Will Hermes is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, a contributor to NPR’s “All Things Considered” and to The New York Times. He is the author of “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire” and an upcoming biography of the late Lou Reed. He joined us to talk about the best music of 2018.
Music:
- Kasey Musgraves - Album: “Golden Hour” - Song played: “Slow Burn”
- The Pistol Annies - Album: “Interstate Gospel” - Song played: “Got My Name Changed Back”
- Neko Case - Album: “Hell On” - Song played: “Sleep All Summer”
- Mentioned: Cover by The National and St. Vincent
- Mentioned: Low - Album: “Double Negative”
- Mentioned: Ariana Grande’s “Thank U Next”
- Mentioned: Neneh Cherry - Album: “Broken Politics”
- Mentioned: Stephen Malkmus - Song: “Middle America”
- Mentioned: Robyn - Album: “Honey” - Song: “Forever”
- Janelle Monae - Album: “Dirty Computer” - Song played: “Pynk” (ft. Grimes)
- Christine and the Queens - Album: “Chris” - Song played: “La marcheuse”
- Mentioned: “A Star Is Born” Soundtrack
- Mentioned: “Black Panther: The Album Music From And Inspired” by Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, and SZA
- Mentioned: Cardi B - Album: “Invasion of Privacy”
- Mentioned: Noname - Album: “Room 25”
- Kamasi Washington - Album: “Heaven and Earth” - Song played: “Fists of Fury”
- Mentioned: Anderson Paak - Album: “Onward”
- Kadhja Bonet - Album: “Childqueen” - Song played: “Mother Maybe”
- Soccer Mommy - Album: “Clean” - Song played: “Still Clean”
- Snail Mail - Album: “Lush” - Song played: “Pristine”
- Boygenius - Self-titled EP - Song played: “Me and My Dog”
- Mitski - Album: “Be the Cowboy” - Song played: “A Pearl”
- Mentioned: J Balvin - Album “Vibras”
- ROSALÍA - Album: “El Mal Querer” - Song played: “MALAMENTE - (Cap.1: Augurio)”
- Jason Robert Brown - Album: “How We React and How We Recover” - Song played: “Hope”
