- Goon Sax – We’re Not Talking (Wichita)
- Blues Lawyer – Guess Work (Emotional Response)
- Frankie Cosmos – Vessel (Sub Pop)
- Ruby Karinto – Ruby Karinto (Hozac)
- Primo! – Amici (Upset The Rhythm)
- Shannon & The Clams – Onion (Easy Eye)
- Wimps – Garbage People (Kill Rock Stars)
- La Luz – Floating Features (Hardly Art)
- Yo La Tengo – There’s a Riot Going on (Matador)
- Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom + Pop)
- Table Sugar – Introductory Material (Water Wing)
- Lithics – Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)
25 Favorite Songs from 2018
- Goon Sax – “Make Time 4 Love” – We’re Not Talking (Wichita)
- Blues Lawyer – “27th Street” – Guess Work (Emotional Response)
- Primo! – “Ticking Off a List” – Amici (Upset The Rhythm)
- Frankie Cosmos – “Cafeteria” – Vessel (Sub Pop)
- Horrible/Adorable – “Surf, Rock, Beach, Party, UFO” – Surf Rock, Beach Party, UFO / Gutter Pussy (Yr First Crush)
- Ruby Karinto – “Jugemu” – S/T (Hozac)
- Spook School – “While You Were Sleeping” – Could It Be Different? (Slumberland)
- Shannon & The Clams – “The Boy” – Onion (Easy Eye Sound)
- Yo La Tengo – “For You Too” – There’s a Riot Going on (Matador)
- La Luz – “Cicada” – Floating Features (Hardly Art)
- Swearin’ – “Margaret” – Fall Into the Sun (Merge)
- Wimps – “Garbage People” – Garbage People (Kill Rock Stars)
- Essex Green – “Sloane Ranger” – Hardly Electronic (Merge)
- Lithics – “Excuse Generator” – Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)
- Table Sugar – “Carried Away” – Introductory Material (Water Wing)
- Cut Worms – “Coward’s Confidence” – Hollow Ground (Jagjaguwar)
- Eureka California – “Mkultra” – Roadrunners (HHBTM)
- Tony Molina – “Give He Take You” – Kill The Lights (Slumberland)
- Tracyanne & Danny – “It Can’t Be Love Unless It Hurts” – S/T (Merge)
- Smokescreens – “Someone New” – Used To Yesterday (Slumberland)
- Karen Meat – “You’re an Ugly Person” – You’re an Ugly Person (Emotional Response)
- Courtney Barnett – “Charity” – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom + Pop)
- Papercuts – “How To Quit Smoking” – Parallel Universe Blues (Slumberland)
- RAYS – “Yesterday’s Faces” – You Can Get There From Here (Trouble in Mind)
- Parquet Courts – “Tenderness” – Wide Awake! (Rouge Trade)
