In my past lists, male artists dominated. I even had a year where there was only one female band on my Top 10 list. That is just shameful. So this year, the year of the woman, the most punk rock thing to do is go one better. In a year of listening to more female artists than ever before, here are the albums that spoke to me in 2018, in no particular order:
Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer
Black Belt Eagle Scout, Mother Of My Children
Wye Oak, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
Jorja Smith, Lost & Found
Sudan Archives, Sink
U.S. Girls, In A Poem Unlimited
Noname, Room 25
Mitski, Be the Cowboy
Snail Mail, Lush
Charli XCX, Pop 2
This might be my favorite Top 10 list to date. And sadly, Kali Uchis, Santigold, and Haley Heynderickx didn’t quite make the cut. But damn, the year of the woman roared, rocked, soothed, inspired, motivated, intrigued, captivated, grooved, and in so many aspects opened my mind. #MuchLove
