Artribune's Top 11 Albums of 2018: Rap, Indie, Electronic and Jazz

Artribune's music editors compiled a list of the 11 best albums of 2018, spanning rap, indie, Italian singer-songwriter music, experimental electronic, and jazz. Notable entries include Colle der Fomento's 'Adversus' (released November 16), Calcutta's 'Evergreen', Aphex Twin's 'Collapse EP' (September 14, preceded by logo appearances in London and Turin), Baustelle's 'L'amore e la violenza Vol. 2', Thom Yorke's soundtrack for Luca Guadagnino's 'Suspiria', Autechre's 'NTS Sessions' (Warp Music, 480 minutes), Vince Staples' 'FM!' (Def Jam), Nine Inch Nails' 'Bad Witch' (ninth studio album, self-released via The Null Corporation, concluding a trilogy started in 2016 with 'Not the Actual Events', featuring a tribute to David Bowie's 'Black Star'), The Prodigy's 'No Tourists', Nu Guinea's 'Nuova Napoli' (NG Records, by Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Acquilina, Campanian-born Berlin-based duo), John Coltrane's 'Best Direction at Once: The Lost Album' (recorded March 1963 at Van Gelder Studio with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, released by Impulse! Records), and Kamasi Washington's 'Heaven and Earth' (Young Turks, 16 tracks, preceded by EP 'The Choice' in June, featuring musicians including Ronald Bruner Jr. and Thundercat). The list also includes a reflection on the radio format as a concept for albums.