Not many end-of-year lists will feature both Kacey Musgraves and High on Fire.
Best Albums of 2018 #1 Low – Double Negative
There was no definitive sound of 2018 – like the times that swirled around us all it was impossible to…
Best Albums of 2018 #2 Rolling Blackouts, Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Rule #1 of music writing is never to start a piece with something as rustic as “Back in the old…
Best Albums of 2018 #3 – Shame – Songs of Praise
What with the music industry just returning to growth after years of declining revenues it’s unlikely that it’s going to…
Best Albums of 2018 #4 Idles – Joy As An Act of Resistance
Does music really matter any more? It may be consumed more than ever, but in the streaming world of now,…
Best Albums of 2018 #5 Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
In an era where the young – especially young women – are being systematically gaslighted into the stentorian obedience of…
Best Albums of 2018 #6 Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
Best Albums of 2018 #7 Mitski – Be The Cowboy
Best Albums of 2018 #13 High On Fire – Electric Messiah
Best Albums of 2018 #10 Wild Beasts – Last Night All My Dreams Came True
It’s rare that you get to choose the terms of your own exit; in the case of Wild Beasts it’s…