The Top Albums of 2017 (So Far) • Page 5

Solid list @ComedownMachine. It's nice to see a few people on the site (like yourself, @Craig Ismaili, @Youarcade) enjoying Dua Lipa's debut. I am absolutely obsessed with that album, one of my favourite pop debuts in years.

 

Great lists from everyone, I most closely align with @Zac Djamoos, but so many good choices & still a few I need to check out.

My 10 as of today in no real order:

Cigarettes After Sex
A Will Away
Souvenirs
Hearts Like Lions
Freddie Gibbs
A.CHAL
Kingdom of Giants
Unwill
Kendrick Lamar
Slowdive

For what it's worth, I really think the new Deafcult will make this list once I get to listen to it this week.

My top 5 EPs in no real order:

Amir Obè
The Japanese House
McCafferty
Jefe
Nine Shrines

 

Glad to see someone else mention Sampha!

 

I listened to a lot of stuff this year so far,but only a few really got to me.
My favorite albums so far, in no particular order:

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Modern Ruin
Slowdive - Slowdive
At The Drive-in - In.ter.a.li.a
The Menzingers - After the Party
Alt-J - Relaxer
Jeff Tweedy - Together at Last
Feist - Pleasure
Rancid - Trouble Maker

Albums that i'm really looking forward to listen to:

The National
QOTSA
Manchester Orchestra

 

Albums I'm dying to hear that come out later this year:

Mansions, Together PANGEA, Movielife, Arctic Monkeys (rumored), and The Bronx!!

 

Ha! Same age and same situation. After the Party certainly helps relate to where we are. Rather than looking back at my "twenties" like lyrically they do, I can look back to my teens/high school/college years and take meaning from that.

 

Could not agree more about After the Party. It was really easy to translate their memories of their experiences in their 20s to my memories of college. I thought the same about Much Love by Microwave, which came out last year. You should definitely check that one out if you haven't yet.

 

Tigers Jaw was just okay for me after the first listen. Middle of the road, reminds me of something I might have dug in high school but I feel like the genre has expanded a lot beyond the music they're making. It was pleasant, though

 

Came here for the list and came across an argument and user conspiracy theory lol.

Was hoping to see more Hippo Campus love. Curious if people just don't know them yet or are legitimately not into them.

 

I definitely liked their album, it just isn't towards the top for me. Some of the tracks blended together for me, but, I don't usually listen to indie music like that. I have to be in a specific mood.

 

Surprised not to see Oso Oso on a single list. A lot of people on here would love it if they just gave it a chance.

 

That would indeed be quite the coincidence. Only way I can see it happening when they're not on the same network is if they're both using the same VPN service and connected to the same servers.

 

It dropped off for me pretty hard tbh. I still like it, but it's been a while since I've felt like listening

 

Top 20
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
Pile - A Hairshirt of Purpose
Paramore - After Laughter
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Rozwell Kid - Precious Art
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me
BrockHampton - Saturation
The Lulls In Traffic - Rabbit In the Snare
Free Throw - Bear Your Mind
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
Remo Drive - Greatest Hits
Kendrick Lamar - Damn
68. - Two Parts Viper
Tricot - 3
Sorority Noise - You're Not as ____ As You Think
Mac Demarco - This Old Dog
Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex
Charly Bliss - Guppy
Eisley - I'm Only Dreaming
Hippo Campus - Landmark

Most Anticipated
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
Silverstein - Dead Reflection
Brand New
Mansions

Most Disappointing
Gorillaz - Humanz

Favorite Non 2017 Albums Recently Discovered
Mom Jeans - Best Buds
Pile - Dripping
Totorro - Come to Mexico
Chris Farren - Can't Die
Elephant Gym - Angle