Top 100 Albums of the Month

May 2018

  1. La Luz | Floating Features (Hardly Art)
  2. Daniel Avery | Song For Alpha (Mute)
  3. Shannon and the Clams | Onion (Easy Eye Sound)
  4. Damned | Evil Spirits (Spinefarm)
  5. A Hawk & A Hacksaw | Forest Bathing (Dupli-cation)
  6. King Tuff | The Other (Sub Pop)
  7. Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids | An Angel Fell (Strut)
  8. Del & Amp Live | Gate 13 (IOT)
  9. Chuck Johnson | Balsams (VDSQ)
  10. Kohinoorgasm | Titalee (S/R)
  11. Ali Farka Toure | The Source (World Circuit)
  12. Ruby Karinto | Ruby Karinto (HoZac)
  13. Goat Girl | Goat Girl (Rough Trade)
  14. California Honeydrops | Call It Home Vol. 1 & 2 (Tubtone)
  15. Patrick Cowley | Afternooners (Dark Entries)
  16. Khruangbin | Con Todo El Mundo (Dead Oceans)
  17. Adrian Younge | Voices Of Gemma (Linear Labs)
  18. Casual Hex | Zig Zag Lady Illusion (Water Wing)
  19. Body | I Have Fought Against It, Can't Any Longer (Thrill Jockey)
  20. Cut Worms | Hollow Ground (Jagjaguwar)
  21. Eric Chenaux | Slowly Paradise (Constellation)
  22. Tess Roby | Beacon (Italians Do It Better)
  23. Nels Cline 4 | Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
  24. Kitten Forever | Semi-Permanent (Rat Queen)
  25. Eleanor Friedberger | Rebound (Frenchkiss)
  26. Steve Reich | Pulse/Quartet (Nonesuch)
  27. Shilpa Ray | Door Girl (Tiger Bomb)
  28. Pandoras | Hey! It's The Pandoras (Burger )
  29. House of Cosy Cushions | Underground Bliss (Outcast Cats)
  30. Sibarg Ensemble | Cipher (Sibarg Ensemble)
  31. Mind over Mirrors | Bellowing Sun (Paradise of Bachelors)
  32. A Place to Bury Strangers | Pinned (Dead Oceans)
  33. Henry Canyons | Cool Side of the Pillow (Backwoodz Studioz)
  34. David Byrne | American Utopia (Nonesuch)
  35. Bjork | Utopia (One Little Indian)
  36. Kyle Gann | Hyperchromatica (Other Minds)
  37. Eternal Summers | Everyday It Feels Like I'm Dying... (Nevado)
  38. Lucidbeaming | Critters (S/R)
  39. Various Artists | Honeybeat (Real Gone)
  40. Sensation | Sensation (Folk Evaluation)
  41. Czarface & MF Doom | Czarface Meets Metal Face (Silver Age)
  42. Jon Hopkins | Singularity (Domino)
  43. Various Artists | Gunsmoke Volume 1 & 2 (Stag-O-Lee)
  44. Haley Heynderickx | I Need to Start a Garden (Mama Bird)
  45. Reverend Beat-Man and the New Wave | Blues Trash (Voodoo Rhythm)
  46. Speedy Ortiz | Twerp Verse (Carpark)
  47. DEDE | Panoply (Fresh Selects)
  48. Hinds | I Don't Run (Mom Pop)
  49. Amen Dunes | Freedom (Sacred Bones)
  50. Tatira | Blood Return (Inam)
  51. Young Fathers | Cocoa Sugar (Ninja Tune)
  52. Elaquent | Celebrate Life! (Urbnet)
  53. Parquet Courts | Wide Awake! (Rough Trade)
  54. Durand Jones and The Indications | Durand Jones and the Indications (Dead Oceans)
  55. Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar)
  56. Bonnevilles | Dirty Photographs (Alive)
  57. Laura Veirs | The Lookout (Raven Marching Band)
  58. Yo La Tengo | There's A Riot Going On (Matador)
  59. Oracle Hysterical | Hecuba (National Sawdust)
  60. Jam Baxter & Ed Scissortongue | Laminated Cakes (High Focus)
  61. Peach Kelli Pop | Gentle Leader (Mint)
  62. Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog (Saddle Creek)
  63. Various Artists | Postales (Colemine)
  64. Barbara Dane | Hot Jazz, Cool Blues and Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)
  65. Ry Cooder | The Prodigal Son (Perro Verde)
  66. Low Cut Connie | Dirty Pictures Part II (Contender)
  67. Giant Haystacks | This Is All There Is (Mistake)
  68. ANMLS | ANMLS (Slovenly)
  69. Hockey Dad | Blend Inn (Kanine)
  70. Saxon | Thunderbolt (Silver Linings)
  71. Lead | Lead (Radical Documents)
  72. Soft As Snow | Deep Wave (Houndstooth)
  73. Wrekmeister Harmonies | The Alone Rush (Thrill jockey)
  74. Divinity Roxx | I'mPossible (iRoxx Entertainment)
  75. Ford Madox Ford | This American Blues (Porterhouse)
  76. God.Damn.Chan | Slush (Alpha Pup)
  77. A Perfect Circle | Eat The Elephant (BMG)
  78. Django Django | Marble Skies (Because)
  79. Acharis | Lost In The Vortex (Exhibition)
  80. Kristoff Krane | Kairos, Pt. 2 (F I X)
  81. Mount Eerie | Now Only (PW Elverum & Sun)
  82. Imarhan | Temet (City Slang)
  83. Nihilist Cheerleader | Riot, Right? (Perfect Attendance)
  84. Benaddict | A New Leaf (Vinyl Digital)
  85. Last Gang | Keep Them Coming (Fat Wreck Chords)
  86. Moondoggies | A Love Sleeps Deep (Hardly Art)
  87. Kississippi | Sunset Blush (Alcopop!)
  88. Rainbow Kitten Surprise | How To: Friend, Love, Freefall (Elektra)
  89. Chrome Sparks | Chrome Sparks (Counter Records)
  90. Glitter Wizard | Hunting Gatherers (Archer's Guild)
  91. Beach House | 7 (Sub Pop)
  92. Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino (Domino)
  93. Almas Fronterizas | Rosa Tropical EP (S/R)
  94. Tracyanne & Danny | Tracyanne & Danny (Merge)
  95. Various Artists | Brown Acid: The Sixth Trip (RidingEasy)
  96. Jerry Weldon | Those Were The Days (Cellar Live)
  97. Offwhyte | Both Sides of the Mississippi (Galapagos4)
  98. Lithics | Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)
  99. Brownout | Fear of a Brown Planet (Fat Beats)
  100. Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks | Sparkle Hard (Matador)