The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

oh i get it we should leave culture up to lj

I said someone sager! I'm too partisan

I wonder if they considered vetoing the Mournful Congregation album because a few people outside the Stereogum offices heard it.

lol

has George Clanton showed up on any of these lists yet b/c he seems like a good candidate for one of those low-key breakthrough artists with a suddenly hip sound

Some day someone sager than I will compose a proper treatment of How Organisations Decide On The Best Culture (Clue: It's Partially Their Listening Habits)

― imago, Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:58 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I agree, I've noticed a lot of people base their favorite music on music they've listened to

Délétère's Gregorian parodies are my jam but the album itself comes with disappointingly bland songwriting. And it's overlong.

Nice vinyl factory albums list too.

The Ebo Taylor rekkid is fantastic.

wow Lonnie Holley's Mith is only on the Paste list so far

it’s the vinyl factory’s number three I think sleeve

ah thx

I still need to hear it tbh

I haven't either, it is "in the mail"

(fuck off GHWB and take your "National Day Of Mourning" with you)

im sensing a disturbing lack of wye oak in these lists

Okayafrica - Best of East Africa 2018
https://www.okayafrica.com/east-african-songs-best-2018-listen-stream/

I know it's part of his MO but that Lonnie Holley goes on a bit.

really wanted to like that but it's kinda unlistenable to me

damn this is right up my alley lol

confession: nothing on that stereogum metal list really made me sit up and pay attention, lol

their #1 has quite a bit of promise maybe

I do like the Agrimonia record and MC will be on my list for sure

yeah agrimonia was the one i already knew and liked

damn, even NPR relegated amanda shires to the end of the tracks list

um, holy shit at this inclusion from the noisey list: https://youtu.be/BtybvwLJC30

Oh my god that is amazing

haha yes!

Revolver Magazine (USA)
Fan Poll: 10 Best Albums of 2018
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-10-best-albums-2018

10. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
9. Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog
8. Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream
7. Parkway Drive - Reverence
6. Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest
5. Clutch - Book of Bad Decisions
4. YOB - Our Raw Heart
3. A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant
2. Ghost - Prequelle
1. Judas Priest - Firepower

daughters 🙄

proud to say i've been on board the botnik train for a few months now

i like the vinyl factory list, from that list i hadn't heard farao, martyn, or insolito universo, all great records

i'm moving towards just spending december only listening to 2018 releases, god there are so many good ones, at this point i'm ready to just delete all the stuff from before 2018, who needs it?

it's interesting. I also really like the Musicophilia list

kinda surprised My Trust in You by Marc Baron and Lucio Capece (Erstwhile Records) didn't make any of these lists (WIRE?) ... it's one of the best Erstwhile albums I've heard in a while.

need to hear that, going to have to make an Erstwhile order, that and the Áine O'Dwyer/Graham Lambkin record that meaulnes mentioned above sound really intriguing

um, holy shit at this inclusion from the noisey list: https://youtu.be/BtybvwLJC30

― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Friday, December 7, 2018 12:12 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

D-40 has been going down this pedantic wormhole since, like, "Still Tippin'." Ignore.

― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:39 (two days ago) Permalink

This is such a bad post. I’m not pedantic I just think it’s obnoxious when critics are exposed to a record but only pick up on it when it becomes a Social Movement. By this logic a bunch of critics should have had faneto this year

I literally saw Ella mai perform a then-released “bood up” whole opening for Kehlani in mid 2017. Her album was produced by dj mustard and had a ton of streams, this isn’t obscure

And we certainly wouldn't want to be obnoxious, would we?

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

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:28 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"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 10:57 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I like god is a woman! At least musically, I haven’t given it much thought conceptually. But that two note guitar is such a dope hook to me, and I think the main melody is fire

No tears left to cry I kNoW was a critical smash due in part to its uk garage adjacent sound but to me it’s structurally kind of underwhelming... or maybe structurally overwhelmed... like a good idea that isn’t quite executed to its full effect ... but i guess that’s what would make it a good critical record in that the surface affect is novel in pop rn and its skeleton has a kind of unconventional shapelessness that, once it wasn’t a Huge hit, makes it feels slightly like a failure to me in some way

Thank u will obviously be the iconic single off the project and I haven’t really decided how I feel about it... that seems like a victory of concept over songcraft (god is a woman) or aesthetic (no tears)

best ariana grande track this year for my money is 'dance to this'

And we certainly wouldn't want to be obnoxious, would we?

― Matt DC, Friday, December 7, 2018 4:33 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh I think it’s well established on ilx that letting your taste be overwhelmed by watching things be enjoyed online is a noble pursuit as long as it’s certain genres

agree that it's wild that boo'd up - a song released in february 2017 - is the song of 2018

This isn't a new phenomenon, Born Slippy was released in January 1995 and topped single-of-the-year lists in 1996. Real world impact matters.

thought I'd see these on more lists: OTW; anna wintour; powerglide; drip too hard

'dance to this' definitely way underrated compared to 'my my my' being the only troye sivan single to pop up on any of these lists

also none of those great Ciara singles have shown up have they?

bit of a short one here, RIP guitars

Guitar.com - Best guitar albums of 2018
https://guitar.com/features/best-guitar-albums-of-2018/

4. Robben Ford - Purple House (8/10
3. J Mascis - Elastic Days (8/10)
2. Doyle Bramhall II - Shades (8/10)
1. Boygenius – Boygenius EP (9/10)

agree that it's wild that boo'd up - a song released in february 2017 - is the song of 2018

― single bed mentality (||||||||), Friday, 7 December 2018 10:43 (fifty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's not wild or freaky or strange or WTF, it's the perfectly normal course of things and always has been

I like god is a woman! At least musically,

weird, i find the chorus way too ponderous. exhausting to listen to

i think “thank u next” is a really well put together song on top of being a victory for concept