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[NipplesAndToes23]

Just decided to make a playlist with some of my favorite tracks of the year.

https://open.spotify.com/user/kickmasterkim/playlist/0lhcL7EHJZYUb5qAxdPSQD

 

[Swimmer9800]

Top 10 albums of 2017
1. Brand New- Science Fiction
2. Fleet Foxes- Crack Up
3. Tyler The Creator- Flower Boy
4. Slowdive- Slowdive
5. Kendrick Lamar- DAMN
6. Lorde- Melodrama
7. Perfume Genius- No Shape
8. Mount Eerie- A Crow Looked At Me
9. Jay-Z- 4:44
10. Brockhampton- Saturation

Totally tentative, but #1 is solidified. Flower Boy deserves more hype-best hip hop album of the year imo.

 

[CrocMother]

Top 10 albums of 2017

Totally tentative, but #1 is solidified. Flower Boy deserves more hype-best hip hop album of the year imo.

It's really good. Not sure what is gonna top Paramore-After Laughter for best pop album. It never gets old and everyone I've played it for likes it.

Also, I know XXXtentacion is a piece of shit but damn I like his album too.

 

[blame space]

paramore is good. flower boy is great. science fiction makes me cry. gotta listen to black ken and mogwai and.. uh, there was another one.

is Godspeed you black emperor really dropping something?

lorde's album is career defining. it's so good. damn goes without saying.. fucking amazing.

 

[torre_avenue]

paramore is good. flower boy is great. science fiction makes me cry. gotta listen to black ken and mogwai and.. uh, there was another one.

is Godspeed you black emperor really dropping something?

Yeah, next month.

 

[Sobriquet]

Brand New - Science Fiction
Youth League - Second EP
Slowdive - Slowdive
Portugal. The Man - Woodstock
Grandaddy - Last Place

Those are my favorites so far. There are quite a few that I really like, but aren't on par with the above for me. There's still a ton that I haven't heard, unfortunately.

 

[Get'sMad]

 

[Infernostew]

The Menzingers - After the Party

This. Also, seeing them tomorrow w/ Lucero and The Bouncing Souls.

Also:

And... best of all:

 

[blame space]

https://youtu.be/XffZRb2Dh0E

 

[CrocMother]

nvm. thought it was new, but it was just new on spotify.

 

[thatJohann]

Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life

 

[TissueBox]

A Fever Dream Is AMAZING. EE slugs it outta the park again!

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

1. Humanz (this album will be vindicated in a couple years mark my word)
2. Slowdive
3. Damn.

Can we come back when LCD Soundsystem and The National release their new albums?

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Listened to a lot more now. Let's see how it's changed.

1. Substantial - The Past Is Always Present in the Future
2. Denai Moore - We Used to Bloom
3. Hempress Sativa - Unconquerebel
4. Akua Naru - Estúdio Showlivre (Ao Vivo)
5. Flamingosis - A Groovy Thing
6. Nubya Garcia - Nubya's 5ive
7. Moonchild - Voyager
8. Oddisee - The Iceberg
9. offonoff - boy.
10. Dear White People Soundtrack
11. Modlee - Queendom
12. Stereo Nasty - Twisting the Blade
13. SeanH - Sadevillain II
14. Has-Lo - A Singular Point of Light
15. Chronixx - Chronology
16. Devin the Dude - Acoustic Levitation
17. Vel The Wonder - Joyride

 

[TissueBox]

I just listened to Science Fiction and it's pretty good.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Looking through this thread and man, even among bands I don't listen to the album cover game is on-point this year.

 

[lamaroo]

SATURATION and SATURATION II might both make my top 10 at the end of the year, Brockhampton just delivering on all fronts this year.

And... best of all:

Good to see somebody else enjoy the hell out of The Incessant.

 

[dickroach]

The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
Goldfinger - The Knife
Sheer Mag - Need To Feel Your Love
The Dears - Times Infinity vol 2
Ratboy - Scum

 

[Kgamer314]

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
Mutoid Man - War Moans
Anathema - The Optimist
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
Steven Wilson - To the Bone
Royal Thunder - Wick
Pallbearer - Heartless
Leprous - Malina
Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic
Ruby the Hatchet - Planetary Space Child

With Chelsea Wolfe, Monolord, The Contortionist, and Caligula's Horse (to name a few) albums coming in the next month, the list is bound to change soon.

 

[xeroborn55]

War on drugs is number 1. Kendrick is 2nd

 

[the_lizard]

Portugal. The Man - Woodstock and Gorillaz - Humanz

 

[TissueBox]

How I see it:

1. A Fever Dream by Everything Everything
2. Who Told You to Think? by Milo
3. I See You by The xx
4. Flower Boy by Tyler, the Creator
5. Melodrama by Lorde

 

[Golden Slumbers]

Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Hoops - Routine
Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
Milk Music - Mystic 100s
Slowdive - Slowdive
Mew - Visuals
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
Wiley - Godfather
Dizzee Rascal - Raskit

 

[Fjordson]

After hearing them on Friday, Kitty's Miami Garden Club and A Deeper Understanding by The War On Drugs are both high up on my list.

 

[paradox121]

A Fever Dream Is AMAZING. EE slugs it outta the park again!

Amazing album. I love that with Everything Everything you listen enjoy their album and then read up about what the songs are actually about and admire their lyrical intricacies.

Good Shot, Good Soldier is sublime.

 

[ohkay]

Science Fiction is all I've been listening to since it released

 

[omnislayer]

I'm going to have to amend my list or just disregard it entirely.
A Obituary album came out this year and I just assumed it would be as mediocre or uninteresting as their last several and initially ignored it but Jesus christ I was wrong!

It was hands down the best album of the year for me so far and I just can't see anything else coming up that can dethroned it. It's not only comparable to their best work but in ways occasionally surpasses it!

So...

1) Obituary, Obituary(self titled)

I expect the next Cradle of Filth album to be decently fun shit but I don't think it'll even come close.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

LCD Soundsystem is in there, that's all I know right now.

 

[CrocMother]

Daughter- Music From Before the Storm

Best post-rock album I've heard in a long time

 

[megalowho]

Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Hoops - Routine
Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
Milk Music - Mystic 100s
Slowdive - Slowdive
Mew - Visuals
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
Wiley - Godfather
Dizzee Rascal - Raskit

That Hoops album is quality. Wasn't feeling it as much as their EP's at first and maybe not the most original take on dream pop, but it's a consistent listen with a handful of standouts that I keep coming back to. Good band with a warm, nostalgic sound.

 

[chris121580]

So now that pretty much all of my albums I've been looking forward to have been released, it's safe to say I've established my top 10 and I'm pretty comfortable with The War on Drugs being number 1. Right now I'm leaning towards this:

1. The War on Drugs
2. Brand New
3. The National
4. LCD Soundysystem
5. Kendrick Lamar
6. Queens of the Stone Age
7. Jason Isbell
8. John Moreland
9. Gang of Youths
10. Grizzly Bear

It's been an incredible year of music! And that War on Drugs album...well that's pretty much a perfect album

 

[Neolith]

Nightmare logic - Power trip.

What a refreshing take on death/thrash. Reminds me of demolition hammer in a lot of ways. I've been out of the metal scene for a while. Any other good recommendations on metal albums that came out this year worth checking out?

 

[appaws]

Any Punks here?

The new one by 88 Fingers Louie, Thank You for Being a Friend.

Chicago band that was broken up for 9 years. Didn't take them long to knock the rust off.

 

[CrocMother]

I thought the National was very meh.

Really liked the new Mogwai album.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Just using this thread to keep track of where I'm at currently.

1. Is still Substantial's The Past Is Always Present in the Future
2. Denai Moore's We Used to Bloom
3. Flamingosis - A Groovy Thing
4. Ruby Ibarra - CIRCA91
5. Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
6. Hempress Sativa - Unconquerebel
7. jinsang - confessions
8. Moonchild - Voyager
9. Kari Faux - Primary
10. offonoff - boy.
11. Akua Naru - Estúdio Showlivre (Ao Vivo)
12. Nubya Garcia - Nubya's 5ive
13. Cookin Soul - MARVELOUS ADVENTURES VOL. 2 - INSTRUMENTALS
14. Vanilla - Moonlight
15. Chronixx - Chronology
16. Oddisee - The Iceberg
17. Anti-Lilly & Phoniks - It's Nice Outside
18. SeanH - Sadevillain II
19. Devin the Dude - Acoustic Levitation
20. Modlee - Queendom
21. Has-Lo - A Singular Point of Light
22. Childhood - Universal High
23. Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe
24. Faith Evans - The King and I
25. Stereo Nasty - Twisting the Blade
26. ~sohee - 低い
27. ICYTWAT - MILK
28. India Arie - SongVersation: Medicine
29. Valerie June - The Order of Time
30. Alfa Mist - Antiphon
31. Christian Scott - Diaspora
32. パソコン音楽クラブ - Park City
33. Vel the Wonder - Joyride
34. Maliibu Miitch - Top Five
35. Poetic Death aka Von Poe VII - The Hype
36. Lorine Chia - Remedy
37. Blitz the Ambassador - Diasporadical
38. Ladi6 - Royal Blue 3000
39. Avery Sunshine - Twenty Sixty-Four
40. TLC - TLC
41. Nick Grant - Return of the Cool
42. Daniel Cesar - Freudian
43. Y'akoto - Mermaid Blues
44. Yung Bae - Japanese Disco Edits 3
45. Maimouna Youssef (Mumu Fresh) - The Vintage Babies
46. H.E.R. - Story of H.E.R.
47. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
48. Sampha - The Process
49. Violents & Monica Martin - Awake and Pretty Much Sober
50. Pop Up! - Sweet


Here's a playlist I made of my favorites of the year so far.

https://open.spotify.com/user/kickmasterkim/playlist/0lhcL7EHJZYUb5qAxdPSQD

 

[Master Of Illusion]

Since my last update, the following came out and are making it really hard to keep it a Top 25 list:

- Caligula's Horse: In Contact
- Queens Of The Stone Age: Villains
- The National: Sleep Well Beast
- Leprous: Malina
- The War On Drugs: A Deeper Understanding
- Ariel Pink: Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
- Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun
- Mutemath: Play Dead
- Kitty: Miami Garden Club

Compiling this at the end of the year is gonna suuuuuuuuuuuck.

 

[astroturfing]

Daughter- Music From Before the Storm

Best post-rock album I've heard in a long time

hmm im intrigued, gotta check it out. big fan of instrumental/post-rock (dumb term but you know).

edit: listened to "burn it down" and "numbers"... is this the same band/artist? doesnt sound post-rockish at all.

what do you guys think of the new GY!BE? i dig it but i miss their quiet moments and all the voice samples etc.. i cant fall asleep to their music anymore Bosses Hang pt II is great but wayyyy too short.

 

[small44]

Ruby Ibarra - CIRCA91
Brother Ali - All this beauty in this whole life
Mayday - Search Party
Rittz - Last Call
Jarv - The Boiler Room
Reverie - Satorie