After the Party is my number one but otherwise in no particular order: The Menzingers - After the Party Lorde - Melodrama Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (I know, I know. Still counting it) Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet Queens of the Stone Age - Villains Mogwai - Another Country's Sun Fionn Regan - The Meetings of the Waters Sorority Noise - You're Not as _____ as You Think The Front Bottoms - Going Grey Citizen - As You Please St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION Prawn - Run Tigers Jaw - spin Turnover - Good Nature Slowdive - Slowdive Palehound - A Place I'll Always Go For some reason this year I feel like I listened to more albums than usual but I didn't listen to individual albums as much as I normally would. I finally got Spotify premium this year and my commute shortened so that might have a lot to do with it. Didn't include the Daughter record because it's a soundtrack but I spun that quite a bit. There are also quite a few like Not Even Happiness by Julie Byrne that I just recently got into. Might end up refining this list and ranking later on.
hot take. OTIP is the only very good menz album, the others have moments but as a whole I don’t care for them
AOTY: 1. Lorde - Melodrama 2. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 3. Gorillaz - Humanz 4. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 5. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 6. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon? 7. Taylor Swift - Reputation 8. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 9. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 10. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 11. SZA - CTRL 12. Paramore - After Laughter 13. Liam Gallagher - As You Were 14. The xx - I See You 15. Billy Corgan - Ogilala SOTY: 1. St. Vincent - New York 2. Camp Cope - Keep Growing 3. Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness 4. Gorillaz - Ascension 5. Haim - Want You Back 6. Lorde - Hard Feelings/Loveless 7. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Dead in the Water 8. Jay Z - Story of OJ 9. Kendrick Lamar - DNA 10. Japanese Breakfast - Road Head 11. Julien Baker - Funeral Pyre 12. Wolf Alice - Don't Delete the Kisses 13. Arcade Fire - Everything Now 14. Cardi B - Bodak Yellow 15. Taylor Swift - Dress
Long list is at about 140 right now of either things that will make it or things I like and want to reassess. I use this time of year less as "look at what I like" and more a chance to reflect and evaluate everything that has made some sort of impact over the past year. Once I add everything I've found or queued up over the past week, I will likely be at just under 200 albums in consideration, the jump shows just how useful looking at the lists of publications and people can be for diversifying my music intake
I’ve listened to so many more albums this year than any other year and there were so many great releases. Here is my list: Caracara - summer megalith Manchester orchestra - a black mile to the surface Smith street band - more scared of you than you are of me TWIABP - always foreign Emperor x - oversleepers international Sorority noise - you’re not as____as you think Julien Baker - turn out the lights Los Campensinos - sick scenes Mount eerie - a crow looked at me Prawn - run Oso oso - the yunahon mixtape Tiny blue ghost - growing pains Gangs of youth - go farther in lightness Us and only us - full flower Phoebe Bridgers - stranger in the alps Smidley - smidley Brick and mortar - dropped again Blis. - no one loves you Racquet club - racquet club Mineral girls - this is the last time every time People like you - verse Western daughter - drift away Swordfish - Rodia Wild pink - Wild pink Sinai vessel - broken legged Other albums I liked Boy Rex - better vision Cloud nothings - life without sound Converge - the dusk in us Cool American - infinite hiatus Dead leaves -vultures Hodera - first things first Remo drive - greatest hits Sandy Alex G - rocket Tim kasher - no resolution Captain we’re sinking - the king of no man Glassjaw - material control Color film - living arrangements Watermedown - the same view with a new light Gingerlys - gingerlys Ratboys - GN Vasudeva - no clearance EPs Mccafferty - thanks.sorry.sure Minnow - expanded view of home Out of service - what we bring with us Listener - being empty, being filled I, II and III
I've been maintaining a playlist with songs from 2017 that stood out to me or whatever, without repeating artists (exlcuding guest spots). I cut it down to 50. It's probably not exactly the same as a Top 50 favorite tracks list but it's good enough. Jay Z would be on there but you know, Tidal and shit.
My top songs of the year I guess: 1. Big Thief - Mythological Beauty 2. Choker - Moksha 3. Wild Ones - Invite Me In
I'm currently struggling to do a top 25 or so as so many good albums have come out this year. Pretty sure this is my top 5 though: 1. Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms 2. G Perico - All Blue 3. The Menzingers - After The Party 4. Employed To Serve - The Warmth of a Dying Sun 5. Higher Power - Soul Structure
I still have WAY to much to listen to before I start putting this together. I hear a new contender like every other day as I catch up. This message brought to you by Carly Pearce.
Tier One Converge - The Dusk in Us Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface The Smith Street Band - More Scared of You Than You Are of Me The National - Sleep Well Beast Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns Pallbearer - Heartless Anathema - The Optimist Everything Everything - A Fever Dream Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry British Sea Power - Let the Dancers Inherit the Party Vessels - The Great Distraction HAWKING - Diverge Looming - Seed Sleepmakeswaves - Made of breath only White Hills - Stop Mute Defeat Tier Two Spoon - Hot Thoughts Sorority Noise - You're Not As _____ As You Think Dialects - Because Your Path is Unlike Any Other Cassels - Epithet Employed to Serve - The Warmth of a Dying Sun Prawn - Run And So I Watch You From Afar - The Endless Shimmering Perfume Genius - No Shape Eyre Llew - ATELO Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION Meat Wave - The Incessant Tidelines - S/T Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley Worriers - Survival Pop
I'm trying to think of my favourite songs of the year but I can't concentrate because CUT TO THE FEELING keeps getting suck in my head
Always so hard for me to say on first listen but maybe "Doin' It Right" or "Colors"? So damn good. Just listened yesterday. Like if Brian Fallon and The National collaborated to make an Bruce album but also got a bit into modern indie aesthetics.