PopMatters' Best Indie Pop Albums of 2018

Real talk: year-end list-making is unfair, even cruel. We treat the year as 11 months

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Skulls Example Dear Nora May-25-2018, Indie Pop
#2 Rest in Peace Boys May-11-2018, Indie Pop
#3 I'm All Ears Let's Eat Grandma Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#4 We're Not Talking The Goon Sax Sep-14-2018, Indie Pop
#5 Happily Ever After Clay Hips Jun-01-2018, Twee Pop
#6 Future Me Hates Me The Beths Aug-10-2018, Power Pop
#7 Oh Boy Massage Jul-27-2018, Jangle Pop
#8 Where We Were Together Say Sue Me Apr-13-2018, Jangle Pop
#9 Poised to Flourish Tres Oui Feb-09-2018, Indie Pop
#10 Could It Be Different? The Spook School Jan-26-2018, Indie Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Skulls Example | Dear Nora | Album, May-25-2018, Indie Pop |
| #2 | Rest in Peace | Boys | Album, May-11-2018, Indie Pop |
| #3 | I'm All Ears | Let's Eat Grandma | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #4 | We're Not Talking | The Goon Sax | Album, Sep-14-2018, Indie Pop |
| #5 | Happily Ever After | Clay Hips | Album, Jun-01-2018, Twee Pop |
| #6 | Future Me Hates Me | The Beths | Album, Aug-10-2018, Power Pop |
| #7 | Oh Boy | Massage | Album, Jul-27-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #8 | Where We Were Together | Say Sue Me | Album, Apr-13-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #9 | Poised to Flourish | Tres Oui | Album, Feb-09-2018, Indie Pop |
| #10 | Could It Be Different? | The Spook School | Album, Jan-26-2018, Indie Pop |