2017 end of the year lists

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)

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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

wilco >>>>>>>>>>>>> lcd soundsystem

Aw 2017 was a great year why do they want to make it look terrible for future generations.

Music-wise I mean.

wilco >>>>>>>>>>>>> lcd soundsystem

― imago

depends

We all look at old lists from canonical listmakers as representing stodgy stalwarts of music criticism with a bit of new blood mixed in. There's no reason this year should be any different.

Its not a bad idea to ignore all but debut albums in year-end lists. Everything else is comfort food for those participating. If you like the debut, you will probably follow them till they run out of good ideas.

https://www.popmatters.com/the-best-jazz-of-2017-2512509428.html

lots of men are basic

that's how

Its not a bad idea to ignore all but debut albums in year-end lists

nah i think this is a bad idea

yea wtf

if they're lucky artists don't hit their stride until album 2 or 3. there's very long threads on here about bands that flamed out after 1 amazing debut album

like that would've disqualified Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

yeah but most people thought that was his debut so it's fine

Glen should do a Pazz & Jop data set that's just first appearances

side note: this is the third time this week i've seen someone forget about / dismiss / unaware of Section 80 and it's pissin' me off!

you've misread

Fastnbulbous at 8:12 28 Nov 17

https://www.popmatters.com/the-best-jazz-of-2017-2512509428.html

A few years back Pop Matters had a daily Kindle update which I read. They stopped, I stopped reading -- the site is a nightmare of pop-up ads. Still, their prog and jazz lists are fine. Others will back up some of the choices, such as Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse.

https://www.facebook.com/JazzDesk1/posts/680312402176091:0

Tom Hull generally has a reasonable looking list, but admittedly he's just one person:

http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/eoyjazz-17.php

Matthew Shipp Quartet: Not Bound (ForTune)
Avant pianist, third album this year, making it hard to take seriously his periodic retirements.

xxpost to Number None, you're right, sorry .... but i still think it's a real thing

wilco >>>>>>>>>>>>> lcd soundsystem

― imago

depends

― flappy bird, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 11:51 AM (six hours ago)

the official undergarment of next year's Wilco + LCD Soundsystem tour

lol i'd see that show!

If we only took debuts seriously then Radiohead ahoukd be judged by Pablo Honey.

should*

No idea what my autocorrect was doing there

Ahoukd A

or Ahoukd Computer perhaps.

To avoid further misinterpretation, when I said I don't pay much attention to the appearence of well known names in year end polls (in fact, when I C&P I'l edit them out), it was because I use them as consumer aids to introduce myself to current artists I might like.

Any consumer with a passing interest in music journalism will find out about the Kendrick Lamars and Radioheads of the world, if that's their thing, without the aid of year end polls.

I'm not so sure about the influence of yearly polls on the construction of the critical canon, either. Spend some time in the archives at rocklist.net, and its clear critics frequently don't get it right on their first pass.

Rolling Stone's 50 Best Songs of 2017:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2017-w512456

that number one tho

if someone could has the actual list handy that would be swell

wow that's weird even by Rolling Stone standards

Harry Styles at #1? one of the weakest Lorde tracks at #2? great to see Tove Styrke so high at least

I thought at first they were doing an ilm style fake #1

harry styles song just sounds like the stereophonics to me

I got as far as the write-up

Jazzwise albums:

http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/artists/14787-top-20-jazz-albums-of-2017