Top 10 Albums of 2018 (Non-Hip Hop)
Variety is key in this art life of ours.’ Although I love hip hop more than any other medium of art (nay, culture), I do also enjoy many other genres of music as well. So, this instillation of #ListWeek will focus on the ten best non-hip hop releases from this past year. Open up your ears, open up your minds and let’s get into to it!
– Benny P
10) Jim James – Uniform Distortion
9) Culture Abuse – Bay Dream
8) Nothing – Dancing on the Blacktop
7) Beach House – 7
6) Snail Mail – Lush
5) Weakened Friends – Common Blah
4) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
3) Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
2) Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
1) Molly Burch – First Flower
Honorable Mention (more possibly to come)
Hippo Campus – Bambi
Soccer Mommy – Clean
Mount Eeire – Now Only
Yo La Tango – There’s a Riot Goin On
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Butcher Brown – Camden Session
The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gumboot Soup
Sunflower Beam – Twentytwo in Blue
Remo Drive – Pop Music
The Breeders – All Nerve
Shame – Songs of Praise
King Tuff – The Other
Dungeon & Woods – Myths 003
Frankie Cosmos – Vessel
The Wonder Years – Sister Cities
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Bon Voyage
Sigur Rós – Route One
Paul White – Rejuvenate
Dr. Dog – Critical Equation
Spanish Love Songs – Shmaltz
Iceage – Beyondless
Jacob Collier – Djesse (Vol. 1)
Mothers – When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms
Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today
Low – Double Negative
Thee Oh Sees – Smote Reverser
Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams
Animal Collective – Tangerine Reef
Mitski – Be the Cowboy
Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
Aphex Twin – Collapse EP
Oneohtrix Point Never – Age Of
Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
Jack White – Boarding House Reach
Good Tiger – We Will All Be Gone
Robyn – Honey
The Longshot – Love is For Losers
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– Benny P