Stereogum — The lineup for the 2019 Governors Ball music festival has just been announced. It includes Tyler, The Creator, the Strokes, Florence + The Machine, Lil Wayne, SZA, Nas, the 1975, Kacey Musgraves, Charli XCX, Noname, Brockhampton, U.S. Girls, Jorja Sm... more info

Tuneage — musicforants: Here’s my favorite albums & songs from what I think was one of the most interesting and abundant years in music in some time. Click here to listen to my full Best Songs of 2018 playlist (75 tracks).Favorite Albums of 201801. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — From Mitski to Camp Cope to Turnstile to Cardi B, here are our 50 favorite albums of 2018. Continue reading… more info

Chorus.fm — Mitski performed “Two Slow Dancers” and “Nobody” on Kimmel last night. more info

Stereogum — Mitski has had one hell of a year. In recent memory, she was still a thoroughly DIY artist. Now, she's on one of those crazy ascensions where someone rockets out of the indie world and becomes a household name. Newfound fame was already on her mind i... more info

Consequence of Sound — A pair of performances in support of 2018's top album, Be the Cowboy. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Lauren Wilkinson discussed her novel American Spy with Publishers Weekly. SPIN interviewed singer-songwriter Mitski. 77 "best books of 2018" lists were added to Largehearted Boy's master aggregation yesterday (bringing the total to 1,069), including ... more info

Music For Ants — Here’s my favorite albums & songs from what I think was one of the most interesting and abundant years in music in some time. Click here to listen to my full Best Songs of 2018 playlist (75 tracks).Favorite Albums of 201801. Kacey Musgraves... more info

Chorus.fm — The notable bands on your television this week include: Mitski (Kimmel; 12/20), Black Thought (Fallon; 12/17), and Middle Kids (Corden; 12/17). more info

Sweeping The Nation — This is the other part of our annual bonfire of the vanities - "other" tracks means those from albums that didn't quite make the top 50 of the year and those from artists that didn't put out an album this year at all. Last year, you may recal... more info