The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

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

NPR - The 100 Best Songs Of 2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/671206143/the-100-best-songs-of-2018-page-1

100. David Byrne "I Dance Like This"
99. Amanda Shires "Leave It Alone"
98. BROCKHAMPTON "San Marcos"
97. Public Practice "Foundation"
96. Amara La Negra "What a Bam Bam"
95. MILCK "Black Sheep"
94. Logan Richardson "Anthem (To Human Justice)"
93. Anthony Roth Costanzo "Liquid Days"
92. Mariah Carey "GTFO"
91. Jlin "Carbon 12"
90. Lil Wayne "Let It All Work Out"
89. The Glands "Pleaser"
88. 47 Soul "Mo Light"
87. Mac Miller "2009"
86. Bad Bunny "Estamos Bien"
85. Haley Heynderickx "The Bug Collector"
84. Pusha T "Santeria"
83. The Internet "Come Over"
82. Ruston Kelly "Faceplant"
81. The Decemberists "Once In My Life"
80. Jean Grae & Quelle Chris "Gold Purple Orange"
79. Joseph Calleja "Ah! Si, ben mio"
78. Troye Sivan "My My My!"
77. Rosanne Cash "She Remembers Everything"
76. Jeremih & Ty Dolla Sign "The Light"
75. YOB "Ablaze"
74. Shal Marshall "Splinters"
73. Lana Del Rey "Venice Bitch"
72. Father John Misty "Hangout at the Gallows"
71. Lil Baby x Gunna "Drip Too Hard"
70. Niña Diaz feat. Lido Pimienta & Ceci Bastida "Tambalea"
69. Mary Halvorson "My Mind I Find In Time"
68. The War And Treaty "Jeep Cherokee Laredo"
67. Phonte "Cry No More"
66. Sade"Flower of the Universe"
65. Death Cab For Cutie "Gold Rush"
64. Turnstile "Generator"
63. Aya Nakamura "Djadja"
62. Dracula "Como La Flor"
61. Peggy Gou "It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)"
60. CHVRCHES "Graffiti"
59. Carrie Underwood "Cry Pretty"
58. Vikingur Olafsson "Widerstehe doch der Sunde"
57. Now, Now "MJ"
56. Kanye West "Ghost Town"
55. Neko Case "Last Lion of Albion"
54. David Bazan "Thread"
53. Nubya Garcia "When We Are"
52. King Princess "1950"
51. J. Cole "Brackets"
50. AJ Tracey "Butterflies"
49. Hayley Kiyoko "Curious"
48. Ariana Grande "No Tears Left to Cry"
47. Tonina "Historia de Amor"
46. Tirzah "Gladly"
45. Yves Tumor "Noid"
44. Eric Church "Drowning Man"
43. Superorganism "Everybody Wants to Be Famous"
42. Leon Bridges "Bad Bad News"
41. Natalie Prass "Short Court Style"
40. Amen Dunes "Believe"
39. Tom Demac & Real Lies "White Flowers"
38. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats "You Worry Me"
37. G Flip "About You"
36. Y La Bamba "Mujeres"
35. Doja Cat "Mooo!"
34. Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider "Volver A Los 17"
33. Gabriel Kahane "November"
32. Jorja Smith "The One"
31. Adrianne Lenker "from"
30. Christine And The Queens "5 dollars"
29. Jay Rock with Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake "King's Dead"
28. Erin Rae "Bad Mind"
27. Andrew W.K. "Music Is Worth Living For"
26. Parquet Courts "Wide Awake"
25. Gerald Finley "Batter My Heart"
24. Kamasi Washington "Show Us the Way"
23. Ashley McBryde "Girl Goin' Nowhere"
22.The Beths "Little Death"
21. Nils Frahm "My Friend the Forest"
20. Courtney Marie Andrews "May Your Kindness Remain"
19. Drake "Nice for What"
18. John Prine "Summer's End"
17. Third Coast Percussion "Madeira River"
16. Travis Scott feat. Drake "SICKO MODE"
15. Caroline Rose "Jeannie Becomes a Mom"
14. The Carters "Apeshit"
13. Courtney Barnett "Need a Little Time"
12. boygenius "Me & My Dog"
11. Hozier "Nina Cried Power"
10. Kacey Musgraves "Space Cowboy"
9. The 1975 "Love It If We Made It"
8. Cardi B "I Like It"
7. Robyn "Honey"
6. Mitski "Nobody"
5. Soccer Mommy "Your Dog"
4. Ariana Grande "thank u, next"
3. Janelle Monáe "Make Me Feel"
2. Lucy Dacus "Night Shift"
1. Childish Gambino "This Is America"

are you by law obligated to put TIA on top of your songs list or something? yeah it's good. but it's like none of these listmaking organisations are allowed to depart from the ongoing cultural spectacle as it is prescribed. it's extremely tedious. plus, most of the rest of the songs lists look completely identical as well

Noisey - The 100 Best Albums of 2018
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/7xyex4/the-100-best-albums-of-2018

that NPR list is the best so far

This is America is overrated by now, so what

TIA is not “ good “

it is bad

good tracks list, by which I mean I will be voting for some of those too

okayafrica - The Best Nigerian Songs of 2018
https://www.okayafrica.com/nigerian-songs-best-2018-year-listen-stream/

Burna Boy "Ye"
Wizkid x Terri x Spotless x Ceeza Milli "Soco"
Olamide "Science Student"
Niniola "Bana"
Odunsi, Zamir & Santi "Alté Cruise"
Naira Marley x Olamide x Lil Kesh "Issa Goal"
Teni "Case"
Tekno "Jogodo"
Tiwa Savage x Duncan Mighty "Lova Lova"
Mr Real x Idowest x Kelvin Chuks x Obadice "Legbegbe"
Falz "This Is Nigeria"
Davido x Duncan Mighty x Peruzzi "Aza"
Odunsi (The Engine) "Falling"
Patoranking "Suh Different"
D'banj x Slimcase x Mr Real "Issa Banger"
DJ Spinall x Wizkid "Nowo"
Tay Iwar x Odunsi (The Engine) "Sugardaddy"
Mr Eazi x Giggs "London Town"
Wande Coal x Juls "So Mi So"
Olamide x Wizkid "Kana"
2baba x Peruzzi "Amaka"
Sarz x WurlD "Trobul"
ClassiQ "Gargajiya"
M.I "Last Night I Had a Dream About A Hummingbird"
Adekunle Gold "Ire"

this is nigeria otoh