2018 in music

Hooo boy, I am late on this one this year. At the beginning of 2018, I was worried that there wasn't a lot of music that I was excited for; I was pleasantly surprised, over the course of the year, to have a lot of stuff that I really really liked! I bought a lot of music and spent a while reviewing it — but also, this year, I even did some mixes and mashups of my own, so stick around for those.

As usual, here's how this works: the rating system is relative and subjective rating system, from one to five stars. A one star album is not, necessarily, bad (unless I say it is...) — think of it, really, as how much I am excited about listening to something, so one star just might mean that I haven't really found a place for it in my regular listening habits. The more stars, the more I think other people will want to listen to it too — or, at least, the more I think other people ought to listen to it, anyway...!

Got it? Okay, well, let's get started — this year, I bought 22 albums, made 4 mashups of my own, saw 4 live shows, and recommended another additional 26 pieces of "extra credit", and here they all are:

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So that was 2018. What did I miss?

(Previously, 2017; previously, 2016; previously, 2015.)

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