Given that I have somehow managed to fall, quite literally, YEARS behind in my Year In Review summaries, I'm going to try and catch up in a relatively quick and informal manner for 2018 and 2019. Just the lists, without any fancy links, write-ups or images. Sorry, but I'd rather just move forward than keep spinning my wheels. With that in mind, let's start with the year that was 2018.
The EPs:
10. The Decemberists - Traveling On (Capitol)
9. Dungen & Woods - Myths 003 (Mexican Summer)
8. Follakzoid & J. Spaceman - London Sessions (Sacred Bones)
7. Long Hots - Monday Night Raw (self-released)
6. Dead Now - Dead Now (Brutal Panda)
5. All Them Witches - Lost & Found (New West)
4. Iron and Wine - Weed Garden (Sub Pop)
3. Wand - Perfume (Drag City)
2. Aphex Twin - Collapse (Warp)
1. Protomartyr - Consolation (Domino)
The Reissues/Compilations
10. The Flaming Lips - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Warner Bros.)
9. Roxy Music - Roxy Music (Reprise)
8. Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-67 (ABKCO)
7. Entourage - Ceremony of Dreams: Studio Sessions & Outtakes 1972-77 (Tompkins Square)
6. Holger Czukay - Cinema (Gronland)
5. Hiss Golden Messenger - Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children (Merge)
4. Bitchin' Bajas - Rebajas (Drag City)
3. Tom Petty - An American Treasure (Reprise)
2. The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) [50th Anniversary] (Apple)
1. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
The Live Albums (New & Retrospective)
10. Haken - L-1VE (InsideOut)
9. Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks Vol. 25: Broome County Arena 11/6/1977 (Rhino)
8. Steven Wilson - Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (Eagle)
7. Opeth - Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater (Nuclear Blast)
6. Phish - The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden (JEMP)
5. John Renbourn - Live in Kyoto 1978 (Drag City)
4. Ghost - Ceremony & Devotion (Loma Vista)
3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 (Legacy)
2. Neil Young - Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live (Reprise)
1. Grateful Dead - Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings (Rhino)
The Tracks
75. "I Shall Love 2" - Julia Holter
74. "Mainland" - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
73. "Need a Little Time" - Courtney Barnett
72. "Once In My Life" - The Decemberists
71. "The Bug Collector" - Haley Heynderickx
70. "Lightning Strike" - Judas Priest
69. "I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)" - The 1975
68. "Hangout at the Gallows" - Father John Misty
67. "T69 Collapse" - Aphex Twin
66. "Rats" - Ghost B.C.
65. "Delicate" - Taylor Swift
64. "Gold Rush" - Death Cab for Cutie
63. "It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)" - The 1975
62. "Survive Sunrise" - ASG
61. "Always Trying to Work It Out" - Low
60. "Lemon Glow" - Beach House
59. "Lifetime" - Yves Tumor
58. "Mona Lisa" - Lil Wayne f. Kendrick Lamar
57. "A Perfect Miracle" - Spiritualized
56. "Heat Wave" - Snail Mail
55. "Suspirium" - Thom Yorke
54. "Canary Yellow" - Deafheaven
53. "I Know What It's Like" - Jeff Tweedy
52. "Middle America" - Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
51. "Four Out of Five" - Arctic Monkeys
50. "Loading Zones" - Kurt Vile
49. "APESHIT" - The Carters
48. "No Tears Left to Cry" - Ariana Grande
47. "The Middle" - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
46. "Electric Messiah" - High On Fire
45. "Shades of Blue" - Yo La Tengo
44. "Talking Straight" - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
43. "Broken Halos" - Chris Stapleton
42. "Show Us the Way" - Kamasi Washington
41. "This is America" - Childish Gambino
40. "Satan in the Wait" - Daughters
39. "How Simple" - Hop Along
38. "Last Lion of Albion" - Neko Case
37. "Giza Butler" - Sleep
36. "Noid" - Yves Tumor
35. "Stranger Tonight" - Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
34. "My Queen is Harriet Tubman" - Sons of Kemet
33. "King's Dead" - Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake
32. "Thank U Next" - Ariana Grande
31. "Condemned to the Gallows" - Between the Buried and Me
30. "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
29. "Backasswards" - Kurt Vile
28. "High Hopes" - Panic! at the Disco
27. "Leave It Alone" - Amanda Shires
26. "Slow Burn" - Kacey Musgraves
25. "New Light" - John Mayer
24. "Wide Awake" - Parquet Courts
23. "The Station" - Oneohtrix Point Never
22. "Ablaze" - YOB
21. "Night Shift" - Lucy Dacus
20. "Fists of Fury" - Kamasi Washington
19. "Short Court Style" - Natalie Prass
18. "I Like It" - Cardi B, J Balvin & Bad Bunny
17. "Gorgeous" - Taylor Swift
16. "Show Your Troubles Out" - Garcia Peoples
15. "Venice Bitch" - Lana Del Rey
14. "G.T.F.O." - Mariah Carey
13. "Dance Macabre" - Ghost B.C.
12. "Love It If We Made It" - The 1975
11. "Stir Fry" - Migos
10. "Pristine" - Snail Mail
9. "you should see me in a crown" - Billie Eilish
8. "Got My Name Changed Back" - Pistol Annies
7. "Space Cowboy" - Kacey Musgraves
6. "Party For One" - Carly Rae Jepsen
5. "High Horse" - Kacey Musgraves
4. "All the Stars" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
3. "New Year's Day" - Taylor Swift
2. "Make Me Feel" - Janelle Monae
1. "Mariners Apartment Complex" - Lana Del Rey
The Albums
75. Blackwater Holylight - Blackwater Holylight (RidingEasy)
74. Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods (Nuclear Blast)
73. KEN Mode - Loved (Season of Mist)
72. Hissing - Permanent Destitution (Profound Lore)
71. Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop (Relapse)
70. Wrekmeister Harmonies - The Alone Rush (Thrill Jockey)
69. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload (Brainfeeder)
68. Crippled Black Phoenix - Great Escape (Season of Mist)
67. Ghost B.C. - Prequelle (Loma Vista)
66. Green Druid - Ashen Blood (Earache)
65. Black Salvation - Uncertainty is Bliss (Relapse)
64. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti)
63. Lucy Dacus - Historian (Matador)
62. Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams (Merge)
61. Johann Johannsson - Mandy OST (Lakeshore/Invada)
60. Thom Yorke - Suspiria (XL)
59. J Mascis - Elastic Days (Sub Pop)
58. Alastor - Slave to the Grave (RidingEasy)
57. Windhand - Eternal Return (Relapse)
56. Nathan Salsburg - Third (No Quarter)
55. Wooden Shjips - V (Thrill Jockey)
54. King Buffalo - Longing to be the Mountain (Stickman)
53. High On Fire - Electric Messiah (E1)
52. Nathan Bowles - Plainly Mistaken (Paradise of Bachelors)
51. Cavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade (Duophonic)
50. Pharaoh Overlord - Zero (Ektro)
49. Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance (Dead Oceans)
48. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Dirty Hit/Polydor)
47. Khemmis - Desolation (20 Buck Spin)
46. All Them Witches - ATW (New West)
45. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum)
44. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In (Matador)
43. Datashock - Krauter der Provinz (Bureau B)
42. Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore - Ghost Forests (Three Lobed)
41. The Ocean Collective - Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic (Metal Blade)
40. Witch Mountain - Witch Mountain (Svart)
39. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (Ipecac)
38. Prince - Piano and a Microphone 1983 (NPG/Warner Bros.)
37. Traden - Traden (Subliminal Sounds)
36. Tomb Mold - Manner of Infinite Forms (20 Buck Spin)
35. Gnod - Chapel Perilous (Rocket Recordings)
34. One Eleven Heavy - Everything's Better (self-released)
33. Beak> - >>> (Temporary Residence)
32. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel (RCA Nashville)
31. SUMAC - Love in Shadow (Thrill Jockey)
30. Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On (Matador)
29. Oh Sees - Smote Reverser (Castle Face)
28. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance (Partisan)
27. Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band - Sira Be Kala (Sublime Frequencies)
26. Daniel Bachman - The Morning Star (Three Lobed)
25. Keiji Haino & SUMAC - American Dollar Bill (Thrill Jockey)
24. Ryley Walker - The Lillywhite Sessions (Dead Oceans)
23. The Necks - Body (Northern Spy)
22. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples (Guruguru Brain)
21. Cave - Allways (Drag City)
20. Evoken - Hypnagogia (Profound Lore)
19. Low - Double Negative (Sub Pop)
18. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (MCA Nashville)
17. Thou - Magus (Sacred Bones)
16. Hookworms - Microshift (Domino)
15. Garcia Peoples - Cosmic Cash (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)
14. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love (Warp)
13. Ty Segall & Freedom Band - Freedom's Goblin (Drag City)
12. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (International Anthem)
11. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Wasteland (Rise Above)
10. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (Wondaland/Bad Boy)
9. Oneida - Romance (Joyful Noise)
8. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile (Impulse!)
7. Sunwatchers - II (Trouble in Mind)
6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs (Sub Pop)
5. Sleep - The Sciences (Third Man)
4. Mind Over Mirrors - Bellowing Sun (Paradise of Bachelors)
3. John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. YOB - Our Raw Heart (Relapse)
1. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
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