Top 100 Albums of the Month

September 2018

  1. Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  2. Mitski | Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
  3. John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  4. Lumerians | Call of the Void (Fuzz Club)
  5. Motoko and Myers | Basis Key (S/R)
  6. Sly5thAve | The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre (Tru Thoughts)
  7. Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy (Drag City)
  8. Primo! | Amici (S/R)
  9. Chai | Pink (Burger)
  10. Oh Sees | Smote Reverser (Castle Face)
  11. Kev Brown | Homework (Redefinition)
  12. Bodega | Endless Scroll (What's Your Rupture?)
  13. Ben Pirani | How Do I Talk to My Brother? (Colemine)
  14. Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis | Wild! Wild! Wild! (Bloodshot)
  15. Creation Factory | The Creation Factory (Lolipop)
  16. Aki Kumar | Hindi Man Blues (Little Village Foundation)
  17. Hot Pepper | Spanglish Movement (Guerssen)
  18. Gone Beyond & Mumbles | Notes From the Underground (Content)
  19. Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville (Easy Eye Sound)
  20. Chancha Via Circuito | Bienaventuranza (Wonder Wheel)
  21. Deaf Wish | Lithium Zion (Sub Pop)
  22. Michael Beharie & Teddy Rankin-Parker | A Heart From Your Shadow (Mondoj)
  23. Blood Orange | Negro Swan (Domino)
  24. Roy Montgomery | Suffuse (Grapefruit)
  25. Cuasares | Afro-Progresivo (Pharaway Sounds)
  26. Dorian Concept | The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder)
  27. Tony Molina | Kill The Lights (Slumberland Records)
  28. Low | Double Negative (sub pop)
  29. Astronauts, Etc. | Living in Symbol (Company)
  30. Ross from Friends | Family Portrait (Brainfeeder)
  31. Motrik | Safety Copy (Jealous Butcher)
  32. Steve Hauschildt | Dissolvi (Ghostly International)
  33. Still Corners | Slow Air (Wrecking Light)
  34. Various Artists | King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller (BMG)
  35. Reverbivores | Orbit to Intercept (S/R)
  36. Elisapie | The Ballad of the Runaway Girl (Bonsound)
  37. Benni | The Return (Goner)
  38. Underworld & Iggy Pop | Teatime Dub Encounters (Caroline)
  39. Glenn Jones | The Giant Who Ate Himself (Thrill Jockey)
  40. DeVotchKa | This Night Falls Forever (Concord)
  41. Helena Hauff | Qualm (Ninja Tune)
  42. Ophelias | Almost (Joyful Noise)
  43. Lower Self | Lower Self (S/R )
  44. Miss Information | Sequence (Pioneer Works Press)
  45. Sarah Davachi | Gave In Rest (Ba Da Bing)
  46. Neko Case | Hell-On (Anti-)
  47. John Prine | The Tree Of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)
  48. Joyfultalk | Plurality Trip (Constellation)
  49. Snail Mail | Lush (Matador)
  50. Essex Green | Hardly Electronic (Merge)
  51. Jeremy and the Harlequins | Remember This (Yep Roc)
  52. Peace To Mateo | Some Strange Reason (Young Heavy Souls)
  53. Eric Mcfadden | Pain By Numbers (Whiskey Bayous)
  54. DsorDNE | E Un Sole (Dark Entries)
  55. American Aquarium | Things Change (New West)
  56. Marcus Miller | Laid Black (Blue Note)
  57. Gordon Hellegers | Nyanaje (S/R)
  58. Yuka & Chronoship | Ship (OMP)
  59. Allen Ravenstine | Waiting for the Bomb (ReR AR2)
  60. IDLES | Joy As An Act Of Resistance (Partisan)
  61. Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Downey To Lubbock (Yep Roc)
  62. James Williamson and the Pink Hearts | Behind the Shade (Leopard Lady)
  63. LFZ | Name Plus Focus (Castle Face)
  64. Naked Eye Ensemble | Storylines Crossing (Starkland)
  65. Wild Nothing | Indigo (Captured Tracks)
  66. Guenter Schlienz | Collage Tristes (Was Ist Das?)
  67. Beths | Future Me Hates Me (CarPark)
  68. Thunderpussy | Thunderpussy (Stardog)
  69. Gang Gang Dance | Kazuashita (4AD)
  70. Lucero | Among the Ghosts (Liberty & Lament)
  71. Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses (sargent house)
  72. Death and the Maiden | Wisteria (Fishrider)
  73. Waxahatchee | Great Thunder (Merge)
  74. Buck Meek | Buck Meek (Keeled Scales)
  75. SIS | Euphorbia (Native Cat)
  76. Table Sugar | Introductory Material (Water Wing)
  77. Vinyl Williams | Opal (Blau Up)
  78. Instant Music | Instant Music (Dark Entries)
  79. Zoe Speaks | Wings (Redbird Records)
  80. Paul Collins | Out Of My Head (Alive Natural Sound)
  81. Body/Head | The Switch (Matador)
  82. Ethan Gold | Expanses (Teenage Synthrumentals) (Electrik Gold)
  83. Grupo Mono Blanco | Fandango! (Smithsonian Folkways)
  84. Nicole Mitchell | Maroon Cloud (FPE Records)
  85. Shuta Hasunuma & U-zhaan | 2 Tone (S/R)
  86. Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past (ATO)
  87. Sunflower Bean | Twentytwo In Blue (Mom + Pop)
  88. Roman Barten-Sherman | solo guitar compositions (SR)
  89. Saintseneca | Pillar of Na (Anti-)
  90. Forth Wanderers | Forth Wanderers (Subpop)
  91. Ethan Gold | Undead Bedroom Closet Covers (Eletrik Gold)
  92. Hana Vu | How Many Times Have You Driven By (Luminelle)
  93. Earth Girl Helen Brown | Four Satellites Vol. 1 (In the Red)
  94. Beanpole | All My Kin (Chimera )
  95. Interpol | Marauder (Matador)
  96. Anna Calvi | Hunter (AAA)
  97. Iron and Wine | Weed Garden (Sub Pop)
  98. Dirty Projectors | Lamp Lit Prose (Domino)
  99. Tirzah | Devotion (Domino)
  100. Less Bells | Solifuge (Kranky)