okay i did a songs list, 50 songs, one per artist. it's pretty good if i may say so myself. apple music playlist is here too: Songs Of The Year 2017 on Apple Music Alex Lahey - Every Day’s The Weekend At The Drive In - Incurably Innocent Baths - Human Bog Big Thief - Mythological Beauty Blanck Mass - Silent Treatment Brockhampton - Gummy Caracara - Oh Brother Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling Cende - Bed Charli XCX - I Got It Charly Bliss - Black Hole Chief Keef - Whoa Cloud Nothings - Sight Unseen Coma Cinema - Tether Drake - Passionfruit Emperor X - Oversleepers International Girlpool - It Gets More Blue Great Grandpa - Teen Challenge Grizzly Bear - Morning Sound Iron Chic - My Best Friend (Is A Nihilist) Japanese Breakfast - Til Death Jay Som - The Bus Song Julie Byrne - Natural Blue Kelela - LMK Kelly Lee Owens - Lucid Kendrick Lamar - FEEL LCD Soundsystem - Tonite Lil Uzi Vert - The Way Life Goes Los Campesinos - I Broke Up In Amarante Lil Yachty - Bring It Back Manchester Orchestra - The Gold The National - The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness Now, Now - SGL Oso Oso - Reindeer Games Paramore - Rose Colored Boy Partner - Play The Field Perfume Genius - Wreath Phoebe Bridgers - Funeral Ratboys - Elvis Is In The Freezer Rozwell Kid - Wendy’s Trash Can Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano (Sandy) Alex G - Bobby Special Explosion - Fire SZA - Supermodel Tigers Jaw - June Vagabon - The Embers Vince Staples - Bagbak The War On Drugs - Pain Waxahatchee - Never Been Wrong Young Thug - Killed Before
2017 was a weird year for music. I saw the most shows I've ever seen in a given year (34) and listened to almost 70,000 minutes of music - that's a lot. After weeks playing around with this, I've settled on my "Best Albums of 2017 List". It's much tamer than in years past and I highly recommend everything on here. Feel free to share yours, I'm curious what everyone's #1 was this year. Note: The album that would have been at #1 was taken off all my lists. Top 10 Records: 1. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 2. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 3. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps 4. Tigers Jaw - Spin 5. Minus the Bear - VOIDS 6. Paramore - After Laughter 7. Enter Shikari - The Spark 8. Dryjacket - For Posterity 9. Movements - Feel Something 10. Glassjaw - Material Control Top 5 Concerts: Montebello Rockfest - Montebello Marina Julien Baker - Theatre Fairmont Architects - Le National Warped Tour 2017 - Xfinity Theater Paramore - Theatre St. Denis Best of the Rest (alphabetical order): A Will Away - Here Again alt-J - RELAXER Being As An Ocean - Waiting for Morning to Come Citizen - As You Please Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms Eisley - I'm Only Dreaming JAPANDROIDS - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life Lorde - Melodrama Mystery Weekend - Surprise Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape Phoenix - Ti Amo PVRIS - All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell Rise Against - Wolves Silverstein - Dead Reflection Stick To Your Guns - True View Stray From The Path - Only Death Is Real The Menzingers - After The Party The Smith Street Band - More Scared Of You Than Yor Are Of Me
Albums: Big Thief – Capacity Perfume Genius – No Shape Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory Arca – Arca Vagabon – Infinite Worlds Charli XCX – Pop 2 Jay Som – Everybody Works King Krule – The OOZ The National – Sleep Well Beast Charli XCX – Number 1 Angel Laurel Halo – Dust Lil Yachty – Teenage Emotions Young Thug – BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS PRIESTS – Nothing Feels Natural (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice Kelela – Take Me Apart Lorde – Melodrama Lil Uzi Vert – Luv is Rage 1.5/Luv is Rage 2 Chief Keef – Thot Breaker Fever Ray – Plunge Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds From Another Planet Lil Peep – Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1 Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights Alex Lahey – I Love You Like A Brother Sampha – Process MIKE – MAY GOD BLESS YOUR HUSTLE Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. The xx – I See You Ibeyi – Ash Cayetana – New Kind of Normal Jlin – Black Origami Bicep – Bicep Chastity Belt – I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone Bjork – Utopia Migos – Culture The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding Blue Hawaii – Tenderness Lil B – Black Ken yaeji – EPs Tyler, The Creator – Flower Boy SZA – Ctrl Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives Who Is She – Seattle Gossip Future – HNDRXX Drake – More Life Four Tet – New Energy Richard Dawson – Peasant Common Holly – Playing House Tracks: Vagabon – Cold Apartment Lil Yachty – Forever Young (feat. Diplo) Mount Kimbie – Blue Train Lines (feat. King Krule) The National – Guilty Party MØ – Nights With You Lil Uzi Vert – The Way Life Goes (feat. Oh Wonder) (Sandy) Alex G – Bobby Big Thief – Black Diamonds Vince Staples – BagBak Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Over Everything SOPHIE – It’s Okay To Cry Calvin Harris – Slide (feat. Frank Ocean and Migos) Future – Sorry Lil Yachty – No More Charli XCX – Tears (feat. Caroline Polachek) Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano Lorde – Perfect Places Cashmere Cat – 9 (After Coachella) [feat. MØ and SOPHIE] Camp Cope – Keep Growing Arca – Desafio Big Thief – Mythological Beauty Charli XCX – Out of My Head (feat. Tove Lo and ALMA) Drake – Passionfruit Jay Som – The Bus Song French Montana – Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee) Lil Peep – U Said Yves Tumor – Limerence Charli XCX – 3 AM (Pull Up) [feat. MØ] Perfume Genius – Slip Away Jay Som – One More Time, Please Japanese Breakfast – Road Head Vince Staples – Yeah Right Kelela – Frontline Young Thug – Family Don’t Matter (feat. Millie Go Lightly) Charli XCX – Dreamer (feat. Starrah and RAYE) Charli XCX – Backseat (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) Alex Lahey – Every Day’s The Weekend Gorillaz – Ascension (feat. Vince Staples) Young Thug & Carnage – Don’t Call Me (feat. Shakka) Miguel – Sky Walker (feat. Travis Scott) King Krule – Dum Surfer Sean Paul – Body (feat. Migos) Calvin Harris – Faking It (feat. Kehlani and Lil Yachty) Chief Keef – Whoa Dua Lipa – New Rules J Hus – Did You See Chastity Belt – Different Now Major Lazer – Particula (feat. DJ Maphorisa, Nasty C, Ice Prince, Patoranking & Jidenna) Baba Stiltz – Can’t Help It Paramore – Hard Times
How did you manage that when there aren't even that many hours in a year? If you have the ability to manipulate the flow of time and aren't sharing this information, that's incredibly uncool.
doing albums is tougher for me because this year has been such a clusterfuck politically that giving albums enough time or even listening to any has been tough sometimes, so there's some stuff I haven't checked out yet either based on your recs (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Charly Bliss etc) or based on what I like (U2, Liam and Noel Gallagher, Bjork) that I haven't listened to yet and that's making me anxious and overwhelmed and it shouldn't this should be fun so fuck it anywho here's some albums I liked, first 3 in order the rest aren't, in case you're wondering where Reputation is that's one of the ones I didn't delve into enough Lorde- Melodrama St. Vincent- Masseduction Kesha- Rainbow Austra- Future Politics Craig Finn- We All Want The Same Things Aimee Mann- Mental Illness The New Pornographers- Whiteout Conditions Torres- Three Futures Feist- Pleasure The Mountain Goats- Goths Jason Isbell- The Nashville Sound Jay-Z- 4:44 Lana Del Rey- Lust For Life Fever Ray-Plunge I also made a playlist of 50 pop songs from the year, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato are all on their twice (one feature, one solo track), full disclosure Despacito and Bodak Yellow are mostly there because of cultural significance, it's possible I forgot something because at some point I forgot New Rules and Want You Back somehow
Spoon - Hot Thoughts Lo Tom - Lo Tom Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live Kendrick Lamar - DAMN Portugal. The Man - Woodstock Oso Oso -The Yunahon Mixtape Slothrust - Show Me How You Want It To Be Manchester Orchestra - Black Mile to the Surface Us & Us Only- Full Flower
Gonna keep mine short and in no particular order: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Nashville Sound Ryan Adams - Prisoner Dave Hause - Bury Me In Philly (probably my most listened too) Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life Father John Misty - Pure Comedy White Reaper - World's Best American Band Flatliners - Inviting Light Flatfoot 56 - Odd Boat The Bronx - V Not a great deal of range there but as I get older I know what I like which tends to be solid punk albums built for repeat listens.
I’m just your average chorus user Manchester Orchestra- a black mile to the surface Julien Baker - turn the lights out The Menzingers - after the party Paramore- after laughter Circa survive - the amulet Sorority noise - you’re not as as you think Phoebe Bridgers - stranger in the alps Oso Oso - the yunahun mixtape Tigers jaw - spin Special explosions - to infinity Caracara - Summer Megalith Movements - feel something Citizen - as you please The world is a beautiful place & I am no longer afraid to die - always foreign Feist - Pleasure Sinai vessel - broken legged Turnover - good nature Prawn - run Eisley - I’m only dreaming Story of the year - wolves