Our 50 Favorite Songs of 2018
by Waster Inc. Staff


How did you get through the chaos of 2018? We’re still not sure how we made it, but these records definitely helped us cope. So turn it up loud, and discover (or re-discover) some of the best tunes from the last twelve months. Here are (in no particular order) our 50 favorite songs of the year…


(click the links below to see our 2018 coverage…)

Life to Fix – The Record Company
Bad Bad News – Leon Bridges
The Rover – Interpol
Nameless, Faceless – Courtney Barnett
Mr. Tillman – Father John Misty
Africa – Weezer
Wide Awake! – Parquet Courts
Big Lie – Joyce Manor
Four Out Of Five – Arctic Monkeys
Corporation – Jack White
Open Up – The Magpie Salute
Come On To Me – Paul McCartney
Fast Slow Disco – St. Vincent
Pictures of Girls – Wallows
All My Friends – The Revivalists
Comeback Kid – Sharon Van Etten
Glimpse of Love – Franz Ferdinand
Nina Cried Power – Hozier featuring Mavis Staples
Your Dog – Soccer Mommy
I Dance Like This – David Byrne
A Little Honey – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Burnin Grass – decker.
Jeannie Becomes a Mom – Caroline Rose
Lover, Leaver – Greta Van Fleet
Open Your Heart – Citizen
Future Me Hates Me – The Beths
Rats – Ghost
Set To Attack – Albert Hammond Jr
This is America – Childish Gambino
She’s Kerosene – The Interrupters
Slip Away – Basement
Everybody Wants to Be Famous – Superorganism
Do Whatever – The Suffers
Excuses – Shakey Graves
Bonobo – Mike Dillon & Mallet Men
Worst Nites – Foster the People
Back Down – Bob Moses
Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues – Larkin Poe
Pink Lemonade – James Bay
I’ll Make You Sorry – Screaming Females
Screws – DREAMERS
You Should See Me In A Crown – Billie Eilish
House of Cards – The Parlor Mob
Problems III – The Growlers
Pressure – Muse
The Spot – Your Smith
Catch It – Iceage
Attachments – Umphrey’s McGee
Body Talks – The Struts
Now That You’re Gone – The Raconteurs



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12.28.2018