This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. On this week’s episode of Encore I am joined once again by special guest Craig Manning. This week our main topic is all about the best albums released in 2017 … so far. As we hit the midway mark of the year, it’s time for our annual tradition of discussing what albums we’ve fallen in love with during the first six months, what didn’t make the list, what we were anticipating and how those stacked up, and all that jazz. (There’s also a rant about movie theaters at the beginning because some people can’t put their phones away.) What albums have you loved this year so far? We’d love to hear from you and see if there’s something new for us to discover as well. As always, thanks for listening. Sponsor Social Drinker: This week’s episode is brought to you by a band from Atlanta that will be releasing their new EP on September 8th. We play their new single “Holding.” It’s a mix of Taking Back Sunday, Third Eye Blind, and The 1975. A clip is played in the middle of the episode, the full song is at the end. You can find more information about the band’s upcoming release at their website. Facebook Instagram Bandcamp Hosts Jason Tate Craig Manning @encorepodcast Show Notes Brand New cleared out their merch stores. Baby Driver is awesome. Craig’s blog on his favorite albums so far. Jason’s Top 10 The Menzingers – After the Party Bleachers – Gone Now Kendrick Lamar – Damn. Paramore – After Laughter Muna – About U Aaron Sprinkle – Real Life Allie X – Collxtion II Acceptance – Colliding By Design The Maine – Lovely Little Lonely Betty Who – The Valley Craig’s Top 10 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound Steve Moakler – Steel Town Natalie Hemby – Puxico Colter Wall – Colter Wall Chris Stapleton – From A Room: Vol. 1 The Menzingers – After the Party Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Zombies on Broadway Ryan Adams – Prisoner John Moreland – Big Bad Luv Sam Outlaw – Tenderheart Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in iTunes, via any podcast player using our RSS feed, on SoundCloud, via Overcast, in Google Play, or on Stitcher. You can also find all of our previous episodes archived on our podcast page, iTunes, or on SoundCloud. If you have any follow-up, questions, or a topic you’d like us to cover on a future episode, please send a tweet using the hashtag #askEncore. If you’d like to follow this podcast on Twitter we are at @encorepodcast. We love hearing from listeners and are always looking for topics both big and small to tackle. So, let us know! If you like the podcast, could you please rate and review us on iTunes? It really does help. If you’re using the great podcast player Overcast, please hit the “recommended” button on the episodes you like. And if you have any friends that you think would like our podcast, please let them know! Word of mouth and telling people about this podcast will always be the best thing you can do to help us out. We really appreciate it. Information about sponsoring our podcast can be found on this page, and if you become a member you get episodes a day early along with a bunch of other perks. Expand - View Original
Going to listen to this one over the weekend. Here's where I'm at with my top 10: 1. Tigers Jaw – spin 2. Dryjacket – For Posterity 3. The Smith Street Band - More Scared of You Than You Are Of Me 4. Paramore – After Laughter 5. A Will Away – Here Again 6. Oso Oso – The Yunahon Mixtape 7. Mystery Weekend – Surprise 8. Rise Against – Wolves 9. Creeper – Eternity, In Your Arms 10. The Menzingers – After the Party
Just finished listening to this - I have a lot of albums I need to check out now! On Craig's list I've really only spent a good amount of time with the albums by The Menzingers and Andrew McMahon. I'm not familiar at all with Sam Outlaw, John Moreland, Colter Wall, Natalie Hemby or Steve Moakler but I look forward to giving those a listen! On Jason's list I'd like to check out Betty Who, The Maine, Allie X, Aaron Sprinkle and MUNA. And Paramore and Bleachers are both so recent that I need to give those some more listens. Really good episode, guys!
A lot of those are country or country leaning, so I'm not sure if that's your cup of tea of not. That said, most of them are a considerable distance outside of the mainstream country sound/scene, and the songwriting is so good that you might appreciate it even if you aren't a huge fan of the genre. Moreland in particular seems to have fans across every genre. Nice! I grew up there. Still nowhere I'd rather be in the summertime.
This is probably the most I've differed with both of you, though I do share Menzingers with both lists as well as Natalie Hemby and Andrew McMahon with Craig. How close was the All Time Low album to either of your lists?
It's in my next 10, which I didn't put in order. Title track is probably a top 10 song of the year for me right now though.
I really do not listen to much country (or country leaning) music, but I am willing to check anything out at least once especially albums given high praise by you guys. I put together a playlist with the albums you and Jason discussed and I plan on checking them out over the next couple of weeks. I'll let you know my thoughts! The Jason Isbell album is first on my list.