Favorite Albums of 2018: First Aid Kit – ‘Ruins’
First Aid Kit released Ruins earlier this year – actually at the beginning of the year. This might be the […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Fickle Friends – ‘You Are Someone Else’
Fickle Friends released their debut album,You Are Someone Else, this year, and the band from Brighton created one irresistible, upbeat, […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Emma Ruth Rundle – ‘On Dark Horses’
Emma Ruth Rundle‘s last album, Marked for Death, was a sonic and emotional catharsis that continues to tremble walls and […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Devon Church – ‘We Are Inextricable’
We Are Inextricable by Devon Church For fifteen years, Devon Church plied his craft as one half of the ambient-electronic […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: David Byrne – ‘American Utopia’
David Byrne has never been one to shy away from turning awkward lyrical content into a chorus that you just […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Courtney Barnett – ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’
Tell Me How You Really Feel by courtney barnett Courtney Barnett is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable rock starts […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Car Seat Headrest – ‘Twin Fantasy’
Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest Twin Fantasy was originally recorded in 2011 and released on Car Seat Headrest’s Bandcamp page. […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: City Calm Down – ‘Echoes in Blue’
Down Under, a little indie band is capturing the brooding brilliance of The National and the cathartic darkness of […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – ‘Wrong Creatures’
When Black Rebel Motorcycle Club first arrived on the scene in the early 2000s, they helped launch a new era in […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Black Peaks – ‘All that Divides’
Black Peaks‘ live shows are incredible, and the high-energy performances are put across perfectly on this album. The quartet’s second […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Black Honey – ‘Black Honey’
Black Honey – Black Honey (self-released) After releasing a myriad singles, we finally have a proper debut album from the […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: The Beths – ‘Future Me Hates Me’
Future Me Hates Me by The Beths For a couple of years, The Beths were New Zealand’s little secret. Elizabeth Stokes […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Belako – ‘Render Me Numb, Trivial Violence’
In the Basque town of Mungia, a little band led the charge in reigniting a genre that people said was […]
Favorite Albums of 2018: Ava Luna – ‘Moon 2’
Moon 2 by Ava Luna After an uncharacteristically long break between records, Ava Luna unleashed Moon 2 upon us, and […]
Favorite EPs of 2018: Dahlia Sleeps – ‘After It All’
In the increasing crowded space of downtempo, trip-hop, and, as we like to call it, post-rock indietronica with bands positioning […]