2018 was not a particularly stellar year for indie/alternative/college/whatever rock but upon further review it was a deep year for good albums. I wanted to give a shout out to a number of artists under the "just missed" category:
Camp Cope
The Breeders
Iceage
Remember Sports(FKA Sports)
The Love Language
etc...etc....etc
50 Snail Mail- Lush
Listen to: Pristine
49 Ought- Room Inside the World
Listen to: These 3 Things
48 Preoccupations-New Material
Listen to: Disarray
47 Cathedrale- Facing Death
Listen to: I Think I Can
46 Olden Yolk-Olden Yolk
Listen to: Cut To the Quick
45 Self Defense Family- Have You Considered Punk Music
Listen to: Have You Considered Punk Music
44 Bodega -Endless Scroll
Listen to: Jack in Titanic
Listen to: Look Inside Your Mind/ Losin' Touch
42 The Nude Party- The Nude Party
Listen to: Chevrolet Van
41 Ron Gallo- Stardust Birthday Party
Listen to: Always Elsewhere
40 Value Void- Sentimental
Listen to: Babeland
39 Car Seat Headrest- Twin Fantasy
Listen to: My Boy
38 Hookworms- Microshift
Listen to: Static Resistance
37 The Goon Sax-We're Not Talking
Listen to: Losing Myself
View: Black Habit
35 Nap Eyes- I'm Bad Now
Listen to: Every Time the Feeling
34 Lucy Dacus- Historian
33 Cleaners From Venus- Life In a Time Machine
Listen to: The Kensington Girl
32 Triptides- Visitors
Listen to: Flashing Before Your Eyes
31 State Champions- Send Flowers
Listen to: If You Don't Show Me
30 Soccer Mommy-Clean
Listen to: Your Dog
29 Shame- Songs of Praise
Listen to: Concrete
28 No Age- Snares Like a Haircut
Listen to: Soft Collar Fad
27 Death Grips- Year of the Snitch
View: Black Paint
26 Paint- Paint
Listen to: Plastic Dreams
25 Guided By Voices- Space Gun
View: See My Field
24 The Woolen Men- Post
Listen to: Weatherman for Sale
23 Superchunk-What a Time to Be Alive
Listen to: What a Time To Be Alive
22 The Chills- Snowbound
Listen to: Time to Atone
21 Ry Cooder- The Prodigal Son
View: You Must Unload
20 Basement Revolver- Heavy Eyes
view: Heavy Eyes
19 Prism Tats- Mamba
Listen to: Doomed
18 Yo La Tengo- There's a Riot Going On
view: For You Too
17 Sarah Mary Chadwick- Sugar Still Melts in the Rain
Listen to: Sugar Still Melts In the Rain
16 Hot Snakes- Jericho Sirens
Listen to: Six Wave Hold Down
15 Wingtip Sloat- Purge and Swell
Listen to : We Live In Spacious Houses
14 Idles- Joy as an Act of Rebellion
Listen to: Danny Nedelko
13 Terry- I'm Terry
Listen to : Bureau
12 Salad Boys- This is Glue
Listen to: Psych Slasher
11 Jeff Tweedy- Warm
Listen to: Let's Go Rain
10 Papercuts- Parallel Universe Blues
Listen to: Laughing Man
9 Ty Segall- Freedom's Goblin
Listen to: Every 1's a Winner
8 Cloud Nothings- Last Building Standing
Listen to: Offer An End
7 Parquet Courts- Wide Awake
View : Almost Had to Start A Fight/ In and Out of Patience
6 Forth Wanderers- Forth Wanderers
Listen to: Not For Me
5 Drew Beskin- Nostalgia Porn
Listen to: Suspicion From the Start
4 Amen Dunes- Freedom
Listen to: Believe
3 Tropical F*** Storm- A Laughing Death in Meatspace
Listen to: Chameleon Paint
2 Fred Thomas- Aftering
Listen to: Alcohol Poisoning
1 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Hope Downs
Listen to: Talking Straight
