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[NMFried]

Humanz, Ti Amo and DAMN.

 

[Catvoca]

My favourites would probably be

Slowdive - Slowdive
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
Smino - Blckswn
Gold link - At What Cost
Brockhampton - Saturation
J Hus - Common Sense
Guided By Voices -August by Cake
Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Still some albums I need to catch up on though, Goths in particular.

 

[blame space]

yeah i gotta get goths.

 

[chris121580]

Favorites in no order:

Here Lies Man - Here Lies Man(This is my sleeper this year. Imagine Black Sabbath with Afrobeat.) The whole album is streaming here:

http://www.ridingeasyrecs.com/product/lies-man-lies-man/

The XX - I See You
Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart of Life
The Menzingers - After The Party
Ryan Adams - Prisoner
Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free
Ha Ha Tonka - Heart Shaped Mountain
Flagship - The Electric Man
Spoon - Hot Thoughts
Future Islands - The Far Fields
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
Sylvan Esso - What Now
Day Wave - The Days We Had
John Moreland - Big Bad Luv
Slowdive - Slowdive
Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song
Thunder Dreamer - Capture
Phoenix - Ti Amo
Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound
Kevin Morby - City Music
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator ("Rican Beach", "Pa'lante")

Still the only real standout for me this year.

Shit I knew I forgot something.

 

[Goldboy]

Just DAMN. I fully expected Humanz to be my AOTY, but it was pretty disappointing. Nothing else has stuck with me so far this year.

 

[LionPride]

Forgot to mention the Sylvan Esso

 

[beato_angelico]

Oiseaux-Tempête - AL-'AN ! (And Your Night Is Your Shadow / A Fairy Tale Of Piece Of Land To Make Our Dreams)

This is the one that stands out for me. It's post-rock in the footsteps of goodspeed you black emperor, but with more than enough personality to stand on its own in a genre prone to cliches. Lots of stuff going on (great basslines, analog synths, woodwinds, drones, spoken word samples), a middle-east theme, some jazz influences. Big and emotional without being "epic" for its own sake.

 

[RDreamer]

Amazing year so far:

 

[CrocMother]

Mac DeMarco- This Old Dog is my favorite so far

Moonchild-Voyager
Niia- I
Fleet Foxes- Crack up
Phoenix- Ti Amo
Future Islands- The Far Fields
Sampha- Process
Slowdive- Slowdive
Mary J. Blige- Strength of a Woman

HUMANZ was dissapointing.

Really looking forward to Calvin Harris, Beach House, Washed Out new albums

 

[takoyaki]

Albums:

Portugal. The Man - Woodstock
The XX - I See You
Sylvan Esso - What Now
Phoenix - Ti Amo
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3
Com Truise - Iteration
Parov Stelar - The Burning Spider
Nier: Automata OST
Abe Mao - Babe
Mondo Grosso - Reborn an Always Starting New

Incomplete Albums/Singles/EPs/Spotify:

Foster the People - III
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
Parcels (&Daft Punk) - Overnight
Shout Out Louds - Oh Oh
Kanoe Rana - Kanoe Joutou
Kanoe Rana - Kanoe Bousou
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling
Kitsuné Hot Stream Mixed by Allen French / Wealstarr / Molikasi

edit: forgot Maximo Park - Risk to Exist. They never topped their debut imo, but they've consistently been putting out good albums over the last decade.

 

[PillarEN]

Probably the Ryuichi Sakamoto album.

Titled: Async

Might be the only record from this year that I heard so far. I don't really listen to music based on release date though even though I like music a lot.

I heard the Deluxe version of California from Blink-182 and that only made me more sad about Tom's departure as everything without him has been mostly boring and uninventive.

Oh wait I did listen to the new Slowdive. That was good.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Just DAMN. and Run the Jewels III.

Is the Harry Styles album actually good? May have to check it out then.

 

[DandySpike]

The only two albums I've listened to this year would be Humanz and Compass. Not really big on the current music scene, but some stuff peaks my interests every now and then.

 

[swearing-circle]

Mew - Visuals
Slowdive - Slowdive
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
Sylven Esso - What Now

Surprised by how good Slowdive's comeback was. I was excited for Humanz but it was massively disappointing.

 

[Master Of Illusion]

Amazing year so far:

Not a fan of Emperor Of Sand or the new Roger Waters myself, but hot damn that's a good list (I need to check some of those too).

 

[Ristifer]

Albums:

Portugal. The Man - Woodstock
The XX - I See You
Sylvan Esso - What Now
Phoenix - Ti Amo
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3
Com Truise - Iteration
Parov Stelar - The Burning Spider
Nier: Automata OST
Abe Mao - Babe

Incomplete Albums/Singels/EPs/Spotify:

Foster the People - III
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
Parcels (&Daft Punk) - Overnight
Kanoe Rana - Kanoe Joutou
Kanoe Rana - Kanoe Bousou
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling
Kitsuné Hot Stream Mixed by Allen French / Wealstarr / Molikasi

Glad someone put Foster The People in here. Hope the whole album is as good as those three songs.

 

[PillarEN]

Amazing year so far:

What site or program are you using to create such a collage?

 

[Ekai]

yeah i gotta get goths.

Still some albums I need to catch up on though, Goths in particular.

Check a look

It's so fricking good. Also John's first album without an acoustic guitar and damn does he still blow it out of the park. It's seriously my top album of the year so far.


Btw, if we're adding Game OSTs, then I have to add the Automata OST, Fire Emblem Echoes OST and Night in the Woods OST to my previous listing.

 

[pablito]

Amazing year so far:

Big fan of the new Pain of Salvation? Man I've been struggling with their material since Kristoffer was kicked out.

 

[vatstep]

Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy
Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizon
Succumb - Succumb
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
Uniform - Wake in Fright
King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering
Planning for Burial - Below the House
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Desperate Journalist - Grow Up (indie rock)
Girlpool - Powerplant (folk punk)
Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ (rap)
Jonwayne - Rap Album Two (rap)
The Menzingers - After the Party (punk)
Perfume Genius - No Shape (indie pop)
Paramore - After Laughter (synth pop)
Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged (emo)
Slowdive - Slowdive (shoegaze/dream pop)
Sorority Noise - You're Not As ___ As You Think (emo)
Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (grime)
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds (indie rock)
Wiley - Godfather (grime)

sorta behind on more recent stuff from this year

(genres from Wikipedia I dunno)

 

[CrocMother]

Ok Goths by Mountain Goats is good.

Also Somi- Petite Afrique.

thanks for the recommendations

 

[tim.mbp]

Been a slow year for me.

Natalia Lafourcade - Musas
Feist - Pleasure

 

[Yen]

Diet Cig - Swear I'm Good at This
Girlpool - Powerplant
Faye Webster - Faye Webster

 

[Poor GRIMES]

1. Harry Styles - Harry Styles .88
2. Chainsmokers - Memories...Do Not Open .80
3. Ed Sheeran - Divide .76
5. Linkin Park - One More Light .74
8. Katy Perry - Witness - .706
. . .
12. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. .66

oh my sweet summer child...

 

[kwogfaf]

in no order, I've really enjoyed:

Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
Run the Jewels 3
Lorde - Melodrama
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
Fleet Foxes - Crack Up
Sun Kil Moon - Common as Light
Migos - Culture
Gas - Narkopop

 

[PassiveObserver]

New Japanandroids, Kendrick, Vince Staples, and Elder. Also discovered and loving Chastity Belt's I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone.

Looking forward to the new Waxahatchee and Alvvays records.

 

[Dan]

It's been a great year so far. Lots of stuff I've loved.

Actress - AZD
Arca - Arca
Bonobo - Migration
Clark - Death Peak
Dauwd - Theory of Colours
Forest Swords - Compassion
Gas - Narkopop
Gorillaz - Humanz
High Plains - Cinderland
Poolside - Heat
Ryuichi Sakamoto - async
Tale of Us - Endless
The xx - I See You

Great EPs:
ANOHNI - Paradise
Biosphere - The Petrified Forest
Bonobo - Bambro Koyo Ganda
Nick Murphy - Missing Link
Submarine FM - La Collection S02E01

Looking forward to confirmed releases from Floating Points, Mogwai, TOKiMONSTA, Tomas Barfod, and UNKLE, among others, over the next couple months. Got my fingers crossed for loosely expected releases from Amon Tobin, fka Twigs, Four Tet, The Haxan Cloak, Holy Other, Hybrid, Jon Hopkins, Kelela, Ladytron, Tricky, WhoMadeWho, etc.

 

[SpaceHorror]

Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child

Colter Wall - Colter Wall

Gov't Mule - Revolution Come, Revolution Go

AJ Hobbs - Too Much is Never Enough

AJ Hobbs' debut album isn't really as good as the other three, but man it's fun to listen to on a long ride. Plus it does have some really good traditional country songs on it like Daddy Loved the Lord.

Short list so far, but I'm hoping to have a new one to add with the release of the new Lee Baines III + The Glory Fires album next week. Please be good.

 

[GoutPatrol]

Jay Som - Turn Into
Fleet Foxes - Crack Up
Real Estate - In Mind
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds

 

[loudbill]

in order

1. Brockhampton - Saturation
This album is so dope. The production is top notch, and quite experimental at some points. I was pleasantly surprised.

2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

3. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

4.. Billy Woods - Known Unknowns

5. King Gizzard - Flying Microtonal Banana

6. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me

7. Idles - Brutalism

8. Xiu Xiu - Forget

9. SZA - Ctrl

10. Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$

 

[Benzychenz]

I don't listen to enough music but I've really enjoyed Lorde's Melodrama and Ed Sheeran's Divide.

 

[TwntyOneTwlv]

I don't keep up with new releases that much, but two albums have really stood out to me this year:

One More Light - Linkin Park

(Yeah, everyone hates it. Screw that. I love it. Shut up.)

Life is Good - Flogging Molly

 

[Perfect Blue]

Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Jay Som - Everybody Works
Valerie June - The Order of Time
Sampha - Process
Nadia Reid - Preservation
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me
Creeper - Eternity In Your Arms
Arca - Arca
Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens
Ryuicihi Sakamoto - async
Girlpool - Powerplant
Perfume Genius - No Shape

 

[Master Of Illusion]

Big fan of the new Pain of Salvation? Man I've been struggling with their material since Kristoffer was kicked out.

This one's much closer to The Perfect Element and Remedy Lane than anything on Scarsick & the Road Salts, so I'd say give it a chance if you haven't already.

 

[ZeoVGM]

1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

2. Paramore - After Laughter

3. Lorde - Melodrama

4. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

5. Linkin Park - One More Light

 

[RDreamer]

Big fan of the new Pain of Salvation? Man I've been struggling with their material since Kristoffer was kicked out.

I'm a BIG fan of the new album. I've liked all their stuff quite a bit though even after Kristoffer left. The new one does feel like a bit of a return to form despite that.

What site or program are you using to create such a collage?

I'm a graphic designer so I just made it myself in photoshop

 

[PillarEN]

I'm a BIG fan of the new album. I've liked all their stuff quite a bit though even after Kristoffer left. The new one does feel like a bit of a return to form despite that.



I'm a graphic designer so I just made it myself in photoshop

Welp... I guess I won't be replicating that then haha.

 

[KraytarJ]

1. Paramore - After Laughter
2. Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark?
3. Lorde - Melodrama

I've listened to a few other things this year but those are really the only things I've cared enough to want to rank. But next month is Arcade Fire and Queens of the Stone Age which is kind of insane, and considering what I've heard of them so far I'm hopeful.

 

[janoDX]

No order since I'm not making a top 30 still until the end of the year. But we all know what album is first for me, starts with D and ends with amn.

Pink Guy - Pink Season
Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
Paramore - After Laughter
Blink-182 - Californa Deluxe
Cinema Staff - Netsugen
Neil Cicierega - Mouth Moods
Gorillaz - Humanz
Run The Jewels - RTJ3 (yes, I count it as 2017 since it was late 2016)
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
AFI - AFI (The Blood Album)
Rise Against - Wolves

Still to listen:
Lorde - Melodrama
Phoenix - Ti Amo
ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions
Imagine Dragons - Evolve


LOL NO:
Linkin Park - One More Light (big candidate for worst album of the year)
The Chainsmokers - Memories... Do Not Open
Incubus - 8

 

[YaBish]

Just a few albums I've liked that haven't been mentioned (that I've seen). By no means is this a full list of all my favorite albums so far this year. I'll save that for December.

Bonobo - Migration
FKJ - French Kiwi Juice
Wavves - You're Welcome
Danger - 太鼓
Jamiroquai - Automaton
Circa Waves - Different Creatures
Electric Guest - Plural

 

[Mi goreng]

Lots of good albums this year, like every year.

 

[Reckoner]

I really enjoyed Julie Byrne's album

Plenty good music coming out, but for some reason this one stood out for me the most so far.

 

[Master Of Illusion]

I decided to check out King Gizzard upon the suggestion of a few people here. Coincidentally the new album came out a few hours ago and I'm currently listening.

I think I need a new pair of pants.

 

[walkmetothelake]

1. Perfume Genius - No Shape

Recommended tracks: Die 4 You, Sides, Slip Away

2. Lorde - Melodrama

Recommended tracks: The Louvre, Supercut, Liability (Reprise)

3. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds

Recommended tracks: Mal à l'aise, Fear & Force, Cold Apartment

4. Paramore - After Laughter

Recommended tracks: Idle Worship, Fake Happy, Rose-Colored Boy

5. Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel

Recommended tracks: 3AM (Pull Up), White Roses, Lipgloss (feat. CupcakKe)

6. Xiu Xiu - FORGET
7. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
8. Arca - Arca
9. Adult Mom - Soft Spots
10. Teen Daze - Themes for Dying Earth

Disappointments/albums I thought would be in this list but aren't:
Allie X - Collxtion II
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway

Still anticipating: Broken Social Scene, Japanese Breakfast, Waxahatchee, Lana Del Rey, HAIM, Tancred (?), and Now, Now (?)

 

[myco666]

Body Count - Bloodlust (rap metal)
Dad Thighs - The Ghost That I Fear (emo)
Easy Money - Rules of the Game / Midas Touch (beatdown)
First Blood - Rules (metalcore)
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (rap)
Kürøishi - Poverty. Ignorance. Greed. Slavery. (crust)
No Turning Back - No Time To Waste (nyhc)
Phobia - Lifeless God (grind)
Sorority Noise - You Are Not As ___ As You Think (emo)

 

[Kurita]

Amazing year so far

10 favorite albums from that list (in no real order, though Ambitions is my favorite of the bunch):
ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions
Suchmos - THE KIDS
KEYTALK - PARADISE
THE ORAL CIGARETTES - UNOFFICIAL
ゲスの極み乙女。- 達磨林檎
Awesome City Club - Awesome City Tracks 4
ぼくのりりっくのぼうよみ - Noah's Ark
Mrs. GREEN APPLE - Mrs. GREEN APPLE
yonige - Neyagawa City Pop
BLUE ENCOUNT - THE END

 

[CrocMother]

Gonna bump this with Poolside-Heat.

Shot way up my list, great summer electro-groove chill album.

 

[Blader]

As good as last year was, just the first six months of this year are shaping up really nicely:

Albums:
Bonobo - Migration
Gorillaz - Humanz
Johnny Jewel - Windswept
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?
Slowdive - Slowdive
The xx - I See You

Singles/EPs:
Arcade Fire - Creature Comfort
Calvin Harris - Slide
Chromatics - Shadow
David Bowie - No Plan
Frank Ocean - Chanel and Biking
LCD Soundsystem - Call the Police and American Dream
Radiohead - OKNOTOK (disc 2)
The National - The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
The War on Drugs - Thinking of a Place