Since November, we've been spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2018. Tune in this Friday, December 14th as KEXP counts down the Top 90.3 Albums of 2018, as voted on by our listeners! And check out more top albums from KEXP DJs, staff, and volunteers here.
| artist | album | label |
|---|---|---|
| A.A.L. (Against All Logic) | 2012-2017 | Other People |
| Children Of Zeus | Travel Light | First Word |
| DJ Healer | Nothing 2 Loose | All Possible Worlds |
| How To Dress Well | The Anteroom | Domino |
| Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | MCA Nashville |
| Lil Mosey | Northsbest | Interscope |
| Rosalía | El Mal Querer | Sony |
| Saba | CARE FOR ME | Saba Pivot |
| Slow Machete | Ola Mala | Postlude Paradox |
| Tierra Whack | Whack World | self-released |
LPs / 11-20
Buddy - Harlan & Alondra (RCA)
Dabrye - Three/Three (Ghostly International)
DJ Koze - Knock Knock (Pampa)
George Clanton - Slide (100% Electronica)
Gia Margaret - There's Always Glimmer (Orindal)
Harrison - Apricity (Last Gang)
Nohidea - Departures (Alpha Pup)
Proc Fiskal - Insula (Hyperdub)
Pusha T - Daytona (GOOD Music/Def Jam)
Svemirko - Vanilija (self-released)
LPs / Honorable Mentions:
10.4 ROG - up&outURbody (self-released)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Dirty Hit)
Ariana Grande - Sweetener (Republic)
Bad Gyal - Worldwide Angel (Puro Records/CANADA)
Chrome Sparks - Chrome Sparks (Counter)
Christine and the Queens - Chris (Because Music)
Crooked Man - Crooked House (DFA)
DJ Taye - Still Trippin (Hyperdub)
Djrum - Portrait With Firewood (R&S)
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (Columbia)
Earthboogie - Human Call (Leng)
Empress Of - Us (Terrible)
Gacha Bakradze - Word Color (Lapsus)
Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs. the Sirens (Obol for Charon)
The Hidden Shelf - Zone Out (self-released)
Jamie Isaac - (04:30) Idler (Marathon Artists)
Jean Tonique - Well Mannered Frivolity (TONIQUE)
Jean-Michel Blais - Dans ma main (Arts & Crafts)
Kali Uchis - Isolation (Virgin)
Kelela - Take Me A_Part, The Remixes (Warp)
Knapsack - Bend (Z Tapes)
Long Arm - Darkly (Project Mooncircle)
Mac Miller - Swimming (Warner Bros.)
Mansur Brown - Shiroi (Black Focus)
Masego - Lady Lady (EQT Recordings)
milo - budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies (Ruby Yacht/The Order Label)
No Mono - Islands (Part 1) (Pieater)
Nu Guinea - Nuova Napoli (NG)
Robyn - Honey (Konichiwa/Interscope)
SALES - forever + ever (self-released)
Sax G - Tomorrow's New Villain (self-released)
Sandro Perri - In Another Life (Constellation)
Taken By Trees - Yellow to Blue (self-released)
Tess Roby - Beacon (Italians Do It Better)
Tirzah - Devotion (Domino)
Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD (Epic/Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle)
Troye Sivan - Bloom (Universal)
Vince Staples - FM! (Def Jam)
V/A: Black Panther OST (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
V/A: Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul + Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa (Soundway)
EPs
700 Bliss - Spa 700 (Don Giovanni/Halcyon Veil)
Barrie - Singles (Winspear)
Big Piig - Big Fan of the Sesh, Vol. 1 (self-released)
Brasstracks - For Those Who Know, Pt. II (self-released)
Breakbot - Another You EP (Ed Banger)
Channel Tres - Channel Tres (GODMODE)
CIFIKA - PRISM (Third Culture Kids)
Clairo - diary 001 (FADER)
DJ Counseling - Curt's Jam / Myou Yeah Love (self-released)
EARTHGANG - Royalty (Dreamville/Spillage Village)
Eris Drew / Octo Octa - Devotion (Naive)
Fuvk - Time Series (Z Tapes)
Garren Sean - SUNDRIP (self-released)
HANDSOME - No Hat No Play (Dot Dash Recordings)
Hatchie - Sugar & Spice (Double Double Whammy)
Helium III - W4U (Helium III)
jitwam - Purple (The Jazz Diaries)
Krystal Klear - The Division (Running Back)
Moodymann - Pitch Black City Reunion (KDJ)
MorMor - Heaven's Only Wishful (Don't Guess)
Peggy Gou - Once (Ninja Tune)
Ric Wilson - BANBA (Innovative Leisure)
Sharda - Sharda (Coil)
Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones - Vicious Circles (Planet Mu)
Toast - Toast (Terrible)
Westerman - Ark (Blue Flowers Music)
Singles / Top Faves:
01. Childish Gambino - "This Is America"
02. Ariana Grande - "No Tears Left To Cry" / "thank u, next"
03. Lil Tracy & Lil Uzi Vert - "Like A Farmer (Remix)"
04. Drake - "Nice For What" / "In My Feelings"
05. Khalid - "OTW (feat. 6LACK & Ty Dolla $ign)" / "Better"
06. Kacey Musgraves - "High Horse"
07. Lil Mosey - "Noticed" / "Kamikaze"
08. Young Thug - "High (feat. Elton John)"
09. Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - "1999"
10. Yhung T.O. - "Hennessy Nights" / "Misunderstood"
11. DJ Koze - "Pick Up"
12. dijon - "Skin" / "Nico's Red Truck"
13. Robyn - "Missing U" / "Ever Again"
14. Troye Sivan - "My! My! My!" / "Dance To This (feat. Ariana Grande)"
15. Jim-E Stack - "Somebody"
16. The Internet - "Roll (Burbank Funk)" / "Come Over"
17. BROCKHAMPTON - "1999 WILDFIRE"
18. Laura Jean - "Girls On The TV"
19. Khruangbin - "Evan Finds the Third Room"
20. Janelle Monae - "Make Me Feel"
21. Pusha T - "If You Know You Know"
22. Rosalía - "Malamente"
23. The 1975 - "TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME" / "It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)"
24. The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar - "Pray For Me"
25. 60shotblake & BigBreadJrock - "86 Zoe Anthem"
26. Empress Of - "When I'm With Him"
27. Westerman - "Confirmation"
28. Natalie Prass - "Short Court Style"
29. Sandro Perri - "In Another Life"
30. Christine & The Queens - "Girlfriend (feat. Dâm-Funk)"
31. Wild Nothing - "Letting Go"
32. Barrie - "Canyons"
33. Swae Lee - "Hurt To Look" / "Guatemala"
34. U.S. Girls - "Rosebud"
35. Let's Eat Grandma - "Falling Into Me"
36. Sax G - "The Fate Of Edmond Dantes"
37. Channel Tres - "Jet Black"
38. Little Dragon - "Lover Chanting"
39. G Flip - "About You"
40. Patrick Paige II - "Voodoo"
41. Little Simz - "Offence"
42. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - "I Am Who They Say I Am (feat. Kevin Gates)"
43. Kali Uchis - "After the Storm (feat. Tyler, the Creator & Bootsy Collins)"
44. Peggy Gou - "It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)"
45. Travis Scott - "Stop Trying To Be God" / "Sicko Mode"
46. How To Dress Well - "The Anteroom" / "Hunger"
47. 700 Bliss - "Ring the Alarm"
48. Nines - "I See You Shining"
49. Mura Masa - "Move Me (feat. Octavian)" / "Complicated (feat. Nao)"
50. Jenn Champion - "O.M.G. (All Over It)"
Singles / Honorable Mentions
1010 Benja SL - "Wind Up Space"
Amber Mark - "Love Me Right"
Aminé - "Reel It In"
Anderson .Paak - "Bubblin'" / "Tints (feat. Kendrick Lamar)"
A$AP Rocky - "Praise The Lord (Da Shine) (feat. Skepta)"
Babygirl - "Over In No Time"
BADBADNOTGOOD - "Tried (feat. Little Dragon)"
Barney Artist - "Something True"
Blood Orange - "Hope (feat. Tei Shi & Diddy)"
Breakbot - "Another You (feat. Ruckazoid)"
Buddy - "Trouble On Central"
Calvin Harris x Dua Lipa - "One Kiss"
Children of Zeus - "Slow Down"
Clairo - "4EVER"
Connan Mockasin - "Con Con Was Impatient"
Craig David - "Live in the Moment (feat. GoldLink)"
DaniLeigh - "Lil Bebe"
Doja Cat - "MOOO!"
Eris Drew - "Hold Me (T4T Embrace Mix)"
Fabiana Palladino - "Shimmer"
Famous Dex - "Japan"
Foliage - "It's Time"
Free Nationals - "Beauty & Essex (feat. Daniel Caesar & Unknown Mortal Orchestra)"
fuvk - "Pairs Of Two"
Garren Sean - "Call Failed"
HANDSOME - "Save Some Love"
Harrison - "Better (feat. Daniela Andrade)"
Helium III - "Waiting 4 U"
J Hus - "Dark Vader"
Janet Jackson & Daddy Yankee - "Made For Now"
Jay Rock - "Win" / "Wow Freestyle (feat. Kendrick Lamar)"
Kadhja Bonet - "Mother Maybe"
Krystal Klear - "Moonshake Miner"
Leven Kali - "Do U Wrong (feat. Syd)"
Lone - "Temples"
Mac Miller - "What's The Use?"
Matthew Dear - "Bunny's Dream"
Metro Boomin - "Dreamcatcher (feat. Swae Lee & Travis Scott)"
Moodymann - "Got Me Coming Back Rite Now"
Morabeza Tobacco - "TTYL"
Mt. Si - "Annie"
Nao - "Drive and Disconnect"
No Rome - "Do It Again"
Normani x Calvin Harris - "Checklist (feat. WizKid)"
Paper Lovee - "No Socks (feat. Lil Baby)"
Parquet Courts - "Wide Awake"
Ryan Hemsworth - "Four Seasons (feat. NewAgeMuzik) (Single Version)" / "This Feeling (feat. Marco McKinnis)"
Rytemeklubben - "No Apologies (feat. LIZ & Santell)"
Sango - "Khlorine (feat. Smino)"
Sharda - "Meet Me Halfway" / "Chin Up"
Sidney Gish - "Persephone"
Silk City x Dua Lipa - "Electricity"
SG Lewis x Clairo - "Better"
Smino - "L.M.F."
SOB x RBE - "Paramedic!"
Space Invadas - "Now That I Know"
Stimulator Jones - "Give My All"
Teyana Taylor - "Gonna Love Me"
Toro Y Moi - "Freelance" / "Ordinary Pleasure"
Vince Staples - "FUN!"
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Hunnybee"
Yuno - "No Going Back"
DJ Alex curates our Midnight in a Perfect World series, airing Friday nights at midnight, and is one of the hosts of Expansions, on the air Sunday nights, 9 PM-midnight.
