The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

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alpine static, Thursday, 20 December 2018 05:23 (five years ago) link

Uzi Vert “new patek” is such a perfect year end list song in that it’s by a major name and it’s technically accomplished but also completely forgettable commercial flop that gives critics the sense of appreciating obvious quality ignored by the masses while championing a record no one would listen to and say was trash... I hate it

ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 20 December 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link

Does anyone else other than FACT use 'club music' in that way? This lumping together of diverse international scenes under one awful fake unifying genre concept? I've seen them talk about the "club genre" that seems basically designed to show off that it isn't boring old house or techno but just erases all context and difference in the process.

Matt DC, Thursday, 20 December 2018 11:43 (five years ago) link

yes it would be better if a little clunky if they used club musics plural

my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 20 December 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link

i am in favour of more lists for imagined communities

ogmor, Thursday, 20 December 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link

Boomkat's list is out (fucked if I'm gonna copy it though)

Lots of top tens from musicians on there, too.

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 December 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link

Many thanks for Jeff W for tipping me to the Concrete Islands site and list upthread

doug watson, Thursday, 20 December 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link

https://www.spin.com/featured/best-songs-2018/

spin list is excellent and probably the one that resembles my own list the most

bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link

You're welcome!

Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 December 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link

yeah good blurbs by j0rd and brad too

bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 December 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link

in addition to your great work alfred

bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 December 2018 23:17 (five years ago) link

some good stuff on there i agree

J0rdan S., Friday, 21 December 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link

I'm still reading through it but so far, yes - great list/blurbs.

Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 21 December 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link

Not really so much of a poll as three of us just going off about some stuff we liked.

Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 21 December 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link

He’s making a list
You already know
He’s gonna include Autechre and Low
Music dude is making a list

A Jim O’Rouke disc
Reissues, no doubt
A limited tape already sold out
Music dude is making a list

— Bruce Levenstein (@BruceLevenstein) December 20, 2018

na (NA), Friday, 21 December 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link

^I feel personally attacked by this relatable content, etc.

Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 21 December 2018 02:43 (five years ago) link

hahaha

sleeve, Friday, 21 December 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link

I can't get behind this Low backlash

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 21 December 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link

only a music dude would know how to make that joke

this is a betrayal

j., Friday, 21 December 2018 05:08 (five years ago) link

XLR8R's Best of 2018: Releases and Tracks

https://www.xlr8r.com/best-of/xlr8rs-best-of-2018-releases
https://www.xlr8r.com/best-of/xlr8rs-best-of-2018-tracks

stranded, Friday, 21 December 2018 11:21 (five years ago) link

Pan African Music

Top 20 Electronic Albums: http://pan-african-music.com/electronic-2018/
Top 15 Rap Albums: http://pan-african-music.com/rap-2018/
Top 25 Reissues: http://pan-african-music.com/reeditions-2018/

stranded, Friday, 21 December 2018 11:25 (five years ago) link

Boomkat: Top Releases 2018

01 Eli Keszler — Stadium (2018 Special Edition) (Shelter Press)
02 TIRZAH — Devotion (Domino Recording Co)
03 Alex Zhang Hungtai — Divine Weight (2018 Special Edition) (NON Worldwide)
04 Rosalía — El Mal Querer (Sony)
05 THE CARETAKER — Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 4 (2018 Special Edition) (History Always Favours The Winners)
06 Kali Malone — Organ Dirges 2016 - 2017 (2018 Special Edition) (Ascetic House)
07 Shinichi Atobe — Heat (2018 Special Edition) (DDS)
08 Alvin Lucier — Criss-Cross / Hanover (BLACK TRUFFLE)
09 Kelman Duran — 13th Month (Apocalipsis)
10 Teresa Winter — What The Night is For (The Death Of Rave)
11 P.Adrix — Álbum Desconhecido (2018 Special Edition) (Príncipe)
12 Lucy Railton — Paradise 94 (2018 Special Edition) (Modern Love)
13 Chaines — The King (Slip)
14 John Bence — Kill (2018 Special Edition) (Grooming)
15 CV & JAB — Zin Taylor's Thoughts Of A Dot As It Travels A Surface (Shelter Press)
16 Nazar — Enclave EP (Hyperdub)
17 JIM O'ROURKE — Sleep Like It's Winter (Newhere Music)
18 Sarah Davachi — Gave In Rest (2018 Special Edition) (Ba Da Bing!)
19 Alanis Obomsawin — Bush Lady (Constellation)
20 Felicia Atkinson — Coyotes (Geographic North)
21 Demdike Stare — Passion (Modern Love)
22 Pendant — Make Me Know You Sweet (2018 Special Edition) (West Mineral)
23 Nozomu Matsumoto — Climatotherapy (The Death Of Rave)
24 Sarah Hennies — Embedded Environments (Blume)
25 Heather Leigh — Throne (Editions Mego)
26 Slikback — Lasakaneku (Hakuna Kulala)
27 Leslie Winer & Jay Glass Dubs — YMFEES (Bokeh Versions)
28 Julia Holter — Aviary (Domino Recording Co)
29 Lechuga Zafiro — Testigo (NAAFI)
30 Gabor Lazar — Unfold (The Death Of Rave)
31 Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends — FRKWYS Vol. 14 - Nue (RVNG Intl.)
32 Lea Bertucci — Metal Aether (NNA Tapes)
33 Debit — Animus (NAAFI)
34 Low Jack and Clara! — Les Disques De La Bretagne (2018 Special Edition) (Editions Gravats)
35 Stine Janvin — Fake Synthetic Music (PAN)
36 Kali Malone — Cast of Mind (Hallow Ground)
37 Nadine Byrne — Dreaming Remembering (iDEAL Recordings)
38 AUTECHRE — NTS Sessions (Warp Records)
39 Sophie — OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES (Transgressive)
40 Maria W Horn — Kontrapoetik (Portals Editions)
41 RAIME — Am I Using Content Or Is Content Using Me? (Different Circles)
42 LOW — Double Negative (Sub Pop Records)
43 MARK FELL — Intra (Boomkat Editions)
44 ZULI — Terminal (UIQ)
45 Senyawa — Sujud (Sublime Frequencies)
46 Bamba Pana — Poaa (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
47 THE NECKS — Body (ReR)
48 Cucina Povera — Hilja (Night School)
49 Klein — CC (2018 Special Edition) (Howling Owl Records)
50 TIM HECKER — Konoyo (Kranky)
51 Eiko Ishibashi — The Dream My Bones Dream (Drag City Records)
52 700 Bliss (Haram and Moor Mother) — Spa 700 (Halcyon Veil / Don Giovanni)
53 Blue Chemise — Daughters Of Time (STUDENTS OF DECAY)
54 Sophia Loizou — Irregular Territories (Cosmo Rhythmatic)
55 Lolina (Inga Copeland) — The Smoke (UNKNOWN LABEL)
56 Joe Talia — Tint (BLACK TRUFFLE)
57 Kadodi — Kadodi (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
58 Ben Vince — Assimilation (Where To Now?)
59 Niagara — Apologia (Príncipe)
60 FELICIA ATKINSON & JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA — Limpid as the Solitudes (Shelter Press)
61 Laurel Halo — Raw Silk Uncut Wood (LATENCY)
62 Yves Tumor — Safe In The Hands of Love (Warp Records)
63 SILENT SERVANT — Shadows Of Death And Desire (Hospital Productions)
64 Duppy Gun Productions — Miro Tape (Bokeh Versions)
65 JAKOB ULLMANN — Muntzers Stern Solo II (EDITION RZ)
66 Peder Mannerfelt — Daily Routine (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion)
67 Eliza McCarthy and Mica Levi — Slow Dark Green Murky Waterfall (Slip)
68 Lonnie Holley — MITH (Jagjaguwar)
69 Primitive Knot — Thee Opener Of The Way (AURORA BOREALIS)
70 uon — Untitled (West Mineral)
71 Lotic — Power (Tri Angle Records)
72 Shygirl — Cruel Practice (NUXXE)
73 ANNELIES MONSERE — Happiness Is Within Sight (STROOM)
74 Deena Abdelwahed — Khonnar (InFiné)
75 SUPERSILENT — 14 (Smalltown Supersound)
76 Maoupa Mazzocchetti — Gag Flag (Editions Gravats)
77 Ashley Paul — Lost In Shadows (Slip)
78 Wild Adoration — EP1 (New Atlantis Records)
79 CECILIA — Adoration (Halcyon Veil)
80 KTL — The Pyre: Versions Distilled To Stereo (Shelter Press)
81 Hira — Red Light Drive (Paul Institute)
82 Marie Davidson — Working Class Woman (Ninja Tune)
83 Space Afrika — Somewhere Decent To Live (2018 Special Edition) (sferic)
84 Meitei / 冥丁 — Kwaidan / 怪談 (Evening Chants)
85 Jay Glass Dubs — Plegnic (Ecstatic)
86 RS Produções — Bagdad Style (Príncipe)
87 Francis Plagne & Crys Cole — Two Words (BLACK TRUFFLE)
88 rkss — DJ Tools (UIQ)
89 DJ Nigga Fox — Crânio (Warp Records)
90 Eartheater — IRISIRI (PAN)
91 Rabit — Life After Death (Halcyon Veil)
92 Aïsha Devi — DNA Feelings (Houndstooth)
93 Lucrecia Dalt — Anticlines (RVNG Intl.)
94 Randall Dunn — Beloved (Figureight)
95 Abul Mogard — Above All Dreams (Ecstatic)
96 Rian Treanor — RAVEDIT (The Death Of Rave)
97 Various Artists — The Black Book (iDEAL Recordings)
98 Blawan — Wet Will Always Dry (Ternesc)
99 Afrodeutsche — Break Before Make (Skam Records)
100 GAS — Rausch (Kompakt)

stranded, Friday, 21 December 2018 12:00 (five years ago) link

Camp Cope at #1

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/brooklynvegans-top-50-albums-of-2018/

Frozen CD, Friday, 21 December 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link

fuck yeah

Dinsdale, Saturday, 22 December 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link

Also, mewithoutYou at 44.

ArchCarrier, Saturday, 22 December 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link

that’s overrating the camp cope but still: cool list

jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 22 December 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link

I compiled Stereogum's Best Jazz of 2018 list (linked above), and used my monthly column for December to list 10 runners-up and 5 (actually 6) best reissues of the year:

https://www.stereogum.com/2026718/ugly-beauty-the-month-in-jazz-december-2018/franchises/ugly-beauty/

Runners-up, listed alphabetically:

The Bad Plus, Never Stop II
Amaro Freitas, Rasif
Art Hirahara, Sunward Bound
Joshua Redman/Ron Miles/Scott Colley/Brian Blade, Still Dreaming
Logan Richardson, Blues People
Javier Santiago, Phoenix
Wayne Shorter, Emanon
Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs
Salim Washington, Dogon Revisited
Gabriel Zucker, Weighting

Reissues/Archival Releases of the Year:

Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993
Dave Douglas Quintet, Brazen Heart Live at Jazz Standard
Milford Graves, Bäbi
Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording
Various Artists, J-Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984/Spiritual Jazz Vol. 8: Japan (tie)

grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 22 December 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link

That BV list is great except it's ordering seems pretty random and off.

husked, tonal wails (irrational), Saturday, 22 December 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link

I don't even know how a human or humans rank(s) 50-100 things it's just statistics or something right?

brimstead, Saturday, 22 December 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link

it's delusion

j., Saturday, 22 December 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link

Fluxblog and Said the Gramophone both posted their 2018 song round-ups, which have become my annual means of catching up with all of the music that I've paid too little attention to during the rest of the year.

Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Saturday, 22 December 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link

I always enjoy the Said the Gramophone round-up. The Mélissa Laveaux and Spice songs are the immediate discoveries for me.

breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 December 2018 22:01 (five years ago) link

enjoying digging through the said the gramophone list, it's always interesting. "Premier juin" by Lydia Képinski is a really nice find

ufo, Sunday, 23 December 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link

thanks all! ILX is my secret weapon always

sean gramophone, Sunday, 23 December 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link

mine's always been a swift kick to the groin.

Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 23 December 2018 05:13 (five years ago) link

oh gosh what a great description of "long as i live". truly one of the best singles of her career.

dyl, Sunday, 23 December 2018 05:37 (five years ago) link

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/pitchfork-readers-poll-results-2018/

pitchfork readers poll results a lot funnier than usual, i'm not surprised by bts fans making a coordinated effort but lol at the greta van fleet ballot-stuffing effort

ufo, Monday, 24 December 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link

Wow, I didn't know about a new Kyle Gann album so thanks for the Said the Gramophone list!

Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Monday, 24 December 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link

OK, wow, the album is fantastic.

Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Monday, 24 December 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link

oh wow i didn't know logan richardson had a new album, i really like him

errang (rushomancy), Monday, 24 December 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link

thanks for the tip on the kyle gann sund4r this is good!

errang (rushomancy), Monday, 24 December 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link

Somehow ye is both the fourth most underrated and the fourth most overrated album.

jmm, Monday, 24 December 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link

well it isn't the former

imago, Monday, 24 December 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link

I'd like Kyle Gann's music better if he weren't so obviously biased against the European classical tradition. It's unfair, but I can't help it.

pomenitul, Monday, 24 December 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2018.cfm

Big Daddy Nice's top 25 southern soul songs

http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2018.cfm

List (with youtube links) includes as top 5:

Fat Daddy "the Blame"
Jeter Jones "Black Horse"
Sir Charles Jones "Squeeze me"
Tucka "Ain't No Getting Over Me"
Karen Wolfe "That Bitch Ain't me"

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link

Pomenitul, you really mean that Gann is biased against postwar European new music composition, right? I think he loves the tradition as such. He even cites Haydn, Chopin, and Ravel in the notes to Hyperchromatica.

Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link

Yes, sorry, that wasn't entirely clear on my part.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link

Cool, just checking what you meant. He definitely has his biases/preferences but he is an expert on American experimentalism and tuning/temperament systems.

Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link

For sure. Like I said, I know I'm being unfair (I have similar feelings regarding Alex Ross).

pomenitul, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link


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