Converge's Nate Newton's favorite albums of 2018
Converge released their first album in five years, The Dusk In Us, last year, and they haven’t slowed down since, surprise-releasing a new EP, Beautiful Ruin, in June, and touring with Neurosis. Converge bassist Nate Newton also released a new LP with Split Cranium, his project with members of Isis, Circle, Resleep and others. Nate took to Facebook today to share a list of his favorite albums (and movies) of 2018. It’s a huge, eclectic, genre-spanning list, with punk, metal, hip-hop, and indie rock picks, including War on Women, Daughters, Mazzy Star, Mitski, St. Vincent, Tomb Mold, Hot Snakes, Judas Priest, Cardi B, Deafheaven, Voivod, High On Fire, Boygenius, Author & Punisher, The Body and more. Read it in full below.
Hi everyone. This is Nate and it’s that time of year again where I punish you with all the stuff I liked. 2018 was FULL of good music. It was too much to keep up with but I tried to keep a list of what I was listening to. Most people do top ten lists but there’s no way I could do that. I’d look at it 5 minutes after I posted it and want to change the entire thing. So here’s my obscenely long list of things I found myself listening to a lot in 2018. If you aren’t already familiar with these then I hope you find some stuff you dig. As always, please share your favorites in the comments. I always want to hear something new.
We lost people we loved this year. Music helped pull us through.
Records:
Anna Von Hauswolf – Dead Magic
Yob – Our Raw Heart
Sumac – Love In Shadow
John Coltrane – Both Directions At Once
Idles – Joy As An Act Of Resistance
Giuda – Rock N Roll Music
Wrong – Feel Great
Maggot Heart – Dusk To Dusk
Split Cranium – I’m The Devil And I’m Ok (shameless self promotion I know)
War On Women – Capture The Flag
Ray Lamontagne – Part Of The Light
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus – Boygenius
Tomb Mold – Manor Of Infinite Forms
David Eugene Edwards & Alexander Hacke – Risha
Haan – By The Grace Of Blood And Guts
Viagra Boys – Street Worms
Black Thought – Streams Of Thought Vol 1&2
Vanishing Kids – Heavy Dreamer
Corrosion Of Conformity – No Cross No Crown
Mandy – OST
Sunstroke – Second Floor/Seven
Terror – Total Retaliation
Marissa Nadler – For My Crimes
First Aid Kit – Ruins
Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want
Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses
Part Chimp – Cheap Thriller
Tribulation – Down Below
Turbonegro – Rocknroll Machine
Autopsy – Puncturing the Grotesque
Hooded Menace – Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
Kapital & Richard Pinhas – Flux
Brian Eno & Kevin Shields – The Weight Of History ep
Anna Burch – Quit The Curse
Fu Manchu – Clone Of The Universe
Holy Motors – Slow Sundown
Superchunk – What A Time To Be Alive
American Nightmare – American Nightmare
Painted Doll – Painted Doll
Keiji Haino and Sumac – American Dollar Bill
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 – Black Times
Screaming Females – All At Once
Hot Snakes – Jericho Sirens
Judas Priest – Firepower
Teenage Wrist – Chrome Neon Jesus
Earthless – Black Heaven
The Messthetics – Messthetics
Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
Eagle Twin – The Thundering Heard
Will Haven – Muerte
Arms Race – The Beast
Septic Tank – Rotting Civilisation
The Damned – Evil Spirits
Sleep – The Sciences
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Graveyard – Peace
The Body – I Have Fought Against It….
At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself
Red Hare – Little Acts Of Destruction
Gouge Away – Burnt Sugar
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
Svalbard – It’s Hard To Have Hope
Baptists – Beacon Of Faith
The Dead Tongues – Unsung Passage
Horse Feathers – Appreciation
Denim & Leather – Sacred Autism
Masta Ace & Marco Polo – A Breukelen Story
Lucifer – Lucifer II
Voivod – The Wake
Cardi B – Invasion Of Privacy
Heldon – Heldon II (reiussue)
Body/Head – The Switch
Chastity – Death Lust
Death Grips – Year Of The Snitch
Oh Sees – Smote Reverser
Fotocrime – Principle Of Pain
Austin Lucas – Immortal Americans
Nothing – Dance On The Blacktop
C Average – III
Soft Kill – Savior
Tragedy – Fury
High On Fire – Electeric Messiah
Windhand – Eternal Return
Author & Punisher – Beastland
St Vincent – MassEducation
Wiles – Both EP’s
Lesser Glow – Ruined
Prince – Piano & Microphone 1983
Gruesome – Twisted Prayers
Wournos – Wournos 1
Super Unison – Stella
Swizz Beats – Poison
Action Bronson – White Bronco
J Mascis – Elastic Days
Myrkur – Juniper
Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
The Primals – All Love Is True Love
Mitski – Be The Cowboy
Jaye Jayle – No Trail And Other Unholy Paths
Mazzy Star – Still EP
Black Mare & Offret – Alone Among MirrorsMovies:
Mandy
Solo (fuck the haters, that shit ruled)
Overlord
Mid 90’sRecords I rediscovered or became obsessed with in 2018:
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes – Paix
Ron Wood – I’ve Got My Own Album To Do
Dave Edmunds – Tracks On Wax 4
Merry Clayton – ST
Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda
Heldon – Heldon II
Miles Davis – Live-Evil
(I could probably write a list of 100 so I’m just gonna stop with these)Also… Starting Wisehouse Coffee with my good friend Walter. Go give us a follow and buy some beans!