Fester's Lucky 13: 2018 Year-End Summaryhttp://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-18/
Spotify | 2018 Breakdown: Genre Lists | Shows, Videos | Movies, Television & Books
1. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs2. Graveyard – Peace 3. Peluché – Unforgettable 4. Mansion – First Death Of The Lutheran5. Teen Judge – Teen Judge6. Bambara – Shadow On Everything7. Birth Of Joy – Hyper Focus8. Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows – Hymns9. Sir Robin & The Longbowmen – Prozacco10. MaidaVale – Madness Is Too Pure11. The Native Cats – John Sharp Toro12. Messa – Feast For Water13. Maggot Heart – Dusk To Dusk14. Vanishing Kids – Creation 15. Lucifer – Lucifer II 16. Neurotic Fiction – Pulp Music 17. Sleep – The Sciences 18. Bas Jan – Yes I Jan 19. Ancestors – Suspended In Reflections 20. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Wasteland 21. White Denim – Performance 22. All Them Witches – ATW 23. The Exploding Eyes Orchestra – II 24. Body Type – Body Type EP 25. The Ocean Party – The Oddfellows’ Hall 26. Crepes – In Cahoots 27. Khemmis – Desolation 28. Windhand – Eternal Return 29. Santa Librada – Santa Librada 30. Pale Divine – Pale Divine 31. Wytch Hazel – II: Sojourn 32. Witch Mountain – Witch Mountain 33. Castle – Deal Thy Fate 34. Oh Sees – Smote Reverser 35. Amgala Temple – Invisible Airships 36. Dream Wife – Dream Wife 37. Goat Girl – Goat Girl 38. Viagra Boys – Street Worms 39. Melbourne Cans – Heat Of The Night 40. Ought – Room Inside The World 41. ILL – We Are ILL 42. Tropical Fuck Storm – A Laughing Death In Meatspace 43. The Third Sound – All Tomorrow’s Shadows 44. Steeple Remove – Vonal-Axis 45. Parades Against Parades – Driving Me Stoned 46. Sitka Sun – Sitka Sun 47. Wooden Shjips – V 48. Black Salvation – Uncertainty Is Bliss 49. Cave – Allways 50. Druid – The Seven Scrolls 51. Weedpecker – III 52. Kikagaku Moyo – Masana Temples 53. Needlepoint – The Diary Of Robert Reverie 54. Iceage – Beyondless 55. LITHICS – Mating Surfaces 56. Glintshake – Benefit 57. The Breeders – All Nerve 58. Shopping – The Official Body 59. Moab – Trough 60. Alastor – Slave To The Grave 61. The Necromancers – Of Blood And Wine 62. Spiritual Cramp – Television 63. King Buffalo – Longing To Be The Mountain 64. Tony Allen & Jeff Mills – Tomorrow Comes The Harvest 65. Orb – The Space Between 66. Somali Yacht Club – The Sea 67. Greenleaf – Hear The Rivers 68. High Reeper – High Reeper 69. Earthless – Black Heaven 70. JIRM – Surge Ex Monumentis 71. Choral Hearse – Mire Exhumed 72. Mythic Sunship – Upheaval 73. The Wizards – Rise Of The Serpent 74. Les Big Byrd – Iran Iraq IKEA 75. Magmakammer – Mindtripper 76. Amyl And The Sniffers – Big Attraction & Giddy Up 77. Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings 78. Ezra Collective – Juan Pablo: The Philospher EP 79. Maisha – There Is A Place 80. Al Doum & The Faryds – Spirit Rejoin 81. Goatman – Rhythms 82. Trés Oui – Poised To Flourish 83. Massage – Oh Boy 84. Salad Boys – This Is Glue 85. Electric Citizen – Helltown 86. Dunbarrow – Dunbarrow II 87. Nekromant – The Nekromant Lives 88. Crippled Black Phoenix – Great Escape 89. Green Dragon – Green Dragon 90. Dos Santos – Logos 91. Spiders – Killer Machine 92. LIINES – Stop-Start 93. Szun Waves – New Hymn To Freedom 94. Public Practice – Distance Is A Mirror EP 95. Rough Spells – Modern Kicks For The Solitary Witch EP 96. Petite Noir – La Maison Noir: The Gift And The Curse EP 97. Vital Idles – Left Hand 98. Sammal – Suuliekki 99. Black Moth – Anatomical Venus 100. Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
boring top 2 but an otherwise cool list
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
To clarify, the RYM top 10 is kind of awful, but there's plenty of good stuff in the 100
I actually quite like the new (old) Car Seat Headrest album though - there's my terrible confession
― imago, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
the music industry's greatest terrible secret is that that kid is actually really fuckin' good at making killer indie rock songs. don't tell anyone, tho.
― alpine static, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
xp I like it a lot, too (though haven't really gone back to it much since around the time it came out). Don't know why it's some kind of dirty word around here...
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
I can't think of another current popular songwriter more desperately in need of an editor
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
i've hated on this board before but it's true that he has a few good songs!
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
just like get to the point my dude!
xxpost Matthew Healy
*ducks*
― alpine static, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
to be clear:
i do think CSH guy could use an editori also think Healy could use an editor, probably just as / almost as muchi like the 1975 way more than CSH
― alpine static, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
I agree Will Headrest can be long-winded; but I also feel like that can be part of his "charm," or something. (I wouldn't cut anything from Teens of Denial; even from the most drawn-out jams.)
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Like he's the drunk guy on yr couch, still hanging when the rest of the guests have gone home, whose ranting is too much fun for you to kick him out & go to bed
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
pretty solid description as i think it perfectly explains why i don't like him
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
98% success ain't bad ;). Those interested in specific genres might find the breakdowns more interesting. For example:
Avant, Experimental, Modern Classical, Ambient & Drone
1. The Messthetics – The Messthetics 2. Secret Chiefs 3 – Malkhut 3. Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want 4. Anna von Hausswolff – Dead Magic 5. Toundra – Vortex 6. Black Dresses – WASTEISOLATION 7. The Skull Defekts – The Skull Defekts 8. Oneida – Romance 9. Nils Frahm – All Melody 10. Årabrot – Who Do You Love 11. Gnod – Chapel Perilous 12. The Garden – Mirror Might Steal Your Charm 13. Author & Punisher – Beastland
Art Pop
1. Peluché – Unforgettable 2. Vital Idles – Left Hand 3. Eiko Ishibashi – The Dreams My Bones Dream 4. Julia Holter – Aviary 5. Arc Iris – Icon Of Ego 6. Halo Maud – Je Suis Une Île 7. Mr Twin Sister – Salt 8. Jenny Hval – The Long Sleep EP 9. U.S. Girls – In A Poem Unlimited 10. SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES 11. The Black Queen – Infinite Games 12. Yves Tumor – Safe In The Hands Of Love 13. Gazelle Twin – Pastoral
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 17 December 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
multiple x-posts, but I got bored at work and didn't want to scroll through the entire Mixmag album list, so I scraped it.
1: Tirzah - Devotion2: Skee Mask - Compro3: DJ Koze - Knock Knock4: Helena Hauff - Qualm5: Jon Hopkins - Singularity6: Objekt - Cocoon Crush7: Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha8: Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides9: Ross From Friends - Family Portrait10: Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman11: Martyn - Voids12: Bruce - Sonder Somatic13: Amnesia Scanner - Another Life14: Nines - Crop Circle15: Maribou State - Kingdoms in Colour16: Children of Zeus - Travel Light17: Robyn - Honey18: Lotic - Power19: Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still20: George Fitzgerald - All that must be21: Marquis Hawkes - The Marquis of Hawkes22: Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of23: Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar24: Nu Guinea - Nuova Napoli25: Yves Tumor - Safe in The Hands of Love26: Spence Parker - Dance Music27: Rüfüs Du Sol - Solace28: Âme - Dream House29: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts30: Oliver Coates - Shelley's on Zenn-LA31: Mr Fingers - Cerebral Hemisphere32: Pariah - Here From Where We Are33: Max Cooper - One Hundred Billion Sparks34: Mr G - A Part of Me Volume 235: Nils Frahm - All Melody36: Break - Another Way37: The Blaze - Dancehall38: Soulwax - Essential39: Detroit Swindle - High Life40: HVL - Ostati41: Orbital - Monsters Exist42: Jensen Interceptor - Mother43: Taiki Nulight - Murky Manor44: The Digital Blonde - Neon45: Blocks & Escher - Something Blue46: Roman Flügel - Themes47: DJ Taye - Still Trippin'48: Parquet Courts - Wide Awake49: Against All Logic - 2012-201750: Byran Chapman - 7 Shadows and Iron Lungs
― fffv, Monday, 17 December 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
Passion of the Weiss 50 Best Rap Songs
https://www.passionweiss.com/2018/12/16/best-rap-songs-2018/
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 December 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
nice to see Orbital finally make an appearance
― frogbs, Monday, 17 December 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
Nice to see that Soulwax album appear but that Mixmag list top 10 is very obvious
― boxedjoy, Monday, 17 December 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
I don’t like The 1975 and CSH at all and still don’t understand what it is that people like about them so much.
There are many artists outside my interests which I do understand why people might like them but these two in particular make me feel like I’m deaf because I just don’t hear what’s so special about their music.
That said I don’t hate them, I just don’t get it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 17 December 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
I can't help you w/the 1975 (tho I'm sure the long thread about them has some clues), but here's something I posted about why I love the CSH album from a few years back: Car Seat Headrest--Teens of Denial
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
CSH is decent but was incredibly overrated critically when his last album came out and the new version of Twin Fantasy only doubles down on all his weaknesses
he's got talent, sure, but "desperately needs an editor" is otm as well as desperately needing a good producer to help him stop making all his songs way longer than they need to be. he is simply not very good at writing the epics that he loves to unfortunately, and loves to drag out what should be a tight & catchy 3-4 minute pop song to 5+ minutes every single time
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
Feel like I need to give that Skee Mask record another go. I sorta liked it at first, then it fell off.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
― imago
without having seen it i'm gonna say that the list from 401-500 is probably better than the list from 1-100
of course all lists get boring at the top, particularly those that involve reaching some sort of "consensus"
i picked up a lot from chaucerian myth's 2018 list, he suggested this record by bronzewing which i think he's possibly the only person to have heard? anyway it's great, like if yaraandoo was recorded in the '80s
― errang (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
tinymixtapes albums list:
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2018-favorite-50-music-releases
50 Sheck Wes - MUDBOY49 Satoshi Nakamoto - NYPD Records Volume 2: Satoshi Nakamoto's dOPENet48 Amen Dunes - Freedom47 JPEGMAFIA - Veteran46 Gas - Rausch45 Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!44 Jeff Witscher - Approximately 1,000 Beers43 Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs. the Sirens42 Matthew Revert / Vanessa Rossetto - Everyone Needs a Plan41 Delroy Edwards - Rio Grande40 Perfume - Future Pop39 U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited38 Roc Marciano - Behold A Dark Horse37 Beach House - 736 Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E.35 Seth Graham - Gasp34 Sarah Davachi - Let Night Come On Bells End The Day33 Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood32 Armand Hammer - Paraffin31 Rosalía - El Mal Querer30 Klein - cc29 Prime Minister of Doom - Mudshadow Propaganda / DJ Healer - Nothing 2 Loose28 Fire-Toolz - Skinless X-127 Simple Affections - Simple Affections26 The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 425 Tierra Whack - Whack World24 Eartheater - IRISIRI23 Kanye West - ye22 RP Boo - I'll Tell You What!21 Tim Hecker - Konoyo20 serpentwithfeet - soil19 Amnesia Scanner - Another Life18 Mitski - Be the Cowboy17 Barrio Sur - बड़ा शोक (heart break)16 Playboi Carti - Die Lit15 Bamba Pana - Poaa14 Pendant - Make Me Know You Sweet13 Mount Eerie - Now Only12 Julia Holter - Aviary11 Eli Keszler - Stadium10 Shygirl - Cruel Practice9 Grouper - Grid of Points8 Pusha T - Daytona7 Low - Double Negative6 Elysia Crampton - Elysia Crampton5 Tirzah - Devotion4 Charli XCX - Pop 23 Lolina - The Smoke2 Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love1 SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 02:25 (five years ago) link
nice
― nxd, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 10:46 (five years ago) link
serpentwithfeet and Tirzah are the big discoveries for me from the EOY lists.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 11:04 (five years ago) link
I think I’ve had my fill.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 11:06 (five years ago) link
these things are inevitably personal but I've never heard as much good new music as I have this year
― ogmor, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 11:21 (five years ago) link
I'm not even sure we should do this next year. I guess it gives a sort of limp foretaste of the big ILX poll
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 12:34 (five years ago) link
But really, most of these lists are falling over each other to boost exactly the same music in the same way, which encourages incurious listening habits. The great boon of the new streaming reality is that you can hear almost anything, and there's never been more to hear either. And if you can't put your faith in these lists, what's the point of them? I suppose a few are noteworthy, but in the main, and viewed collectively, they're stultifying
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 12:38 (five years ago) link
I mean that's obviously really pompous of me but as as ILXors I feel we actually have some sort of collective duty to listen to and chronicle as much as we possibly can
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 12:40 (five years ago) link
What would be good is some kind of automatic database that lists albums that appear in three or fewer of these lists. That kind of filter would make it more worthwhile. Like, nobody needs to know that Parquet Courts are apparently the 45th best band of the year yet again (morelike 450th amirite) but who's Eli Keszler, are they any good, etc
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
any news on the ilxor poll? think noms normally open round about now
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
23 Kanye West - ye
lol @ tmt
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
i'm never sure which of the acclaimed ones i've heard, because i immediately forget any music i'm not into once i listen to it. and then i get confused between "serpentwithfeet" and "mewithoutyou"
other than that i'm not particularly bothered by reading several dozen lists with sophie and yves tumour on them
i will say as someone who likes novelty in music i'm more interested in the names on the lists i haven't read a hundred times. an aggregator of those names wouldn't be useful to me, though, because it'd just be hundreds of records that i have no idea if i'd like or not - the blurbs are extremely helpful to me. that's why i haven't made a personal 2018 list, no time to blurb!
― errang (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
has anyone agreed to run EOY this year?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
imago, this thread seems to be full of weird/unique lists, in addition to the more conventional lists with plenty of overlap. And aren’t the lists with overlap also useful, as a view to which are the “consensus” albums?
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/1156-the-av-clubs-20-best-albums-of-2018/
finally Ezra Furman makes a top ten
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/1154-papers-top-20-albums-of-2018/
this one seems ilxor taste-adjacent
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
xxp Also, if I see a list with one or two albums I know & like, I may be more inclined to check out the unfamiliar stuff from that list (b/c the familiar signposts are useful). One other point is that the aggregate of lists in this thread is sort of similar to ILM as a whole — where a few things seem to be discussed a lot over the course of the year, and most of the rest only mentioned in passing (one or two posts on a “Rolling...” thread, etc.).
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
This one's a bit different with a few new names on this one for imago to get all excited about:
Q Magazine - Best Albums of 2018
50. The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment49. Manic Street Preachers - Resistance is Futile48. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth47. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Merrie Land46. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy45. Mac Miller - Swimming44. Panic! At the Disco - Pray for the Wicked43. Everything is Recorded - Everything is Recorded42. SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides41. Lykke Li - So Sad, So Sexy40. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts39. Cat Power - Wanderer38. Bill Ryder-Jones - Yawn37. Beach House - 736. Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound35. Julia Holter - Aviary34. Go-Kart Mozart - Mozart's Mini-Mart33. Shame - Songs of Praise32. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Sparkle Hard31. Florence and the Machine - High as Hope30. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In29. Gaz Coombes - World's Strongest Man28. Neko Case - Hell-On27. Daniel Avery - Song for Alpha26. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited25. Father John Misty - God's Favourite Customer24. Elvis Costello and The Imposters - Look Now23. Tracey Thorn - Record22. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs21. Low - Double Negative20. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt19. Pusha T - Daytona18. DJ Koze - Knock Knock17. Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin16. Mitski - Be the Cowboy15. Blood Orange - Negro Swan14. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel13. Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg12. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour11. Interpol - Marauder10. Anna Calvi - Hunter9. Paul Weller - True Meanings8. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer7. IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance6. Christine and the Queens - Chris5. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!4. Robyn - Honey3. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships2. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears1. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
Vibe - 30 Best Albums of 2018https://www.vibe.com/photos/best-albums-2018-list
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
***spoiler alert: no paul weller that one i'm afraid***
and not even gaz coombes could crack this one:
FACT - Best House & Techno of 2018https://www.factmag.com/2018/12/18/best-house-techno-tracks-2018/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, December 18, 2018 3:22 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
trust the AV Club to turn up and make me regret hating on this thread (slightly) with that Only Love placement
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
Pfork's rap list is up - https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-rap-albums-of-2018/
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
lotta duos
― j., Wednesday, 19 December 2018 04:02 (five years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/25825-the-quietus-tracks-of-2018-audiobooks-black-midi-shit-and-shine-william-doyle-aphex-twin
quietus tracks list:
50. Denzel Himself - 'Melty ft. KEYAH/BLU'49. Virginia Wing - 'The Second Shift'48. ILL - 'Stuck On A Loop'47. Grouper - 'Parking Lot'46. Janelle Monae - 'I Like That'45. Baxter Dury, Etienne De Crécy & Delilah Holliday - 'White Coats'44. Chromatics - 'Black Walls'43. Bruce - 'What'42. Julia Holter - 'I Shall Love 2'41. Blood Orange - 'Charcoal Baby'40. Wild Fruit Art Collective - 'Fabric'39. Liars - 'Murdrum'38. Donato Dozzy - 'Cleo'37. Objekt - 'Secret Snake'36. Underworld & Ø - 'Dexters Chalk'35. GNOD - 'Donovan’s Daughters'34. Ploy - 'Ramos'33. Lonnie Holley - 'I Woke Up In A Fucked-Up America'32. Gazelle Twin - 'Hobby Horse'31. Riton & Kah-Lo - 'Fake ID'30. Kasper Marott - 'Keflavik'29. Leather Party - 'Baby It’s Alright'28. Riko Dan - 'Hard Food'27. Bryte - 'Hustler'26. Calvin Harris With Dua Lipa - 'One Kiss'25. Jonny Shitbag And The Smokes - 'Distract Me'24. Jockstrap - 'Hayley'23. Joy O & Ben Vince - 'Transition 2'22. Big Joanie - 'Fall Asleep'21. Charli XCX - 'Focus'20. JK Flesh - 'External Transmission Stage'19. LSDXOXO - 'Burn The Witch'18. Unknown T - 'Homerton B'17. Pregoblin - 'Combustion (Live)'16. Insecure Men - 'I Don’t Wanna Dance (With My Baby)'15. Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Tutti'14. SOPHIE - 'Immaterial'13. Marie Davidson - 'Work It'12. These New Puritans - 'Into The Fire'11. International Teachers Of Pop - 'After Dark'10. Real Lies - 'The Checks'9. Välve - 'The Happening'8. Jenny Hval - 'Spells'7. Kali Uchis - 'After The Storm'6. Hen Ogledd - 'Problem Child'5. Aphex Twin - 'T69 Collapse'4. Black Midi - 'bmbmbm'3. William Doyle - 'Millersdale'2. $hit And $hine - 'You Were Very High'1. Audiobooks - 'Gothenburg'
― ufo, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 10:00 (five years ago) link
Real Lies - 'The Checks'
this is great btw
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 10:58 (five years ago) link
didn’t know they had new music out!
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link