Top Albums Of 2018

1. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino
2. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Wrong Creatures
4. DMA'S - For Now
5. Mastersystem - Dance Music
6. Coyle Girelli - Love Kills
7. Suede - The Blue Hour
8. Leon Bridges - Good Thing
9. Teleman - Family Of Aliens
10. Parcels - S/T
11. 77:78 - Jellies
12. Interpol - Marauder
13. Editors - Violence
14. Preoccupations - New Material
15. Snow Patrol - Wilderness
16. Beach House - 7
17. Spiritualized - And Then Nothing Hurt
18. The Coral - Move Through The Dawn
19. Muse - Simulation Theory
20. The Daysleepers - Creation

Honourable Mentions:

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Sex & Food
Low - Double Negative
Mazzy Star - Still EP
Bass Drum Of Death - Just Business
Desert Mountain Tribe - Om Parvat Mystery
The Vryll Society - Course Of The Satellites
Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo In Blue
Devotchka - This Night Falls Forever
The Presets - Hi Viz
Twin Shadow - Caer
Richard Ashcroft - Natural Rebel
The Breeders - All Nerve
Yo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going On
Jack White - Boarding House Reach
Blossoms - Cool Like You
The Vaccines - Combat Sports
Belle & Sebastian - How To Solve Our Human Problems
Hinds - I Don't Run
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Frankie Cosmos - Vessels
Razorlight - Olympus Sleeping
Rat Boy - Civil Disorder
Amen Dunes - Freedom
Bob Moses - Battle Lines
Devon Welsh - Dream Songs
Public Access T.V. - Street Safari
David Byrne - American Utopia
No Joy/Sonic Boom - S/T E.P.
The Prodigy - No Tourists
Motorama - Many Nights
Blood Orange - Negro Swan
Shame - Songs Of Praise
Birth Of Joy - Hyper Focus
Ride - Tomorrows Shore
Hippo Campus - Bambi
Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood - Mescalito
Colin Stetson - Hereditary Soundtrack
Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending
Porcelain Raft - Chimera
Metric - Art Of Doubt
Iceage - Beyondless
Midlife - Phase
Big Red Machine - S/T
Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage
The Internet - Hive Mind
Gorillaz - The Now Now
Mogwai - Kin Soundtrack
The Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin
Cabbage - Nihilistic Glamour Shots
Shannon And The Clams - Onion
Mount Eerie - Now Only
The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment
Charles Bradley - Black Velvet
Mark Peters - Innerland
Beak> - >>>
MGMT - The Dark Age
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Merrie Land
Kendrick Lamar - Black Panther The Album
Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!
Two Door Cinema Club - Four Words To Stand On
Thom Yorke - Suspiria Soundtrack
Sloan - 12
Florence and The Machine - High As Hope
The Wombats - Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
The Voidz - Virtue
The Vines - In Miracle Land
Eels - The Deconstruction
Mumford & Sons - Delta
Thrice - Palms
The Soft Moon - Criminal
The Longcut - Arrows
Johnny Marr- Call The Comet
Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-01 Hanoi
The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl
Still Corners - Slow Air
Twin Peaks - Sweet '17 Singles
Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile
A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant
Mien - S/T
The Boxer Rebellion - Ghost Alive
Anderson .Paak - Oxnard
The KVB - Only Now Forever
Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - S/T
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem Of The Peaceful Army
Spector - Ex-Directory
Eminem - Kamikaze
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Film School - Bright To Death
Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose
Ty Segall - Fudge Sandwich
The Nude Party - S/T
Leila Moss - Your Name Is Safe In My Mouth
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert - Ghost Stories For Christmas
Ex:Re - Ex:Re
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Cold Cave - You & Me & Infinity
Drinks - Hippo Lite
Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy
Mammoth Grove - Slow Burn
Miles Kane - Coup de Grâce
Warm - Warm Pt. 2
Jeff Tweedy - Warm
Pinkshinyultrablast - Miserable Miracles
Dorothy - 28 Days In The Valley
Windhand - Eternal Return
All Hands On Jane - Animal Worship
Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death In Meatspace
Ty Segall & White Fence - Joy
The Fratellis - In Your Own Sweet Time
Parquet Courts - Wide Awaaaaake!
Chvrches - Love Is Dead
We Were Promised Jetpacks - The More I Sleep, The Less I Dream
Dr. Octagon - Moosebumps: An Exploration In Modern Day Horripilation
Cowboy Junkies - All That Reckoning
Boygenius - S/T
Khruangbin- Con Todo El Mundo
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Legend Of The Seagullmen - S/T
A Place To Bury Strangers - Unpinned
Nothing - Dance On The Blacktop
Wild Nothing - Indigo
Flowshine - Gets Me Going
Peace - Kindness Is The New Rock And Roll
Shadowparty - S/T
Suuns - Felt
Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You For Today
White Denim - Performance
Jon Hopkins - Singularity
Girls Names - Stains On Silence
Kurt Vile - Bottle It In
Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg
Soft Kill - Savior
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Apart
Go-Kart Mozart - On The Hot Dog Streets
Wand - Perfume
Hookworms - Microshift
Albert Hammond Jr. - Francis Trouble
Dead Meadow - The Nothing They Need
Django Django - Marble Skies
Camp Cope - How To Socialise & Make Friends

Top 20 of 2013

Well another year passes and another year of top notch releases from artists new and old. Nine Inch Nails, Suede, Mazzy Star and My Bloody Valentine released new albums that did not disappoint after long abscences and proved why they are and will always will be forces to be reckoned with. Jagwar Ma came out of left field and made one of the albums of the year bringing back a mix of baggy beat and electronic that harkened back to the early 90's Madchester scene. Arctic Monkeys released a flawless rock n' roll album that made them the band to beat and will be for some time to come. The National yet again took our breath away with another stunner of an album. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new album sounded as though they had poured their heart and soul into making every song and let them get some heavy burdens off their collective chest. Sigur Rós released their darker side once more with an album that was heavier than previous efforts but still kept the disarming beauty that we have all come to love. Exit Calm released their sophomore album and showed that they are among a new crop of bands keeping guitar music alive and well for a new generation of fuzzed out fans. Finally White Lies continue to evlove as a band with an infusion of 80's synths and songwriting that has grown up as much as they have over their last several albums. Overall an exceptional year for music and I can't wait to see what 2014 holds with releases from The Horrors, Mogwai, Beck and many more on the horizon.

Top 20 of 2013:

1. Arctic Monkeys - AM
2. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
3. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Sigur Rós - Kviekur
6. Suede - Bloodsports
7. Mazzy Star - Seasons Of The Day
8. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spector At The Feast
9. Exit Calm - The Future Isn't What It Used To Be
10. White Lies - Big TV
11. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
12. The Boxer Rebellion - Promises
13. Outfit - Performance
14. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
15. Beady Eye - BE
16. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
17. Savages - Silence Yourself
18. The Virgins - Strike Gently
19. The Mary Onettes - Hit The Waves
20. Fidlar - Fidlar


Honourable Mentions:

Washed Out - Paracosm
Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Foals - Holy Fire
Primal Scream - More Light
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Mad Palace - Troubled Sleep EP
The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Tricky - False Idols
Atoms For Peace - Amok
David Bowie - The Next Day
Peace - In Love
Smith Westerns - Soft Will
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
Yast - S/T
Wolf People - Fain
British Sea Power - Machineries Of Joy
Villagers - Awayland
Charles Bradley - Victim Of Love
Var - No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers
Tribes - Wish To Scream
Palma Violets - 180
Cults - Static
Swim Deep - Where The Heaven Are We
Zola Jesus - Versions
Hollerado - White Paint
Pure X - Crawling Up The Stairs
Fryars - Radio PWR
Glasvegas - Later...When The TV Turns To Static
Weekend - Jinx
Wolf & Cub - Heavy Weight
The Strypes - Snapshot
Matthew Good - Arrows Of Desire
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
Splashh - Comfort
How To Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion
The Vaccines - Melody Calling EP
Two Door Cinema Club - Changing Of The Season EP
Placebo - Loud Like Love
Everything Everything - Arc
Yo La Tengo - Fade
I Am Kloot - Let It All In
The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law
Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return
Suuns - Images Du Futur
Pure Love - Anthems
Toy - Join The Dots
The Courteneers - Anna
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
Eels - Wondeul, Glorious
Puscifer - Donkey Punch The Night
Starfucker - Miracle Mile
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
The Flaming Lips - The Terror
Surfer Blood - Pythons
James Blake - Overgrown
The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
SULK - Graceless
Electric Soft Parade - IDIOTS
These New Puritans - Fields Of Reeds
Elephant Stone - S/T
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Miles Kane - Don't Forget Who You Are
Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Black Sabbath - 13
Travis - Where You Stand
MGMT - MGMT
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Jamie N Commons - Rumble and Sway
Johnny Borrell - Borrell 1
The Warlocks - Skull Worship
The Violet May - Strange Lives
Albert Hammond Jr. - AHJ
Babyshambles - Sequel To The Prequel
Bass Drum Of Death - S/T
Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regenration Vendor
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
The Airborne Toxic Event - Such Hot Blood
The Besnard Lakes - Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO
Beware Of Darkness - Orthodox
Big Black Delta - Big Black Delta
Gogol Bordello - Pura Vida Conspiracy
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Bloc Party - The Nextwave Sessions EP
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
Mark Kozelek - Like Rats
Cazadores - Hyperion Days
Midlake - Antiphon
Chapel Club - Good Together
Sterephonics - Graffiti Train
Hurts - Exile
Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir
Dead Meadow - Warble Womb
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Jake Bugg - Shangri-La
Pond - Hobo Rocket
Dead Sons - The Hollers and The Hymns
Slowness - For Those Who Wish To See The Glass Half Full
Deap Vally - Sistronix
Marnie - Crystal World
Delphic - Collections
Low - The Invisible Way
Neils Children - Dimly Lit
Diego Garcia - Paradise
Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nuture
Johnny Marr - The Messenger
The Jungle Giants - Learn To Exist
Dutch Uncles - Out Of Touch In The Wild
Snowden - No One In Control
Echotape - Collective
Mona - Torches and Pitchforks
Editors - The Weight Of Your Love
The 1975 - The 1975
Yuck - Glow & Behold
Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Electric Eye - Pick Up, Lift-Off, Space, Time
Iaceage - You're Nothing
Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
Steve Mason - Monkey Minds In Devil's Time
Giant Drag - Waking Up Is Hard To Do
The Orwells - Other Voices EP
The Olms - S/T
No Joy - Wait To Pleasure
Crocodiles - Crimes Of Passion
ELEVATION - ELEVATION
The Little Ones - The Dawn Sang Along
Esben & The Witch - Wash The Sins Not Only The Face
The Pigeon Detectives - We Met At Sea
Frankie & The Heartstrings - The Days Run Away
Porcelain Raft - Permanent Signal
Girls Names - The New Life
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator
Gliss - Langsom Dams
Shout Out Louds - Optica
Go For The Eyes - Six Through Twelve
Rockets & Dinosaurs - Angry Gnarly Love
Tanner James - How To Ruin Your Life With Women
The Growlers - Hung At Heart
Neov - Orange Morning
Summerays - Summer Daze
Guards - In Guards We Trust
New Canyons - Everyone Is Dark
High Highs - Open Season
Night Beats - Sonic Bloom
IAMX - The Unified Field
Picnic - The Weather's Fine
Sebastien Grainger - Yours To Discover



Until next year...