this comment made me stalk your instagram and yep I recognize you from a million shows too hahah. yesss it should be in everyone's top ten tbh.
The Menzingers - After the Party Bleachers - Gone Now Sincere Engineer - Rhombithian Paramore - After Laughter Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In the Alps Day At the Fair - The Epilogue Nervous Dater - Don’t Be a Stranger Lorde - Melodrama Waxahatchee - Out In the Storm Converge - The Dusk In Us Forfeit - Perennial Emperor X - Oversleepers International Gang of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape The Mountain Goats - Goths Sundressed - A Little Less Put Together Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
glad that the artist emperor x, casey whitman, could see praise for his album and benefit from it itt
My top ten albums of 2017: 1 / After Laughter by Paramore 2 / I See You by The xx 3 / Music from Before the Storm by Daughter 4 / RELAXER by Alt-J 5 / Sacred Hearts Club by Foster The People 6 / Melodrama by Lorde 7 / Turn Out the Lights by Julien Baker 8 / Cigarettes After Sex by Cigarettes After Sex 9 / Ti Amo by Phoenix 10 / come out. you're hiding by Flor
Top 10 (I put a bandcamp or a youtube link for each release) Favorite album of the year : Ostraca - Last - AmenRa - Mass VI - Frail Hands - Frail Hands - Heaven In Her Arms - 白暈 - Jessica93 - Guilty Species - Øjne - Prima Che Tutto Bruci - Potence - L'Amour Au Temps De La Peste - Silent Whale Becomes A° Dream - Requiem - Slowdive - Slowdive - Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun Favorite song : Converge - Eve
Top songs: 1) Vince Staples- Bagbak 2) Slowdive- Slomo 3) Mastodon- Steambreather 4) Priests- Nothing Feels Natural 5) Cloud Nothings- Up to the Surface 6) Young Thug- Oh Yeah 7) Power Trip- Nightmare Logic 8) Lil Uzi Vert- Sauce It Up 9) Future- Fresh Air 10) Kendrick Lamar- FEEL 11) Japanese Breakfast- Road Head 12) The Menzingers- After the Party 13) Wu Tang Clan- Pearl Harbor 14) Glassjaw- Shira 15) Wiki- Mayor
50. Gang of Youths – Go Farther in Lightness 49. Thunder Dreamer – Capture 48. The Menzingers – After The Party 47. Future Islands – The Far Future 46. (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket 45. Colin Stetson – All This I Do for Glory 44. Kevin Morby – City Music 43. Various Artists – Mono No Aware 42. Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds from Another Planet 41. The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding 40. James Holden & the Animal Spirits – The Animal Spirits 39. Charly Bliss – Guppy 38. Ratboys – GN 37. Four Tet – New Energy 36. Hundred Waters – Communicating 35. Bing & Ruth – No Home of the Mind 34. Gunn-Truscinski Duo – Bay Head 33. Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights 32. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens 31. Bibio – Phantom Brickworks 30. Jay Som – Everybody Works 29. Special Explosion – To Infinity 28. Land of Talk – Life After Youth 27. Spoon – Hot Thoughts 26. Björk – Utopia 25. Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up 24. Wolf Parade – Cry Cry Cry 23. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy 22. King Krule – The Ooz 21. Circuit Des Yeux – Reaching for Indigo 20. Hiss Golden Messenger – Hallelujah Anyhow 19. St. Vincent – Masseduction 18. Young Jesus – S/T 17. Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins 16. Fever Ray – Plunge 15. Lomelda – Thx 14. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream 13. Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder 12. Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger in the Alps 11. Hurray for the Riff-Raff – The Navigator 10. Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile to the Surface 9. oso oso – the yunahon mixtape 8. SZA – Ctrl 7. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. 6. The Weather Station – The Weather Station 5. Perfume Genius – No Shape 4. Feist – Pleasure 3. Big Thief – Capacity 2. The National – Sleep Well Beast 1. David Bazan – Care
1. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 2. Bleachers - Gone Now 3. The Menzingers - After The Party 4. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me 5. The National - Sleep Well Beast 6. Kesha - Rainbow 7. Caracara - Summer Megalith 8. Conor Oberst - Salutations 9. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 10. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Zombies On Broadway 11. The Front Bottoms - Going Grey 12. Lincoln - A Constant State of Ohio 13. Slaughter Beach, Dog - Birdie 14. Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape 15. Gang of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness EDIT: Added 5 more
1. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 2. The Menzingers - After The Party 3. Natalie Hemby - Puxico 4. Chon - Homey 5. Lorde - Melodrama 6. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 7. Sorority Noise - You're Not As _____ As You Think 8. Paramore - After Laughter 9. P.O.S - Chill, dummy 10. Bleachers - Gone Now 11. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like A Brother 12. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me 13. Natalia Lafourcade - Musas 14. Emperor X - Oversleepers International 15. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 16. Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions 17. Fleet Foxes - Crack Up 18. The National - Sleep Well Beast 19. Charly Bliss - Guppy 20. Alvvays - Antisocialites
I'll be posting The Prestigious Forum list tomorrow and its looking like a pretty solid list so far. Still taking lists today if anyone wants to post over in that forum and contribute.
I wrote a bunch about my favorite albums from this year on my blog, if anyone is interested in checking that out. My favorite of the year was probably the Menzingers album. I've gone back to that one again and again and again. 2017 Favorite Albums
Lorde - Melodrama Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Always Foreign (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket Jay Som - Everybody Works Paramore - After Laughter Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet Perfume Genius - No Shape Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights Jlin - Black Origami The National - Sleep Well Beast Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun HAIM - Something To Tell You Sampha - Process Slowdive - Slowdive Sorority Noise - You’re Not as ___ as You Think Syd - Fin SZA - Ctrl
Okay, I'm ready. I'm sure this will continue to change as I discover for new artists, but for now. First three are so close. 1. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 2. Lorde - Melodrama 3. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 4. The National - Sleep Well Beast 5. Bleachers - Gone Now 6. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 7. Japandroids - Near the Wild Heart of Life 8. Paramore - After Laughter 9. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 10. Alexandra Savior - Belladonna of Sadness HM: Alvvays - Antisocialites
Best Songs 1. Cloud Nothings- Modern Act 2. Japandroids- Near To The Wild Heart of Life 3. The Killers- Tyson Vs. Douglas 4. Paramore- Hard Times 5. Dear Evan Hansen- Waving Through A Window 6. Ed Sheeren- Castle On The Hill 7. Weezer- Weekend Woman 8. Logic- 1-800-273-8255 9. Chainsmokers/Coldplay- Something Just Like This 10. Lorde- Green Light Best Albums 1. Japandroids- Near To The Wild Heart Of Life 2. Weezer- Pacific Daydream 3. Kendrick Lamar- Damn 4. The Killers- Wonderful Wonderful 5. Paramore- After Laughter 6. Beck- Colors 7. Logic- Everybody 8. Jay Z- 4:44 9. Bleachers- Gone Now 10. New Found Glory- Makes Me Sick
Still finalizing my edits on my piece on the Menz song of my user-namesake that I wanted to put up with my EOTY list. In the meantime, wanted to get my EOTY list up. Far and away my favorite album of 2017. -The Menzingers- After The Party Also Great Albums (in rough order) Paramore- After Laughter Ratboys- GN Queens of the Stone Age- Villians White Reaper- The World’s Greatest American Band Phoebe Bridgers- Stranger in the Alps Silverstein- Dead Reflection Japanese Breakfast- Soft Sounds from Another Planet Portugal. The Man- Woodstock Julien Baker- Turn Out the Lights Fleet Foxes- Crack Up Kendrick Lamaar- DAMN The Flatliners- Inviting Light Hard Girls- Floating Now Single Mothers- Our Pleasure Meat Wave- The Incessant The Smith Street Band- More Scared of You Than You Are of Me Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile to the Surface Foo Fighters- Concrete and Gold Enter Shikari- The Spark Cloud Nothings- Life Without Sound Pet Symmetry- Vision And Other Albums I Liked (Also in rough order) Iron Chic- You Can’t Stay Here Rozwell Kid- Precious Art The Orwells- Terrible Human Beings Creeper- Eternity, In Your Arms ’68- Two Parts Viper Great Grandpa- Plastic Cough Propagandhi- Victory Lap Anti-Flag- American Fall Eisley- Currents Captain, We’re Sinking- King of No Man Converge- The Dusk in Us Half Waif- form/a (EP) Japandroids- Near to the Wild Heart of Life Sorority Noise- You’re Not as ____ as You Think Prawn- Run The Districts- Popular Manipulations Turnover- Good Nature Emperor X- Oversleepers International Downtown Boys- Cost of Living Dave Hause- Bury Me in Philly Wale- SHINE Circa Survive- The Amulet Billy Corgan- Ogilala Knucklepuck- Shapeshifter August Burns Red- Phantom Anthem Counterparts- You’re Not You Anymore Within the Ruins- Halfway Human Tigers Jaw- Spin Stray from the Path- Only Death is Real At the Drive-In- in-ter-al-i-a The Dirty Nil- Minimum R&B (Compilation Album) Power Trip- Nightmare Logic Rise Against- Wolves Sinai Vessel- Brokenlegged Waxahatchee- Out in the Storm
TOP 30 1. Turnover - Good Nature 2. The Menzingers - After The Party 3. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 4. You Me At Six - Night People 5. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Zombies On Broadway 6. BRAZA - Tijolo Por Tijolo 7. Paramore - After Laughter 8. Tigers Jaw - spin 9. Base Ball Bear - Kougen 10. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 11. People Like You - Verse 12. Bleachers - Gone Now 13. Emperor X - Oversleepers International 14. Lorde - Melodrama 15. Rincon Sapiência - Galanga Livre 16. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 17. Maximo Park - Risk to Exist 18. Phoenix - Ti Amo 19. New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick 20. The XX - I See You 21. DREAMCAR - s/t 22. Figueroas - Swing Veneno 23. Drake - More Life 24. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother 25. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade 26. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1 27. oso oso - The Yunahon Mixtape 28. Future Islands - The Far Field 29. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 30. Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life Honorable Mentions Day Wave - The Days We Had The Flatliners - Inviting Light Alvvays - Antisocialites Indigo la End - Crying End Roll Citizen - As You Please Macross 82-99 - Idols, Sakura The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Always Foreign Portugal. The Man - Woodstock Silverstein - Dead Reflection Sundressed - A Little Less Put Together
Gang of Youths— Go Farther In Lightness Manchester Orchestra— A Black Mile to the Surface Flor— come out. you're hiding Siv Jakobsen— The Nordic Mellow Hundred Waters— Communicating Sylvan Esso— What Now *repeat repeat— Floral Canyon Oh Wonder— Ultralife Everything Everything— A Fever Dream St. Vincent— Masseduction
1. The Menzingers - After the Party 2. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 3. Wage War - Deadweight 4. Turnover - Good Nature 5. Seaway - Vacation 6. A$AP Ferg - Still Striving 7. Lil Peep (RIP) - Come Over When You're Sober Part 1 8. New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick 9. Stick to Your Guns - True View 10. Grayscale - Adornment
I guess it's safe to call this final now 1. Lights - Skin&Earth 2. Acceptance - Colliding by Design 3. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 4. Brighten - Brighten 5. Steve Moakler - Steel Town 6. Matthew Good - Something Like a Storm 7. Vinyl Theatre - Origami 8. Cold War Kids - L.A. Divine 9. Knox Hamilton - The Heights 10. LANY - LANY 11. WATERS - Something More! 12. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness 13. Dia Frampton - Bruises 14. I the Mighty - Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let It Go 15. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 16. Weezer - Pacific Daydream 17. Mallory Knox - Wired 18. PVRIS - All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell 19. Joywave - Content 20. Will Hoge - Anchors
Craig’s Top 50 Songs of 2017 Pt. 2 (25-1) | The Garden Statement and 50-26 here: Craig’s Top 50 Songs of 2017: Part 1 | The Garden Statement