2017 end of the year lists

i keep forgetting about Black Ken

Year-end lists from Die Zeit, divided into the categories "Big Star", "Young Talent", "New Interpretation", "Secret Tip", "Good Entertainment", "Edition, Box Set" and "Musik Book".

npr song list looks p cool!

XXL: 50 of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2017

http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/best-hip-hop-songs-2017/

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at #15 is quite the curveball. (xpost)

Very nice poem though

New York Times - The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/arts/music/best-classical-music-recordings-2017.html

XXL: 50 of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2017

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The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at #15 is quite the curveball.

Blues Rock Review - Top 20 Albums of 2017
http://bluesrockreview.com/2017/12/top-20-albums-of-2017.html

20. Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown: Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown
19. Pam Taylor: Steal Your Heart
18. Alastair Greene: Dream Train
17. Samantha Fish: Belle Of The West
16. Mollie Marriott: Truth Is A Wolf
15. Jon Lantic: Jon Lantic
14. Jonny Lang: Signs
13. Rufus Black: Rise Up
12. Shane Henry: Light In The Dark
11. Gov’t Mule: Revolution Come… Revolution Go

10. Black Country Communion: BCC IV
9. Larkin Poe: Peach
8. Laurence Jones: The Truth
7. Supersonic Blues Machine: Californisoul
6. Greta Van Fleet: From The Fires
5. Walter Trout: We’re All In This Together
4. ZZ Ward: The Storm
3. The Gringos: The Animal Kingdom
2. King King: Exile and Grace
1. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: Lay It On Down

man the textura list always rules

Enter The 36 Estonian Philharmonic Chambers

i like the 405 write ups
https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-s-2017-in-review-songs-of-the-year-151

Mask Off, Passionfruit and Slide are three very enjoyable tracks, showing on a lot of these lists, that could've imo been great if they'd had more than placeholder lyrics

Love to see the one from The Danish String Quartet on there. My dad played it for me, and the sound of it is absolutely striking. Also, I went to school with a couple of the guys :) Will check out that Barbara Hannigan disc, that sounds pretty incredible.

i saw hannigan conduct and sing mozart and stravinsky a couple of years ago and she was fantastic

She is an absolute superstar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFpzip-SZk

Let Me Tell You, where she sings Hans Abrahamsen, is amazing as well, but this is afaict the first disc in her own name.

nice to see the new york times pimping for the hartke - i liked it a lot. probably doesn't mean as much as if pitchfork reviewed it, but at least _somebody_ will hear it...

The Benjamin Clementine track on that NPR list is really good fyi

This is a good jazz list (except for the #1 pick - that Thundercat album suuuuucks) and the intro is interesting.

https://www.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/10-best-jazz-albums-2017/

Mixmag - The Top 50 Albums of 2017

http://mixmag.net/feature/50-albums-12-months

That Sinjin Hawke album sounded amazing on my first listen and unbearable on my second (but maybe I just wasn't in the right mood)

Ann Powers' Top 10 Underheard Albums Of 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/12/14/570576493/ann-powers-top-10-underheard-albums-of-2017

the "Cat Person" of pop songs is Laura Marling's "My Manic and I"

I thought that was "Wild Fire"

that anna tivel song/album are great though

Just out of idle curiosity: that last Rolling Stones album, Blue and Lonesome, came out in December 2016, too late for a lot of last year's lists. Has it showed up anywhere this year?

not according to this aggregator http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/63124-the-rolling-stones-blue-lonesome.php

have to say I'd find it a weird, or at least very surprising, inclusion

the 2 best rap lists

https://themartorialist.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-obligatory-best-rap-songs-of-2017_14.html

http://noz.agency/2017/12/14/best-rap-2017/

xxxpost Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin are two Portland folk singers who should be much more widely known, imo. they tour together, play on each others' songs (and I assume they are in a relationship, tho I'm not positive). Martin put out an incredible album this year, too:

https://jeffreymartinportland.bandcamp.com/

listen to "Poor Man" at least

lol @ 11 on the noz list

aside from his cosign of t shirt which i still find 'ok' lol i find it vindicating to see in the comments hes basically in agreement w me about migos/future/thug burnout

xxxpost Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin are two Portland folk singers who should be much more widely known, imo. they tour together, play on each others' songs (and I assume they are in a relationship, tho I'm not positive).

― alpine static

read that as "they are in a relationship, tho it's not positive" and thought that was a pretty harsh zing

anna tivel is a perfect fit for anybody who actually gives a shit about short stories which appear in the new yorker

i'm more interested in the "cat people" of pop songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdHMaccjw4

My list is here: https://2012yearinmusic.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-favorite-new-albums-of-2017.html

damn, the Quietus, NPR and RS EDM lists are quite awesome.

SW rules, btw. Untitled A2 is gonna make my tracks ballot.

Pitchfork - The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017

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

^

1. Arca - Arca
2. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
3. Various Artists - Mono No Aware
4. Ryuichi Sakamoto - async
5. GAS - Narkopop
6. Blanck Mass - World Eater
7. William Basinski - A Shadow in Time
8. Joni Void - Selfless
9. Lushloss - Asking/Bearing
10. Mhysa - fantasii
11. Forest Swords - Compassion
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
13. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - On the Echoing Green
14. Ben Frost - The Centre Cannot Hold
15. Yves Tumor - Experiencing the Deposit of Faith
16. Eluvium - Shuffle Drones
17. L’Rain - L’Rain
18. Amnesia Scanner - AS TRUTH
19. Klein - Tommy EP
20. Pharmakon - Contact

cheers
haven't heard l'rain - will check that out this morning

*slow clap for pitchfork*

Slow Hand Clap For Pitchfork's drone album is excellent and should definitely be on that list.

is it painfully cool boring rubbish, cos if so yeah

No results found for "that fraud basinski".

Mind you, as said above, Mhysa album worth a listen

Great list from the Blackest Ever Black shop in London:
https://lowcompany.co.uk/collections/best-of-2017

Nathan Rabin's Top 10

(oops, meant to post that in the year-end film thread)

Complex UK’s Best Albums Of 2017

http://www.complex.com/music/2017/12/complex-uk-best-albums-of-2017/

No results found for "that fraud basinski".

― Cardi Acs (imago)

wtf is the matter with you, stop it

Great list from the Blackest Ever Black shop in London:
https://lowcompany.co.uk/collections/best-of-2017

― Barnaby, Hardly

i don't think i'm hip enough to listen to any of this! nothing i had heard of until page 5

Lists like that don't make me feel un-hip. They make me grateful there's people out there curating stuff I wouldn't have heard otherwise. Thanks for the list.