While the main "Year in Review" feature was picked almost entirely by Post-Trash editors, we wanted to give all of our contributors a chance to pick their favorite releases, regardless if the records are covered on our site or not. Every contributor was able to pick their personal top 20 records of the year and points were assigned based on rank. An album picked at #1 was given 20 points while an album selected at #20 was awarded a single point and so on. Our contributors' tastes range outside that of our editors, but there's also a connection to this particular site's vision. With 14 of our writers submitting their votes, we had 189 different records nominated and only the top 3 records received a score of 60 or higher.
We're happy to present "Post-Trash's Best of 2018: Staff-Picks" as voted by the entire team (with individual contributor lists below). There were a ton of ties throughout, so editors provided the tie breakers. We hope you enjoy.
50. ARCTIC MONKEYS | “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino“
Domino Records
50. SELF DEFENSE FAMILY | “Have You Considered Punk Music“
Run For Cover Records
49. SEATTLE’S NEW GODS | “Burnpile“
Self Released
48. NAP EYES | “I’m Bad Now“
Paradise of Bachelors Records
47. TROPICAL FUCK STORM | “A Laughing Death In Meatspace”
Joyful Noise Recordings
46. TUNDRASTOMPER | “Clean It Up”
Sad Cactus Records
45. SEN MORIMOTO | “Cannonball!“
Sooper Records
44. THE BETHS | “Future Me Hates Me“
Carpark Records
43. CAMPDOGZZ | “In Rounds“
15 Passenger Records
42. CAROLINE SAYS | “No Fool Like An Old Fool“
Western Vinyl Records
41. GUERILLA TOSS | “Twisted Crystal“
DFA Records
40. JACK | “Alchemical Rounds“
Sad Cactus Records
39. THE CRADLE | “Bag Of Holding“
NNA Tapes
38. PORCHES | “The House“
Domino Records
37. SCREAMING FEMALES | “All At Once”
Don Giovanni Records
36. THE OPHELIAS | “Almost“
Joyful Noise Recordings
35. LALA LALA | “The Lamb”
Hardly Art Records
34. AMERICAN PLEASURE CLUB | “Tour Tape“
Self Released
33. CANDY | “Good To Feel“
Triple B Records
32. CAR SEAT HEADREST | “Twin Fantasy“
Matador Records
31. HURRY | “Every Little Thought“
Lame-O Records
30. PARQUET COURTS | “Wide Awake!”
Rough Trade Records
29. THANKS FOR COMING | “Back At It Again“
Self Released
28. DOFFING | “Tower of Ten Thousand Miles“
Self Released
27. SUPERTEEN | “Over Everything”
Sad Cactus Records
26. KAL MARKS | “Universal Care”
Exploding In Sound Records
25. SOPHIE | “Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides“
MSMSMSM / Future Classic Records
24. SLOW MASS | “On Watch“
Landland Records
23. PALBERTA | “Roach Goin’ Down“
Wharf Cat Records
22. TURNSTILE | “Time & Space“
Roadrunner Records
21. LUCY DACUS | “Historian“
Matador Records
20. PALM | “Rock Island“
Carpark Records
19. GOUGE AWAY | “Burnt Sugar“
Deathwish Records
18. NO AGE | “Snares Like A Haircut“
Drag City Records
17. SUPER UNISON | “Stella“
Deathwish Records
16. FOND HAN | “Wronked“
Exploding In Sound Records
15. LOW | “Double Negative“
Sub Pop Records
14. MOTHERS | “Render Another Ugly Method“
Anti- Records
13. DAVID NANCE GROUP | “Peaced and Slightly Pulverized”
Trouble In Mind Records
12. HUMAN PEOPLE | “Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears”
Exploding In Sound Records
11. ADRIANNE LENKER | “Abysskiss”
Saddle Creek Records
10. EARL SWEATSHIRT | “Some Rap Songs“
Tan Cressida / Columbia Records
09. PUSHA T | “Daytona”
G.O.O.D. Music / Def Jam Recordings
08. DRUG CHURCH | “Cheer“
Pure Noise Records
07. MITSKI | “Be The Cowboy“
Dead Oceans Records
06. SNAIL MAIL | “Lush“
Matador Records
05. YVES TUMOR | “Safe In The Hands Of Love“
Warp Records
04. STOVE | “‘s Favorite Friend”
Exploding In Sound Records
03. HOP ALONG | “Bark Your Head Off, Dog“
Saddle Creek Records
02. THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE | “Hypnic Jerks”
Tiny Engines
01. OVLOV | “TRU”
Exploding In Sound Records
Chris Jones:
Slow Mass - “On Watch”
Guerilla Toss - “Twisted Crystal”
Ovlov - “Tru”
The Spirit of the Beehive - “Hypnic Jerks”
Snail Mail - “Lush”
Yves Tumor - “Safe in the Hands of Love”
Palm - “Rock Island”
The Breeders - “All Nerve”
Pusha T - “Daytona”
Frankie Cosmos - “Vessel”
Bilge Rat - “Pal”
Mr. Twin Sister - “Salt”
Sleep - “The Sciences”
Palberta - “Roach Goin’ Down”
Red - “Running Month”
Hop Along - “Bark Your Head Off, Dog”
Soccer Mommy - “Clean”
Forth Wanderers - “Forth Wanderers”
Girl Gaze - “Fade Out”
Fond Han - “Wronked”
Dan Goldin:
1. Tropical Fuck Storm - “A Laughing Death In Meatspace”
2. Anna McClellan - “Yes and No”
3. Goat Girl - “Goat Girl”
4. David Nance Group - “Peaced and Slightly Pulverized”
5. Miranda Winters - “Xobeci, What Grows Here?”
6. The Royal They - “Foreign Being”
7. Shame - “Songs of Praise”
8. Renata Zeiguer - “Old Ghost”
9. Hot Snakes - “Jericho Sirens”
10. Sumac - “Love In Shadows”
11. Erosion - “Maximum Suffering”
12. Puppy Problems - “Sunday Feeling”
13. The Breeders - “All Nerve”
14. Screaming Females - “All At Once”
15. Christian Fitness - “Nuance - The Musical”
16. Czarface & MF Doom - “Czarface Meets Metal Face”
17. Lisa/Liza - “Momentary Glance”
18. Pig Destroyer - “Head Cage”
19. Borzoi - “A Prayer For War”
20. Pusha T - “Daytona”
Dylan Pennell:
Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy
Porches - The House
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
TV Girl - Death of a Party Girl
Saba - Care for Me
Gas - Rausch
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Adrianne Lanker - Abysskiss
Sophie - The Oil of Every Pearl’s Inside
Moonface - This One’s for the Dancer and This One’s for the Dancer’s Bouquet
Travis Scott - Travisworld
Christine and the Queens - Chris
Mount Eerie - Now Only
Iceage - Beyondless
Robyn - Honey
Kali Uchis - Isolation
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Beach House - 7
Beyonce and Jay-Z - Everything is Love
The Voidz - Virtue
Huw Baines:
1. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
2. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
3. Screaming Females - All At Once
4. Jeff Rosenstock - Post-
5. Former Member - Former Member
6. Drug Church - Cheer
7. Restorations - LP5000
8. Antarctigo Vespucci - Love in the Time of Email
9. Bad Moves - Tell No One
10. Turnstile - Time and Space
11. Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive
12. Dear Nora - Skulls Example
13. Upper Wilds - Mars
14. The Goon Sax - We’re Not Talking
15. Lucy Dacus - Historian
16. Shook Ones - Body Feel
17. Super Unison - Stella
18. Mike Pace and the Child Actors - Smooth Sailing
19. Mastersystem - Mastersystem
20. Flasher - Constant Image
Josh Robbins:
Hurry “Every Little Thought”
Campdogzz “In Rounds”
Seattle’s New Gods “Burnpile”
Typesetter “Nothing Blues”
Well Wisher “This is Fine”
Super Unison “Stella”
Dollar Signs “This Will Haunt Me”
Patois Counselors “Proper Release”
Expert Timing “Glare”
Hopesfall “Arbiter”
Lydia Pudzianowski:
1. Lucy Dacus, Historian
2. The Ophelias, Almost
3. David Nance Group, Peaced and Slightly Pulverized
4. Babehoven,Sleep
5. GØGGS, Pre-Strike Sweep
6. Bat Fangs, s/t
7. Hinds, I Don't Run
Myles Dunhill:
PARQUET COURTS - WIDE AWAKE!
CAROLINE SAYS - NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL
JON BRION - LADY BIRD OST
TRUE BLUE - EDGE OF
NEGATIVE GEMINI - BAD BABY EP
BOREEN - LOVELY
SNAIL MAIL - LUSH
MITSKI - BE THE COWBOY
LOW - DOUBLE NEGATIVE
JONNY GREENWOOD - PHANTOM THREAD OST
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS - SPARKLE HARD
LES HALLES - ZEPHYR
SEVERED+SAID - INCORPOREALITY
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW - PANIC BLOOMS
MANATREE - ENGINES
ANEMONE - BABY ONLY YOU & I
CUP - JITTER VISIONS
ROSS FROM FRIENDS - FAMILY PORTRAIT
KERO KERO BONITO - TIME ’N’ PLACE
ALEXIA AVINA - BETTING ON AN ISLAND
Niccolo Dante Porcello:
Mothers — Render Another Ugly Method
Amen Dunes — Freedom
IAN SWEET — Crush Crusher
U.S. Girls — In A Poem Unlimited
Ovlov — Tru
Snakeskin — Hangnail
Forth Wanderers — Forth Wanderers
Trace Mountains — A Partner to Lean On
The Spirit of the Beehive — pleasure suck
MOURN — Sorpresa Familia
Hop Along — Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Washer/Bethlehem Steel — Split 7”
Ought — Room Inside the World
Black Belt Eagle Scout — Mother Of My Children
Kal Marks — Universal Care
Yowler — Black Dog in My Path
Palm — Rock Island
Retirement Party — Somewhat Literate
Momma — Interloper
Closer — All This Will Be
Nick Adams:
Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Mitski - Be the Cowboy
No Age - Snares Like a Haircut
Alien Boy - Sleeping Lessons
Low - Double Negative
Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Black Dresses - WASTEISOLATION
Stove - 's Favorite Friend
Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of
Ovlov - TRU
awakebutstillinbed - What People Call Low Self-Esteem Is Really Just Seeing Yourself the Way That Other People See You
Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur
The Spirit of the Beehive - Hypnic Jerks
J Mascis - Elastic Days
Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign - MIH-TY
Iceage - Beyondless
Chris Crack - Just Gimme a Minute
Amen Dunes - Freedom
SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Patrick Pilch:
Doffing - Tower of Ten Thousand Miles
The Cradle - Bag of Holding
Adrienne Lenker - abysskiss
Palberta - Roach Goin Down
Human People - Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears
Yves Tumour - Safe in the Hands of Love
The Spirit of the Beehive - Hypnic Jerks
Fond Han - Wronked
Palm - Rock Island
Grouper - Grid of Points
SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Mitski - Be the Cowboy
No Age - Snares Like a Haircut
Pusha T - Daytona
Sediment Club - Stucco Thieves
Ariana Grande - Sweetener
Noname - Room 25
Cindy Lee - Act of Tenderness
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
US Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
Sacha Kingston-Wayne:
Thanks for Coming - Back At It Again
Lala Lala - The Lamb
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now
Snail Mail - Lush
Swearin’ - Fall Into the Sun
Remember Sports - Slow Buzz
Tough Customer - Darlene
Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Dumb - Seeing Green
Noname - Room 25
WLMRT - Lube 2
Illuminati Hotties - Kiss Yr Frenemies
Flasher - Constant Image
Tony Molina - Kill the Lights
Feel Alright - In Bad Faith
U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited
La Luz - Floating Features
Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines
Mope Grooves - The Waves
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Sarah Knoll:
American Pleasure Club - TOUR TAPE
Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar
Drug Church - CHEER
Mom Jeans - Puppy Love
Just Friends - Nothing But Love
Turnstile - Time + Space
Vein - errorzone
California Cousins - Distant Relatives
BIG UPS - Two Parts Together
mewithoutYou - [Untitled]
closer - All This Will Be
Graduating Life - Grad Life
Melted - Thin Skin
Jouska - from elson to elmont EP
Ovlov - TRU
MGMT - Little Dark Age
they are gutting a body of water - gestures been
Soul Blind - Willpower EP
Trace Mountains - A Partner to Lean On
Nothing - Black Dance on Tap
Tim Crisp:
1. Candy - Good To Feel
2. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
3. Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music?
4. C.H.E.W. - Feeding Frenzy
5. Pusha T - Daytona
6. Stove - ‘s Favorite Friend
7. Vince Staples - FM!
8. Thou - Magus
9. Shannen Moser - I’ll Sing
10. Fiddlehead - Springtime and Blind
11. The Sidekicks - Happiness Hours
12. HIRS Collective - Friends. Lovers. Favorites.
13. Super Unison - Stella
14. Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar
15. Ovlov - Tru
16. Drug - Church Cheer
17. Slow Mass - On Watch
18. Tony Molina - Kill The Lights
19. JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
20. Retirement - Party Somewhat Literate
Torrey Proto:
The Spirit of the Beehive – Hypnic Jerks
Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love
Sen Morimoto – Cannonball!
Freak Heat Waves – Beyond XXXL
Mothers – Render Another Ugly Method
Jpegmafia – Veteran
Black Belt Eagle Scout – Mother of My Children
Suuns – Felt
Alex Zhang Hungtai – Divine Weight
The Armed – Only Love
Vive La Void – Vive La Void
Exploded View – Obey
Stove – ‘s Favorite Friend
Jo Passed – Their Prime
Kal Marks – Universal Care
Mourn – Sorpresa Familia
Fond Han – Wronked
Renata Zeiguer – Old Ghost
Denzel Curry – TA13OO
Bilge Rat - Pal
* both Niccolo Dante Porcello (Sad Cactus Records) and Dan Goldin (Exploding In Sound Records) submitted Top 20 lists that were taken into consideration for the staff pick total that included bands from their respective labels. In the interest of not publicly ranking their own bands, the lists submitted here are their favorite albums without inclusion of any Sad Cactus or EIS artists.