2017 end of the year lists

xxxpost Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin are two Portland folk singers who should be much more widely known, imo. they tour together, play on each others' songs (and I assume they are in a relationship, tho I'm not positive).

― alpine static

read that as "they are in a relationship, tho it's not positive" and thought that was a pretty harsh zing

anna tivel is a perfect fit for anybody who actually gives a shit about short stories which appear in the new yorker

i'm more interested in the "cat people" of pop songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdHMaccjw4

My list is here: https://2012yearinmusic.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-favorite-new-albums-of-2017.html

damn, the Quietus, NPR and RS EDM lists are quite awesome.

SW rules, btw. Untitled A2 is gonna make my tracks ballot.

Pitchfork - The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-experimental-albums-of-2017/

^

1. Arca - Arca
2. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
3. Various Artists - Mono No Aware
4. Ryuichi Sakamoto - async
5. GAS - Narkopop
6. Blanck Mass - World Eater
7. William Basinski - A Shadow in Time
8. Joni Void - Selfless
9. Lushloss - Asking/Bearing
10. Mhysa - fantasii
11. Forest Swords - Compassion
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
13. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - On the Echoing Green
14. Ben Frost - The Centre Cannot Hold
15. Yves Tumor - Experiencing the Deposit of Faith
16. Eluvium - Shuffle Drones
17. L’Rain - L’Rain
18. Amnesia Scanner - AS TRUTH
19. Klein - Tommy EP
20. Pharmakon - Contact

cheers
haven't heard l'rain - will check that out this morning

*slow clap for pitchfork*

Slow Hand Clap For Pitchfork's drone album is excellent and should definitely be on that list.

is it painfully cool boring rubbish, cos if so yeah

No results found for "that fraud basinski".

Mind you, as said above, Mhysa album worth a listen

Great list from the Blackest Ever Black shop in London:
https://lowcompany.co.uk/collections/best-of-2017

Nathan Rabin's Top 10

(oops, meant to post that in the year-end film thread)

Complex UK’s Best Albums Of 2017

http://www.complex.com/music/2017/12/complex-uk-best-albums-of-2017/

No results found for "that fraud basinski".

― Cardi Acs (imago)

wtf is the matter with you, stop it

Great list from the Blackest Ever Black shop in London:
https://lowcompany.co.uk/collections/best-of-2017

― Barnaby, Hardly

i don't think i'm hip enough to listen to any of this! nothing i had heard of until page 5

Lists like that don't make me feel un-hip. They make me grateful there's people out there curating stuff I wouldn't have heard otherwise. Thanks for the list.

cool stuff on that list, thanks, need to hear SUED 16 and the Christoph de Babalon right off the bat

i don't think i'm hip enough to listen to any of this! nothing i had heard of until page 5

― bob lefse (rushomancy)

A lot of it was only familiar from being on their mailing list (which is well worth signing up for). Though plenty was completely new to me.

Lists like that don't make me feel un-hip. They make me grateful there's people out there curating stuff I wouldn't have heard otherwise. Thanks for the list.

― afriendlypioneer

Yeah, that's my take on it as well. I enjoy investigating lists like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGE7q0oDlEI

haha Paul F. Tompkins is hilarious

Great list from the Blackest Ever Black shop in London:
https://lowcompany.co.uk/collections/best-of-2017

― Barnaby, Hardly

i don't think i'm hip enough to listen to any of this! nothing i had heard of until page 5

― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, December 15, 2017 7:00 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is just the worst attitude, i mean, really??

Listening to the Heavy Metal band off that list. Shades of Earl Brutus/The Pre New, but we'll see if it takes

I am kind of getting Nathan Barley vibes off that list tbh

don't you have a thread for this, my friend, do you need another one?

everybody be nice to blackest ever black!!!

otm

dig the stuff i know off that list, will be checking the other 99% out haha

the 154 reissue is a must, if you're into super gauzy ambient with muted kick drums

no wire jokes, imago

davy kehoe album sounded good from the couple of tracks i heard. don't totally buy into the whole BEB aesthetic project though tbh

this is just the worst attitude, i mean, really??

― brimstead

no malice meant. it's been a very long year and i'm very tired. i feel like i put in a lot of work listening to music, obviously it's rewarding and enjoyable but it's also work, and to see somebody come up with a list of fifty records i've heard nary a whiff of is kind of depressing.

I'm giving this list a go ffs

xp it's kinda funny, rushomancy, because i remember you posting a 2016 list last year and i was all "whoa i ain't heard of ANY of this"

i mean, i remember you posting your personal 2016 list

Three pages in and the only name I even recognize is Photek.

xp it's kinda funny, rushomancy, because i remember you posting a 2016 list last year and i was all "whoa i ain't heard of ANY of this"

― brimstead

that's why it's depressing! i kind of feel like a personal failure for not having heard of any of blackest ever black's list. it feels like stuff i _should_ have known about.

ha, no worries, this is always a humbling time of year, see also the Textura list

not to mention blues rock review amirite?

Traxsource Top 100 Artists of 2017

http://news.traxsource.com/articles/2741/traxsource-top-100-artists-of-2017

20: Pablo Fierro
19: Atjazz
18: Jesse Rose
17: Karizma
16: CamelPhat
15: Hyenah
14: Full Intention
13: Franky Rizardo
12: Rocco
11: Honey Dijon

10: DJ Spen
9: Kink
8: Angelo Ferreri
7: The Deepshakerz
6: Louie Vega
5: Enoo Napa
4: Dr Packer
3: Black Loops
2: Joey Negro
1: David Penn

lol Whiney

this is a good list https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-experimental-albums-of-2017/?page=2

XLR8R's Best of 2017: Releases

https://www.xlr8r.com/features/2017/12/xlr8rs-best-of-2017-releases/

^ always has a few things that other people missed

Always glad to see another Feelies mention in lowcompany. I love The Necessaries - Event Horizon, discovered that a couple years ago -- Arthur Russell with Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) doing new wave/power pop in '82! I forgot that it was officially reissued, not sure why Big Sky (1981) sessions weren't included. Not all the songs were redone for EH. Pablo Gad was also a relatively recent discovery.

11: Honey Dijon

reminded me to listen to her album - sounds p solid on first pass

FACT - Best Tracks of 2017

http://www.factmag.com/2017/12/15/best-tracks-2017/

nice list with nice write ups