Wall of Sound presents: “2018 YEAR IN REVIEW” – by Wall of Sound photographer Candace Krieger

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Heavy Metal Wordsmith
Dec 23, 2018
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Highlight of my year was getting out of the Hellmouth that is Queensland, quitting my corporate shill job and learning how to get a good night’s sleep in a moving vehicle. Here's some other things I liked about 2018.

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2018?

  1. Endless Heights - Vicious Pleasure
  2. Kanye West - ye
  3. Now Now - Saved
  4. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps (I didn’t find it until 2018 so it still counts)
  5. Slowly Slowly - St Leonards
  6. Panic! At The Disco - Pray for the Wicked
  7. Boston Manor - Welcome to the Neighbourhood
  8. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
  9. Caged Existence - The Body Prison
  10. Tiny Little Houses - Idiot Proverbs

[youtube https://youtu.be/bOAHyGyeOYY&w=640&h=360]

 

TOP 10 SONGS OF 2018?

  1. Casey - 'Needlework'
  2. Kanye West - 'Ghost Town'
  3. Endless Heights - 'Run'
  4. Now Now - 'MJ'
  5. Wreath - 'Revolutionary Suicide'
  6. Whatever, Forever - 'Whispers'
  7. Panic! At The Disco - 'Hey Look, Ma I Made It'
  8. Clews - 'Crushed'
  9. Pagan - 'Imitate Me'
  10. Billie Eilish - 'when the party's over'

[youtube https://youtu.be/5S6az6odzPI&w=640&h=360]

 

BEST GIG YOU’VE SEEN 2018?

The National performing at Brisbane's Riverstage in February 2018
(Photo Gallery Here)

BANDS TO WATCH IN 2019?

Paradise Club, Caged Existence, Pagan, Justice for the Damned, Wreath.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRxqQUz7VeY&w=640&h=360]

 

FAV BANDS YOU DISCOVERED IN 2018

Casey & Clews.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWWuX0nzGY4&w=640&h=360]

 

WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2019?

Snoozing in even more tour vans.


Words by Candace Krieger

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ2Pu7oFTyk&w=853&h=480]

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