Posted by KB on 12/28/2018 to
Reviews In Brief
My top 20 is solely determined by my taste. Lists from other critics or publications are not considered. I am not looking for what's hot, trendy nor do I care if I am ahead of the curve. I listen to quite a bit of music over the year and what I listen to the most tends to make my list. Simple. I still feel that many lists aren't totally genuine and have ulterior motives. Many try to be obscure for coolness, jump on bandwagon to keep up with others, follow hype to not fall behind, stick with whats the genre of the year or play catch up for missing a band's earlier release. There is little emotional connection.
I would prefer to see a list from a person, or group, where you know what their sweet spot is. A group of Folk fans may not provide a list with any EDM on it for example. So if I'm an EDM fan this list is probably useless to me. But a Folk fan would benefit from this list AND, if it did indeed had an EDM release on on they may check it out since "their" people suggested it.
Anyway.... my list is just what I like based on this year solely. I've provided 16 so far with the last four coming in the next three days. Below are some releases that just didn't have enough to crack my top 20, but are worthy of listen because YOU may disagree with me and think they deserve more love.
Buffalo Tom- Quiet and Peace
Devil Makes Three- Chains Are Broken
Dommengang- Love Jail
Sauna Youth- Deaths
Mythic Sunship- Another Shape Of Psychedelic Music
Old Crow Med Show- Volunteer
Olden Yolk- Olden Yolk
Waxahatchee- Great Thunder
REZZ- Certain Kind of Magic
Oh Sees- Smote Reverser
