Earbuddy’s 50 Best Albums of 2018

# 1

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 2

DAYTONA by Pusha T

Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 3

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 4

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 5

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 6

KIDS SEE GHOSTS by KIDS SEE GHOSTS + Kanye West + Kid Cudi

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 7

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Industrial

# 8

POST- by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Jan 02 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 9

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 10

Last Building Burning by Cloud Nothings

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Indie Rock

# 11

Capture the Flag by War On Women

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Hardcore Punk

# 12

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 14

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 15

Collapse EP by Aphex Twin

EP • Sep 14 / 2018 IDM

# 16

Year Of The Snitch by Death Grips

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 17

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 18

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 19

How to Socialise and Make Friends by Camp Cope

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 20

Isolation by Kali Uchis

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 21

Springtime and Blind by Fiddlehead

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Emo

# 22

Through a Wall by Single Mothers

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Hardcore Punk

# 23

Irisiri by Eartheater

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Post-Industrial Experimental

# 24

Dose Your Dreams by Fucked Up

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Art Punk Post-Hardcore Rock Opera

# 25

Compro by Skee Mask

Album • May 15 / 2018 Breakbeat Ambient Techno

# 26

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 27

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 28

Chime by Dessa

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Art Pop Abstract Hip Hop

# 29

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 30

Us by Empress Of

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Synthpop Electropop Alt-Pop

# 31

Aviary by Julia Holter

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Progressive Pop Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop

# 32

Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 33

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 34

Hell-On by Neko Case

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 35

At Weddings by Tomberlin

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 36

soil by serpentwithfeet

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

# 37

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 38

Brighter Wounds by Son Lux

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Art Pop Electronic

# 39

I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer. by The Body

Album • May 11 / 2018 Death Industrial Drone Metal

# 40

Freedom's Goblin by Ty Segall

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Garage Rock Glam Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 41

Moon 2 by Ava Luna

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Art Pop

# 42

Go to School by The Lemon Twigs

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Glam Rock Rock Opera Pop Rock

# 43

Room Inside the World by Ought

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 44

What a Time to Be Alive by Superchunk

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 45

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 46

Family Portrait by Ross from Friends

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Outsider House

# 47

Mulberry Violence by Trevor Powers

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Glitch Pop Art Pop

# 48

Bloom by Troye Sivan

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 49

Endless Scroll by BODEGA

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Art Punk Indie Rock

# 50

There Is a Presence Here by Many Rooms

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Slowcore