Best of 2018: Albums and Songs

We don’t want to totally count our eggs before they hatch, but it seems like we survived 2018. To celebrate, we will be listing our favorite music from this nutty year to show it wasn’t all chaos. Happy new year and thanks for reading Reviler!

Adam J

Albums

Jeremy Dutcher – Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
Barry Walker Jr. – Diaspora Urkantinent
Anna von Hausswolff – Dead Magic
Andrew W.K. – You’re Not Alone
Mint Field – Pasar de las Luces
Superchunk – What A Time to Be Alive
Nels Cline 4 – Currents, Constellations
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – YRU Still Here?
Adam O’Farill’s Stranger Days – El Maquech
Colin Stetson – Hereditary (OMPST)
Yob – Our Raw Heart
Lung – All the King’s Horses
High On Fire – Electric Messiah
Sarah Louise – Field Guide
Kikagaku Moyo – Mesana Temples
Neneh Cherry – Broken Politics
Julia Holter – Aviary
serpentwithfeet – Soil
Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want
Sloan -12

Songs

“Leagues Beneath” – Sleep
“This Is America” – Childish Gambino
“Normal People” – Fucked Up
“Dr. Pepper” – City Counselor
“When Is Halloween?” – Butter Boys
“You Wind Me Up” – Nothing
“Never Fight A Man With A Perm” – IDLES
“Fists of Fury” – Kamasi Washington
“Like They Do On the TV” – Kendra
“Django Jane” – Janelle Monáe
“All This Useless Energy” – Jeff Rosenstock
“Warranty” – Meat Puppets
“Ka” – Another Heaven
“When Is Halloween?” – Butter Boys
“You Wind Me Up” – Nothing
“Never Fight A Man With A Perm” – IDLES
“Fists of Fury” – Kamasi Washington
“Like They Do On the TV” – Kendra
“Django Jane” – Janelle Monáe
“All This Useless Energy” – Jeff Rosenstock
“Warranty” – Meat Puppets
“Ka” – Another Heaven

Jon Jon

1.Astralblak – Seeds
2.Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings
3.Pusha T – Daytona
4.Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile
5.Kamasi Washington – Heaven-Earth
6.Georgia Anne Mudrow – Overload
7.Vicktor Taiwo – Joy Comes in Spirit
8.Noname – Room25
9.Blood Orange – NegroSwan
10.Polica – Music For The Long Emergency
11.Prince-Piano – A Microphone 1983
12.TheInternet – TheHive
13.Nas – Nasir
14.Big Red Machine – BigRedMachine
15.Chester Watson – ProjectO
16.Matthew Dear – Bunny
17.Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe – Anton Newcombe & Tess Parks
18.Black Thought – StreamsOfThoughtVol1.-Vol2.
19.Brainfeeder X – VA
20.We Out Here – VA

Reissues:

1. John Coltrane -Both Directions At Once
2. John Coltrane/Miles Davis -The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol.6
3. Aretha Franklin – The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970
4. Alice Coltrane -Spiritual Eternal – The Complete Warner Bros. Studio Recordings
5. Chic – The Chic Organization
6. Ry Fuki – Scenery

Jon

Albums

1. Insecure Men – ST
2. Gwenno – Le Kov
3. Baloji – 137 Avenue Kaniama
4. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
5. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
6. David Nance Group – Peaced and Slightly Pulverized
7. City Girls – Girl Code
8. Meg Baird/Mary Lattimore – Ghost Forests
9. Jerry Paper – Like a Baby
10. Julia Holter – AviaryS

Songs

Pusha T – Games We Play
Blood Orange – Charcoal Baby
City Girls – Twerk
Robyn – Honey
Janelle Monae – Django Jane
Amen Dunes – Believe
Sudan Archives – Nont For Sale
Suuns – Look No Further
Seinabo Sey – I Owe You Nothing
serpentwithfeet – Bless Ur Heart

  Adam B

Albums
1. Beach House – 7
2. Robyn – Honey
3. US Girls – In A Poem Unlimited
4. Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want 
5. The Beths – Future Hates Me
6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
7. Viagra Boys – Street Worms
8. Kali Uchis – Isolation
9. Pusha T – Daytona 10. Clairo – diary 001

Songs
1. “Honey” Robyn
2. “Peach” Broods
3. “Lose Your Smile”  Beach House
4. “Pain Killer” Ice Age
5. “Tir Ha Mor” Gwenno
6. “Rebert Heart” – First Aid Kit
7. “Turn Around” Dungen / Woods
8. “M.A.H.” – US Girls
9. “Nice For What” Drake 10. “Talia” – King Princess

Josh

Albums

1. Noname – Room 25
2. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
3. Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois – Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois
4. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
5. We Out Here Compilation
6. Pendant – Make You Know You Sweat
7. Tal National – Tantabara
8. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
9. Various Artists – Unusal Sounds
10. Pauline Anna Strom- Trans-Millenia Music
11. Cave – Allways
12. Amen Dunes – Freedom
13. Rosalia – El Mal Querer
14. Tirzah – Devotion
15. Abu Obaida Hassan – S/T (Reissue) 
16. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen is a Reptile
17. E Ruscha V – Who Are You
18. DJ Koze – Knock Knock
19. Barry Walker – Diaspora Urkontinent
20. Grouper – Grids of Point

H/M Albums: Beat Detectives – Rhythms & Edits, U.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited, Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Bloomsm, Julia Holter – Aviary, Duppy Gun Miro Tape – Miro Tape, Mint Field – Pasar de las Luces, Steve Hauschildt – Dissolvi; Cavern of Anti-Matter – Hormone Lemonade; The Samps – Breakfast; Peter Zummo – Frame Loop

Songs

1. David Byrne “Everybody’s Coming to My House
2. DJ Taye “Trippin”
3. Parquet Courts “Wide Awake”
4. Oliver Coates “A Church”
5. Sudan Archives “Nont for Sale”
6. Levon Vincent “UK Spring Vibes”
7. Bonny Doon “Part of Me”
8. Cavern of Anti_matter “Make Out Fade Out”
9. Toshio Matsuura Group – “L​.​M. II”
10. Chole x Halle “The Kids Are Alright”
11. Sleep “Leagues Beneath”
12. Nap Eyes “Every Time the Feeling”
13. Octavian – Party Here
14. Yo La Tengo “Shades of Blue”
15. Loidis (aka Huerco S) “A Parade”
16. Anais “Nina”
17. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat “Dunce”
18. Childish Gambino “This is America”
19. Big Red Machine “Gratitude”
20. Blood Orange “Charcoal Baby”