Undomondo's Best of 2018 Playlists
I've published this on social media, but if you missed it the first time, here it is for one last time!
The annual best of season is here, and like every year since 2005, I have spent some time to get together the albums, that I think has more artistic prowess and/or catch than others.
My top album is without any doubt the debut by The Drones offshoot Tropical Fuck Storm with the UK sensation IDLES’ latest being a close runnerup. The nostalgic soul album of The Sha La Das, the strange electronic soundscapes of Lucrecia Dalt and Aisha Devi, the modern pop sensibilities of Tirzah, the esteemed kraut-psych of Beak>, and the culmination of the new UK jazz scene, Maisha’s There is a place are all outstanding albums.
And not only that this year has delivered extremely impressive albums in the form of Kamasi Washington’s ambitious 2LP, Anna von Hausswolff’s epic gothic art pop, reigning UK techno king Blawan’s latest, Rosalia’s modern take on flamenco, etc.. It has been very hard to draw the line, and I’ve failed to limit myself at 50. The list features a top heavy 60 albums, and to present them to you for sampling I’ve compiled a 100 track playlist - which includes songs from artists whose albums I enjoyed but didn’t add to the best of list such as Xylouris White, Lubomyr Melynk, Steve Hauschildt, Peter Kernel, Shame, Mitski etc. , in a seamless running order from. If you wanna delve in and check out all the albums, there’s a playlist for that as well!
Enjoy!
Top 60 albums of 2018
PS: If you missed it the first time, here's the Christmas playlist on Soundcloud.
A
Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace
IDLES - Joy as an act of Resistance
Beak> - III
Lucrecia Dalt - Anticilines
Tirzah - Devotion
Aisha Devi - DNA Feelings
Maisha - There is a place
Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance
The Sha La Das - Love in the wind
Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses
B
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
Eko Kuango - Eko Kuango (Reissue)
Courtney Barnett - Tell me how you really feel
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Father John Misty - God’s Favourite Customer
Blawan - Wet will always dry
Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth
Khruangbin – Con Todo el Mundo
Compilation - We Out Here
Rosalia - El Mal Querer
Nils Frahm - All Melody
Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
Protomartyr - Consolation EP
Ill Considered - Ill Considered 3
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell
C
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - Landfall
Fazer - Mara
US Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
Emanative - Earth
Tigran Hamasyan - For Gyumri
Neko Case - Hell-On
Sleep - The Sciences
Les Halles - Zephyr
Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen
Sink Ya Teeth - Sink Ya Teeth
Compilation - Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop
Thou - Inconsolable
Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan
The Bad Plus - Never Stop II
Craft - White Noise and Black Metal
D
Ebo Taylor - Yen Ara
Ezra Collective - Juan Pablo The Philosopher
The Sufis - After Hours
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Forest Bathing
Ought - Room inside the World
Hookworms - Microshift
Chancha via Circuito - Bienaventuranza
Noname - Room 25
Wye Oak - The Louder I call, The Faster it Runs
Goatman - Rhythms
E
Eartheater - Irisiri
Akua Naru - The Blackest Joy
Huntsmen - American Scrap
Behemoth - I Love you at your darkest
Kali Uchis - Isolation
Masayoshi Fujita - Book of Life
YOB - Our Raw Heart
Die Wilde Jagd - Uhrwald Orange
Jean Grae x Quelle Chris - Everything’s Fine
Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit