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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

PaulySure’s Favorite Music in 2018

By PaulySure


Top Albums of 2018:

50. Janelle Monae, Dirty Computer.
49. Corrosion of Conformity, No Cross No Crown.
48. Rhye, Blood.
47. Lykke Li, So Sad So Sexy.
46. All Them Witches, ATW.
45. Voivod, The Wake.
44. Author & Punisher, Beastland.
43. Superchunk, What a Time to Be Alive.
42. Wrong, Feel Great.
41. Idles, Joy as an Act of Resistance.
40. Hot Snakes, Jericho Sirens.
39. Gouge Away, Burnt Sugar.
38. Oh Sees, Smote Reverser.
37. Outer Heaven, Realms of Eternal Decay.
36. The Internet, Hive Mind.
35. Preoccupations, New Material.
34. Split Cranium, I’m the Devil and I’m Okay.
33. Iceage, Beyondless.
32. Wolvennest, Void.
31. Nothing, Dance on the Blacktop.
30. Genocide Pact, Order of Torment.
29. Drake, Scorpion (Disc 1 or “Side A” in particular).
28. KEN Mode, Loved.
27. Secret Cutter, Quantum Eraser.
26. DJ Koze, Knock Knock.
25. Mammoth Grinder, Cosmic Crypt.
24. Eagle Twin, The Thundering Heard.
23. Confusion Master, Awaken.
22. Uncle Acid & The Dead Beats, Wasteland.
21. Pusha T, Daytona.
20. Beach House, 7.
19. Baptists, Beacon of Faith.
18. Pig Destroyer, Head Cage.
17. Uniform, The Long Walk.
16. Super Unison, Stella.
15. Soft Kill, Savior.
14. Conan, Existential Void Guardian.
13. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe, Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe.
12. Windhand, Eternal Return.
11. The Soft Moon, Criminal.
10. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings.
9. Spiritualized, And Nothing Hurt.
8. American Nightmare, American Nightmare.
7. Cult Leader, A Patient Man.
6. Earthless, Black Heaven.
5. High on Fire, Electric Messiah.
4. Thou, Magus.
3. Daughters, You Won’t Get What You Want.
2. Yob, Our Raw Heart.
1. Sleep, The Sciences.


Honorable Mentions: Recent records by Lucy Dacus; Soccer Mommy; Uada; Shopping; Shame; Haunt; Emma Ruth Rundle; Jaye Jayle.


Top Reissues/Lost Albums/Comps of 2018:

10. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once.
9. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet.
8. Gene Clark, Gene Clark Sings for You.
7. Dur Dur of Somalia, Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Unreleased Tracks.
6. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Time Sessions.
5. The Temptations, Solid Rock.
4. The Temptations, Puzzle People.
3. The Temptations, Masterpiece. 
2. The Temptations, Psychedelic Shack.
1. The Temptations, Sky’s the Limit.


Best Shows of 2018: 

Psycho Las Vegas, Yob at Pappy & Harriets, Eyehategod, The Caleb Scofield benefit concert (Celestial A.K.A the band formerly known as Isis), Sabertooth Microfest Night 1, David Byrne, Judge, the illegal outdoor Wing & Claw guerrilla performance.


Miscellaneous/Random Obsessions:

UGK’s “Int’l Players Anthem”; Willie Hutch, The Mack; Marvin Gaye, Trouble Man; all things American Nightmare/Give Up The Ghost; Lil Ugly Mane “Throw Dem Gunz”; Phoebe Bridgers “Smoke Signals”; John Hartford “Tall Buildings”; Magnolia Electric Co. “Leave The City”; Aus-Rotten, And Now Back to Our Programming; NSC (Thanks SoDak); Agent Orange “Bloodstains”; Appalachian Terror Unit, It’s Far From Fucking Over; Amara Toure; The Supremes, Love Child.



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