PLAYLIST: The Best Of 2018

Posted on the 27 December 2018 by Rw/ff @rwffmusic
I will always remember 2018 as the year that I realised there is just as much essential music being released now as at any point in history. It's taken a long time for quality to return to that of the glorious 90s, but this was the year that saw alternative music re-emerge from a long transitional phase. This playlist features the 100 best tracks from the year, compiled into an epic compilation for your listening pleasure.
The year saw the strongest new acts in decades release their debuts, as well as a number of alternative legends returning to top form. The world of dance and electronica enjoyed a fine year too, with some classic records coming from artists new and old.
You can stream the whole thing via YouTube below (plays automatically). RW/FF's Albums Of the Year 2018 list can be found HERE. A comprehensive list of our monthly New Music Playlists from 2018 can be found further down this page.
  1. Manic Street Preachers - People Give In
  2. Paul Weller - The Soul Searchers 
  3. The Blinders - Gotta Get Through
  4. The Lucid Dream - Alone In Fear
  5. The KVB - Above Us
  6. Menace Beach ft. Brix Smith - Black Rainbow Sound
  7. The Good, The Bad and The Queen - Gun To The Head (Official)
  8. Spiritualized - I’m Your Man
  9. James - Leviathan
  10. Suede - Wastelands
  11. Shame - Dust on Trial
  12. Estrons - Killing Your Love
  13. Slaves - Bugs
  14. Django Django - Marble Skies
  15. Orbital - Tiny Foldable Cities
  16. The Prodigy - Light Up the Sky
  17. The Orb - The End Of The End
  18. Manic Street Preachers - International Blue
  19. Paul Weller - Mayfly
  20. Johnny Marr - Hi Hello
  21. The KVB - Afterglow
  22. Lay Llamas - Coffins on the Dub
  23. Django Django - Beam Me Up
  24. Gorillaz - Lake Zurich
  25. The Lucid Dream - Zenith, Pt. 1
  26. The Lucid Dream - Zenith (part 2) (official video)
  27. Shame - Lampoon
  28. EELS - The Deconstruction
  29. Ash - Confessions In the Pool
  30. Muse - Pressure
  31. Mattiel - Count Your Blessings (live on Later...)
  32. The Coral - Eyes Like Pearls
  33. Basement Revolver - Baby
  34. TVAM - NARCISSUS
  35. IDLES - SAMARITANS
  36. Parquet Courts - Total Football
  37. Low - Disarray
  38. Manic Street Preachers - Hold Me Like a Heaven
  39. EELS - Rusty Pipes
  40. Paul Weller - Aspects
  41. James – ‘Better Than That’ 
  42. Suede - Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You
  43. The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Truce of Twilight
  44. Django Django - Tic Tac Toe
  45. Thom Yorke - Has Ended
  46. Goat - Let it Burn
  47. The KVB - Into Life
  48. The Orb - Rush Hill Road
  49. Underworld and Iggy Pop - Trapped
  50. The Prodigy - We Live Forever
  51. Jon Hopkins - Everything Connected
  52. Orbital - P.H.U.K.
  53. shame - Tasteless
  54. Estrons - Body
  55. She Makes War - Devastate Me
  56. The Blinders - L’etat C’est Moi [Music Video]
  57. Crack Cloud - Drab Measure
  58. Menace Beach - Crawl in Love
  59. She Drew The Gun - Something For The Pain
  60. LUCIA - Summertime
  61. Paul Weller - Gravity
  62. Suede - Life Is Golden
  63. Mogwai // We're Not Done (End Title)
  64. Goatman – Jaam Ak Salam
  65. The Soft Moon - Burn (Ansome Remix)
  66. Jon Hopkins - Singularity
  67. Kelly Moran • ‘Helix (Edit)’
  68. The Chemical Brothers - Free Yourself
  69. The Prodigy - Fight Fire With Fire (feat. Ho99o9)
  70. TVAM - THESE ARE NOT YOUR MEMORIES
  71. Estrons - Cameras
  72. SOAK - Everybody Loves You
  73. The Living End - 'Otherside' 
  74. Paul McCartney - I Don’t Know
  75. Ocean Colour Scene - Be With You
  76. Richard Ashcroft - Birds Fly
  77. Levellers - The Shame
  78. The KVB - On My Skin
  79. Thom Yorke - Unmade
  80. Johnny Marr - Day In Day Out
  81. Gorillaz - Magic City
  82. Shame - Friction
  83. Lucia - What Am I
  84. BASEMENT REVOLVER - Heavy Eyes
  85. The Blinders - Brave New World
  86. Nine Inch Nails - God Break Down The Door
  87. The Lucid Dream - SX1000
  88. The KVB - Violet Noon
  89. Django Django - Flash Forward
  90. Daniel Avery - Hyper Detail
  91. Erol Alkan - Silver Echoes
  92. Skee Mask - Flyby VFR
  93. The Soft Moon - It Kills (Rendered Remix)
  94. Lay Llamas - Fight Fire With Fire Dub
  95. Manic Street Preachers - Sequels of Forgotten Wars
  96. The Good, The Bad and The Queen - Ribbons
  97. Spiritualized - Sail On Through
  98. Paul Weller - May Love Travel With You
  99. James - What's It All About
  100. The KVB - Cerulean
  101. The Lucid Dream - No Sunlight Dub
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