We’re officially here, the end of the 2018! Thanks for following along all year long with our weekly SubModern Reports. We’ve had a banner year in this corner of the Musicverse and it’s always exciting to see how it all shakes out at the end. Let’s all find out on the SubModern 2018 Year End Charts…

Congratulations to one of NYC’s finest (and one of the stars of Meet Me In The Bathroom), the one and only Interpol, who returned strong this year with their sixth album, which spawned “The Rover,” our #1 SubModern single of 2018! Album honors though head down the east coast to Baltimore with the seventh record 7 from the longtime duo Beach House. Congratulations to both of them, as well as the numerous others artists, fresh faces and indie veterans alike, found in the top tens of both charts, including Albert Hammond Jr., Metric, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, and Superorgansism. Of course many other fantastic acts also appear on one chart or the other, as you can see in the top 50 singles and top 25 albums listed below.

As always, we also pay tribute to the fine labels who brought us all of these tunes throughout the course of the year. It’s another year at the top for Sub Pop, with that big Beach House release, as well as the aforementioned Rolling Blackouts (who had the #2 album), the ever-interesting Father John Misty, King Tuff, and capping off 2018 with J. Mascis. Congrats to Scott Perlewitz, Michelle Feghali, and all on their continued success! A big thumbs up to the rest of the year’s top ten labels: Domino at #2, Matador at #3, Merge at #4, Polyvinyl at #5, Columbia at #6, Atlantic at #7, Warner Brothers at #8, Epitaph at #9, and Carpark at #10.

Thank you all who contribute to what we collectively do and care about here! Whether you make music, promote music, play it on the radio, write about it, or just listen to it, we’re all part of this wonderful ecosystem of discovering what’s new and exciting. I wish you all a joyous holiday season and new year! Let’s do it all again in 2019! I’ll be back here with out first charts of the year on January 9th. Now, I’ll leave you with my top albums and songs of 2018…

Josh’s Top 10 Songs of 2018
1. Kate Nash – “Life In Pink”
2. Caroline Rose – “Cry!” + “Bikini” (tie)
3. The Beths – “Future Me Hates Me”
4. Metric – “Dressed to Suppress”
5. The Vaccines – “Your Love Is My Favourite Band”
6. Tune-Yards – “Look at Your Hands”
7. Hatchie – “Sure”
8. CHVRCHES – “Graves”
9. Sylvan Esso – “PARAD(w/m)E”
10. Editors – “Darkness At The Door”		 Josh’s Top 10 Albums of 2018
1. Caroline Rose – Loner
2. Kate Nash – Yesterday Was Forever
3. Metric – Art of Doubt
4. CHVRCHES – Love Is Dead
5. Tune-Yards – I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
6. The Vaccines – Combat Sports
7. The Beths- Future Me Hates Me
8. Dream Wife – Dream Wife
9. Superorganism – Superorganism
10. Jukebox The Ghost – Off To The Races (tie)
  The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (tie)

~ Josh T. Landow
Twitter: @JoshTLandow
 

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TOP 50 SUBMODERN SINGLES OF 2018
Rank Artist Track Label
1 INTERPOL THE ROVER MATADOR
2 SUPERORGANISM EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE FAMOUS DOMINO
3 REX ORANGE COUNTY LOVING IS EASY AWOL
4 WALLOWS PICTURES OF GIRLS ATLANTIC
5 WILD NOTHING LETTING GO CAPTURED TRACKS
6 ALBERT HAMMOND JR. FAR AWAY TRUTHS RED BULL
7 KING TUFF PSYCHO STAR SUB POP
8 ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER TALKING STRAIGHT SUB POP
9 BEACH HOUSE DARK SPRING SUB POP
10 METRIC NOW OR NEVER NOW MMI
11 BOB MOSES BACK DOWN DOMINO
12 GORILLAZ HUMILITY WARNER BROS.
13 THE KILLS LIST OF DEMANDS (REPARATIONS) DOMINO
14 FATHER JOHN MISTY MR. TILLMAN SUB POP
15 DREAMERS SCREWS FAIRFAX
16 THE INTERRUPTERS SHE'S KEROSENE HELLCAT
17 GANG OF YOUTHS THE HEART IS A MUSCLE RED
18 JUNGLE HAPPY MAN XL
19 POST ANIMAL RALPHIE POLYVINYL
20t PARQUET COURTS WIDE AWAKE ROUGH TRADE
  ARCTIC MONKEYS FOUR OUT OF FIVE DOMINO
  SLOTHRUST DOUBLE DOWN DANGERBIRD
23 CAR SEAT HEADREST NERVOUS YOUNG INHUMANS MATADOR
24t THE GET UP KIDS MAYBE POLYVINYL
  CAT POWER [FT. LANA DEL REY] WOMAN DOMINO
26t MOVING PANORAMAS BABY BLUES MODERN OUTSIDER
  CHVRCHES MIRACLE GLASSNOTE
  MT. JOY SILVER LINING DUALTONE
29 ASH ANNABEL INFECTIOUS / BMG
30 BOB MOSES HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS DOMINO
31t YUNO NO GOING BACK SUB POP
  SOCCER MOMMY YOUR DOG FAT POSSUM
33 LOVELYTHEBAND THESE ARE MY FRIENDS RED
34t DIRTY PROJECTORS BREAK-THRU DOMINO
  DMA'S FOR NOW INFECTIOUS
  SPEEDY ORTIZ LUCKY 88 CARPARK
  J. MASCIS SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES SUB POP
38t COURTNEY BARNETT NAMELESS FACELESS MOM + POP
  THE JOY FORMIDABLE THE WRONG SIDE SERADOM
40 THE VACCINES I CAN'T QUIT COLUMBIA
41t THE KNOCKS [FT. FOSTER THE PEOPLE] RIDE OR DIE BIG BEAT / ATLANTIC
  RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE FEVER PITCH ELEKTRA
43 JOHNNY MARR HI HELLO NEW VOODOO
44t MGMT ME & MICHAEL COLUMBIA
  ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER MAINLAND SUB POP
46t BEACH HOUSE LEMON GLOW SUB POP
  MORGXN [FT. WALK THE MOON] HOME WXNDERLOST
  TWIN SHADOW SATURDAYS REPRISE
49 KURT VILE LOADING ZONES MATADOR
50 PETAL BETTER THAN YOU RUN FOR COVER
 
TOP 25 SUBMODERN ALBUMS OF 2018
Rank Artist Album Label
1 BEACH HOUSE 7 SUB POP
2 ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER HOPE DOWNS SUB POP
3 INTERPOL MARAUDER MATADOR
4 PARQUET COURTS WIDE AWAKE ROUGH TRADE
5 SUPERORGANISM SUPERORGANISM DOMINO
6 ALBERT HAMMOND JR. FRANCIS TROUBLE RED BULL
7 CHVRCHES LOVE IS DEAD GLASSNOTE
8t METRIC ART OF DOUBT MMI
  BOB MOSES BATTLE LINES DOMINO
10 FATHER JOHN MISTY GOD'S FAVORITE CUSTOMER SUB POP
11 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE THANK YOU FOR TODAY ATLANTIC
12 SOCCER MOMMY CLEAN FAT POSSUM
13 ASH ISLANDS INFECTIOUS
14 WILD NOTHING INDIGO CAPTURED TRACKS
15 MIDDLE KIDS LOST FRIENDS DOMINO
16t COURTNEY BARNETT TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL MOM + POP
  CAR SEAT HEADREST TWIN FANTASY MATADOR
18 MUSE SIMULATION THEORY WARNER BROS.
19 KING TUFF THE OTHER SUB POP
20 ARCTIC MONKEYS TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL + CASINO DOMINO
21t JOHNNY MARR CALL THE COMET NEW VOODOO
  POST ANIMAL WHEN I THINK OF YOU IN A CASTLE POLYVINYL
  J. MASCIS ELASTIC DAYS SUB POP
24t JUNGLE FOR EVER XL
  JACK WHITE BOARDING HOUSE REACH THIRD MAN / COLUMBIA