Enjoy this playlist, composed of mostly new additions to my 2018 fave-rave list. See my February and January YouTube playlists for a deeper dive.
- Sonny Rollins: Way Out West—Deluxe Edition
- Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas: The World of Captain Beefheart
- Princess Nokia: 1992
- Joe McPhee: Imaginary Numbers
- Berry: Everything, Compromised
- CupcaKe: Ephora
- Mary Gauthier and Songwriting with Soldiers: Rifles and Rosary Beads
- JPEGMAFIA: Veteran
- Superchunk: What A Time to Be Alive
- Evan Parker, Barry Guy, and Paul Lytton: Music for David Mossman
- Rapsody: Laila’s Wisdom
- Alice Bag: Blue Print
- Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar
- Jonghyun: Poet / Artist
- Halu Mergia: Lalu Balu
- Various Artists/Sahel Sounds: Field Recordings
- Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy
- ZU & Mats Gustafsson: How to Raise an Ox
- Various Artists: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun…and Rights!!!
- No Age: Snares Like a Haircut
- Camarao: The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie
- Tracy Thorn: Record
- The Revelators: “In which The Revelators play live versions of selections from the Billy Childish songbook”
- Kris Davis and Craig Taborn: Octopus
- Tal National: Tantabara
- Shame: Songs of Praise
- David Murray (featuring Saul Williams): Blues for Memo
- Rich Krueger: Life Ain’t That Long
- Bettye LaVette: Things Have Changed
- MAST: Thelonious Sphere Monk
- Tallawit Timbouctou: Takamba WhatsApp 2018
- Amy Rigby: The Old Guys
- Meshell Ndegeocello: Ventriloquism
- Kendrick Lamar, et al: Black Panther—Music from and Inspired by the Film
- Yo La Tengo: There’s a Riot Goin’ On