Here are my favorite non-Merge releases of 2018:
Album of the Year: Bat Fangs s/t
Other Favorites:
Bat Sav s/t
Body/Head ‘The Switch’
The Chills ‘Snow Bound’
Cold Cream s/t
Flasher ‘Constant Image’
Hot Snakes ‘Jericho Sirens’
Hamish Kilgour ‘Finklestein’ + ‘Funklestein’
Janelle Monae ‘Dirty Computer’
Roy Montgomery ‘Suffuse’ + ‘Refuse’
Mudhoney ‘Digital Garbage’
Erin Rae ‘Putting on Airs’
Nile Rodgers & Chic ‘It’s About Time’
Snail Mail ‘Lush’
Wire ‘Pink Flag’ + ‘Chairs Missing’ + ‘154’ [reissues]
Wilkes Central High School Marching Band ‘Blueprints’ [halftime show]
Yo La Tengo ‘There’s a Riot Going On’
Favorite new TV shows:
Barry
Everything Sucks
Maniac
Norsemen
The Terror
