Episode 56: Top 5 Albums of 2018

As the year draws to a merciful close, it’s time once again for us to talk about our TOP FIVE favorite albums of the year. Pretty self-explanatory. It’s a long one, so strap in and enjoy! Love you all, see you in 2019!

Also, we talk a lot about getting old, even though we're all still 29 and 30 ain't even that old. Idk, I'm cool with it. (Jer, 2018) Anyway...

Ryan’s Top 5:
5) Robyn- Honey
4) The Skull Eclipses- S/T
3) TesseracT- Sonder
2) Good Tiger- We Will All Be Gone
1) Pusha T- Daytona

Jeremy’s Top 5:
5) Haley Heynderickx- I Need to Start a Garden
4) Beach House- 7
3) U.S. Girls- In a Poem Unlimited
2) Parquet Courts- Wide Awake!
1) Mitski- Be the Cowboy

Alex’s Top 5:
5) Pusha T- Daytona
4) Palm Reader- Braille
3) Olafur Arnalds- re:member
2) Low- Double Negative
1) Kacey Musgraves- Golden Hour

Fun links to fun things:

Robyn: http://robyn.com/

Honey: https://youtu.be/Mru9GG3ur9U

Haley Heynderickx: https://www.haley-heynderickx.com/

No Face: https://youtu.be/iZ-NDDkzStk

She did a Tiny Desk: https://youtu.be/Mub2i2BoHpM

Pusha T: http://www.kingpush.com/

RAP ALBUM OF THE YEAR: https://shop.kingpush.com/products/rap-album-of-the-year-t-shirt-digital-album

Beach House: http://www.beachhousebaltimore.com/

Drunk in LA: https://youtu.be/2j1_qPBuBMk

Palm Reader: https://wearepalmreader.bandcamp.com/

Swarm: https://youtu.be/0v_m0B8gHJk

The Skull Eclipses: https://theskulleclipses.bandcamp.com/

Pillars: https://youtu.be/FTmP07pYhLA

Olafur Arnalds: http://olafurarnalds.com/

Here’s that dope live video from the episode: https://youtu.be/GPSqwmHo4zA

Stratus: https://en.harpa.is/events/event/stratus-a-technological-music-democracy/

TesseracT: https://www.tesseractband.co.uk/

King: https://youtu.be/nwW1d_KtkJw

The drummer from Battles keeps his one cymbal really high up: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/John_Stanier.jpg/1600px-John_Stanier.jpg

U.S. Girls: http://yousgirls.blogspot.com/

Pearly Gates: https://youtu.be/k9PLXHDEUFE

The Cosmic Range: https://ideefixerecords.bandcamp.com/album/new-latitudes

Good Tiger: https://www.metalblade.com/goodtiger/

Grip Shoes: https://youtu.be/oSleQSJyaWY

Parquet Courts: https://parquetcourts.wordpress.com/

Freebird II: https://youtu.be/jHfOqqQ1DLQ

Low: https://www.chairkickers.com/

Always Trying to Work it Out: https://youtu.be/1m31A4ZGss0

Some old Low for ya: https://youtu.be/xpnb3whTjLI

Mitski: https://mitski.com/

Nobody: https://youtu.be/qooWnw5rEcI

Stop Making Sense dance moooooves: https://media.giphy.com/media/grxZHdCnvc0lW/giphy.gif

David Bowie “Heroes” hands: http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wuis/files/201601/bowie_on_tour.jpg

Twin peaks meanwhile: https://media.giphy.com/media/D6q1B4NyuQe2c/giphy.gif

Kacey Musgraves: http://www.kaceymusgraves.com/

High Horse: https://youtu.be/fbNDJRwXKGc

SHE WON THE CMA! Here she is reacting to that. Go Kacey!: https://youtu.be/_VkmNr0GXew

Yours truly on Daytona: https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2018-favorite-50-music-releases?page=4

The Story of Adidon: https://soundcloud.com/pushat/the-story-of-adidon

Joe Budden’s podcast with Pusha T which is somehow even longer than this episode: https://youtu.be/6MH044w2sOs