2017 end of the year lists

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/T
Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1
Sleater-Kinney - Live In Paris
The Feelies - In Between
Pink Martini - Je Dis Oui!
Gas - Narkopop
Cherry Glazerr - Apocalipstick
United Bible Studies - Soregh, Murne & Fast
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
Tinariwen - Elvan
Robyn Hitchcock - S/T
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage & Joy
Nicole Mitchell - Mandorla II
Graeme Miller & Steve Shill - Moomins OST (archival)
Mountain Goats - Goths
Andre Cymose - Black Man In America EP
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder Of The Universe
Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now?
Magnetix - Live In San Francisco
She-Devils - Come
Husker Du - Savage Young Du (reissue/archival)
Neil Young - Hitchhiker (archival)
Mdou Moctar - Sousoume Tamachek
Cornelius - Mellow Waves
Oh Sees - Orc
Zola Jesus - Okovi
Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim
Avery Tare - Eucalyptus
Zimpel/Ziołek - S/T
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
Delia Gonzalez - Horse Follows Darkness
TSA (a.k.a. Robyn Nice) - Home Of The Green Wave
Ana Poulo - Poulo Warali
Michael Hurley - Redbirds At Folk City (archival)

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.

that's Andre *Cymone*, obv.

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.

Hey Dinsdale thanks for posting that Columnfortably Numb list

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-rock-albums-of-2017/

1. King Krule - The OOZ
2. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
3. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
4. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
5. Big Thief - Capacity
6. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
7. Jay Som - Everybody Works
8. Slowdive - Slowdive
9. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
10. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
11. Girlpool - Powerplant
12. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
13. Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
14. The Afghan Whigs - In Spades
15. The Courtneys - II
16. The National - Sleep Well Beast
17. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
18. Tonstartssbandht - Sorcerer
19. Destroyer - ken
20. White Reaper - The World’s Best American Band

First mention of Afghan Whigs?

Tonstartssbandht! Yay!

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-songs-of-2017/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU2N1vhqxEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkRHp4VlKcE

some good finds from the gvb songs list

Cosmopolitan: The 24 Best Songs of 2017

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a9169930/best-songs-of-2017/

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

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 Call
94. 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

6. Avalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent Rush

Love this one.

Mixmag list looks quite stylish really.

xp, aye that's a great one

PopMatters' 70 Best Songs

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 Lamar
9. “Popeye” // Quelle Chris
8. “Bosses Hang” // Godspeed You! Black Emperor
7. “Shapeshifter” // Richard Dawson
6. “Villains of Circumstance” // QOTSA
5. “Lush” // Four Tet
4. “Holy Books” // Death From Above
3. “Visions of a Life” // Wolf Alice
2. “Soothing” // Laura Marling
1. “Don’t Delete the Kisses” // Wolf Alice

that is chaotic

"Bosses Hang" is pretty glorious

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.

glad to see that quelle chris getting some love

yeah i love that quelle chris album

Top 10s from Textura - a lot to check out here in the experimental/new-music axis!
http://www.textura.org/archives/articles/2017top10s.htm

awesome, thanks

whoa mixmag list looks fun as hell

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.)

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?

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.

Stereogum - The Best Jazz Albums Of 2017
https://www.stereogum.com/1975242/the-best-jazz-albums-of-2017/franchises/2017-in-review/

ht unperson

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.

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!

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.

Happy with how nuts our electronic list turned out

https://t.co/1IcrGxHIab

LOVE the SW album, thanks for reminding me! I have it listed as 2016 but whatever

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---!

LOVE the SW album, thanks for reminding me! I have it listed as 2016 but whatever

― sleeve, Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12:05 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah it rules

that lanark artefax ep is v appropriately placed

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?

"I suspect the lot of you are full of shit"

lol, i also listened to all the music GIVE ME MORE

wait until feb, I'm sure there'll be a new King Gizzard record

lol, try a week or so

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.

kerrang list (thanks kerr for providing me the scans)

1. Employed to Serve: The Warmth of a Dying Sun
2. Enter Shikari: The Spark
3. Code Orange: Forever
4. Mastodon: Emperor of Sand
5. Converge: The Dusk in Us
6. Foo Fighters: Concrete and Gold
7. Neck Deep: The Peace and the Panic
8. Rise Against: Wolves
9. The Menzingers: After the Party
10. PVRIS: All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
11. Creeper: Eternity, in Your Arms
12. Can't Swim: Fail You Again
13. AFI: AFI (The Blood Album)
14. Pallbearer: Heartless
15. Higher Power: Soul Structure
16. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes: Modern Ruin
17. Marilyn Manson: Heaven Upside Down
18. Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun
19. The Bronx: The Bronx
20. Royal Blood: How Did We Get So Dark?
21. Queens of the Stone Age: Villains
22. Nothing But Thieves: Broken Machine
23. The Darkness: Pinewood Smile
24. Prophets of Rage: Prophets of Rage
25. Deaf Havana: All These Countless Nights
26. The Used: The Canyon
27. Glassjaw: Material Control
28. Power Trip: Nightmare Logic
29. Electric Wizard: Wizard Bloody Wizard
30. Lower Than Atlantis: Safe in Sound
31. Arcane Roots: Melancholia Hymns
32. Asking Alexandria: Asking Alexandria
33. While She Sleeps: You Are We
34. Knuckle Punk: Shapeshifter
35. Myrkur: Mareridt
36. Ohhms: The Fool
37. Papa Roach: Crooked Teeth
38. Stone Sour: Hydrograd
39. At the Drive-in: Interalia
40. HO99O9: United States of Horror
41. Linkin Park: One More Light
42. Manchester Orchestra: A Black Mile to the Surface
43. Thy Art is Murder: Dear Desolation
44. Paramore: After Laughter
45. ONE OK ROCK: Ambitions
46. You Me At Six: Night People
47. Grave Pleasures: Motherblood
48. All Time Low: Last Young Renegade
49. Stray from the Path: Only Death is Real
50. Royal Thunder: Wick

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

I look forward to the bafflement that rummaging through these lists will inevitably generate.

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

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/