KOOL ROCK RADIO ► THE 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2018 (A to Z)
With so much KOOL music released this year and the records we've been constantly spinning since January, it wasn't an easy task to pick the best albums from the last 12 months. However, these 50 are the ones which stuck with us the most, whether they came from long-established artists or fresh newcomers, here are our Best 50 Albums Of The Year, listed in alphabetical order:
- A Place To Bury Strangers ► 'Pinned' (Dead Oceans) [indie rock/psychedelic]
- Acid Dad ► 'Acid Dad' [psych-punk]
- Actors ► 'It Will Come To You' (Artoffact Records) [cold wave/post-punk/synth pop]
- Art d'Ecco ► 'Trespasser' (Paper Bag Records) [glam-rock]
- Artificial Pleasure ► 'The Bitter End' [electro/indie rock/dance]
- Blossoms ► 'Cool Like You' (Virgin EMI) [indie rock/indie pop]
- Blush Response ► 'Hearts Grow Dull' [shoegaze/dream pop]
- Bodega ► 'Endless Scroll' (What's Your Rupture?) [art-rock/punk]
- Brandenburg ► 'Holy Places' [post punk/new wave/indie]
- Breathers ► 'Designed To Break' (Irrelevant Music) [experimental pop/synth pop]
- Broncho ► 'Bad Behavior' (Park The Van Records) [indie rock/pop]
- Computer Magic ► 'Danz' (Channel 9 Records) [electro pop/indie pop]
- Contrast ► 'Singularity' [shoegaze/noise pop]
- Distractor ► 'This Time I Got It Figured Out' (Burger Records) [synth punk/post punk]
- DMA'S ► 'For Now' [jangle pop/indie rock]
- Flasher ► 'Constant Image' (Domino) [punk/post-punk]
- Franz Ferdinand ► 'Always Ascending' (Domino) [indie rock]
- Gengahr ► 'Where Wildness Grows' (Transgressive Records) [indie rock/psych-pop]
- Grapetooth ► 'Grapetooth' [synth pop/new wave]
- Guerilla Toss ► 'Twisted Crystal' (DFA) [psych/punk/funk]
- Johnny Marr ► 'Call The Comet' [indie rock]
- Kites With Lights ► 'The Movies' [dream pop/synth pop]
- Lithics ► 'Mating Surfaces' (Kill Rock Stars) [experimental/punk]
- Lusts ► 'Call Of The Void' [alternative/new wave]
- Magic Wands ► ‘Abrakadabra' [dream pop/electronic]
- MGMT ► 'Little Dark Age' (Columbia) [psychedelic/electronic]
- Motorama ► 'Many Nights' (Talitres) [dream pop]
- Motorcade ► 'Motorcade' [indie rock/pop]
- Nun ► 'The Dome' (Aarght Records) [synth punk/minimal wave]
- Pastel Ghost ► 'Ethereality' (Cleopatra Records) [dreamrave/synth/electronic]
- Pinkshinyultrablast ► ‘Miserable Miracles’ (Club AC30/Shelflife) [dream pop/shoegaze]
- Pompeya ► 'Dreamers' [electro pop/indie rock]
- Public Access T.V. ► 'Street Safari’ [indie rock/pop]
- Rendez-Vous ► 'Superior State' [Post-EBM/post punk]
- Roosevelt ► 'Young Romance' (Greco-Roman/City Slang) [electro-pop]
- Satellite Stories ► 'Cut Out The Lights' [indie rock/pop]
- Shame ► 'Songs Of Praise' (Dead Oceans) [post punk/indie rock]
- Shopping ► 'The Official Body' (FatCat Records) [post-punk/post-rock]
- Soft Riot ► 'The Outsider In The Mirrors' [synth pop/electronic/minimal/dark wave]
- Soft Science ► 'Maps' (Test Pattern Records) [dream-gaze]
- Softer Still ► 'Nuances' (Label Fandango) [dream pop]
- The Slow Readers Club ► 'Build A Tower' [indie electro/doom pop]
- The Vaccines ► ‘Combat Sports’ [indie rock]
- The Velvet Hands ► ‘Party's Over’ [rock n' roll/garage]
- The Vryll Society ► 'Course Of The Satellite' (Deltasonic Records) [indie rock/psych]
- Vox Low ► 'Vox Low' (Born Bad Records) [post-punk/old wave/psych]
- Western Medication ► 'Taste' [post-punk/indie rock]
- Winter ► 'Ethereality' [shoegaze/dream pop]
- Wyatt Blair ► 'Smoke & Mirrors' [new wave/power pop/80's vibe]
- Wylderness ► ‘Wylderness’ (Succulent Recordings) [indie pop/shoegaze]
