2017 end of the year lists

here's the full list (heavy on the indie, as you might imagine)

20. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
19. Iron Chic - If You Can't Stay Here
18. The Horrors - V
17. Lorde - Melodrama
16. Charly Bliss - Guppy
15. Björk - Utopia
14. The National - Sleep Well Beast
13. Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
12. Sampha - Process
11. Pile - A Hairshirt of Purpose
10. Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm
9. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
8. Julien Baker - Turn Off The Lights
7. Fever Ray - Plunge
6. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
5. SZA - Ctrl
4. Sylvan Esso - What Now
3. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
2. St. Vincent - Masseduction
1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

I just wanted to mention that Vijay Iyer was my friend's tenant for a while (actually he still might be, I never asked if he moved out).

Someone's going to disappoint me by pointing out that the band Priests aren't actually priests, aren't they?

i had to listen to that war on drugs album recently and man, men get such a wide berth for '80s pastiche. kitten (who i was also listening to in advance of their boston show) does it so much better

I liked that they put Iron Chic on there. That genre of punk (a weakness of mine) rarely gets much play in these lists

Notable that Grizzly Bear is nowhere to be seen on any list.

if this year has a GAPDY then SZA would appear to be in it. wonder if it's any good

SZA, the white indie rocker that showcases the milquetoast hivemind of pop critics, you dumb stupid motherfucking asshole

GAPDY just means 'consensus pick' at this point

"SZA is R&B's New Jersey, don't @ me"

but fine i'll stop using it

it's a tenuous and unhelpful phrase. i just meant it as 'ubiquitous pick'!

also you have strange anger issues. is everything ok at home?

i'm listening to SZA now anyway. it sounds...not bad idk? let's see

:(

sorry, imago

quite ok. ilm can never lose its eoy fire, that'd be dull

"ugh, how apathetic the pens of scribes recommending platitudinous trollop SZA when Yrrrt Grvlakak released an album on Bandcamp"

― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, November 20, 2017 5:14 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hahaha this particular 'dumb stupid motherfucking asshole' gun was loaded a whole fortnight ago :D

I was not aware of the Ibeyi album until Matos mentioned a song on Facebook and holy shit this is gorgeous.

Ben Ratliff, who used to be at the NY Times, but now freelances, writes books and teaches, made an alphabetical list of 15 for Esquire, while critiquing the whole list-making thing and endorsing sites from Quietus to Norteno Blog and Na Mira da Groove

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a13587928/best-albums-2017-alphabetical-order/

Future-Hndrxx
Girlpool-Powerplant
Grace Sings Sludge-
Laurel Halo-Dust
JLin-Black Origami
Kendrick Lamar-Damn
Arto Lindsay-Cuidado Madame
Nkisi-Kill
Protomartyr-
Ryuichi Sakamoto-Async
Sampha-Process
Jay Som-Everybody Works
Thundercat-Drunk
Tyler the Creator-Flower Boy
David Virelles-Gnosis

Tyler the Creator's doing way better on these lists than I would ever have guessed.

even I like the Ibeyi album

i've been tyler agnostic for a very long time, but the new album is really nice

Ibeyi is hitting me a little like an updated iteration of Les Nubiens

i heard priests album this week

p good

shes tasted maggots

SZA album has some real highlights but they're not the big singles (imo) - e.g. Pretty Little Birds is *lovely*

ok on second listen the opening track is quite something

i don't know why the sza album got basically no attention on here really

ibeyi album is absolutely a top ten for me
SZA is great, prob top fifteen or so

lex/rtc selfban pact iirc xp

the sza album is awesome

iirc i talked about it in the r&b thread a little but like... ilx is different this year lol

i'm kinda upset that the kehlani record isn't getting as much traction but i would be

cosigning all the Ibeyi love, really beautiful and powerful

I'm surprised by the Kehlani absence. That record seemed to immediate to me.

I'm not surprised that it's not been mentioned anywhere given their career arc, but this year's Cut Copy record was really really good. I had totally given up on them.

xp the curse of a January release date? (re: Kehlani)

i only like half believe in that curse

If you’re listening to Ibeyi for the first time please listen to their previous album too. It’s amazing.

i had to listen to that war on drugs album recently and man, men get such a wide berth for '80s pastiche. kitten (who i was also listening to in advance of their boston show) does it so much better

kitten don't really do tunnel of love era bruce / dire straits pastiches tho?

I'm not surprised that it's not been mentioned anywhere given their career arc, but this year's Cut Copy record was really really good. I had totally given up on them.

― evol j, Thursday, December 7, 2017 1:11 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought I was listening to a new song by them until someone pointed out that it was actually a new Beck song. I was confused.

that james holden record that's making some lists is fun

tremendous album that. don’t know if it got much traction in actual psych rock circles, but it’s my favourite psych record this year

noted!

You might like it sleeve! Has the ritualistic feeling of something like the Master Musicians of Bukkake but played with something approaching a Boredoms-ish energy in places. Also lots of synth.

Song Exploder had a good episode on Ibeyi's "Deathless":
http://songexploder.net/ibeyi

oh my god how had I not heard this James Holden record yet

if it's as all as good as 'spinning dance' then...damn

james holden is definitely my favourite find from lists so far, it's fantastic

the cut copy album was quite good and better than their last one

kehlani not getting much traction is definitely confusing + a shame

thanks for that songexploder, i had been wondering about the story behind deathless

xps kitten rule

james holden record is super good

cool list from Stranded Records, gotta check out that new Bill Orcutt and the Alan Vega

https://www.strandedrecords.com/collections/stranded-favorites?mc_cid=25b6891673&mc_eid=4d62f33c41