PopMatters' 20 Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018
Another year, another fine batch of experimental music. That will never change
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MITH | Lonnie Holley | Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | Aviary | Julia Holter | Oct-26-2018, Progressive Pop |
| #3 | Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow | Gurrumul | Apr-13-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #4 | Konoyo | Tim Hecker | Sep-28-2018, Ambient |
| #5 | Care | Klara Lewis, Simon Fisher Turner | Sep-28-2018, Dark Ambient |
| #6 | Antología del Cante Flamenco Heterodoxo | Niño de Elche | Feb-23-2018, Avant-Folk |
| #7 | Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 4 | The Caretaker | Apr-05-2018, Sound Collage |
| #8 | soil | serpentwithfeet | Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #9 | The Book Room | Kilchhofer | Feb-01-2018, Tribal Ambient |
| #10 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #11 | Another Life | Amnesia Scanner | Sep-07-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #12 | Mulberry Violence | Trevor Powers | Aug-17-2018, Glitch Pop |
| #13 | Anticlines | Lucrecia Dalt | May-04-2018, Electroacoustic |
| #14 | Ultraviolet | Kelly Moran | Nov-02-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #15 | Filha de mil mulheres | Clau Aniz | May-18-2018, Art Rock |
| #16 | Disappearing in a Mirror | Giulio Aldinucci | Sep-21-2018, Drone |
| #17 | DNA Feelings | Aïsha Devi | May-11-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #18 | Body | The Necks | Aug-14-2018, Post-Rock |
| #19 | Communion | Park Jiha | Mar-02-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #20 | Limpid As The Solitudes | Felicia Atkinson, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma | Nov-09-2018, Ambient |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MITH | Lonnie Holley | Album, Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | Aviary | Julia Holter | Album, Oct-26-2018, Progressive Pop |
| #3 | Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow | Gurrumul | Album, Apr-13-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #4 | Konoyo | Tim Hecker | Album, Sep-28-2018, Ambient |
| #5 | Care | Klara LewisSimon Fisher Turner | Album, Sep-28-2018, Dark Ambient |
| #6 | Antología del Cante Flamenco Heterodoxo | Niño de Elche | Album, Feb-23-2018, Avant-Folk |
| #7 | Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 4 | The Caretaker | Album, Apr-05-2018, Sound Collage |
| #8 | soil | serpentwithfeet | Album, Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #9 | The Book Room | Kilchhofer | Album, Feb-01-2018, Tribal Ambient |
| #10 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Album, Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #11 | Another Life | Amnesia Scanner | Album, Sep-07-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #12 | Mulberry Violence | Trevor Powers | Album, Aug-17-2018, Glitch Pop |
| #13 | Anticlines | Lucrecia Dalt | Album, May-04-2018, Electroacoustic |
| #14 | Ultraviolet | Kelly Moran | Album, Nov-02-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #15 | Filha de mil mulheres | Clau Aniz | Album, May-18-2018, Art Rock |
| #16 | Disappearing in a Mirror | Giulio Aldinucci | Album, Sep-21-2018, Drone |
| #17 | DNA Feelings | Aïsha Devi | Album, May-11-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #18 | Body | The Necks | Album, Aug-14-2018, Post-Rock |
| #19 | Communion | Park Jiha | Album, Mar-02-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #20 | Limpid As The Solitudes | Felicia AtkinsonJefre Cantu-Ledesma | Album, Nov-09-2018, Ambient |