I told myself I wasn’t going to write an AOTY list for 2018. Then I read everyone else’s AOTY list, and I decided I would. Here’s an AOTY list for 2018. By no means am I saying, definitively, that these are the best records of 2018 – I’m just saying they’re my favourites. I’ve included Bandcamp links where Bandcamp links are available, but the rest are easily available through Spotify, Apple Music etc. Take a look, and call me out on any exclusions.

Still here, Craig.

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50) Many Rooms – There Is A Presence Here

49) Barely March – Marely Barch (Bandcamp)

48) Now, Now – Saved

47) Pool Kids – Music to Practice Safe Sex To (Bandcamp)

46) Florence & The Machine – High as Hope

45) Rome Hero Foxes – 18 Summers (Bandcamp)

44) Meg Myers – Take Me to the Disco

43) deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Bandcamp)

42) IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance

41) Mount Eerie – Now Only (Bandcamp)

40) Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs

39) Retirement Party – Somewhat Literate (Bandcamp)

38) World’s Greatest Dad – Get Well Soon

37) Cassus – Separation Anxiety (Bandcamp)

36) Pusha T – DAYTONA

35) Mac Miller – SWIMMING

34) Trust Fund – Bringing the Backline (Bandcamp)

33) Kississippi – Sunset Blush (Bandcamp)

32) Sidney Gish – No Dogs Allowed (Bandcamp)

31) Trophy Eyes – The American Dream (Bandcamp)

30) The Wonder Years – Sister Cities (Bandcamp)

29) The Spirit of the Beehive – Hypnic Jerks (Bandcamp)

28) Half Waif – Lavender (Bandcamp)

27) Save Face – Merci (Bandcamp)

26) Donovan Wolfington – WAVES (Bandcamp)

25) Lucy Dacus – Historian

24) Architects – Holy Hell

23) Petal – Magic Gone (Bandcamp)

22) The 1975 – A Brief Enquiry into Online Relationships

21) Just Friends – Nothing but Love (Bandcamp)

20) Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams

19) Soccer Mommy – Clean (Bandcamp)

18) Camp Cope – How to Socialise & Make Friends (Bandcamp)

17) Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses (Bandcamp)

16) Goat Girl – Goat Girl                                                       

15) Low – Double Negative

14) U.S Girls – In a Poem Untitled

13) itoldyouiwouldeatyou – Oh Dearism (Bandcamp)

12) Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

11) mewithoutYou – [Untitled] (Bandcamp)

10) Noname – Room 25 (Bandcamp)

9) Mitski – Be the Cowboy (Bandcamp)

8) Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog (Bandcamp)

7) Foxing – Nearer My God (Bandcamp)

6) Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die and Love will Bury It (Bandcamp)

5) Christine and the Queens – Chris

4) Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want (Bandcamp)

3) Pianos Become the Teeth – Wait For Love (Bandcamp)

2) Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour

1) Wild Pink – Yolk in the Fur (Bandcamp)