Bandcamp Daily's Best Albums of 2018

Our guide to the year’s crucial LPs.

Published: December 10, 2018 06:34 Source

# 1

Everything's Fine by Jean Grae + Quelle Chris

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 2

DNA Feelings by Aïsha Devi

Album • May 11 / 2018 Deconstructed Club UK Bass Post-Industrial

# 3

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 4

Floating Features by La Luz

Album • May 11 / 2018 Surf Rock Indie Rock

# 5

soil by serpentwithfeet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 7

Childqueen by Kadhja Bonet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul

# 8

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 9

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Industrial Hip Hop

# 10

Where We Were Together by Say Sue Me

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock Indie Surf

# 12

Universal Beings by Makaya McCraven

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 13

Future Me Hates Me by The Beths

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 14

Valley of Search by Alan Braufman

Album • Jan 01 / 1975 Free Jazz Spiritual Jazz

# 15

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop

# 16

Once by Peggy Gou

EP • Mar 02 / 2018 Deep House

# 17

Sugar & Spice by Hatchie

EP • May 25 / 2018 Dream Pop

# 18

Constant Image by Flasher

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Post-Punk Post-Punk Revival

# 19

Working Class Woman by Marie Davidson

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Minimal Synth Tech House Techno

# 20

The Optimist by Ryan Porter

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Post-Bop Hard Bop

# 21

Grid of Points by Grouper

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 22

Renaissance Man by MIKE

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 23

How to Socialise and Make Friends by Camp Cope

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 24

Feeding Frenzy by C.H.E.W.

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Hardcore Punk

# 25

Only Love by The Armed

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 26

Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 27

Dead Magic by Anna von Hausswolff

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Neoclassical Darkwave

# 28

Paraffin by Armand Hammer

Album • Aug 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 29

ensley by Pink Siifu

Album • Aug 14 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Jazz Rap Drumless West Coast Hip Hop

# 30

Head Cage by Pig Destroyer

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Metalcore

# 32

Overload by Georgia Anne Muldrow

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 33

Freedom by Amen Dunes

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Singer-Songwriter

# 34

Colt by Hilary Woods

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Ambient Pop

# 35

Konoyo by Tim Hecker

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Ambient Electroacoustic Drone

# 36

The Golden Octave by Witch Prophet

Album • May 18 / 2018 Pop

# 37

Only Self by Jesus Piece

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Metalcore

# 38

Rats Don't Eat Synthesizers by The Dwarfs of East Agouza

Album • Apr 21 / 2018 Experimental Rock

# 39

Maghreb United by Ammar 808

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Shaabi Electronic

# 40

Cruel Magic by Satan

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 41

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 42

No News Is Good News by Phonte

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 43

Post by The Woolen Men

Album • Sep 01 / 2018 Indie Rock Garage Rock Revival

# 45

Anti-Anxiety by Swarvy

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Jazz Rap Instrumental Hip Hop

# 46

I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 47

Stranger Fruit by Zeal & Ardor

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Spirituals

# 48

Pieces of a Man by Mick Jenkins

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 49

The Return by Kamaal Williams

Album • May 25 / 2018 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion

# 50

Daffi by Jeremiah Jae

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 51

Cosmovore by Ulthar

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Death Metal Black Metal

# 52

The Midnight Hour by The Midnight Hour + Ali Shaheed Muhammad + Adrian Younge

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 53

Homowo by Basa Basa

Album • Feb 13 / 2018

# 54

Muslims and Christians (Habibi Funk 008) by Kamal Keila

Album • Jul 06 / 2018