2018

• Mountain Man – Magic Ship (Nonesuch)
• Madeline Kenney – Perfect Shapes (Carpark)
• Shame – Songs of Praise (Dead Oceans)
• Snail Mail – Lush (Matador)
• Molly Burch – First Flower (Captured Tracks)
• Human People – Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears (Exploding in Sound)
• Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer (Sub Pop)
• Brockhampton – Iridescence (RCA)
• Casual Hex – Zig Zag Lady Illusion (Water Wing)
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar)
• Soccer Mommy – Clean (Fat Possum)
• Mitski – Be the Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
• Naked Giants – Sluff (New West)
• Parquet Courts – Wide Awake (Rough Trade)
• Kero Kero Bonito – Time ‘n’ Place (Polyvinyl)
• Jeff Rosenstock – Post (Polyvinyl)
• Foxing – Nearer My God (Triple Crown)
• Sidney Gish – No Dogs Allowed (S/R)
• Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy (Matador)

Albums:

• Perfume – Future Pop (Universal J)
• Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch (The Null Corporation)
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Japamyu (Unborde/Warner Music Japan)
• Adult – This Behavior (Dais)
• Paul McCartney – Egypt Station (Capitol Records)
• Melody’s Echo Chamber – Bon Voyage (Domino/Fat Possum)
• Them Are Us Too – Amends (Dais)
• Chai – Pink (Burger Records)
• Cherushii/Nackt/Roche/David Last –  Run the Length of Your Wildness 12″ (Hobo Camp)

Epic Live Shows:

• David Byrne – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – August 22.2018
• Nine Inch Nails – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – December 3&4, 2018

Fave Anime:

• Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai
• Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzushii
• Zombie Land Saga

• Four Fists – 6666 (Doomtree)
• Dorian Concept – The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder)
• Cut Chemist – Die Cut (A Stable Sound)
• Kristoff Krane – Kairos Pt. 2 (F I X)
• Curly Castro – TOSH (Backwoodz Studioz)
• Gone Beyond & Mumbles – Notes From the Underground (Content (L)abel)
• Henry Canyons – Cool Side of the Pillow (Backwoodz Studioz)
• Astralblak – Seeds (Sound Verite)
• Busdriver – Electricity Is On Our Side (Temporary Whatever)
• Onry Ozzborn – Nervous Hvnd (TED)

Also dug:

• Showbiz – A-Room Therapy (D.I.T.C Studios)
• Dillon & Batsauce – On Their Way (Full Plate)
• Penthouse Penthouse – Cruise Control (Alpha Pup)
• Longshot & Lazerbeak – Parades (Doomtree)
• Kev Brown – Homework (Redefinition)
• Epic Beard Men – Season 1 (Strange Famous)
• PremRock & Fresh Kils – Poet’s Payday (s/r)
• Von Pea & the Other Guys – I’m Good Luv, Enjoy (HiPNOTT)
• Masta Ace & Marco Polo – A Breukelen Story (Fat Beats)
• Czarface & MF DOOM – Czarface Meets Metal Face (Silver Age)

My favorite albums of 2018

• Fatty Cakes And The Puff Pastries – S/T (Emotional Response)
• Rik and the Pigs – A Child’s Gator (Total Punk)
• Ricky Hell & The Voidboys – S/T (Quality Time Records)
• Shark Toys – Labyrinths (In The Red)
• Mark Sultan – Let Me Out (Modern Sky USA)
• Liquids – Hot Liqs Revenge (Neck Chop Records)
• Little Ugly Girls – S/T (Chapter Music)
• France Has The Bomb – …But We Must Cultivate Our Garden (Diminished Arc)
• Kitten Forever –  Semi-Permanent (Rat Queen)
• BB Eye – Headcheese Heartthrob (Fish)
• Alice Bag – Blueprint (Don Giovanni)
• The Cavemen – Nuke Earth (Slovenly)
• Gino And The Goons – Rip It Up (Sunwray)
• Archie and the Bunkers – Songs From The Lodge (Dirty Water)
• David Nance – Doug Sahm and Band (Tall Texan)

My favorite EPs of 2018

• Teeange Cavegirl – “They’re Gonna Get You” (S/R)
• Alien Nosejob – Death Of The Vinyl Boom (S/R)
• Wonder Bread – Complete Solid Gold Hits (Digital Regress)
• The Proletariat – “Death Of Alton Sterling” (Bridge Nine)
• Amyl and The Sniffers – “Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)” (Flightless)
• Ruler – “Tiger” (Secret Mission)
• Kid Chrome – “I’ve Had It” (Neck Chop)
• PMS – “Cocaine Cunt” (Danger Records)
• Heavy Metal – Too OZ 4 I.T. (Total Punk)
• Erik Nervous/ Neo Neos – split (Goodbye Boozy)
• Gallery Night – “Watching Black And White” (Dusty Medical)
• Dark Blue – “Fight To Love” (12XU)
• ISS – “I Wanna Be Dated” (Sorry State)
• Counter Intuits – “Vietnamese Lighter” (Total Punk)
• Puppy and The Hand Jobs – “I Eat Abortions” (Slovenly)
• Smokers – Falling Backwards (Mouth Magazine)

My favorite reissues of 2018

• Plastic EP and The Records – “Well You Want To Make A Record” and Best Of (Xerox Music)
• F.U.K. – “Road Kill” (Hozac Archival)
• Vendetta – “Modern Rockers” (Supreme Echo)
• Friction – “Death Cult 911” (Blank Recording Co)
• V/A – The Sore Losers – Original Soundtrack (Goner Records)
• Trash Monkeys – “Trash Monkey Universe” (Almost Ready)
• Vector Command – S/T (Hozac)
• Chandra – Transportation EPs (Telephone Explosion)
• Real Kids – The Kids 1974 Demos/ 1977-78 Demos/Live (Crypt)
• Bad Times – Streets Of Iron (Goner)
• Firestarter – First Album and Livin On The Heat (Secret Mission)
• Teenage Depression – Skank Or Die (ReRun)
• Great Plains – The Mark, Don & Mel EP + Four (ReRun)
• V/A – I’ve Got the Bible Belt Around My Throat: A One-Sided History of Punk Rock and Hardcore From Alabama 1981–2003 (Foreign Legion)

My favorite films of 2018

• Here To Be Heard: The Story of The Slits
• Dead On Arrival: The Punk Documentary That Almost Never Was
• Sorry To Bother You
• The Outhouse The Film 1985-1997
• Descent Into The Maelstrom
• The Public Image Is Rotten
• They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
• Juliette, Naked
• Ex-Libris: The New York Public Library
• Icepick To The Moon

1. Goon Sax – We’re Not Talking (Wichita)
2. Blues Lawyer – Guess Work (Emotional Response)
3. Frankie Cosmos – Vessel (Sub Pop)
4. Ruby Karinto – Ruby Karinto (Hozac)
5. Primo! – Amici (Upset The Rhythm)
6. Shannon & The Clams – Onion (Easy Eye)
7. Wimps – Garbage People (Kill Rock Stars)
8. La Luz – Floating Features (Hardly Art)
9. Yo La Tengo – There’s a Riot Going on (Matador)
10. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom + Pop)
11. Table Sugar – Introductory Material (Water Wing)
12. Lithics – Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)

25 Favorite Songs from 2018

1. Goon Sax – “Make Time 4 Love” – We’re Not Talking (Wichita)
2. Blues Lawyer – “27th Street” – Guess Work (Emotional Response)
3. Primo! – “Ticking Off a List” – Amici (Upset The Rhythm)
4. Frankie Cosmos – “Cafeteria” – Vessel (Sub Pop)
5. Horrible/Adorable – “Surf, Rock, Beach, Party, UFO” – Surf Rock, Beach Party, UFO / Gutter Pussy (Yr First Crush)
6. Ruby Karinto – “Jugemu” – S/T (Hozac)
7. Spook School – “While You Were Sleeping” – Could It Be Different? (Slumberland)
8. Shannon & The Clams – “The Boy” – Onion (Easy Eye Sound)
9. Yo La Tengo –  “For You Too” – There’s a Riot Going on (Matador)
10. La Luz – “Cicada” – Floating Features (Hardly Art)
11. Swearin’ – “Margaret” – Fall Into the Sun (Merge)
12. Wimps – “Garbage People” – Garbage People (Kill Rock Stars)
13. Essex Green – “Sloane Ranger” – Hardly Electronic (Merge)
14. Lithics – “Excuse Generator” – Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)
15. Table Sugar – “Carried Away” – Introductory Material (Water Wing)
16. Cut Worms – “Coward’s Confidence” – Hollow Ground (Jagjaguwar)
17. Eureka California – “Mkultra” – Roadrunners (HHBTM)
18. Tony Molina – “Give He Take You” – Kill The Lights (Slumberland)
19. Tracyanne & Danny – “It Can’t Be Love Unless It Hurts” – S/T (Merge)
20. Smokescreens – “Someone New” – Used To Yesterday (Slumberland)
21. Karen Meat – “You’re an Ugly Person” – You’re an Ugly Person (Emotional Response)
22. Courtney Barnett – “Charity” – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom + Pop)
23. Papercuts – “How To Quit Smoking” – Parallel Universe Blues (Slumberland)
24. RAYS – “Yesterday’s Faces” – You Can Get There From Here (Trouble in Mind)
25. Parquet Courts – “Tenderness” – Wide Awake! (Rouge Trade)