The Observer: Kitty Empire's Best Pop and Rock of 2018

Albums got shorter and longer, jazz came back again, and our cups ran over with killer music from Janelle Monáe, Idles, Mitski and more

Published: December 30, 2018 09:00 Source

# 1

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 2

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop

# 3

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 4

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 5

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 6

Body by The Necks

Album • Aug 14 / 2018 Post-Rock Avant-Garde Jazz

# 7

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 8

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Post-Punk Post-Hardcore

# 9

You Never Were Much of a Dancer by Gwenifer Raymond

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 American Primitivism

# 10

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock