In no particular order, here are the 30 albums that we’ve heard and been greatly impressed by in the first six months of 2018. It’s a good range too we think, both geographically and stylistically, from post-punk, electronica and Americana to ambient and psych rock from around the world.

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• Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
• Marlon Williams – Make Way For Love
• Nils Frahm – All Melody
• Suicide Swans – La Jungla
• Ruby Boots – Don’t Talk About It
• Tropical Fuck Storm – A Laughing Death In Meatspace
• Jamie Hutchings – Bedsit
• Kyle Craft – Full Circle Nightmare
• Roadhouses – Roadhouses
• Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
• Stuart A. Staples – Arrhythmia
• Jack Ladder – Blue Poles
• The Messthetics – The Messthetics
• Richmond Fontaine – Don’t Skip Out On Me
• No Age – Snares Like A Haircut
• Moaning  – Moaning
• Davey Craddock – One Punch
• Ryley Walker  – Deafman Glance
• Ry Cooder – The Prodigal Son
• Wooden Shjips – V
• East Brunswick All Girls Choir – Teddywaddy
• Mark Sholtez & Jen Mize – Twilight On The Trail
• Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
• Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed
• Field Music – Open Here
• Space Afrika – Somewhere Decent To Live
• Earthless – Black Heaven
• Eleanor Friedberger – Rebound
• Johnny Marr – Call The Comet
• Anna & Elizabeth – The Invisible Comes To Us