For years, I’ve made Top 10 lists of my favorite albums of each year. This year, I decided I would use the occasion to begin my official TSM Podcast. Equipped with some fantastic gin and my trusty sidekick, Richard Wooten (dummer extraordinaire, producer, owner of Liminal Coast Records, and a true peach of a man), we set out to ramble ad nauseam about my favorite albums of 2018. As a preview, of the ten albums, I’ve added the list below with supplemental materials to correspond with each album/artist. Now…go listen!

10. Wardruna – Skald (song – Voluspa)

9. Haken – Vector (song – Puzzle Box)

8. Christina Aguilera – Liberation

7. The Weeknd – My Dear Melancholy

6. Eminem – Kamikaze

5. Behemoth – ILYAYD

4. Aurora – Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1)

3. Florence and the Machine – High as Hope

2. Heilung – Lifa

1. A Perfect Circle – Eat the Elephant