fwiw here is what I played on the radio that I actually enjoyed, I also played some bad indie records by GBV and Orb and others.
basically in chronological order through the year...
Ty Segall - S/TMoon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1Sleater-Kinney - Live In ParisThe Feelies - In BetweenPink Martini - Je Dis Oui!Gas - NarkopopCherry Glazerr - ApocalipstickUnited Bible Studies - Soregh, Murne & FastKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal BananaTinariwen - ElvanRobyn Hitchcock - S/TThe Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage & JoyNicole Mitchell - Mandorla IIGraeme Miller & Steve Shill - Moomins OST (archival)Mountain Goats - GothsAndre Cymose - Black Man In America EPKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder Of The UniversePissed Jeans - Why Love Now?Magnetix - Live In San FranciscoShe-Devils - ComeHusker Du - Savage Young Du (reissue/archival)Neil Young - Hitchhiker (archival)Mdou Moctar - Sousoume TamachekCornelius - Mellow WavesOh Sees - OrcZola Jesus - OkoviLee Ranaldo - Electric TrimAvery Tare - EucalyptusZimpel/Ziołek - S/TCourtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea LiceDelia Gonzalez - Horse Follows DarknessTSA (a.k.a. Robyn Nice) - Home Of The Green WaveAna Poulo - Poulo WaraliMichael Hurley - Redbirds At Folk City (archival)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 01:43 (six years ago) link
I didn't know there was a Robyn Hitchcock album this year, probably because it's been about fifteen years since I worked with the one person I ever knew who was a big fan.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
that's Andre *Cymone*, obv.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 01:52 (six years ago) link
and the Tinariwen album is "Elwan"
the Avey Tare album is really good, and I have historically disliked his work. Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney are all over it as hired guns.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
Hey Dinsdale thanks for posting that Columnfortably Numb list
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-rock-albums-of-2017/
1. King Krule - The OOZ2. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding3. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream4. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights5. Big Thief - Capacity6. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural7. Jay Som - Everybody Works8. Slowdive - Slowdive9. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up10. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds11. Girlpool - Powerplant12. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder13. Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm14. The Afghan Whigs - In Spades15. The Courtneys - II16. The National - Sleep Well Beast17. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland18. Tonstartssbandht - Sorcerer19. Destroyer - ken20. White Reaper - The World’s Best American Band
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 07:17 (six years ago) link
First mention of Afghan Whigs?
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 07:18 (six years ago) link
Tonstartssbandht! Yay!
― alpine static, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 07:30 (six years ago) link
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-songs-of-2017/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU2N1vhqxEMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkRHp4VlKcE
some good finds from the gvb songs list
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 07:50 (six years ago) link
Cosmopolitan: The 24 Best Songs of 2017
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a9169930/best-songs-of-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link
Alex Ross has published his "Notable Performances and Recordings of 2017" in The New Yorker. The ten plus ten recordings mentioned are:
– Tyshawn Sorey - Verisimilitude– Giaches de Wert - Divine Theatre, sacred motets, performed by Stile Antico– J. S. Bach - Cello suites, performed by Thomas Demenga– Jürg Frey - Collection Gustave Roud– Scott Wollschleger - Soft Aberration– Linda Catlin Smith - Drifter– Björk - Utopia– Du Yun - Angel's Bone– György Kurtág - Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir, performed by Reinbert de Leeuw (cond) et al– Hector Berlioz - Les Troyens, performed by John Nelson (cond) et al
– James Weeks - Mala Punica– Daniel Lentz - River of 1000 Streams– George Benjamin - Into the Little Hill / Dream of the Song / Flight, performed by George Benjamin (cond) et al– Gregory Spears - Fellow Travelers– Sabine Devieilhe - Mirages– Mieczysław Weinberg - Chamber symphonies 1-4, Piano quintet, performed by Gidon Kremer et al– Chaya Czernowin - Hidden– Jean Sibelius - In the Stream of Life (songs), performed by Gerald Finley et al– George Lewis - Assemblage– Richard Wagner - Parsifal, performed by Daniel Barenboim (cond) et al
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 10:19 (six years ago) link
here's the full mixmag tracks list:
1. Objekt - Theme from Q 2. Bicep - Glue 3. Gerd Janson & Shan - Surrender 4. The Black Madonna - He Is the Voice I Hear 5. Lanark Artefax - Touch Absence 6. Avalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent Rush 7. Special Request - Brainstorm 8. Kink - Perth 9. Lorenzo Senni - The Shape Of Trance To Come 10. Yaeji - Raingurl 11. Todd Terje - Jungelknugen (Four Tet Remix) 12. J HUS - Did You See 13. Skee Mask - Routine 14. Bicep - Aura 15. Patrice Bäumel - Glutes 16. Sasha feat. POLIÇA - Out Of Time 17. Marquis Hawkes - The Basement Is Burning 18. Four Tet - Two Thousand and Seventeen 19. Arca - Desafío 20. Shanti Celeste - Make Time 21. Minor Science - Volumes 22. Mount Kimbie & Micachu - Marilyn (Palms Trax Remix) 23. Lone - Crush Mood 24. The xx - On Hold (Jamie xx Remix) 25. Goldie VS Ulterior Motive feat. Natalie Williams - I Adore You 26. Kelela - LMK 27. Maya Jane Coles - Cherry Bomb 28. Joe - Tail Lift 29. Fatima Yamaha - Araya 30. Shanti Celeste - Selector 31. J HUS (feat. MoStack & MIST) - Fisherman 32. Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin' On 33. Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - I Found You 34. Adana Twins - Uncompromising 35. Kelly Lee Owens - Lucid 36. Burial - Rodent 37. CamelPhat feat. Elderbrook - Cola 38. Shanti Celeste - Loop One 39. Radio Slave - Another Club 40. Jlin - Black Origami 41. Mall Grab - Pool Party Music 42. Illyus & Barrientos - Takin' Over 43. Mella Dee - Techno Disco Tool 44. Baba Stiltz - Can't Help It 45. M.E.S.H. - Search. Reveal. 46. FineArt & My Nu Leng - Border 47. Helena Hauff - Gift 48. Tom Demac - Sink Or Swim 49. Honey Dijon - Personal Slave (feat. Charles McCloud) 50. Randomer - Smokin 51. Blawan - 993 52. Jamiroquai - Automaton (Deetron Remix) 53. Minimal Violence - Can't Stop Loving You 54. Denis Sulta - Dubelle Oh XX (JVIP) 55. Thick Dick - Welcome To The Jungle (Andrea Oliva Remix) 56. Matthew Herbert deat. Zilla - Brand New Love (Special Request Remix) 57. Tessela - Hackney Parrot (10 Ton Mix) 58. Octo Octa - Daylight 59. Fort Romeau - Emu 60. Oxia - Domino (Matador Remix) 61. Octo Octa - Fleeting Moments Of Freedom (Wooo) 62. Denis Sulta - Nein Fortiate 63. KH (Kieran Hebden) - Question 64. Brame & Hamo - Clarence (Smooth Mix) 65. Nina Kraviz - Pochuvstvui 66. Jad & The - Strings That Never Win 67. Lee Gamble - 23 Bay Flips 68. Octo Octa - Adrift 69. DRS & LSB - Angels Fall 70. Patrice Bäumel - Engage 71. Joy Orbison - Fuerza 72. Talamanca System - My Past Is Your Future 73. Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano 74. Carl Craig - Sandstorms - Versus Version (feat. Francesco Tristano, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth)75. SLEAZY - Sex Jam 76. Fit Of Body - 56k 77. Sweely - Around 78. Karizma - Church Chords 79. Dusky - Cold Heart 80. Hercules & Love Affair - Controller (feat. Faris Badwan) 81. Powder - Heart 82. Mumbai Science - Jasmine 83. Riton feat. Kah-Lo - Fasta 84. Jessie Ware - Midnight (Goldie Remix) 85. Kiwi - Marmora's Theme 86. Objekt - Needle and Thread 87. Kelela - Onanon 88. Dinamarca - Paraiso 89. Isolée - Pisco 90. Golden Teacher - Sauchiehall Withdrawal 91. Mark Jenkyns (feat. Mizbee) - Sirens 92. Turno - The Invaderz 93. Horse Meat Disco (feat. Roy Inc) - Waiting For You to Call94. Tiga - Woke 95. Laurent Garnier - 42826 Doctor C'Est Chouette 96. Danny Daze, Shokh - Aire 97. Halogenix - Blej 98. Unknown Artist - Blessed Are The Meek 99. Redlight - City Jams 100. John Maus - The Combine
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 10:45 (six years ago) link
6. Avalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent Rush
Love this one.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 11:17 (six years ago) link
Mixmag list looks quite stylish really.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 11:41 (six years ago) link
xp, aye that's a great one
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
PopMatters' 70 Best Songs
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
I've never heard of Audioxide before but they have two Wolf Alice songs and a Queens of the Stone Age deep cut in their tracks list.
https://audioxide.com/articles/top-10-tracks-of-2017/
10. “Humble.” // Kendrick Lamar9. “Popeye” // Quelle Chris8. “Bosses Hang” // Godspeed You! Black Emperor7. “Shapeshifter” // Richard Dawson6. “Villains of Circumstance” // QOTSA5. “Lush” // Four Tet4. “Holy Books” // Death From Above3. “Visions of a Life” // Wolf Alice2. “Soothing” // Laura Marling1. “Don’t Delete the Kisses” // Wolf Alice
― how's life, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
that is chaotic
― Cardi Acs (imago), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
"Bosses Hang" is pretty glorious
― Simon H., Wednesday, 13 December 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
Sleeve, finally someone else mentions The Feelies! I was revisiting and enjoying Occult Architecture Vol. 2 this week too.
I posted the whole list of my top 40 punk/post-punk/hardcore in the post-punk thread, but I'll mention here there's a lot of other bands besides the handful that are mentioned in the lists worth checking out:http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-17/#breakdown
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/12/12/the-best-bandcamp-albums-of-2017-80-61/
This is good, it makes me really want to hear the 8 albums on this that I'm unfamiliar with.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
glad to see that quelle chris getting some love
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
yeah i love that quelle chris album
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
Top 10s from Textura - a lot to check out here in the experimental/new-music axis!http://www.textura.org/archives/articles/2017top10s.htm
― Ari (whenuweremine), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
awesome, thanks
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
whoa mixmag list looks fun as hell
― brimstead, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
Wow, I bought a fair bit of contemporary classical and jazz this year but I haven't even heard most of the Textura lists. (Eric Hofbauer is my colleague and I saw him do Prehistoric Jazz live, which was really good. Listened to the Nicole Mitchell a couple of times but it didn't fully sink in.)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
To those who've heard most of the stuff on these lists (assuming you exist): what's your average play count per album and how much 'older' music have you listened to this year?
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
You're right to add "assuming you exist." I doubt the person who has heard most of the music on all of these lists exists, even on this board.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
Stereogum - The Best Jazz Albums Of 2017https://www.stereogum.com/1975242/the-best-jazz-albums-of-2017/franchises/2017-in-review/
ht unperson
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
I doubt the person who has heard most of the music on all of these lists exists, even on this board.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Of course, of course. But maybe they exist within the confines of a given genre.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
Is there a sound in jazz more instantly identifiable than Jane Ira Bloom's soprano saxophone?
I was always amazed at how in order to gain proper entrance to the jazz world you need to be able to recognize players by their sound, I think personally I might be able to pick out Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk, but that's about it... and I love jazz!
― niels, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
I like Bloom, but I hate that kind of hype-talk. I can tell a few players apart from the pack, but not super-reliably unless they're an incredibly individualistic stylist on the level of, say, Cecil Taylor, where there's absolutely no mistaking them for anyone else.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
Happy with how nuts our electronic list turned out
https://t.co/1IcrGxHIab
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
LOVE the SW album, thanks for reminding me! I have it listed as 2016 but whatever
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
The Jane Ira Bloom album is glorious---unperson, whose column got me to check it out, is no soprano sax stan, to put it mildly---so if he likes it---!
― dow, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
― sleeve, Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12:05 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah it rules
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
that lanark artefax ep is v appropriately placed
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
― brimstead, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
"I suspect the lot of you are full of shit"
lol, i also listened to all the music GIVE ME MORE
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
wait until feb, I'm sure there'll be a new King Gizzard record
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
lol, try a week or so
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
The textura list is insane, feels from another planet. I don’t think I’ve even heard about any of the artists in there. I’ll need to do some heavy listening this week.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
kerrang list (thanks kerr for providing me the scans)
1. Employed to Serve: The Warmth of a Dying Sun2. Enter Shikari: The Spark3. Code Orange: Forever4. Mastodon: Emperor of Sand5. Converge: The Dusk in Us6. Foo Fighters: Concrete and Gold7. Neck Deep: The Peace and the Panic8. Rise Against: Wolves9. The Menzingers: After the Party10. PVRIS: All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell11. Creeper: Eternity, in Your Arms12. Can't Swim: Fail You Again13. AFI: AFI (The Blood Album)14. Pallbearer: Heartless15. Higher Power: Soul Structure16. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes: Modern Ruin17. Marilyn Manson: Heaven Upside Down18. Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun19. The Bronx: The Bronx20. Royal Blood: How Did We Get So Dark?21. Queens of the Stone Age: Villains22. Nothing But Thieves: Broken Machine23. The Darkness: Pinewood Smile24. Prophets of Rage: Prophets of Rage25. Deaf Havana: All These Countless Nights26. The Used: The Canyon27. Glassjaw: Material Control28. Power Trip: Nightmare Logic29. Electric Wizard: Wizard Bloody Wizard30. Lower Than Atlantis: Safe in Sound31. Arcane Roots: Melancholia Hymns32. Asking Alexandria: Asking Alexandria33. While She Sleeps: You Are We34. Knuckle Punk: Shapeshifter35. Myrkur: Mareridt36. Ohhms: The Fool37. Papa Roach: Crooked Teeth38. Stone Sour: Hydrograd39. At the Drive-in: Interalia40. HO99O9: United States of Horror41. Linkin Park: One More Light42. Manchester Orchestra: A Black Mile to the Surface43. Thy Art is Murder: Dear Desolation44. Paramore: After Laughter45. ONE OK ROCK: Ambitions46. You Me At Six: Night People47. Grave Pleasures: Motherblood48. All Time Low: Last Young Renegade49. Stray from the Path: Only Death is Real50. Royal Thunder: Wick
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
what a bizarre publication
i am listening to this arcane roots record i've never heard of and i think it might be right up simon's alley? mine as well tbh
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
I look forward to the bafflement that rummaging through these lists will inevitably generate.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
Also… Papa Roach?
Dazed & Confused - The 20 best albums of 2017
http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/38392/1/the-20-best-albums-of-2017
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
Vinyl Factory: Our favourite DJs on the tracks that defined the dance floor in 2017
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/favourite-djs-tracks-defined-dance-floor-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link