Favorite Albums 2018

[pjthom30]

Listened to the first couple song off the new Neko Case Album, seemed decent. Looking forward to new Jayhawks.

[MMJ_fanatic]

Although it hasn't hit yet I have previewed and preordered the new Israel Nash "Lifted"

[Murph]

New FJM's prettay prettay good. I like it more than his last LP, but not as much as Honeybear.

I still don't know if the whole pompous, ego-maniac routine is an act (though I suspect it is not), but my god this guy can write a song like nobody else I can think of right now. 

Another favorite of this year

[parkervb]

New FJM's prettay prettay good. I like it more than his last LP, but not as much as Honeybear.

I still don't know if the whole pompous, ego-maniac routine is an act (though I suspect it is not), but my god this guy can write a song like nobody else I can think of right now. 

Another favorite of this year

he's very much like Kanye at this point in that you aren't sure where the persona ends and the person begins and that they are both supremely talented individuals who are very polarizing.

Listened to this album a few times on a road trip last week and he always has some lines that blow my mind like this line:

People, we know so little about ourselves
But just enough to wanna be nearly anybody else
How does that add up?

[Come Closer]

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Snail Mail
Matt Maltese
Kevin Krauter
Floating Action

[Lucius]

Couple of new entries from me:

Lykke Li - so sad so sexy - I'm not a huge lover of pop music but I've been a fan of hers since she started (she started as a much more 'Alternative' singer) this record has grown on me a lot. Despite the very pop and current surrounding production it's full of lovely melodies and hooks.

Florence + The Machine - High As Hope - This one hasn't grabbed me as instantly as her past releases but there are a couple of songs I already love and some others are growing on me. There's a song called Grace which I keep going back to again and again, it's really beautiful and haunting.

Tickets booked to see them both in London this November! Lykke at Brixton Academy which is a great venue and Florence at the 02 Arena, I'm not usually a fan of Arena shows but I saw Arcade Fire at Wembley this year and it was honestly one of the best gigs I've been to so I'm starting to become less skeptical of large venues!

[Varitek]

M. Ward - What A Wonderful Industry
Julian Lage - Modern Lore
Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us
Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
Dr. Lonnie Smith - All In My Mind
Nels Cline 4 - Currents, Constellations

[APR]

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Snail Mail
Matt Maltese
Kevin Krauter
Floating Action

I agree with Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.  I need to listen to it more.

I'll check out the others too.

[kvgq420]

Vinyl Williams- Opal
The Babe Rainbow- Double Rainbow
Blood Wine or Honey- Fear & Celebration

[Murph]

Favorite 5 or 10 albums??

[Come Closer]

There's a lotta stuff I need to revisit, but off the top right now

Ultimate Painting (not technically released but still one of my favs)
Rolling Blackouts CF
Amen Dunes
Cindy Lee
Richard Swift
Floating Action
Kevin Krauter
The Fernweh
Matt Maltese
Anna McClellan

[Murph]

There's a lotta stuff I need to revisit, but off the top right now

Ultimate Painting (not technically released but still one of my favs)
Rolling Blackouts CF
Amen Dunes
Cindy Lee
Richard Swift
Floating Action
Kevin Krauter
The Fernweh
Matt Maltese
Anna McClellan

Wow this is why I love these lists.  I havent even heard of most of these. Off the top of my head...

Courtney Barnett
Courtney Marie Andrews
John Prine
Janelle Monae
Shame
Parquet Courts
Kurt Vile
Spiritualized
Colter Wall

[Cameron]

Jim, Lucero, Prine, Brian Fallon, Marie/Lepanto

[parkervb]

i fell into a massive Phish hole this year and these are the albums that were released this year that I spent the most time with:

Con Todo El Mundo - Khruangbin
Bottle It In - Kurt Vile
Wished Out - Carl
Daytona - Pusha T
God's Favorite Customer - Father John Misty

(one of these is not like the others lol)

[jttouch2]

1. Con Todo El Mundo-Khruangbin
2. Wished Out-Carl
3. Passwords-Dawes
4. Nudes-Lucius
5. Lake Tear in the Clouds-Cornelia Murr

[APR]

In no particular order, these are the ones I listened to most and liked the best:

Khraungbin - Con Todo El Mundo
Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
Carl - Wished Out
Jim - Uniform Distortion
Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
Rolling Blackouts CF - Hope Downs
Israel Nash - Lifted
Kurt Vile - Bottle It In
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of Peaceful Army

[LBSUNFLWR]

Didn't get into too many new albums this year.
Top 3:
Gregory Alan Isakov: Evening Machines
Phosphorescent: C'est La Vie
Carl Broemel: Wished Out

[e-stone]

really strong year IMO

Amen Dunes - Freedom
Anna St Louis - If Only There Was a River
Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed
David Nance Group - Peaced and Slightly Pulverized
Garcia Peoples - Cosmic Cash
Lucy Dacus - Historian
Lump - Lump
Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore - Ghost Forests
One Eleven Heavy - Everything's Better
Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie
RBCF- Hope Downs
Rosali - Trouble Anyway
Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance / Lillywhite Sessions
Tim Rutili & Craig Ross - 10 Seconds to Collapse

a bunch more that i really like a ton but these are the stand outs for me.

[Shug]

Marcus King Band - Carolina Confessions

His studio recordings are a mere shadow of what he and his band do live, but this new record showed some improved song composition, in my view.

[Murph]

There's a lotta stuff I need to revisit, but off the top right now

Ultimate Painting (not technically released but still one of my favs)
Rolling Blackouts CF
Amen Dunes
Cindy Lee
Richard Swift
Floating Action
Kevin Krauter
The Fernweh
Matt Maltese
Anna McClellan

Wow this is why I love these lists.  I havent even heard of most of these. Off the top of my head...

Courtney Barnett
Courtney Marie Andrews
John Prine
Janelle Monae
Shame
Parquet Courts
Kurt Vile
Spiritualized
Colter Wall

+Jeff Tweedy - Warm.  Can't stop listening to it.  Better than the last two Wilco records imo.