Best of 2018 Album Collections
The Alternative staff rank their 50 top releases of the year! Another great year for music in the books.
Published: December 18, 2018 16:39 Source
NEW YORK (AP) — The top 10 albums of the year by Associated Press Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu. 1. Janelle Monae, "Dirty Computer": When Janelle Monae released the masterfully brilliant "The ArchAndroid" in 2010, it was hard to imagine how this futuristic, already-seasoned artist could grow, and where that growth would take her.
Published: December 11, 2018 18:41 Source
Selections from Megan Thee Stallion, Florence + the Machine, Metallica, and more
Published: December 11, 2018 17:14 Source
Each new “best albums” list published seems to confirm: We couldn’t agree on much this year. And it’s extremely exciting. The music industry at large continued to decentralize, with our biggest stars and returning veterans sharing airtime with newcomers and indie upstarts. Really the only constant seemed to be in…
Published: December 18, 2018 12:00 Source
As arbitrary as the demarcation of New Year’s Day is, it’s always thrilling to watch a new year in music take shape. While it’s often slow going in the earliest weeks, our first serious best-of contender arrived in the earliest hours of 2018 via Jeff Rosenstock’s vital, politically charged POST-. By the spring, we had…
Published: June 27, 2018 11:00 Source
From one angle, the country music narrative in 2018 was distinguished by consistency. Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s easygoing soul-twang confection “Meant To Be” spent a staggering, record-setting 50 weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart, while the vast majority of award winners and chart-toppers are all…
Published: December 06, 2018 16:00 Source
Psst—even if you don’t listen to electronic music, every record you’ve ever heard is electronic music. The truth of this sophism is deepening as electronic instruments and idioms overtake every genre. Euro-pop arpeggios twist through country radio. Modular drones whir through folk. Synth rock, once a subgenre, now…
Published: December 08, 2018 14:00 Source
2018’s best film music is about reinvention. We may be doomed to an endless parade of reboots, remakes, and sequels, both spiritual and otherwise, on our theater screens—a problem that, to be fair, is not a new one for Hollywood—but thankfully we’ve got visionary composers and performers who can mold familiar themes…
Published: December 01, 2018 14:00 Source
Holy shit, what a year for hip-hop! Could it actually be that this year saw the release of new albums by (deep breath) Drake, Kanye, Kanye again, JAY-Z and Beyoncé, Nas, Meek Mill, J. Cole, Rae Sremmurd, Nicki Minaj, Playboi Carti, and Eminem, as well as the long-awaited release into the wild of Tha Carter V? It…
Published: December 12, 2018 16:00 Source
Like pop and R&B, indie and rock are huge, diverse fields overlapping and extending outward to countless iterations, a reality reflected in our picks for the best albums of the year below. You might’ve been looking for Jeff Rosenstock on our punk and hardcore list, or Neko Case among our top 10 country albums, but…
Published: December 17, 2018 16:00 Source
No sane, decent person could get through this year without experiencing at least a few flashes of rage or despair. Both are integral, of course, to the emotional language of heavy metal. In 2018, the genre provided a sturdy soundtrack to our collective meltdown, offering commiseration by the blast beat and power…
Published: November 27, 2018 12:00 Source
Pop music is relentlessly omnivorous. In 2018, some of its biggest hits drew from trap, bounce, Reggaeton, African folk, and EDM, to name a few, while also advancing the genre’s overall fusion with R&B—which is why we’ve decided to group the two genres together here in their own top 10. On the charts, the conversation…
Published: December 15, 2018 14:00 Source
In 2018, the loose genre boundaries of punk and hardcore became more expansive than ever. For decades now, these blanket terms have encompassed a wide swath of sounds, ideologies, and aesthetics. But for most of that time, those distinct subgenres were largely walled off from one another, rarely mingling, much less…
Published: December 04, 2018 17:38 Source
The Bitter Southerner’s sixth annual list of the best albums of the year.
These are the very best albums of the year.
Published: December 31, 2018 09:54 Source
With appearances from Cardi B, Panic! At the Disco, Young Thug, Gorillaz, and more.
Published: December 13, 2018 13:00 Source
Our countdown is complete, and top spot goes to a timely blast of identity pop – adding to a fine selection of albums that range from the socially conscious to the political, as well as pure slices of ecstatic rock and cutting rap
Published: December 21, 2018 11:02 Source
Lily Allen dished on her divorce, Arctic Monkeys found their inner crooners, Cardi B earned her stripes, Pusha T teamed up with Kanye West and the Vaccines made an unexpected classic
Published: June 20, 2018 06:00 Source
Spanning every genre, from electro-pop to country, hip hop to metal, and produced by artists from every corner of the world, here are The Independent’s 40 favourite albums of the year
Published: December 19, 2018 10:37 Source
The Interns' illustrated lists of the albums that shook our minds and beat our hearts this year from Ariana Grande to The 1975.
Published: December 31, 2018 03:59 Source
We rank the fifty most outstanding records of 2018.
Published: December 03, 2018 00:00 Source
Amanda Petrusich reflects on the year in music and offers ten of her favorite albums of 2018, including records from boygenius, Noname, Ariana Grande, and more.
Published: December 11, 2018 10:00 Source
Genre lines continued to blur and the definition of album shifted further in another year of upheaval in pop music.
Published: December 06, 2018 07:47 Source
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
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From rap to country to rock to classical and back to rap again, two Ringer staffers count down the top 10 albums of the year
Published: December 04, 2018 10:50 Source
Our music team pick out the top ten albums of 2018 so far, featuring everything from Aussie pop to Scottish hip-hop via techno and krautrock.
From Jon Hopkins, Courtney Barnett and Mitski to Young Fathers, Confidence Man and Christine and the Queens, The Skinny music team pick their favourite 50 albums from the last year.
The best albums of 2018 have come from far and wide and put some new names in the spotlight.
Published: December 20, 2018 12:45 Source
ROCK & POPFor the past 60 years, rock and pop has been dominated by men. There have been plenty of women along the way, but look at the biggest names from each decade. Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Coldplay . . . all men. Until now.Whether due to growing conf
Published: December 07, 2018 17:00 Source
The Vinyl Factory's annual survey of the year's best albums to own on vinyl, spanning the full breadth of music, from jazz to techno.
Published: December 06, 2018 17:37 Source
Introducing you to your next favorite musicians. Playlists, original videos, dinners and Welcome Campers.
On the cover: 2018 Rewind: the year in underground music . Including: Releases of the year : We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we counted up the votes. Critics’ reflections : Our contributors look back on 2018’s cultural highs and lows. Black Noise : Reclaiming the racket. By Moor Mother. Climate Sounds : Blowing hot and cold. By Lewis Gordon. Minimal Rock : Beat the repeat. By Marc Masters. Jazz & Protest : Freedom fighters. By Daniel Spicer. Four/Four : Deconstruction time again. By Chal Ravens. Columnists’ charts : Our specialist critics select music that rocked their corner of the subculture, from avant rock to the outer limits. Artists’ reflections : A cast of 2018’s most active movers and shakers shine the spotlight on their cultural year. Archive releases of the year : Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up. Plus, Kepla & DeForrest Brown Jr , Still House Plants , Big Joanie , Invisible Jukebox Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore , loads of reviews, and much more.
Don't miss out on all the best new albums of 2018, whether it's a giant pop release, an indie record, or the hottest mixtape.
Published: March 07, 2018 05:04 Source
The 1990s' greatest record art, ranked. Dig through the CD bin with us for the 40 best album covers of the 90s, from the Nirvana baby to Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Published: April 08, 2015 05:00 Source
Here are TIME’s best albums of 2018, from Cardi B’s 'Invasion of Privacy' to Shawn Mendes’ self-titled album.
Click, click, click, and post. Imagine a world like that, on the blockchain, saturated in computation. Imagine archived conversations rendering half-correctly. Imagine changing history, and therefore reality, by Photoshopping an image. Imagine missing the next bull run. Imagine getting sick, and then letting toxic chemicals show you how not to feel. Imagine caring for that person. Imagine your data getting leaked, then imagine a robot, built only to suffer, bleeding on you. Imagine being in a ki
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.
In a packed year of debut artists and returning veterans, here are the best records you absolutely need to hear.
Published: December 03, 2018 13:00 Source