Sonic Fives of 2018

All these end-of-year lists providing a good deal of frustration about all that I didn't listen to this year. Lots to catch up on. Feel more out of the loop than I have in years. Nevertheless, here's some music stuff I enjoyed:

5 Delightful contortions of pop
Charli XCX- Pop 2
Sophie- Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Tirzah- Devotion
Let's Eat Grandma- I'm All Ears
Janelle Monae-Dirty Computer

5 That Bang Incredibly Hard
Amnesia Scanner- Another Life
Shygirl- Cruel Practice EP
AJA-AJA
Florentino- Fragmentos
Nine Inch Nails- Bad Witch

5 soundtracks
Various Artist- Black Panther
Colin Stetson- Hereditary
Johnny Greenwood- Phantom Thread
Johann Johannson- Mandy
Johnny Greenwood- You were never really there

5 Mooooods
Mary Lattimore-Hundreds of Days
Advisory Circle- Ways of Seeing
Arp- Zebra
Antonio Mendez- Highland Drive
Casino Versus Japan- Suicide By Sun

5 hauntresses and huntresses
Jenny Hval- The Long Sleep
Penelope Trappes- Peneloppe 2
Grouper- grid of points
Gazelle Twin- Pastoral
Lolina- The Smoke

5 Mindalterations
Oneohtrix Point Never- Age Of
Palmbomen II- Memories of Cindy
Beak- >>>
DJ Taye- Still Trippin
Gnod- Chapel Perilous

(1)5 hip-hop songs
Anderson .Paak- "Bubblin"
Pusha T- "Infrared"
Valee ft jeremih- "Womp Womp"
Playboi Carti feat Nicki Minaj- "Poke It Out"
Rich the Kid ft Kendrick Lamar- "New Freezer"
Vince Staples- "No Bleedin"
Migos- "Stir Fry"
Drake- "Nice for What
The Carters feat Offset and Quavo- "Apeshit"
Tyler the Creator- "Okra"
Rae Srummend feat Juicy J- "Powerglide"
Malibu Ken- "Acid Ken"
Meek Mill ft Miguel- "Stay Woke"
Kendrick Lamar & SZA- "All the Stars"
Cupcakke- "Cartoons"

5 songs by people not mentioned yet
Summer of Haze- "P A C I F I C A"
Bambara- "Doe-Eyed Girl"
James Blake- "Don't Miss It"
Abyss X- "Lyrical Waxing"
Skee Mask- "50 Euro to Break Boost"

5 other songs by acts not mentioned yet
Brian Eno & Kevin Shields- "The Weight of History"
Childish Gambino- "This is America"
Lana Del Rey- "Venice Bitch"
US Girls- "Rosebud"
Make & Model- "Change of Heart"