Albums of the Year
2018 / Mixmag
- Tirzah - Devotion
- Skee Mask - Compro
- DJ Koze - Knock Knock
- Helena Hauff - Qualm
- Jon Hopkins - Singularity
- Objekt - Cocoon Crush
- Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha
- Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
- Ross From Friends - Family Portrait
- Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman
- Martyn - Voids
- Bruce - Sonder Somatic
- Amnesia Scanner - Another Life
- Nines - Crop Circle
- Maribou State - Kingdoms in Colour
- Children of Zeus - Travel Light
- Robyn - Honey
- Lotic - Power
- Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still
- George Fitzgerald - All that must be
- Marquis Hawkes - The Marquis of Hawkes
- Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of
- Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
- Nu Guinea - Nuova Napoli
- Yves Tumor - Safe in The Hands of Love
- Spencer Parker - Dance Music
- Rüfüs Du Sol - Solace
- Âme - Dream House
- Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
- Oliver Coates - Shelley's on Zenn-LA
- Mr. Fingers - Cerebral Hemispheres
- Pariah - Here From Where We Are
- Max Cooper - One Hundred Billion Sparks
- Mr G - A Part of Me Volume 2
- Nils Frahm - All Melody
- Break - Another Way
- The Blaze - Dancehall
- Soulwax - Essential
- Detroit Swindle - High Life
- HVL - Ostati
- Orbital - Monsters Exist
- Jensen Interceptor - Mother
- Taiki Nulight - Murky Manor
- The Digital Blonde - Neon
- Blocks & Escher - Something Blue
- Roman Flügel - Themes
- DJ Taye - Still Trippin'
- Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
- Against All Logic - 2012-2017
- Bryan Chapman - 7 Shadows and Iron Lungs
2018 / Norman Records
- MALK - Death From A Love
- Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
- Tangents - New Bodies
- Yo La Tengo - There’s A Riot Going On
- Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
- serpentwithfeet - soil
- The Ex - 27 Passports
- Mitski - Be The Cowboy
- Snail Mail - Lush
- Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell
- Homeboy Sandman & Edan - Humble Pi
- Eric Chenaux - Slowly Paradise
- Kamaal Williams - The Return
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
- Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
- The Body - I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer
- The Declining Winter - Belmont Slope
- Yves Tumor - Safe In The Hands of Love
- Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
- Tirzah - Devotion
- Mount Eerie - Now Only
- BEAK> - >>>
- Grouper - Grid Of Points
- Hiro Kone - Pure Expenditure
- The Internet - Hive Mind
- Julia Holter - Aviary
- Lonnie Holley - MITH
- Miss Red - K.O.
- Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings
- Cult Party - And Then There Was This Sound
- Joseph Shabason - Anne
- Senyawa - Sujud
- Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
- Sarah Davachi - Gave In Rest
- Daniel Brandt - Channels
- Guttersnipe - My Mother The Vent
- Low - Double Negative
- Kristin Hersh - Possible Dust Clouds
- Hairband - Hairband
- Laura Veirs - The Lookout
- The Necks - Body
- Dalham - Janus
- The Gentleman Losers - Permanently Midnight
- Cavern Of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade
- Concretism - For Concrete and Country
- SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES
- Arve Henriksen - The Height Of The Reeds
- Rejoicer - Energy Dreams
- Thou - Magus
- The Field - Infinite Moment
2018 / Metacritic
- Noname - Room 25
- Robyn - Honey
- Christine and the Queens - Chris
- Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
- Idles - Joy As an Act of Resistance
- Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
- Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
- Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
- Hookworms - Microshift
- Mitski - Be the Cowboy
- Serpentwithfeet - Soil
- U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
- Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
- Amen Dunes - Freedom
- Kali Uchis - Isolation
- SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
- Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth
- Low - Double Negative
- The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships
- Pusha T - DAYTONA
- Screaming Females - All at Once
- DJ Koze - Knock Knock
- Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
- Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
- Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
- Neko Case - Hell-On
- Travis Scott - Astroworld
- Troye Sivan - Bloom
- Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
- Jeff Tweedy - Warm
- No Age - Snares Like a Haircut
- Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
- Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
- Jon Hopkins - Singularity
- Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard
- The Breeders - All Nerve
- Blood Orange - Negro Swan
- Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound
- Anna Calvi - Hunter
2018 / Pitchfork Readers' Poll
- Mitski - Be the Cowboy
- Kanye West / Kid Cudi - Kids See Ghosts
- Beach House - 7
- Pusha-T - Daytona
- Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
- Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy
- Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
- Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
- Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
- Snail Mail - Lush
- BTS - Love Yourself 轉 ‘Tear’
- Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army
- SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES
- The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
- Robyn - Honey
- Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017
- Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
- Kali Uchis - Isolation
- Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer
- Travis Scott - Astroworld
- IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance
- Low - Double Negative
- Rosalía - El Mal Querer
- Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love
- Blood Orange - Negro Swan
- Ariana Grande - Sweetener
- Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want
- Noname - Room 25
- Amen Dunes - Freedom
- Saba - CARE FOR ME
- U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
- MGMT - Little Dark Age
- boygenius - boygenius
- Soccer Mommy - Clean
- JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
- Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
- Kanye West - ye
- BROCKHAMPTON - Iridescence
- Denzel Curry - TA13OO
- Lucy Dacus - Historian
- Julia Holter - Aviary
- Playboi Carti - Die Lit
- Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
- Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
- Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
- Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
- Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears
- Tierra Whack - Whack World
- Mac Miller - Swimming
- Iceage - Beyondless
2018 / BrooklynVegan
- Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends
- Low - Double Negative
- U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
- Mitski - Be The Cowboy
- Foxing - Nearer My God
- Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
- Pusha T - DAYTONA
- Turnstile - TIME & SPACE
- Robyn - Honey
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
- Noname - Room 25
- Tribulation - Down Below
- Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears
- Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
- Thou - Magus
- Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
- DJ Koze - Knock Knock
- Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
- Rosalía - El Mal Querer
- boygenius - boygenius
- Soccer Mommy - Clean
- Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
- War On Women - Capture The Flag
- Jeff Rosenstock - POST-
- Denzel Curry - TA13OO
- Vince Staples - FM!
- Lucy Dacus - Historian
- Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want
- Brockhampton - Iridescence
- The Carters - Everything Is Love
- Amen Dunes - Freedom
- Rico Nasty - Nasty
- Pig Destroyer - Head Cage
- Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
- Marissa Nadler - For My Crimes
- Yves Tumor - Safe In The Hands Of Love
- CupcakKe - Ephorize & Eden
- Windhand - Eternal Return
- serpentwithfeet - soil
- The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
- Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
- Amanda Shires - To the Sunset
- Cat Power - Wanderer
- mewithoutYou - [Untitled]
- Joey Purp - QUARTERTHING
- Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
- Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death In Meatspace
- Lord Huron - Vide Noir
- The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
- audiobooks - Now! (in a minute)