What are your top 10 2018 albums so far

I’ll call it now - ionnalee record is perennially underrated and the best record of the year but won’t even place in the ilm polls cuz y’all got yarn ass ears

I like the Loma record but "Black Willow" kinda towers over it for me. What a song.

I can confirm that the Die Wilde Jagd album is something special.

yeah it's really good - kind of a can meets trentemoller vibe going on

digging it, thx for the recommendation

yeh this rules

No Age - Snares Like a Haircut
Sleep - The Sciences
Wet Tuna - Livin the Die
Amen Dunes - Freedom
Khruangbin - Con Todo el Mundo
EXEK - Ahead of Two Thoughts
GAS - Rausch
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup
Yuzo Iwata - Daylight Moon
Bardo Pond - Volume 8

Here's mine.

Revised

Natalie Prass - future and the past
Advisory circle - ways of seeing
Courtney Barnett - tell me how you really feel
Janelle Monáe - dirty computer
Beach house - 7
Tess roby - beacon
U.s. girls - in a poem unlimited
Lykke Li - so sad so sexy
Melody’s echo chamber - bon voyage
Kacey musgraves - golden hour

an alphabetical top 10:

Black Dresses — WASTEISOLATION
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade
DJ Healer - nothing 2 loose
Eartheater - Irisiri
Facechain — Accensor
Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita
Skee Mask - Compro
SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Tove Styrke — Sway
ТПСБ - Sekundenschlaf

things that could easily replace anything in my top 10 given another spin or two:

Air Max '97 - Nacre
Godflesh - Post Self
Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens
ionnalee - Everyone Afraid to Be Forgotten
Mai Lan - Autopilote
Rezzett - Rezzett LP
SMERZ - Have fun
Syclops - Pink Eye

Iceage - Beyondless should also be in that second list.

Nice to see ionnalee on your list. Funny I forgot that but this year has been stacked with good records

Black Dresses album would now be on mine too

That Black Dresses album is real good.

going to wait to make my list until next week but here’s a late breaking candidate

https://mockidentity.bandcamp.com/

ashley monroe - sparrow
charlie puth - voicenotes
jacquees - 4275
jon hassell - listening to pictures (pentimento volume one)
kacey musgraves - golden hour
meshell ndegeocello - ventriloquism
oneohtrix point never - age of
serpente - rituais 101 ["Voodoo enchantments gathered from dub, jungle and techno debris" - https://serpente101.bandcamp.com/album/rituais-101)
swae lee - swaecation
terre thaemlitz - deproduction eps 1 & 2

in no order, haven't listened to a lot of stuff i intended to

rico nasty
parquet courts
kacey musgraves
arctic monkeys
now, now
mr fingers
hop along
amen dunes
jean grae quelle chris
ye

Die Wilde Jagd album is so good!

can't stop listening to it. it's a good one to listen to last thing before bed

In no particular order:

Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Comes
Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy
Shakarchi & Stranaeus - Steal Chickens From Men And The Future From God
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
Proc Fiskal - Insula
SOB x RBE - Gangin
Mind Over Mirrors - Bellowing Sun
Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still
Skee Mask - Compro

I forgot the Tracey Thorn album, that should be in there.

o ya forgot about gangin that ones good. skee mask is great too, like the 2018 dj sports

Oh shit Sun El-Musician as well. Sorry Skee Mask/Mind Over Mirrors, you're dropped.

i would add Sun-El Musician - Africa To The World to my list as well.

throwing another yeh for the black dresses album xps

Smh no Trouble album mentions

― mark e, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 07:55 (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

SOB x RBE - Gangin'
Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg - Dirt... And More Dirt
Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Awase
Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton - Music For David Mossman--Live At Vortex London
Trouble & Mike WiLL Made-It - Edgewood
Dan Weiss - Starebaby
Nolatet - No Revenge Necessary
Tim Daisy's Fulcrum Ensemble - Animation
Duduka da Fonseca Trio - Plays Dom Salvador
Yelena Eckemoff Quartet - Desert

― calzino, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 08:05 (one month ago) Bookmark

do i win a lolipop?

Yes

I am also shifting my complaint to the lack of syclops mentions

Syclops will be on my list.

Also thank u to rushomancy for listing Gurrumul - that's top 3 of the year for me.

holy shit this gurrumul

Autechre 'NTS Sessions'
The Eternal Chord 'Semper Liber'
Eva-Maria Houben 'Breath for Organ'
Jakob Ullmann 'Muntzers Stern Solo II'
Okkyung Lee 'Dahl-Tah-Ghi'
Cam Deas 'Time Exercises'
MMMD 'Andromache'
Mayuko Hino 'Lunisolar'
Christina Vantzou 'No.4'
Jim O'Rourke 'Steamroom 38/39'
Mika Vainio 'Lydspor One & Two'
Alex Zhang Hungtai 'Divine Weight'

Abstracter - Cinerous Incarnate
Death Grips - Year Of The Snitch
The Nels Cline 4 - Currents, Constellations
Chaos Echoes - Mouvement
Otomo Yoshihide & Paal Nilssen-Love - 19th of May 2016
Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes - Music For Saxofone & Bass Guitar
Eric Chenaux - Slowly Paradise
Jojo R Manny - This Winter Has Been Coldest At Its End
Proc Fiskal - Insula
Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4

I'll do 11 - Unranked:

Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
Gwenno - Le Kov
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
Various - Black Panther: The Album
The Breeders - All Nerve
Chvrches - Love Is Dead
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
IAMX - Alive In New Light
Hookworms - Microshift
Field Music - Open Here

Le mien!

shaping up to be a consensus-y year for me

u.s. girls
meshell ndegeocello
speedy ortiz
kacey musgraves
black panther
jorge elbrecht
jennifer castle
belly
janelle monae
spook school / smokescreens / shopping (tie)

delroy Edwards - rio grande

this is the only thread that mentions Die Wilde Jagd, but I saw them last night and they were very very excellent.

BYE!

oh sweet
deffo in my top 3 records this year

was it a full band? for some reason i thought it was one dude

two dudes, drums, guitar and a whole raft full of modules and pedals and noodly things. 2000 Elefanten was particularly great. The drummer was brilliant. The guitary singer dude was awesome. really good

drummer would have to be Dinger rock steady

aw sweet - think 2000 elefanten is my fav!
& cosign dinger :D

2000 Elefanten is a fantastic song, not sure about the rest of the album yet

rest of the album is brilliant but 2000 Elefanten is the hit - is it the only one with singing on it? Will definitely be in my EOY. Live it turned into a proper anthem. I could imagine these guys evolving into an excellent avant-rock/pop band on the next record

2018 has been insane, for me at least. there are still albums by Orbital, Mouse on Mars, and James Ferraro I have to get to. among many many others

my working list is something like:

1. Andrew WK - You're Not Alone
2. Kaku P-Model - Kai = Kai
3. Autechre - NTS Sessions
4. Koenjihyakkei - Dhorimviskha
5. George Clanton - Slide
6. Daphne & Celeste Save the World
7. Datarock - Face the Brutality
8. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
9. They Might be Giants - I Like Fun
10. 3.2 - The Rules Have Changed

mewithoutyou: [untitled]
low: double negative
helena hauff: qualm
ashley monroe: sparrow
anna von hausswolff: dead magic
foxing: nearer my god
meshell ndegeocello: ventriloquism
arctic monkeys: tranquility base hotel & casino
autechre: nts sessions
let's eat grandma: i'm all ears

I love a lot this year:

Haron - Wandelaar
Jolly Mare - Logica Natura
Deepchord - Immersions
Sandro Perri - In Another Life
Ovlov - TRU
Gwenno - Le Kov
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
DJ Khalab - Black Noise 2084
Betonkust & Palmbomen II - Center Parcs
Bjorn Torske - Byen

Also...

Hear, Now - Aurora Baleare
Khotin - Beautiful You
H. Takahashi - Low Power
Yo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going On
Kate NV - для FOR
Salad Boys - This Is Glue
M. Geddes Gengras - Hawaiki Tapes
Skee Mask - Compro
Sam McClellan - Music of the Five Elements
Peggy Gou - Once
Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still

I didn't get the Glenn Jones or the new Low yet so I imagine they're easily going to be added.

Oh and the Yves Tumor! Looking forward to checking that one out as well.

Shit, I forgot:

Various - Studio Barnhus Volym 1

Loving that a lot!

AND:

Hovvdy - Cranberry
Our Girl - Stranger Today
Arp - Zebra
Marisa Anderson - Cloud Corner

Good year imo