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Songs 2018

By faaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr Brandi Carlile’s album got the most plays this year, and my favorite song changed as often as I listened to the album. But for my own arbitrary BOTY rules I chose the one that knocked my socks off in concert (and made me sob). All other songs presented in no particular order.

Brandi Carlile – The Joke

George Fitzgerald & Lil Silva – Roll Back 

Janelle Monae – Crazy, Classic, Life

Anderson Paak – ‘Til It’s Over 

First Aid Kit – To Live a Life (They also released an EP with my fav being All That We Get)

Leon Bridges – Bad Bad News 

Troye Sivan – My My My!

The Weeknd – Call Out My Name 

Chvrches – Miracle 

Childish Gambino – This is America

The Internet – Roll (Burbank Funk) 

Death Cab For Cutie – I Dreamt We Spoke Again 

Iron & Wine – Waves of Galveston

Caroline Rose – More of the Same 

Angelo De Augustine – Time

boygenius – Souvenir

Kacey Musgraves – Slow Burn 

Mountain Man – Stella 

Amber Mark – Conexao 

Christine and the Queens – Doesn’t Matter

Saba (ft. Chance the Rapper) – Logout 

Here is the Apple Playlist 

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Concerts 2018

Phoebe Bridgers – Natural History Museum – February

San Fermin -Echoplex – February

Paul Simon – Hollywood Bowl – May

Head and the Heart and Grouplove – Pamona Fox – May

Brandi Carlile – The Greek – August

The National/Phoebe Bridgers – Hollywood Palladium – September

St. Vincent – Hollywood Palladium – October

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Books 2018