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| 2018 album reviews |
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| 1975 | A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships | (Interscope) | synth-pop | 6/10 |
| Abu Lahab | Tungasht | (Abu Lahab) | industrial metal | 6/10 |
| Arooj Aftab | Siren Islands | (New Amsterdam) | world-music | 6/10 |
| Algorithm | Compiler Optimization Techniques | (self) | techno-metal | 6/10 |
| Alvar | I Sew a Blanket of All the Broken Clouds | (Daft) | techno | 4/10 |
| Amnesia Scanner | Another Life | (Pan) | dance | 6/10 |
| Among The Rocks and Roots | Raga | (Purple Tape Pedigree) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
| Ichiko Aoba | QP | (Speedstar) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Arctic Monkeys | Tranquillity Base Hotel + Casino | (Domino) | pop | 4/10 |
| Armand Hammer | Paraffin | (Backwoodz Studioz ) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
| Shinichi Atobe | Heat | (DDS) | techno | 4/10 |
| Autechre | NTS Sessions 1-4 | (Warp) | electronica | 6/10 |
| Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | (Milk) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Beach House | 7 | (SubPop) | dream-pop | 5/10 |
| Behemoth | I Loved You at Your Darkest | (Nuclear Blast) | death-metal | 5/10 |
| Bennie the Butcher | Tana Talk 3 | (Griselda) | hip-hop | 7/10 |
| Beths | Future Me Hates Me | (Carpark) | power-pop | 5/10 |
| Black Dresses | Wasteisolation | (Black Squares) | glitch-pop | 7/10 |
| Bladee | Red Light | (Year0001) | emo-rap | 5/10 |
| Bladee | Icedancer | (self) | emo-rap | 5/10 |
| Bonnacons of Doom | Bonnacons of Doom | (Rocket) | psych-rock | 7.5/10 |
| Brockhampton | Iridescence | (RCA) | hip-hop | 7/10 |
| David Byrne | American Utopia | (Nonesuch) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Camellia | Heart of Android (2018) | (Kamel Camellia) | dance | 6/10 |
| Camera | Emotional Detox | (Bureau B) | post-rock | 5/10 |
| Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy | (Columbia) | trap | 6/10 |
| Neko Case | Hell-On | (Anti) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Laura Luna Castillo | Laminares | (Genot Centre) | ambient | 5/10 |
| Cat Power | Wanderer | (Domino) | songwriter | 7/10 |
| Celestaphone | Portrait of a Harlot | (Drumhex) | hip-hop | 7/10 |
| Celestaphone | Tying Up Loose Friends | (Drumhex) | hip-hop | 5/10 |
| Richard Chartier | Central | (Line) | ambient | 6/10 |
| Neneh Cherry | Broken Politics | (Smalltown Supersound) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Cities Aviv | Raised for a Better View | (Total Works) | singer-songwriter | 6/10 |
| Clarence Clarity | Think Peace | (Deluxe Pain) | pop | 6/10 |
| Cloud Nothings | Last Building Burning | (Carpark) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
| Jacob Collier | Djesse Vol. 1 | (Decca) | pop | 4/10 |
| Elvis Costello | Look Now | (Concord) | songwriter | 4/10 |
| Current 93 | The Light Is Leaving Us All | (Spheres) | alt-pop | 4/10 |
| Denzel Curry | Ta13oo | (Loma Vista) | trap | 7/10 |
| Cursive | Vitriola | (15 Passenger) | emo | 5/10 |
| Chvrches | Love is Dead | (Glassnote) | synth-pop | 4/10 |
| Lucy Dacus | Historian | (Matador) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Daughters | You Won't Get What You Want | (Ipecac) | noise-rock | 7.5/10 |
| Deafheaven | Ordinary Corrupt Human Love | (Anti) | metal | 6/10 |
| Death Grips | Year of The Snitch | (Third World) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
| Decemberists | I'll Be Your Girl | (Capitol) | alt-rock | 4/10 |
| Paul DeJong | You Fucken Sucker | (Temporary Residence) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Demdike Stare | Passion | (Modern Love) | dance | 5/10 |
| Broeder Dieleman | Komma | (Snowstar) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Toby Driver | They Are the Shield | (Blood Music) | songwriter | 4/10 |
| Drowse | Cold Air | (Flenser) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Dwarfs of East Agouza | Rats Don't Eat Synthesizers | (Akuphone) | psych-rock | 6.5/10 |
| Eartheater | Irisiri | (Pan) | avant-pop | 6/10 |
| Esoctrilihum | Pandaemorthium | (I Voidhanger) | black metal | 6/10 |
| Esoctrilihum | Inhuma | (I Voidhanger) | black metal | 6/10 |
| EvilDewer | Caliginous Sky | (self) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
| FACS | Negative Houses | (Trouble in Mind) | post-rock | 6/10 |
| Father John Misty | God's Favorite Customer | (Subpop) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Lupe Fiasco | Drogas Wave | (Atlantic) | rap | 6/10 |
| Fire-toolz | Skinless X-1 | (Hausu Mountain) | prog-rock | 5/10 |
| Nils Frahm | All Melody (2018) | (Erased Tapes) | ambient | 5/10 |
| Frontierer | Unloved | (self) | metalcore | 6/10 |
| Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams | (Merge) | post-hardcore | 6/10 |
| The Garden | Mirror Might Steal Your Charm | (Burger) | noise-rock | 6.5/10 |
| Gas | Rausch | (Kompakt) | techno | 6/10 |
| Go Team | Semicircle | (Memphis Industries) | pop | 6/10 |
| Godspeed You Black Emperor | Luciferian Towers | (Constellation) | post-rock | 5/10 |
| Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | (DFA) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
| Laurel Halo | Raw Silk Uncut Wood | (Latency) | techno | 5/10 |
| Jon Hassell | Listening To Pictures | (Ndeya) | avantgarde | 5/10 |
| Tim Hecker | Konoyo | (Drag City) | glitch | 5/10 |
| High on Fire | Electric Messiah | (SPV) | stoner | 7/10 |
| Himukalt | Desperate Soil Grows Poor Flowers | (Sinnesloschen) | industrial | 5/10 |
| Himukalt | Vulgar | (No Rent) | industrial | 5/10 |
| Himukalt | Knife Through The Spine | (Malignant) | industrial | 6/10 |
| Himukalt | Come October | (Found Remains) | industrial | 5/10 |
| Himukalt | Between My Teeth | (Several Minor Promises) | industrial | 6/10 |
| HIRS Collective | Friends Lovers Favorites | (Get Better) | grindcore | 6/10 |
| Julia Holter | Aviary | (Domino) | songwriter | 8/10 |
| How to Dress Well | The Anteroom | (Domino) | pop-soul | 6/10 |
| Iceage | Beyondless | (Matador) | roots-rock | 6/10 |
| Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance | (Partisan) | punk-rock | 5/10 |
| Imperial Triumphant | Vile Luxury | (Gilead) | metal | 7/10 |
| Infinity Frequencies | Between two Worlds | (self) | vaporwave | 5/10 |
| Jerusalem in My Heart | Daqa'iq Tudaiq | (Constellation) | world | 6/10 |
| Joji | Ballads 1 | (88rising) | soul | 6/10 |
| Jpegmafia | Veteran | (Deathbomb Arc) | rap | 6/10 |
| Jute Gyte | Penetralia | (Jeshimoth) | ambient | 5/10 |
| Korridor | End of Cycle | (Northern Electronics) | deep techno | 7/10 |
| Mark Kozelek | Mark Kozelek | (Caldo Verde) | songwriter | 4/10 |
| Kurushimi | What is Chaos | (Art As Catharsis) | noise-jazz | 7/10 |
| Kiran Leonard | Western Culture | (Moshi Moshi) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Let's Eat Grandma | I'm All Ears | (Transgressive) | synth-pop | 5/10 |
| Klara Lewis | Care | (Editions Mergo) | glitch | 5/10 |
| Lil Peep | Come Over When You're Sober Pt 2 | (Columbia) | emo rap | 5/10 |
| Lonker See | One Eye Sees Red | (Instant Classic) | post-rock | 7.5/10 |
| Los Siquicos Litoralenos | Medianos Exitos Subtropicales Vol 1 | (self) | free-folk | 7/10 |
| Low | Double Negative | (SubPop) | slocore | 6/10 |
| Machine Girl | The Ugly Art | (Kitty on Fire) | breakcore | 7/10 |
| The Men | Drift | (Sacred Bones) | roots-rock | 5/10 |
| Mesarthim | The Density Parameter | (Avantgarde) | metal | 6/10 |
| Messa | Feast for Water | (self) | doom-metal | 6/10 |
| Mid-Air Thief | Crumbling | (self) | post-rock | 6/10 |
| Mike | Black Soap | (Lex) | hip-hop | 7.5/10 |
| Mike | Renaissance Man | (self) | hip-hop | 6/10 |
| Mike | War in My Pen | (label) | hip-hop | 5/10 |
| Mitski | Be the Cowboy | (Dead Oceans) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Janelle Monae | Dirty Computer | (Atlantic) | pop | 5/10 |
| Roy Montgomery | Suffuse | (Grapefruit) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Moon Relay | IMI | (Hubro) | prog-rock | 7.5/10 |
| Mount Eerie | Now Only | (Elverum) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Necks | Body | (ReR Megacorp) | ambient jazz | 5/10 |
| Kenneth Newby | Emergence Trilogy | (self) | chamber | 6/10 |
| Kate NV | For | (RVNG) | synth-pop | 5/10 |
| Oh Sees | Smote Reverser | (Castle Face) | psych-rock | 5/10 |
| Oneohtrix Point Never | Age Of | (Warp) | electronica | 6/10 |
| Ora Iso | Image Certifies | (Downwards) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
| Palberta | Roach Goin' Down | (Wharf Cat) | garage-rock | 6/10 |
| Palm | Rock Island | (Carpark) | math-rock | 5/10 |
| Panda Rosa | Monastery | (self) | post-rock | 5/10 |
| Papa M | A Broke Moon Rises | (Drag City) | post-rock | 6/10 |
| Parquet Courts | Wide Awake | (Rough Trade) | pop | 5/10 |
| Playboy Carti | Die Lit | (Interscope) | trap | 6/10 |
| Portal | ION | (Profound Lore) | death metal | 5/10 |
| Powerdove | Bitter Banquet | (Murailles) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Puce Mary | The Drought | (Pan) | industrial | 5/10 |
| Qu'qu'matz | Kukulkan | (self) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| Julia Reidy | Beholder | (A Guide to Saints) | instrumental | 7/10 |
| Robert Rich | The Biode | (self) | ambient | 6/10 |
| Steve Roach | Mercurius | (Timeroom) | ambient | 5/10 |
| Steve Roach | Atmosphere for Dreaming | (Timeroom) | ambient | 6/10 |
| Steve Roach | Molecules of Motion | (Timeroom) | ambient | 5/10 |
| Rolo Tomassi | Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It | (Holy Roar) | metalcore | 7/10 |
| Saba | Care for me | (Pivot Gang) | hip-hop | 6.5/10 |
| Travis Scott | Astroworld | (Epic) | trap | 5/10 |
| Secluded Alchemist | Laboratory Amongst the Leaves | (Ancient Meadow) | ambient | 6/10 |
| Sectioned | Annihilated | (self) | metalcore | 7/10 |
| Ty Segall | Freedom's Goblin | (Drag City) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Sewerslvt | Sewer//Slvt | (self) | breakcore | 6.5/10 |
| Shit & Shine | Bad Vibes | (Rocket) | dance | 4/10 |
| Skullflower | Werecat Powers Of The Crossroads At Midnight | (Nashazphone) | noise | 4/10 |
| Sleep | The Sciences | (Third Man) | stoner | 4/10 |
| Sloppy Jane | Willow | (self) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Smino | N0IR | (Zero Fatigue) | rap | 5/10 |
| Soap And Skin | From Gas to Solid | (PIAS) | songwriter | 7/10 |
| Sophie | Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Sides | (Transgressive) | avant-pop | 6/10 |
| Special Interest | Spiraling | (Raw Sugar) | dance-punk | 6/10 |
| Spirit of the Beehive | Hypnic Jerks | (Tiny Engines) | psych-rock | 5/10 |
| Spiritualized | And Nothing Hurt | (Bella Union) | songwriter | 4/10 |
| Vince Staples | FM | (Def Jam) | rap | 5/10 |
| Sun Kil Moon | This Is My Dinner | (Caldo Verde) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Sunwatchers | Sunwatchers II | (Trouble In Mind) | instrumental | 6/10 |
| Surfbort | Friendship Music | (Cult) | punk-rock | 6/10 |
| Earl Sweatshirt | Some Rap Songs | (Tan Cressida) | emo-rap | 6/10 |
| Thaiboy Digital | Legendary Member | (Year0001) | emo-rap | 5/10 |
| Yann Tiersen | Hent | (Mute) | ambient | 6/10 |
| Toad | Toad IV | (La Novia) | post-folk | 7/10 |
| Tropical Fuck Storm | A Laughing Death in Meatspace | (Joyful Noise) | garage-rock | 6/10 |
| Yves Tumor | Safe in the Hands of Love | (Warp) | post-pop | 6/10 |
| Uboa | The Sky May Be | (Uboa) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Uniform | The Long Walk | (Sacred Bones) | post-metal | 5/10 |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sex & Food | (Jagjaguwar) | folk-pop | 4/10 |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | IC-01 Hanoi | (Jagjaguwar) | folk-pop | 6/10 |
| US Girls | In a Poem Unlimited | (4AD) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Vagabon | Infinite Worlds | (Father Daughter) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Juliana Venter & James Welburn | W/V | (Silken Tofu) | electronic | 6/10 |
| Viagra Boys | Street Worms | (Year0001) | dance-punk | 6/10 |
| Kurt Vile | Bottle It In | (Matador) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Anna Von Hausswolff | Dead Magic | (City Slang) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Ryley Walker | Deafman Glance | (Dead Oceans) | post-rock | 5/10 |
| Kanye West | Ye | (Good) | rap | 4/10 |
| Jack White | Boarding House Reach | (Third Man) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Wolvennest | Void | (Van) | gothic | 5/10 |
| XXXTentacion | ? | (self) | songwriter | 7/10 |
| Yo La Tengo | There's a Riot Going On | (Matador) | alt-rock | 5/10 |
| Yob | Our Raw Heart | (Relapse) | metal | 5/10 |
| Yung Lean | Poison Ivy | (Year0001) | emo-rap | 6/10 |
| Zeal and Ardor | Stranger Fruit | (Mvka) | metal | 6/10 |
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