The year of the gayteen, the year of the soundcloud death, the year of mumble-emo-rap, the year of the black woman rising… While the US shook to its foundations, rock nyc shook to the sound of trap in all its guises. Next year? More gay teens, more Latin Trap… and Tomas Doncker and Yusef Komunyakaa epic Black Magnolia. If True Groove had released it in 2018 it would have been the best album of the year, I can’t see how this deeply moody, mournful, poetic and powerful album won’t be the best of 2019… meanwhile, here is 2018, the entire list plus reviews will be up New Year’s Day
1 – Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe
2 – K.T.S.E. – Teyana Taylor
3 – Bloom – Troye Sivan
4 – ASTROWORLD – Travis Scott
5 – I Used To Know Her – Part 2 – EP – H.E.R.
6 – Where Do I Come From – Maggie Roche
7 – The Tree of Forgiveness – John Prine
8 – X 100PRE – Bad Bunny
9 – Honey – Robyn
10 – Love Letter – Regina Bonelli .
11 – Acrylic – Leikeli47
12- abysskiss – Adrianne Lenker
13 – Ye – Kanye West
14- Now NY – a True Groove Curated N.Y.C. Band Compilation – Various Artists
15 – Sorry To Bother You: The Soundtrack – The Coup
16 – May Your Kindness Remain – Courtney Marie Andrews
17 – Cloud Symbols – Graham Parker
18 – Someday Everything Will Be Fine – Spider Bags
19 – Future & Juice WRLD Present… WRLD ON DRUGS – Future, Juice WRLD
20 – Light – Juliana Daugherty –
21 – Clean – Soccer Mommy –
22 – Invasion Of Privacy – Cardi B
23 – Room 25 – Noname
24 – Ephorize – cupcakKe
25 – May Your Kindness Remain – Courtney Marie Andrews
26 – My Dear Melancholy, – The Weeknd
26 – Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By – Various Artists
27 – Voices – Tom Rush
28 – Cocoa Sugar – Young Fathers –
29 – How to Socialize & Make Friends – Camp Cope .
30 – Back Being Blue –Kelly Willis
31 – LONER – Caroline Rose –
32 – Book of Bad Decisions – Clutch
33 – Ares – Archangel
34 – Low in High School (Deluxe Edition) – Morrissey
35 – Die Lit –Playboy Carti
36 – Strictly Raw, Vol. 2 – Boys Noize
37 – beerbongs and bentleys – Post Malone
38 – Joan As Police Woman – Damned Devotion
39 – Top Of The World – Sam Huber
40 – Awake! – Parquet Courts
41 – Scorpion – Drake
42 – TESTING – A$AP Rocky
43 – The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – In Four Contemporary Suites – Imogen Heap
44 – 7 – Beach House
.45 – LoVE me NOw – Tory Lanez
46 – The Blues Is Alive And Well – Buddy Guy
47 – The Last Rocket – Takeoff
48 – The Old Guys – Amy Rigby
49 – FM! – Vince Staples
50 – Make My Bed -EP – King Princess