2017 end of the year lists

for more clues, check out their live acts list

also lol haha yes

Independent list first one that makes some sense

yeah it always has been a publication for bourgie dullards

Girlpool conspicuously missing from all these lists

Come on lj, it's the most progressive list on here by far.

it just kinda looks like the other ones reshuffled

that thundercat record is awful

agreed about the thundercat record, was really looking forward to it after that awesome EP he dropped in 2015

I like "Show You the Way" but was never able to get into the record as a whole

(though of course I'd like it better without the winky vocalist intros)

flappy bird w/ a good point, re: Girlpool's absence

Oh don't worry there's 400 more lists yet to come.

lots more chances for Lorde to come in at #2

I had no idea there was a new Satyricon. Also pumped that the Elder LP is showing up in some of these.

Is the Lorde album even any good? I've not bothered with it yet

it's very good

(and I didn't care for the first much at all)

Is the Lorde album even any good? I've not bothered with it yet

― imago, Monday, November 27, 2017 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

asking this question in a thread highlighting various lists where it's come in at #1. At bear minimum it's probably worth a bother.

it's not really my thing and i still think it's p impressive

Lorde album is great

It is. Even though it's not among my faves, it's worth one breath as opposed to a thousand TayTay thinkpieces imo.

Not much into the whole Lorde album, but Green Light is one my tracks of the year

The Ryan Adams record is actually really good, too. Best since Love is Hell. #burningmyreponepostatatime

yeah it rules

anyone who has the portugal the man album on their list is a cop

sorry, rules are rules

Lots of the Lorde album is way better than Green Light, which I've come round to a bit, but still doesn't feel like the song matches up to the scale of the production.

Best random thing I've recently discovered off a list is Nadia Reid. Preservation is gorgeous, as is I Come Home to You.

i've particularly grown to admire "the louvre"

xp

lol at the name "Loyle"

i saw lorde's show on sunday and not that i wasn't already head over heels for the album but it's now cemented itself as a classic album for me

anyone who has the portugal the man album on their list is a cop

― maura, Monday, November 27, 2017 10:00 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Truth.

did Portugal. The Man have a crossover mainstream breakthrough this year? been seeing their name from a lot of people i didn't expect. feel like it's been ages since i listened to that stuff (circa survive, dredg, the sound of animals fighting)

did portugal. the man ever sound like circa survive. wait don't tell me

yeah, i live in the pac nw and the breakthrough of Portugal. The Man into the mainstream - which i didn't even know about until i saw them perform on the AMAs - is def the weirdest musical story of 2017, imo

flappy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feel_It_Still

xp don't they have the same singer?

i didn't realize portugal the man was a thing anyone cared about before their limp crossover hit this year

Lorde album is great, and Louvre has one of the years best lyrics in it: 'we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the Louvre / down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre'

xp don't they have the same singer?

― flappy bird, Monday, November 27, 2017 4:54 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no????????????

ohhh ok i just looked it up Anthony Green was also in Saosin (and Sound of Animals Fighting, which btw, first ep? amazing, still)

This might not qualify as an end of year list, because it's a mix, and also it picks up 2016 favorites. . . But it's as close as Musicophilia will ever get to an end-of-year list:

Various – ‘The Four Ethers‘
(2016-2017)

Part I: Spring/Life/Earth

01 [0:00:00] Moses Sumney – “Doomed” (Aromanticism, 2017)
02 [0:04:27] Four Tet – “Scientists” (New Energy, 2017)
03 [0:09:12] Ibeyi – “When Will I Learn” (Ash, 2017)
04 [0:12:12] Bjork – “Utopia” (Utopia, 2017)
05 [0:16:47] Mount Kimbie – “Audition” (Love What Survives, 2017)
06 [0:20:57] Thundercat – “A Fan’s Mail” (Drunk, 2017)
07 [0:23:27] Sampha – “Reverse Faults” (Process, 2017)
08 [0:27:34] Cornelius – “Dear Future Person” (Mellow Waves, 2017)

Part II: Summer/Warmth/Fire

09 [0:32:11] No Zu – “Spirit Beat” (Afterlife, 2016)
10 [0:36:40] Daphni – “Medellin” (Joli Mai, 2017)
11 [0:42:50] Anderson Paak – “The Bird” (Malibu, 2016)
12 [0:46:23] A Tribe Called Quest – “Whateva Will Be” (We Got It From Here. . ., 2016)
13 [0:49:16] !!! – “Our Love (U Can Get)” (Shake The Shudder, 2017)
14 [0:53:31] Golden Teacher – “Sauchiehall Withdrawal” (No LUscious Life, 2017)
15 [0:58:36] Fujiya & Miyagi – “Synthetic Symphonies” (Fujiya & Miyagi, 2017)

Part III: Autumn/Light/Air

16 [1:03:24] Frankie Rose – “Dancing Down The Hall” (Cage Tropical, 2017)
17 [1:08:45] Solange – “Don’t You Wait” (A Seat At the Table, 2016)
18 [1:12:51] Virginia Wing – “Grapefruit” (Forward Constant Motion, 2016)
19 [1:16:35] Black Marble – “A Million Billion Stars” (It’s Immaterial, 2016)
20 [1:19:46] Kendrick Lamar – “Feel” (Damn, 2017)
21 [1:23:17] David Bowie – “No Plan” (No Plan EP, 2017)
22 [1:26:52] Jane Weaver – “The Lightning Back” (Modern Kosmology, 2017)

Part IV: Winter/Sound/Water

23 [1:30:21] Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – “Stranger Things (Extended)” (Stranger Things Vol. 2, 2016)
24 [1:35:18] Fever Ray – “Red Trails” (Plunge, 2017)
25 [1:39:59] Joana Guerra – “Carpideiras” (Cavalos Vapor, 2016)
26 [1:43:40] Andy Stott – “First Night” (Too Many Voices, 2016)
27 [1:48:33] Radiohead – “Daydreaming” (A Moon Shaped Pool, 2016)
28 [1:54:45] Slowdive – “Falling Ashes” (Slowdive, 2017)
29 [2:02:29] Arca – “Reverie” (Arca, 2017)
30 [2:05:34] Serpentwithfeet – “Redemption” (Blisters EP, 2016)

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/musicophilia_00_various_-_the-four-ethers_2016-2017_cover.jpg?w=500

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xxxpost to dyl, re Portugal. The Man - they've been around for 10+ years, first got some attention off being from Sarah Palin's hometown, then moved to Portland. some of their earlier stuff isn't bad. but it was the kinda stuff that appealed to the stoner high school jazz band kids who were also into like Jaga Jazzist and Sigur Ros and the Mars Volta or w/e

i dunno, where i am they have been considered a credible, decent (if not particularly exciting) rock band for a long time. but Cascadia is weird.

yea i heard them thru the Mars Volta / ATDI / post hardcore connection but that was ages ago. weird to see their name pop up again in unexpected places

portugal the man are also utter rockist dicks whose identity crisis over having a shitty “we gave ‘please mr. postman’ xanax - let’s see what happens” crossover hit has led to them proclaiming that writers who mildly rebuke their stupid “hur hur we play REAL INSTRUMENTS BRO” posturing should work under pseudonyms if they don’t want to be swarmed by their idiot illiterate fans

not that i have personal experience with this or anything

Sorry to hear that, they suck

thanks. they’re also cowards who deleted everything and posted photos of them flexing instead 😭😭😭😭

yeah that 'real instruments no computers' thing was stupid, sorry that happened to you maura

closest i ever got to p.tm was missing their opening set for minus the bear (who were terrible) in front of like 100 people in a place that holds 500.

damn forgot about them too. rough era. i remember these arms are snake were good though

http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-best-albums-of-2017?ref=hp

ew how is lcd soundsystem doing so well

they are the new wilco