Best of 2018 Album Collections

Including records by Aphex Twin, RAMZi, Mr. Fingers, and more

Published: December 13, 2018 06:00 Source

Including records by Jenny Hval, Amnesia Scanner, Kelly Moran, and more

Published: December 14, 2018 06:00 Source

Including records by YOB, Deafheaven, Skeletonwitch, and more

Published: December 19, 2018 06:00 Source

Including records by Meek Mill, Bbymutha, Jay Rock, and more

Published: December 18, 2018 06:00 Source

Including records by Hop Along, Chai, Stephen Malkmus, and more

Published: December 17, 2018 06:00 Source

When Brian Eno set the rules for the genre in 1978 with Music for Airports and the subsequent Ambient series, ambient music was simpler; he defined it as...

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No contemporary music genre gets dumped on like country.

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Migos – Culture II (Capitol/Motown/Quality Control)In 2018, Migos didn't risk overexposure, they indulged in it.

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Indie rock may be one of the most fluid and intangible terms currently imposed upon musicians.

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Americana is a peculiar label, isn't it? Whenever we attempt to identify the most authentically American musical form, the one that most accurately...

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Another year, another fine batch of experimental music. That will never change

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As Cecil Sharp once inferred, folk music tends to swell in times of social and political turbulence.

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Great Dane - Gamma Ray (ADBC) Dane Morris is truly a great artist and he has proven so time and again over the course of his career.

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Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet: LandfallLandfall is an album as much as it is a documentation of devastation and loss.

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Gregory Alan Isakov - Evening Machines (Dualtone) Gregory Alan Isakov turned to night's darkness as the inspiration for his October release, Evening...

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

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Amidst all the global socio-political unrest and the personal trials of 2018, metal has had a noticeably strong and positive year in terms of the albums...

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Lake Street Dive - Free Yourself Up (Nonesuch)Over the years, Lake Street Dive has taken their jazzy, retro-soul sound and given it a bit more punch...

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If there's one word to define progressive rock and metal this year, it's

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Significant shoegaze storylines came around full circle last year, and in 2018 the plot thickened.

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  Anbessa Orchestra - Negestat (Self-released)Early in the year, Brooklyn-based ensemble Anbessa Orchestra swung into action with Negestat, an album of...

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The most interesting, most boundary-pushing, and best music of this year came from women. Even if the charts didn't reflect it.

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RA staff pick their favourite electronic albums from the last 12 months.

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Judas Priest, Sleep, Gouge Away, Candy and more

Published: November 26, 2018 13:39 Source

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Autechre, Sophie, Jlin and more in the year's best out-there sounds

Published: December 28, 2018 16:02 Source

Rolling Stone ranks the best R and B albums of 2018, including Janelle Monae, Teyana Taylor, H.E.R. and more.

Published: December 26, 2018 17:45 Source

Rolling Stone staffers rank the 20 best metal albums of 2018, including the latest from Judas Priest, Daughters and Sleep.

Published: December 12, 2018 14:29 Source

Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Robyn, Lady Gaga and more of the year in pop music hooks.

Published: December 14, 2018 17:42 Source

Rappers

Published: December 26, 2018 19:32 Source

The 40 best country and Americana albums of 2018, including Kacey Musgraves, Pistol Annies and Eric Church.

Published: December 14, 2018 14:55 Source

Drake, Janelle Monáe, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, John Prine: anything was possible in 2018.

Published: December 13, 2018 14:00 Source

50 best albums of 2018 so far, including Janelle Monáe, Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Kendrick Lamar's 'Black Panther' soundtrack, J Balvin, Shawn Mendes.

Published: June 12, 2018 13:31 Source

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So many of 2018’s best albums capture the feeling of trying to keep our heads above water.

Published: December 11, 2018 13:50 Source

Slate music critic Carl Wilson on his favorite music of the year.

Published: December 12, 2018 10:55 Source

These are the 20 best albums of the year.

Published: December 14, 2018 06:07 Source

We are pleased to present a list of albums that we feel have bubbled to the top of the heap.

Published: July 02, 2018 05:04 Source

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Sputnikmusic is a premier source for music reviews and music news, covering the best albums in indie, metal, and punk.

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A 32-year-old Delaware native who moved to Nashville more than a decade ago, Jimmie Allen hustled to land a record contract, lived in his car for a while, finally released his debut album in October, and became country music’s story of the year. Mercury Lane, which follows up last year’s self-titled EP, reveals a singer […]

Published: December 12, 2018 17:02 Source

First, some housekeeping. In place of what would have been November’s Black Market column, you are now (in early December) getting our TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (*terrifying thunderclap*) MINUS A MONTH AND A BIT (*sadder, softer thunderclap*). At the end of this month, as a sort of “special edition” of December’s Black […]

Published: December 06, 2018 16:40 Source

Rap music existed in a dark fog in 2018. Mac Miller, XXXTentacion, Fredo Santana, and Jimmy Wopo all died. Tekashi 6ix9ine might be the biggest new star in the genre, but he’s also a self-destructive sexual predator whose gang affiliations reportedly came very close to killing him, and who might spend a very long time […]

Published: December 07, 2018 17:08 Source

Most of our favorite music this year came from longtime underdogs, or from artists who weren’t even on our radar a couple of years ago.

Published: December 04, 2018 15:00 Source

From Beach House to Cardi B to Father John Misty, here are the best albums of 2018 so far, as ranked by the Stereogum staff.

Published: June 06, 2018 16:00 Source

Every year, the parameters for this list get a little more specious. With the rise of streaming services and the decline of physical media, the distinctions between a 7″ and a 12″ have largely faded away. Today, everything is a “project” or a “collection” or (groan) a “playlist.” Artists are still releasing EPs in name, […]

Published: December 05, 2018 15:00 Source

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