Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2018

And here we are, the end of another year. The last 12 months tried the patience of anyone who longed for civility in politics, with divisive policies and a president beloved by only his most ardent supporters.

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# 1

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 2

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 3

Boygenius by boygenius

EP • Oct 26 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 5

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 6

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 7

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 8

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 9

Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Aviary by Julia Holter

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

# 11

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 12

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 13

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 14

LUMP by LUMP + Laura Marling + Mike Lindsay

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Folktronica Indie Folk Art Pop

# 15

The Future and the Past by Natalie Prass

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Pop Soul Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 16

Loma by Loma

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Psychedelic Folk

# 17

Little Dark Age by MGMT

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Synthpop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 18

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 19

Indigo by Wild Nothing

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Dream Pop Indie Pop

# 20

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 21

Love Is Magic by John Grant

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Minimal Synth Synthpop

# 22

Tracyanne & Danny by Tracyanne & Danny

Album • May 25 / 2018 Indie Pop Twee Pop

# 23

The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs by Wye Oak

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 24

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 26

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 27

LONER by Caroline Rose

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 28

World’s Strongest Man by Gaz Coombes

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Rock Indie Rock

# 29

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 30

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 31

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 32

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 33

Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 34

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 35

Clean by Soccer Mommy

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 36

Sugar & Spice by Hatchie

EP • May 25 / 2018 Dream Pop

# 37

Le Kov by Gwenno

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Pop Art Pop Indietronica

# 38

C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Americana

# 39

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 40

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 41

Room Inside the World by Ought

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 42

Hunter by Anna Calvi

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Art Rock

# 43

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 44

Dose Your Dreams by Fucked Up

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

# 45

Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop

# 46

Riddles by Ed Schrader s Music Beat

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 47

There’s A Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Ambient Pop Indie Rock

# 48

Babelsberg by Gruff Rhys

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop Indie Pop

# 49

Transangelic Exodus by Ezra Furman

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 50

Superorganism by Superorganism

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Glitch Pop