Top 89 of 2018: David Safar, music director and 'New Hot' host
by David Safar
December 10, 2018
Top 30 Songs of 2018
Billie Eilish – "You Should See Me In A Crown"
Brockhampton – "1999 Wildfire"
Childish Gambino – "This Is America"
Cigarettes After Sex – "Crush"
Conor Oberst – "LAX"
Early Eyes – "Case for You (feat. Dizzy Fae)"
G Flip – "About You"
Heart Bones – "This Time It's Different"
Hozier – "Movement"
Jade Bird – "Lottery"
Jean Grae and Quelle Chris – "My Contribution to This Scam"
Lizzo – "Boys"
Maggie Rogers – "Light On"
Margaret Glaspy – "Before We Were Together"
My Brightest Diamond – "Champagne"
Phantogram – "Someday"
Robyn – "Missing U"
Soccer Mommy – "Cool"
boygenius – "Bite The Hand"
Snail Mail – "Heat Wave"
St. Vincent – "Slow Disco - piano version"
Sufjan Stevens – "Tonya Harding (In Eb major)"
Superorganism – "Everybody Wants To Be Famous"
Sylvan Esso – "PARAD(w/m)E"
Teyana Taylor – "Gonna Love Me"
The Bad Man – "Bonita"
The Beths – "You Wouldn't Like Me"
Tomberlin – "Any Other Way"
Young Fathers – "In My View"
Your Smith – "The Spot"
Top 30 Albums of 2018
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Atmosphere – Mi Vida Local
Bad Bad Hats – Lightning Round
Big Red Machine – Big Red Machine
Blood Orange – Negro Swan
Bodega – Endless Scroll
Brandi Carlile – By The Way, I Forgive You
Cat Power – Wanderer
CHVRCHES – Love Is Dead
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today
Father John Misty – God's Favorite Customer
Gorillaz – The Now Now
Hippo Campus – Bambi
IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
Leon Bridges – Good Thing
Low – Double Negative
Marianne Faithfull – Negative Capability
Mitski – Be The Cowboy
Muse – Simulation Theory
Now, Now – Saved
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
Prince – Piano and a Microphone 1983
Swamp Dogg – Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune
The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
The Internet – Hive Mind
Trampled By Turtles – Life is Good on the Open Road
Ty Segall – Freedom's Goblin