The 2018 Ho Media Awards
[I'll never figure out why scheduled posts don't work for me. This should have posted on NYD. Sorry.] I honestly didn't think I'd be able to name ten albums that I listened to this year. If last year was mostly pleasant surprises, this year was mostly bland disappointments from established favorites. Discovery artists carried the year. Animal Spirits Vide Noir Post Traumatic I'll Be Your Girl Always Ascending Wildness High as Hope Square 1 Wrong Creatures Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino The Other Side of Blue Delta Come Tomorrow Thank You For Today Simulation Theory Love is a Basic Need My New Moon Although it doesn't quite match the start-to-finish awe of Strange Trails (but really, I doubt they'll be able to capture that lightning in a bottle again), Lord Huron's Vide Noir gets the nod for Album of the Year. It rocks harder than we're used to hearing these boys rock, and "Never Ever" comes m...