2017 end of the year lists

tremendous album that. don’t know if it got much traction in actual psych rock circles, but it’s my favourite psych record this year

noted!

You might like it sleeve! Has the ritualistic feeling of something like the Master Musicians of Bukkake but played with something approaching a Boredoms-ish energy in places. Also lots of synth.

Song Exploder had a good episode on Ibeyi's "Deathless":
http://songexploder.net/ibeyi

oh my god how had I not heard this James Holden record yet

if it's as all as good as 'spinning dance' then...damn

james holden is definitely my favourite find from lists so far, it's fantastic

the cut copy album was quite good and better than their last one

kehlani not getting much traction is definitely confusing + a shame

thanks for that songexploder, i had been wondering about the story behind deathless

xps kitten rule

james holden record is super good

cool list from Stranded Records, gotta check out that new Bill Orcutt and the Alan Vega

https://www.strandedrecords.com/collections/stranded-favorites?mc_cid=25b6891673&mc_eid=4d62f33c41

i'm no War On Drugs super-fan, but maura piqued my interest in Kitten ... what album is a good starting point with them?

they have one album iirc. in terms of '80s pastiche they mainly survey dance pop and freestyle (sorta); they're simultaneously an early '90s britpop pastiche

one of the coolest bands going imo

they have a similar identity crisis to wolf alice but the poles they travel between are more interesting (for me) (wolf alice is great don't get me wrong)

I'm not surprised that it's not been mentioned anywhere given their career arc, but this year's Cut Copy record was really really good. I had totally given up on them.

― evol j

Yeah, I thought this album was really great too. I still don't know how In Ghost Colours seemed to pass all the critics by (excluding Pitchfork) back in 2008. I would have thought they had all the right ingredients to get there. Same goes for The Juan Maclean's last couple of albums.

I liked some of the stuff off that ambient tape they put out last year

January tape

Holden album largely does keep it up! A few tracks are a little more noodly/aimless than others but largely a very good job I'd say

I fell down a Shabazz Palaces rabbit hole and am super, super happy about it

https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/434wnb/noisey-100-best-songs-of-2017

Say what you will about noisey/vice but imo they made some great choices in their top five (that alex g song in particular is a total heartbreaker and it's definitely making my ilx ballot)

xp
Tendai Marare (of SP) produced one of my favorite albums this year: Pierre Kwenders "MAKANDA"
I should really start a thread for it, but I have a hard time describing it: sunny, groovy, multilingual afropop but with some of that SP heaviness

Say what you will about noisey/vice but imo they made some great choices in their top five (that alex g song in particular is a total heartbreaker and it's definitely making my ilx ballot)

― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, December 7, 2017 4:55 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wow, Cardi B and Lil Uzi Vert, color me impressed

I don't get why everyone is THAT into Cardi B. Like, that song is okay? I don't turn it off when it comes on the radio but I don't actively seek it out.

people love cardi b the person and love that her song became such a massive hit

ah, okay, that's fair enough

it's her best bars up to motorsport imo but ymmv

also crucial:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BY7OpSMAJ_n/

japandroids in the top 25! so radical, wow

“crew” at no. 2 is admittedly otm

Say what you will about noisey/vice but imo they made some great choices in their top five (that alex g song in particular is a total heartbreaker and it's definitely making my ilx ballot)

― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, December 7, 2017 1:55 PM (two hours ago)

this made me go to the Noisey list to see what Alex G song they chose, and happily, they chose the right one. i feel like i've seen several songs from Rocket on these lists - like he's splitting the votes - but imo, Bobby is by far the best song on that album. it's top 5 of '17 for me.

Personally I love Sportscar the best but Bobby is great. I perdormed it live in one of my bars a month ago! Sang second female voice in the chorus and played the violin part on guitar. It’s a fun song to cover.

That song reminds me of Lullaby for the Working Class

japandroids in a top 25 in 2017 *is* kind of radical in a sense

yeah, i kinda agree w/ this ^^ they seem like they're from another era at this point (and i like them)

maybe they just liked the song? it's fantastic and made my 2016 ballot

oh yeah what if the song is just fantastic

haha, well of course eoy lists are primarily ideological battlefields

I don't ever particularly care for the Japandroids, but that is one great song

lmao brad

Upgrading the James Holden album to 'fucking awesome'

http://afropop.org/articles/stocking-stuffers-2017-feature

Davido, Mokoomba, Trio Da Kali, Orchesta Baobab and more. Mostly old-school funky but also some new programmed beats pop/r’n’b types

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-afrobeat-hot-hits-new-urban-dance-grooves-from-africa/

This comp is on the Afropop list. Might not be as good as the list one could make by going through the YouTube videos on the Afrobeats/Afropop list, but still nice

I meant the videos on the ilx afrobeats thread

Just what is going on here?

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Cry Cry Cry
Wolf Parade
User: 7.7
Oct 6, 2017
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Visions of a Life
Wolf Alice
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Sep 29, 2017
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Hiss Spun
Chelsea Wolfe
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Sep 22, 2017

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/score/metascore/90day/filtered

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLL

Raven Sings The Blues - Best Albums
http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/rstb-best-of-2017/

I'll be checking some of these for sure for I can't believe someone is still doing text in jpeg form in 2017

not sure I understand the advantage of that approach?

Such a great blog. Along with The Finest Kiss, it turned me onto the likes of RVG, Century Palm, Cable Ties, etc. Looks like I'll need to reconsider Rat Columns and ORB. I liked them, but have been neglected in favor of other stuff.

Fester's Lucky 13: 2017 Year-End Summary
http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-17/

Ooh nice, that Business of Dreams album is really enjoyable, "aural comfort food" captures it. And the new Bats album is worth spending some time with, I played it with passing interest for a long time and am just lately noticing how strong it is, last four songs especially.

Also Circuit Des Yeux is A++.