now I’m all about the new Low album...
    Listening to it now. Bought it because people here recommended it. I like it--cool, ambient soundscapes to listen to at night.

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    My favorite album of 2018 was Turnstile's Time + Space. Other albums I kept spinning were:
    Knowing What You Know Now - Marmozets
    Criminal - The Soft Moon
    Bad Witch - NIN
    Torn Down - The Cure

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    I know it's 2019 now, but damn, that Low album gets better with every spin.

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