2018: favorites

Albums:

1. Hanna Paulsberg + Magnus Broo: Daughter of the Sun (Odin)
2. Salim Washington: Dogon Revisited (Passin' Thru)
3. Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan: Happy Endlings (Odin)
4. The Ex: 27 Passports (Ex Records)
5. Superchunk: What a Time to Be Alive (Merge)
6. Ken Vandermark, Klaus Kugel & Mark Tokar: No-Exit Corner (Not Two Records)
7. Idles: Joy As an Act of Resitance (Partisan) 
8. NoName: Room 25 (self-released)
9. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg: Dirt... And More Dirt (Pi Recordings)
10. Parquet Courts: Wide Awake (Rough Trade)
11. Angelika Niescier, Christopher Tordini & Tyshawn Sorey: The Berlin Concert (Intakt Records)
12. Toni Braxton: Sex & Cigarettes (Def Jam Recordings) 
13. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Hope Downs (Sub Pop)
14. Daniel Carter, William Parker, Matthew Shipp: Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
15. Erlend Olderskog Albertsen: RødssalG nEEn GlassdøR (Dugnad Rec.)
16. JPEGMAFIA: Veteran (Deathbomb Arc)
17. Tracey Thorn: Record (Unmade Road)
18. Shopping: The Official Body (FatCat Records)
19. Rodrigo Amado, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler, Chris Corsano: A History of Nothing (Trost Records) 
20. Dave Holland, Evan Parker, Craig Taborn & Ches Smith: Uncharted Territories (Dare2 Records)
21. The Necks, Body (Fish of Milk)
22. Johan Lindström Septet: Music For Empty Halls (Moserobie Music Productions)
23. Kaja Draksler, Petter Eld, Christian Lillinger: Punkt.Vrt.Plastik (Intakt)
24. Pusha T: Daytona (G.O.O.D. Music)
25. Elza Soares: Deus É Mulher (Deckdisc) 
26. Myra Melford Snowy Egret: The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
27. Mekons 77: It Is Twice Blessed (Slow Things)
28. Mia Dyberg Trio: Ticket! (Clean Feed)
29. María Grand: Magdalena (Biophilia)
30. Tord Gustafsen Trio: The Other Side (ECM)
31. Amy Rigby: The Old Guys (Southern Domestic Recordings) 
32. Old Man Saxon: The Pursuit EP (Pusher, LLC)
33. Moskus: Mirakler (Hubro)
34. Various: Black Panther The Album (Universal)
35. Sloan: 12 (Yep Roc Records)
36. Skadedyr: Musikk! (Hubro) 
37. No Age: Snares Like a Haircut (Drag City) 
38. The Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar (Ninja Tune)
39. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor: Radiant Imprints (Off)
40. Tal National: Tantabara (Fat Cat)
41. Chris Pitsiokos CP Unit: Silver Bullet in the Autumn of Your Years (Clean Feed)
42. cupcakKe; Ephorize (s/t)
43. The Heat Death: The Glenn Miller Sessions (Clean Feed)
44. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: D'Agala (Intakt)
45. Bjørn Marius Hegge Trio: Assosiasjoner (Particular Recordings) 
46. Lithics: Mating Surfaces (Kill Rock Stars)
47. The Breeders: All Nerve (4AD)
48. Mary Halvorson: Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
49. U.S. Girls: In a Poem Unlimited (4AD)
50. The Armed: Only Love (no Rest Until Ruin)
51. Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus (Pyroclastic Records)
52. Jon Rune Strøm Quintet: Fragments (Clean Feed) 
53. Fatoumata Diawara: Fenfo (Wagram Music)
54. Shame: Songs Of Praise (Dead Ocean)

Reissues / vault music:

1. Frode Gjerstad with William Parker and Hamid Drake: Frode Gjerstad with William Parker and Hamid Drake (4 CD, NotTwo Records)
2. Svein Finnerud Trio: Plastic Sun (ODIN) 
3. Charles Mingus: Live In Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden (BBE)
4. Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Fianl Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia)
5. John Coltrane Quartets: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!) 

Tunes, as usual excluding tracks, even singles, from (the top half of) my albums list:

1. Róisín Murphy: "All My Dreams"
2. Childish Gambino: "This Is America"
3. Simmy: "Umahlalela"