Dave 3000's Top 25 (or so) New Releases of 2018

(Just my opinion!)

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1

Haru Hemuri "Haru To Shura"

Haru Nemuri "Haru To Shura" (Perfect)

2

Parquet Courts "Wide Awaaaaake!"

Parquet Courts "Wide Awaaaaake!" (Rough Trade)

3

Dr. Octagon "Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation"

Dr. Octagon "Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation" (Bulk)

4

Death Grips "Year Of The Snitch"

Death Grips "Year Of The Snitch" (Third Worlds)

5

Poppy "poppy.computer"

Poppy "Am I A Girl?"

Poppy "poppy.computer" (I'm Poppy/Mad Decent)
 
 

   and
 
 
 
"Am I A Girl?" (I'm Poppy/Mad Decent)

6

Judas Priest "Firepower"

Judas Priest "Firepower" (Epic)

7

Sleep "The Sciences"

Sleep "The Sciences" (Third Man)

8

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Japamyu"

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Japamyu" (Warner Japan)

9

Ty Segall "Freedom's Goblin"

Ty Segall "Freedom's Goblin" (Drag City)

10

Cave "Allways"

Cave "Allways" (Drag City)

11

Oh Sees "Smote Reverser"

OCS "Live In San Francisco"

(Thee) Oh Sees "Smote Reverser" (Castle Face)
 
 

   and
 
 
 
OCS "Live In San Francisco" (Rock Is Hell)

12

Stephen Malmus & The Jicks "Sparkle Hard"

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "Sparkle Hard" (Matador)

13

Kurt Vile "Bottle It In"

Kurt Vile "Bottle It In" (Matador)

14

Guerilla Toss "Twisted Crystal"

Guerilla Toss "Twisted Crystal" (DFA)

15

Speedy Ortiz "Twerp Verse"

Speedy Ortiz "Twerp Verse" (Carpark)

16

Triptides "Visitor"

Triptides "Visitors" (Requiem Pour Un Twister)

17

The Orb "No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds"

The Orb "No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds" (Cooking Vinyl)

18

The Breeders "All Nerve"

The Breeders "All Nerve" (4AD)

19

Tropical Fuck Storm "A Laughing Death In Meatspace"

Tropical Fuck Storm "A Laughing Death In Meatspace" (Joyful Noise)

20

Suuns "Felt"

Suuns "Felt" (Secretly Canadian)

21

Courtney Barnett "Tell Me How You Really Feel"

Courtney Barnett "Tell Me How You Really Feel" (Mom + Pop / Milk!)

22

Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Sex & Food"

Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Hanoi IC-01"

Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Sex & Food" (Jagjaguwar)
 
 

   and
 
 
 
"Hanoi IC-01" (Jagjaguwar)

23

Ty Segall & White Fence "Joy"

Ty Segall & White Fence "Joy" (Drag City)

24

Exit Group "Adverse Habitat"

Exit Group "Adverse Habitat" (Castle Face)

25

Eleanor Friedberger "Rebound"

Eleanor Friedberger "Rebound" (Frenchkiss)
   

Honorable Mentions:

(in alphabetical order)


All Them Witches “ATW” (New West)
Aphex Twin “Collapse” EP (Warp)
Beach House “7” (Sub Pop)   
Black Moth Super Rainbow “Panic Blooms” (Rad Cult)
Body/Head “The Switch” (Matador)
Bombino “Deran” (Partisan)
Charles Bradley “Black Velvet” (Daptone)
David Byrne “American Utopia” (Nonesuch)
The Callas with Lee Ranaldo “Trouble And Desire” (Inner Ear/Dirty Water)
The Damned “Evil Spirits” (Spinefarm)
Daughters “You Won't Get What You Want” (Ipecac)
Death By Unga Bunga “So Far So Good So Cool” (Jansen)
Dr. Dog “Critical Equation” (We Buy Gold)
FEMM “Dollhouse” EP (FEMM’s Agency Syndicate)
Guided By Voices “Space Gun” (GBV Inc.)
Graveyard "Peace" (Nuclear Blast)
Jon Hassell “Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)” (Ndeya)   
The Intelligence “Live In San Francisco” (Castle Face)
Kero Kero Bonito “Time 'n' Place” (Polyvinyl)
Marijuana Deathsquads “Tuff Guy Electronics” (Pioneer Works Press)   
J Mascis “Elastic Days” (Sub Pop)
Melvins “Pinkus Abortion Technician” (Ipecac)
Monster Magnet “Mindfucker” (Napalm)
Oneida “Romance” (Joyful Noise)
Perfume “Future Pop” (Universal)
Polyphia “New Levels New Devils” (Equal Vision)
Ty Segall ”Fudge Sandwich” (In The Red)
Sophie “Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides” (MSMSMSM)
Spice Boys “Grove” (PNKSLM)   
Spiritualized “And Nothing Hurt” (Fat Possum)
Superorganism “Superorganism (Domino)
The Sword “Used Future” (Razor & Tie)   
Uncle Acid & the deadbeats “Wasteland” (Rise Above)
U.S. Girls “In A Poem Unlimited” (4AD)
The Voidz “Virtue” (RCA)
Wand “Perfume” (Drag City)
Wednesday Campanella “Galapagos” (Warner Japan)
Jack White “Boarding House Reach” (Third Man)
Wooden Shjips “V.” (Thrill Jockey)

   

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