100 Awesome Independent Album and EP Releases You Probably Missed in 2018
Another December just about passed, and another 100 independent albums and EP’s you probably missed this year. In any artistic industry, so much of the exciting content flies quietly under the radar, except for when you know where to look for it. 🤘🎸
Since 2015, I’ve given you lists of 100 independent albums and EP’s you probably missed during the year. Here they are:
Now here comes 2018’s. I’m so stoked for the new crop of artists here, as well as for those returning again. A lot of the content on this year’s list comes from artists I’ve known for years, producing music for new projects they’ve put together recently. This is a different kind of excitement; I love seeing the evolution of these creatives.
As with all previous lists, these 100 albums and EP’s come from artists all over the world. This year’s list includes artists from: Canada, Greece, Germany, South Korea, Belarus, Austria, Singapore, France, South Africa, Sweden, Australia, Norway, Spain, Estonia, Ukraine, Italy, the U.K., Switzerland, Russia, and 22 different U.S. states. The independent world is massive.
It’s always interesting to see what each year brings in terms of style and genre, and 2018 seems to have been heavy on punk, pop-punk, alternative, instrumental, metal, and jazz-influenced material, both in terms of my personal taste and overall releases.
With all that said, here are 100 of the independent albums and EP’s that you probably missed in 2018. All were released during the 2018 calendar year. Music is multidimensional, and all these artists should be treated as such.
As always, albums are in no particular order.
Come expand your universe and live in my world for a little while. 😎👍
1. Satellites — Chelsea Shag — Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2. Painting with Scissors — Andy Gruhin — Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
3. Feels — Fair Panic — Wayne, New Jersey, USA
4. Overseas — White Coven — Zaragoza, Spain
5. Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones — Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
6. Dreamland — Just Like Honey — New York, New York, USA
7. Personal Issues — Oh See Demons — Bergen, Norway
8. My Only Hope — Adam Singer — San Francisco, California, USA
9. Mind Tricks — Brownstone Inc. — Graz, Austria
10. Thriving, Given The Consequences — Soviet Ohio — Syracuse, New York, USA
11. In Moon We Trust — Hālley — Paris, France
12. What The Wreck? — Stan Stewart — Ithaca, New York, USA
13. Poor You, Part Two — Jinxbox — Middlebury, Vermont, USA
14. Centipede — EP — Blooming Fire — Los Angeles, California, USA
15. The Candleman and the Curtain — The Earth and I — Warwick, New York, USA
16. Everyone I’ve Ever Loved — Valleyheart — Salem, Massachusetts, USA
17. Kingdoms — Coopertheband — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
18. Self Titled — Alias May — Melbourne, Australia
19. Make My Millennium — Resident One — Atlanta, Georgia, USA
20. FunnySexyCool — Hollywood Horses — Birmingham, Alabama, USA
21. .ghostworld — EP — .ghostworld — Singapore, Singapore
22. Heaven and Her Demons — BlackBeak — Johannesburg, South Africa
23. Wherever That Is — Panhandler — Stockholm, Sweden
24. White Roses EP — Dream Chambers — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
25. Soul Transfer — Emphasis — Tallin, Estonia
26. Westline Drive EP — Westline Drive — San Francisco, California, USA
27. EP — Lampion — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
28. Salvation — The Penske File — Burlington, Ontario, Canada
29. Hypnotizing Euphoria — The Who Was Phone — Zurich, Switzerland
30. Bridges — EP — For The Fire — Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
31. Disposition — Young Animals — St. Louis, Missouri, USA
32. Glow In The Dark — Rachel Rose Mitchell — Melbourne, Australia
33. Dear Beer — The Bombpops — Los Angeles, California, USA
34. Aftermind — HighView — Canberra, Australia
35. It’s History, It’s Poetry — Detour North — Chicago, Illinois, USA
36. Voices in My Head — Failing Up — Los Angeles, California, USA
37. Omega — Shades of Dissonance — Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
38. From the Wild Sky — Halie Loren — Eugene, Oregon, USA
39. Up in Roses — Fever — Portland, Oregon, USA
40. Passing Years — Looking For Alaska — Regensburg, Germany
41. Desire Paths — Turnspit — Chicago, Illinois, USA
42. Absolution EP — Keating — Columbus, Ohio, USA
43. The Fallen King — Frozen Crown — Milan, Italy
44. Heartwoken EP — The Revies — Los Angeles, California, USA
45. Amnesiatic — ODD ROBOT — Fullerton, California, USA
46. Everything Is Temporary — Between You & Me — Melbourne, Australia
47. Duoyu — Duoyu — Athens, Greece
48. Six People in a Dream — Baronaqua — Melbourne, Australia
49. Hometown Static — Second Street — Kansas City, Missouri, USA
50. Happy Thoughts — Midfield — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
51. Becoming a Ghost — Becoming a Ghost — Troy, New York, USA
52. Bedtime — Pawn Pawn — Toledo, Ohio, USA
53. Alliance — We Call The Shots — Phoenix, Arizona, USA
54. Mother’s Keeper — Mother’s Keeper — Birmingham, Alabama, USA
55. Is an EP — THIS — Buffalo, New York, USA
56. Distraction EP — Paper Citizen — Boston, Massachusetts, USA
57. Nostalgia — deerfield. — Syracuse, New York, USA
58. Street Talk — Big White — Sydney, Australia
59. For Me This Time — Analog Heart — Boston, Massachusetts, USA
60. While We Dream — Lights & Motion — Gothenburg, Sweden
61. Raw Sugar — L’Absence — Zaragoza, Spain
62. Tameless — Buffalo Rampage — Moscow, Russia
63. Never Asked for It EP — Sorry, Scout — St. Louis, Missouri, USA
64. Old Soul — Sharp Sleeves — Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
65. Aspire — VENUES — Stuttgart, Germany
66. From Blue to Bone — Mama Doom — Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
67. Heart Whispers (EP) — Grace & the Midnight Angel — Clovis, California, USA
68. Cirque Du Skank — Skunk Funk — American Canyon, California, USA
69. Spring Silver EP — Spring Silver — Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
70. The View From Here — Stealing Home — Concord, California, USA
71. Weird’N’Confused — Appocaloosers — Madrid, Spain
72. Inception — Wallbangers — Nantes, France
73. Wanderlust EP — Growling Rabbit — Minsk, Belarus
74. Paper Saints — Paper Saints — Dallas, Texas, USA
75. Spinneret EP — JEM — Singapore, Singapore
76. Cashmore Demos — Cashmore — Brisbane, Australia
77. Dakota — Go Murphy — Fargo, North Dakota, USA
78. Categories of Colour — Either/Or — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
79. Facade — Boxford — Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
80. Casual Corner — Blesst Chest — Portland, Oregon, USA
81. Paper Hearts — The Brothers Union — Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
82. New Ruins — Candace — Portland, Oregon, USA
83. Growing Pain — Envious View — Springfield, Missouri, USA
84. Hangin’ On! — The Glycereens — Brisbane, Australia
85. Digital EP — Anemoria — Fullerton, California, USA
86. Agonize — Sever The Ear — Gwangju, South Korea
87. Laugh It Off! — Domino & the Derelicts — San Jose, California, USA
88. Glass Bones — WolvesMouth — Voorhees, New Jersey, USA
89. Ashes — Led By Lanterns — Birmingham, England, UK
90. A Quiet Riot Vol. 1 — We Are Riot — Bremen, Germany
91. Membership Dues — Sad Girlz Club — San Francisco, California, USA
92. Broken Codes — In Parallel — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
93. The Deep Sleep — Unveil — Sherebrooke, Quebec, Canada
94. The Nexstone — The Nexstone — Kramatorsk, Ukraine
95. Comfort Zone — Superhaunted — Miami, Florida, USA
96. Fault Lines EP — Aeve Ribbons — Manchester, England, UK
97. Visions EP — Noise Maze — Udine, Italy
98.The Outer Space (EP) — Fallcie — Saint Petersburg, Russia
99. Jaren — Jenn’s Apartment — Lansing, Michigan, USA
100. Nothing Left — My Favorite Fault — Moscow, Russia
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Originally published at adammarxsmind.com on December 28, 2018.
