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qb(X) best of 2018 (unordered)

Posted on January 7, 2019

Smash Albums

  • Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids – An Angel Fell (Strut)
  • A Hawk and A Hacksaw – Forest Bathing (Living Music Duplication)
  • The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer (Thrill Jockey)
  • Ben Lamar Gay – Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (International Anthem)
  • Hawthonn – Red Goddess (Of This Men Shall Know Nothing) (Ba Da Bing!)
  • IDLES – Joy As An Act Of Resistance (Partisan)
  • Calvin Johnson – A Wonderful Beast (K)
  • Mary Lattimore – Hundreds of Days (Ghostly International)
  • MMMD – Hagazussa (Antifrost)
  • Naked Eye Ensemble – Storylines Crossing (Starkland)
  • Oracle Hysterical – Hecuba (National Sawdust Tracks)
  • Wrekmeister Harmonies –  The Alone Rush (Thrill Jockey)

Hit Singles

  • ANMLPLNET – “I Was Fucked by a Cloud” – Fall Asleep (Ba Da Bing!)
  • Blackwater Holylight – “Sunrise” – Blackwater Holylight (Riding Easy)
  • The Ex – “Soon All Cities” – 27 Passports (Ex)
  • Hot Pepper – “Cancion Ritual” – Spanglish Movement (Guerssen)
  • Joan of Arc – “Vertigo” – 1984 (Joyful Noise)
  • LUMP – “Curse of the Contemporary” – S/T (Dead Oceans)
  • William Parker – “Falling Shadows” – Voices Fall from the Sky (Centering)
  • Rebekha del Rio – “No Stars” – Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) (Rhino)
  • Saintseneca – “Pillar of Na” – Pillar of Na (Anti-)
  • Serpentwithfeet – “Cherubim” – Soil (Secretly Canadian)
  • Solo Organ – “Words” Frequency Illusion (Golden Slipper)
  • Tune-Yards – “Coast to Coast” – I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life (4AD)

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