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First Aid Kit
Ruins
alternative
BØRNS – Blue Madonna
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BØRNS
Blue Madonna
alternative
Songs of 2017 playlist
Top 50 Albums, 2017 – 10 to 1
As 2017 wraps up, I’m once again looking back at the music that came out and organizing it as a list. The following albums are ones that I feel are most significant. This means an un-scientific combination of: groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.
The exercise of looking back to see if there were musical trends or styles that stood out is fun by itself. But even more so I look forward to sharing it out, and hoping that people find something new to listen to.
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10. Bedouine
Bedouine
alternative
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9. The Black Angels
Death Song
alternative
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8. SOHN
Rennen
dance
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7. The New Pornographers
Whiteout Conditions
alternative
6. Margo Price
All American Made
country
5. Kendrick Lamar
DAMN.
hip-hop
4. Zeal & Ardor
Devil is Fine
metal
3. Antibalas
Where the Gods are in Peace
dance
2. Woods
Love is Love
alternative
1. Thundercat
Drunk
R&B/soul
Top 50 Albums, 2017 – 20 to 11
As 2017 wraps up, I’m once again looking back at the music that came out and organizing it as a list. The following albums are ones that I feel are most significant. This means an un-scientific combination of: groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.
The exercise of looking back to see if there were musical trends or styles that stood out is fun by itself. But even more so I look forward to sharing it out, and hoping that people find something new to listen to.
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20. Death from Above 1979
Outrage is Now
alternative
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19. Laura Marling
Semper Femina
singer/songwriter
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18. Joan Shelley
Joan Shelley
singer/songwriter
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17. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Soul of a Woman
R&B/soul
16. Hercules & Love Affair
Omnion
Dance
15. Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy’s Demo EP
R&B/soul
14. Poolside
Heat
dance
13. Dan Auerbach
Waiting on a Song
pop
12. Algiers
The Underside of Power
alternative
11. White Reaper
The World’s Best American Band
rock
Top 50 Albums, 2017 – 30 to 21
As 2017 wraps up, I’m once again looking back at the music that came out and organizing it as a list. The following albums are ones that I feel are most significant. This means an un-scientific combination of: groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.
The exercise of looking back to see if there were musical trends or styles that stood out is fun by itself. But even more so I look forward to sharing it out, and hoping that people find something new to listen to.
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30. La Santa Cecilia
Amar Y Vivir
dance
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29. Havok
Conformicide
metal
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28. Warbringer
Woe to the Vanquished
metal
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27. Bobby Osborne
Original
folk
26. Natalia Lafourcade
Musas
pop
25. John Moreland
Big Bad Luv
alternative
24. Pond
The Weather
alternative
23. Jupiter & Okwess
Kin Sonic
dance
22. Alison Krauss
Windy City
country
21. Moon Duo
Occult Architecture, Vol.1
alternative
Top 50 Albums, 2017 – 40 to 31
As 2017 wraps up, I’m once again looking back at the music that came out and organizing it as a list. The following albums are ones that I feel are most significant. This means an un-scientific combination of: groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.
The exercise of looking back to see if there were musical trends or styles that stood out is fun by itself. But even more so I look forward to sharing it out, and hoping that people find something new to listen to.
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40. Marnie
Strange Words and Weird Wars
electronic
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39. Agent Blå
Agent Blue
alternative
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38. Ron Gallo
Heavy Meta
alternative
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37. Jlin
Black Origami
dance
36. The National
Sleep Well Beast
alternative
35. Metz
Strange Peace
alternative
34. Chloe x Halle
The Two of Us
R&B
33. Father John Misty
Pure Comedy
alternative
32. Public Service Broadcasting
Every Valley
alternative
31. Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Highway
singer/songwriter
Top 50 Albums, 2017 – 50 to 41
The exercise of looking back to see if there were musical trends or styles that stood out is fun by itself. But even more so I look forward to sharing it out, and hoping that people find something new to listen to.
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50. Colin Stetson
All This I Do for Glory
jazz
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49. Flor de Toloache
Las Caras Lindas
dance
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48. Tuxedo
II
R&B
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47. Daymé Arocena
Cubafornia
jazz
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46. Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Suprelatives
Way Out West
Country
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45. Hiss Golden Messenger
Hallelujah Anyhow
alternative, folk
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44. Amber Coffman
City of No Reply
alternative
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43. Noam Pikelny
Universal Favorite
folk
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42. Ariel Pink
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
alternative
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41. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Echo in the Valley
folk
Death from Above 1979 – Outrage! Is Now
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Death from Above 1979
Outrage! Is Now
alternative
The National – Sleep Well Beast
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The National
Sleep Well Beast
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