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)*
