Essential Shit for Survival – 2018
by Patterson Hood (updated w late arrivals*)

Albums of the Year 2018:

The Glands – I Can See My House From Here (Box Set)

Boygenius – Boygenius EP / Mitski – Be The Cowboy

Vital Albums from 2018 (in no particular order):

Rock * A * Teens – Sixth House

Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer

Moonface – This One’s For The Dancer & This One’s For The Dancer’s Bouquet

Marie Lepanto – Tenkiller

Richard Swift – The Hex *

Cat Power – Wanderer

Erika Wennerstrom – Sweet Unknown

Kurt Vile – Bottle It In

St. Vincent – MassEducation

Alejandro Escovedo – The Crossing

Caroline Rose – Loner

Jeff Tweedy – Warm

Elvis Costello and the Imposters – Look Now

Don Chambers – Love of Oblivion

T. Hardy Morris – Dude, The Obscure

Mothers – Render Another Ugly Method*

Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears

Prince – Piano and Microphone

Static Diary – Static Diary

Rayland Baxter – Wide Awake

Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour*

Lucero – Among The Ghosts

Soccer Mommy – Clean

Guided By Voices – Space Gun

Kyle Craft – Full Circle Nightmare

Best Single – Childish Gambino – This Is America

Best Song – John Prine – When I Get To Heaven

Essential Films:

Roma (dir. Alfonso Cuaron)

First Reformed (dir. Paul Schrader)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (dir. Joel and Ethen Coen)

The Greatest Live Concert Experience of my life: Bruce Springsteen on Broadway

Books:

I’m way behind on my reading for the year, but loved

Don’t Skip Out On Me by Willy Vlautin.  

Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) by Jeff Tweedy*

Room To Dream by David Lynch and Kristina McKenna*

Election Eve by William Eggleston (photo book)*

Maybe Now I’ll Get The Respect I So Rightly Deserve by Wayne White (art collection)*