From Safia Nolin to Ought: 10 Quebec albums that defined 2018

My 10 favourite Quebec recordings of 2018 have nothing in common except that they’re all the work of inspired independent artists who’re most definitely marching to the beat of their own drummers. That’s what’s cool about the coolsters ici. They do their own thing and by not letting themselves be defined by what’s hot and what’s not, they end up making ultra original music, in English and en français.
You could say that Hubert Lenoir is the year’s