The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

that is a very triumphant list. yassss

actually i do rly like 4 of the top 5 so no real beef

If I had to guess, I think Let's Eat Grandma might end up topping the ILM list.

no wayyyyy. they might make the top 10. might.

for all that i like the album it isn't in my 25, for instance

if i had to guess it'd be Kacey Musgraves but there's a loooot of possibilities

swear we're missing something obvious

It's going to be Robyn.

http://dis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com/540x540/105574.jpeg

Robyn would surely be the most underwhelming winner ever? Guess I'd better see what the fuss is about this 'Robyn' character then!!

2014 was the last time there was this little consensus in all the publication lists and it was War on Drugs/St Vincent/Run the Jewels/FKA Twigs that did best in the aggregate lists

this year it's Janelle Monae/Low/Mitski topping the aggregates so far and at the very least Low doing so well is pretty cool

oh yeah, Low. Low was the obvious thing

Semi-plausible winner that would make me genuinely proud of ILM = Sun el-Musician.

no wayyyyy. they might make the top 10. might.

― imago, Thursday, December 6, 2018 6:33 AM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for all that i like the album it isn't in my 25, for instance

― imago, Thursday, December 6, 2018 6:33 AM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes, as previously established your taste has a 1:1 relationship with the rest of ilm

xp that would be a pleasant shock at #1. It has been galling not to see it on a single list so far, Burna Boy too

i wouldn't be that surprised if sun-el popped up in the spin list but these lists very rarely engage with non-western scenes unless an act makes a strong push for recognition etc

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/arts/music/best-albums.html

here's the New York Times' lists - Jon Caramanica's is probably the absolute weirdest out of anything posted in this thread but then it's a personal list and not some sort of consensus

Does Ben Ratliff not write for them anymore? He used to do a list, too

want some burna boy y'say?

Complex UK’s Best Songs Of 2018
https://www.complex.com/music/2018/12/complex-uk-best-songs-of-2018

30. Corella — "Trappin"
29. Mura Masa f/ Octavian — "Move Me"
28. Suspect f/ Jesse James Solomon & Skepta — "One Way"
27. Yizzy — "S.O.S"
26. One Acen f/ WSTRN — "Vice Versa"
25. Burna Boy — "Ye"
24. P Money & Little Dee — "Coldest Flows"
23. Ray BLK — "Run Run"
22. WSTRN f/ Skrapz — "Round Here"
21. Flohio — "Bands"
20. Children Of Zeus — "Slow Down"
19. Blade Brown — "12 Summers"
18. Kojo Funds f/ Bugzy Malone — "Who Am I"
17. Mahalia — "Surprise Me"
16. Skepta & Wizkid — "Energy (Stay Far Away)"
15. D-Block Europe — "The Shard"
14. MoStack — "What I Wanna"
13. Ella Mai — "Boo'd Up"
12. Headie One & Kenny Allstar — "Tracksuit Love"
11. Chip — "Darth Vader"
10. Novelist — "Stop Killing The Mandem"
9. Nines — "I See You Shining"
8. Mist f/ Jessie Ware — "Wish Me Well"
7. Sheck Wes — "Mo Bamba"
6. Slowthai — "Ladies"
5. Loski — "Cool Kid"
4. Kojey Radical f/ Mahalia — "Water"
3. Unknown T — "Homerton B"
2. A$AP Rocky & Skepta — "Praise The Lord (Da Shine)"
1. Ambush f/ Chip & Skepta — "Jumpy (Remix)"

Great to see DJ Healer place quite high on the Noisey lis. He's prob missing out bcz of the relative obscurity of it. But man, what an album.

lists sleeping on Hailu Mergia

was on the wire one iirc

but yes, lovely album

aah cool, glad to hear it was on Wire

though I think their list is... a bit... kinda like, it's supposed to be v challenging stuff

and that album is joy

lists sleeping on Hailu Mergia

the ebo taylor album kicked the arse of most other records too

Noisey - The 100 Best Songs of 2018
https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/qvqwym/noisey-100-best-songs-of-2018

ugh weezer

lmao

lmao @ #1, pretty strong list otherwise

finally a list with "mo bamba" in the top three

there was a new ebo taylor?!?

yeah it's right here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3V5LUMXlslvmEwmTel01KP

"god is a woman" over "no tears" or "breathin"? ok

noisey list seems good (no this is america is nice) but yeah lmao at the #1

speaking of narratives over sonics

xxxp ty nick

"god is a woman" over "no tears" or "breathin"? ok

― lowercase (eric), Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:24 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"god is a woman" is such a bad song

"No Tears Left to Cry" is a victim of being released earlier in the year and/or Ariana leaning into gigantic meme status later in the year, but it's the best single by a mile

Since I'm on the outside now, who will say when ilm eoy nominations open?

noisey list has some interesting stuff but also stuff that's just... noisy

glad to see "hands" place

Stereogum - Best Metal Albums of 2018
https://www.stereogum.com/2024835/the-10-best-metal-albums-of-2018/franchises/2018-in-review/

who's running things this year johnny fever?

kudos to stereogum for putting together a metal top ten that i haven't heard any of

There are too many mediocre Skepta collabs in that Complex list but otherwise it's the best list so far, banger after banger in there.

who's running things this year johnny fever?

― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:03 PM

afaik seandalai, gr80, and moka

The Agrimonia is the only album on the Stereogum metal list I've heard, and it rules.

This quote is amazing:

This list will disappoint you. (Also, year-end lists are dumb, dumber than our usual lists, which is saying something, but I digress.) Picture Jake Bannon screaming “YOU FAIL ME” at someone vomiting on his shoes — that’s us, failing you in real time. Unless the things you love happen to perfectly align with the schizophrenic nonsense we slapped together and labeled “BEST OF 2018,” your thirst for listicular validation shall go unquenched. There will be no Thou. No Yob, Panopticon, Horrendous, Slugdge, At The Gates, Dödsrit, Deafheaven, High On Fire, Sleep, none of it. Not even Deicide. (Stan is furious.) For better or worse, we made a collective decision to eschew grand narratives and editorial coherence, and instead give you our unvarnished favorites — the things we loved most (or hated least).

"No Tears Left to Cry" is a victim of being released earlier in the year and/or Ariana leaning into gigantic meme status later in the year, but it's the best single by a mile

― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:57 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

co-sign. "thank u, next" is fun to write/read/think about i guess, but it's a pretty dull song imo.

kudos to stereogum for putting together a metal top ten that i haven't heard any of

― jolene club remix (BradNelson)

The Immortal is better than it has any right to be.