The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

starting to seem like my aoty isn't gonna appear on any lists

which isn't unexpected

I'm thankful to the Gorilla vs. Bear list for introducing me to Rosalía... her voice is amazing.

apologies if this ha been linked upthread 500 times already, but an aggregation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BwJaVJa_OZezUbbCE9Z6HpNdcl6wwmlPrCLWm3sKygo/edit#gid=0

particularly recommended if you miss glenn's stats from pazz and jop

the love for that coasting Spiritualized record baffles me

xp that's cool, thanks

otm about Spiritualized

surprised that Courtney Barnett is placing so high on so many lists. i thought it was a clear step down, and i thought a lot of people agreed

As a fan, I agree it's a bit of a step down; still a really good album, tho

this is a weird year for me -- the albums I love that I assumed would also be consensus picks (and that aren't the obvious ones, everyone knew the robyn album would do well, etc.) are turning out not to be at all

Such as? An album which almost everyone seemed to forget about was the MGMT one. If it had been released in the past trimester I think it would have fared a lot better.

Wow, this previous Rosalía album (Los Ángeles) is even better... terrific stuff.

Congrats to Smino for having the one interesting album on the Ringer list

Imago the Black Dresses album is badass, thanks. That and Senyawa have stood out. I keep losing Wi-Fi access so slow going till I return to the listening later tomorrow night.

idk why the Ringer list didn't include input from Lindsay Zoladz unless she's doing her own separate list. Shea Serrano doesn't seem to even have a passing familiarity with anything besides hip-hop, which would be fine if he was writing for XXL or whatever.

xp -- US Girls is the big one

I think US Girls is suffering from having come out so early in the year.

24 NU GUINEA | Nuova Napoli

this album is v good, from the gorilla v bear list. sort of swooning continental disco - little bit balearic, bit italo.

if you don't like this track you prob have no functioning heart/soul/ears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHlhJ7WyerM

no Cupcakke - Ephorize on any lists so far is surprising considering the momentum she had at the beginning of the year. interest might've just fallen off

it's hard out here for a january release

(unless you're animal collective in 2009)

I like this AV Club punk/hardcore list

Couple of things to check out from that AVClub list. Is Drug Church being in the honourable mentions the first sign of them? Because that album's high on my list.

they made the stereogum list

idk why the Ringer list didn't include input from Lindsay Zoladz unless she's doing her own separate list. Shea Serrano doesn't seem to even have a passing familiarity with anything besides hip-hop, which would be fine if he was writing for XXL or whatever.

― evol j, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:51 (fifty-three minutes ago) Permalink

Awful post

Couple of things to check out from that AVClub list. Is Drug Church being in the honourable mentions the first sign of them? Because that album's high on my list.

― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:43 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

drug church also made stereogum's list, which surprised me, god what a fucking amazing album

That's good to see. I have you to blame for it taking over my listening for a good long time.

lol i'm just now seeing voodoo chili's post, sorry for reiterating the very thing you said

I listened to the Black Dresses and it's like, I was promised noise pop, not noise + wank electroclash vocals.

The bits that were just noise were great though.

^^ exactly how i felt about black dresses

idk why the Ringer list didn't include input from Lindsay Zoladz unless she's doing her own separate list. Shea Serrano doesn't seem to even have a passing familiarity with anything besides hip-hop, which would be fine if he was writing for XXL or whatever.

― evol j, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:51 (fifty-three minutes ago) Permalink

Awful post

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 3:45 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The Ringer writes about all forms of pop music, I don't see the upside in having your top 10 be half-determined by someone who only seems to be aware of hip-hop

that's not a diss on hip-hop, the same would be true if it was someone who only followed country or indie rock or electronic shit.

Has No Age Snares Like a Haircut made any list?

that's not a diss on hip-hop, the same would be true if it was someone who only followed country or indie rock or electronic shit.

― evol j, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 4:27 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

have you seen some of these lists, dogg?

it's an easy joke but in reality pretty much all but the corniest of lists is gonna have a fair bit of rap, R&B, and pop mixed in with indie fuxxors

where's greta van fleet?

where's greta van fleet?

on the lower half of a handful of 1974 end of the year music lists.

Quickest fact-check evah!

can't believe fernando hierro posts here now

The Ringer writes about all forms of pop music, I don't see the upside in having your top 10 be half-determined by someone who only seems to be aware of hip-hop

― evol j, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 3:26 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so they should ... discriminate against people who prefer the most popular genre on earth?

i dont even like most of those albums aside from the Smino which is excellent

i mean also tbc i don't think its just one writer, like several of the high up Ringer editors come from Vibe mag

the most popular genre on earth

lolololololol

so much hip hop

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/04/25/these-were-the-10-most-popular-songs-in-the-world-in-2017/#1b7b51461be6

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085975/us-music-consumption-up-2017-rb-hip-hop-most-popular-genre

Do you enjoy consuming the R&B/Hip-Hop genre, fellow kids?

yeah US Girls are a really surprising absence from most of these lists, same with Mount Eerie - Now Only was so much better than A Crow Looked At Me imo

it's a relief that Car Seat Headrest is nowhere to be found though

starting to seem like my aoty isn't gonna appear on any lists

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:41 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

which isn't unexpected

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:41 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you’ve had about 12 of these this year, which is it?

Haha, Kevin -- I used that handle for a hot minute last week (it's "&", btw)

i've gotten so used to reading brad's pronouncements as to aoty that i feel relatively confident in opining that he's referring to mewithoutYou in this case.

this album is v good, from the gorilla v bear list. sort of swooning continental disco - little bit balearic, bit italo.

if you don't like this track you prob have no functioning heart/soul/ears

― FernandoHierro

it always makes me nervous when i read something like that, like oh shit am i going to be rumbled as not having a heart soul or ears? fortunately i loved that song so i'm safe for now

no Cupcakke - Ephorize on any lists so far is surprising considering the momentum she had at the beginning of the year. interest might've just fallen off

;_;

or what about eden maybe we should poll ephorize vs eden