Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2017

My (unranked) faves from first half of the year:

Albums:

* Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1 The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane
* Bargou 08 - Targ
* Ed Askew - Woodbine Street
* Elko B - I Bambini Di Basilisco
* Eric Arn - Orphic Resonance
* House And Land - S/t
* Jlin - Black Origami
* Jonas meersmans - Monnift I
* Kendrick Lamar - Damn
* Laurel Halo - Dust
* Mind Rays - Nerve Endings
* Richard Dawson - Peasant
* Seekers International ‎– Gunman Cult Clasixx Mix
* Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz: Born On a Gangster Star
* Strategy - The Infinity File
* The Terminals - Antiseptic
* V/A - Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992
* V/A - Studio One Rocksteady 2
* William Basinski - A Shadow In Time

A selection of these aired last week in my radio show (Dutch spoken): https://www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten/sterrenplaten-16-juni-2017-mid-year-roundup-2017

Tracks:

* Davy Kehoe - Storm Desmond
* J Hus (Feat. MoStack & MIST) – Fisherman
* Leif – July V
* Migos - Bad and Boujee
* Mura Masa - Love$Ick (Mumdance Remix)
* Oneohtrix Point Never (Feat. Iggy Pop) – The Pure And The Damned
* Prince - Electric Intercourse
* Richard Dawson - Ogre
* Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano
* Shabazz Palaces - Shine A Light
* Special Request – Stairfoot Lane Bunker (Minor Science Remix)
* Vince Staples (Feat. Ty Dolla Sign) – Rain Come Down
* Young Thug – On Fire

Romeo Santos - Imitadora

Really love this Ross From Friends EP, especially Talk to Me You'll Understand.

Thank you rolling techno/house bobbins. It seems like I'm mostly finding things on the rolling threads and then plopping them here when I think they deserve the added attention.

May & June faves. Finally starting to see some quality albums although 2017 still more about the EPs so far.

Saint Etienne - Home Counties LP
She Makes War - "I Want My Country Back"
PRISTIN - "Wee Woo"
Sigrid - "Don't Kill My Vibe"
GIRLI - Feel OK EP
Ondatrópica - Baile Bucanero LP
Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
Lethal Bizzle ft. Skepta - "I Win"
This Is The Kit - "Moonshine Freeze"
Deerful - Peach LP
Martin Jenkins - Dance Cave EP
Juana Molina - Halo LP
Miley Cyrus - "Malibu"
Omar Souleyman - "Ya Bnayya"
Jlin - "Hatshetsup", "1%", "Challenge (To Be Continued)"
Modern Cosmology - Summer Long EP
The Comet Is Coming - Death to the Planet EP
Little Mix ft. Stormzy - "Power"
Ellen Allien - "Call Me"
Vanishing Twin - Dream By Numbers EP
Soulwax - From Deewee LP
Robot Koch - Fluid EP
Todd Terje ft. Det Gylne Triangel - "Maskindans (Erol Alkan rework)"
Lorde - "Homemade Dynamite", "Supercut"
ToiToiToi - Im Hag LP
Vic Mars - The Consumer Programme LP
Mura Masa - "WAVE" (and pretty much everything else he's released or been involved in this year tbh)
Cornelius - "Sometime / Someplace"
Kero Kero Bonito - "Trampoline (Saint Etienne remix)", "Forever Summer Holiday"

Ross from Friends - Crystal Catcher (weed)

i wasn't really into previous chastity belt albums but i dig the new one, and "complain" is the song i play in the morning as i play fetch with my dog in the park.

I can't decide if "Ross from Friends" is one of the most
obnoxious or one of the best names I've seen this year.

Ross from Friends is the kind of band name that makes me want to punch a kestrel. See also Scott and Charlene's Wedding.

I sampled his/their latest EP just to see if it sounded like the character's hilarible sound effects collages from the series, and it only sorta did a little bit.

As long as I don't have to hear an NPR announcer say the name, I'll be fine.

migos culture
rich the kid - rich forever 3
randomer - smokin
charly bliss - guppy
tess roby - ballad 5
sahbabii sandas
chief keef thot breaker
hank youngman - mister bongo
sob x rbe
cardi b - bodak yellow
steffi fabric
domenique dumont - +371
yu su - soon (moa mix)
jayda g - heaven could be lately
pelada - desatado
d.tiffany - blue dream
laurel halo - moontalk
big thief - mythological beauty
kane west - definitely come together
tops - petals
sza - love galore
jlin black origami
valee - shell
objekt - theme from q
talamanca system
jhus - good luck chale
jhus common sense
harry styles - sign of the times
quelle chris - buddies
v/a - welcome to paradise: dream house 89-93
playboi carti
tee grizzley - first day out
kendrick - humble
goldlink - crew
tqd - vibsing ting
kodak black - tunnel vision
mike will made it ft. lil yachty - hasselhof
drake more life
pressa - tbh
justin cudmore - forget it
maggie rogers - dog years
julia michaels - issues
omb peezy - when i was down
kehlani sweetsexysavage
nba youngboy - 38 baby
the xx - on hold
esb - words for us
ambien baby - ab2
analogue cops - shonen jump
dean blunt - as long as ropes unravel fake rolex will travel
she-devils - hey boy
casey dienel - high times
trey songz - nobody but you
lil wayne & t-pain - listen to me
rich homie quan - word of mouth

Zeena Parkins - Muted

(track since I haven't actually heard the full album yet: Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics)

laurel halo - Dust
Robyn/Mr. Tophat
Tornado Wallace - Lonely Planet
Lorde - Melodrama
Nite Jewel - Real High/Obsession (EP)
Paramore - After Laughter
Karriem Riggins - Headnod Suite
Kelly Lee Owens - S/T
Goldfrapp - Silver Eye
Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm
Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Actress - AZD
Talaboman - The Night Land
Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology

Steve Roden - Thousand Breathing Forms (a massive 2003-2008 comp)
Trio Heinz Herbert - The Willisau Concert
Varg - nordic flora pt. 3, gore-tex city
Miles Okazaki - Trickster
Thelonious Monk - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (previously unreleased soundtrack to 50's Vadim movie)
Eric Bibb - Migration Blues
Craig Taborn - Daylight Ghosts
Joana Gama, Luís Fernandes, Ricardo Jacinto - Harmonies
Arthur Russell - Tower of Meaning
Midori Takada - Through the Looking Glass
unnatural ways - we aliens
nicole mitchell- mandorla awakening ii, emerging worlds

Todd Terje ft. Det Gylne Triangel - "Maskindans (Erol Alkan rework)"

Btw: the Todd Terje main track is itself a rework of such a rare beast as a 1982 Norwegian synthpop single. Youtube here.

^ awesome

Matthew Shipp Trio - Piano Song

Albums I'm into right now:

HAIM - Something To Tell You
Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
Penelope Trappes - Penelope One
Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex
Mario Batkovic - Mario Batkovic
Group Doueh + Cheveu - Dakhla Sahara Session
Christian Scott - Diaspora
Harriet Brown - Contact

Here's where I am.

What!? there's a new Arto Lindsay album!!! Brb

Playlist is updated; flirting with 400 tracks just past midyear

ILM's Rolling Favorite Tracks Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist

Some fave tracks so far:

Nicki Minaj - Regret In Your Tears
Ariel Pink - Another Weekend
Yu Su - Soon (Moa Mix)
Oneohtrix Point Never - The Pure and the Damned feat. Iggy Pop
Petals - TOPS
Lanark Artefax - Touch Absence
Burna Boy - Rock Your Body
Superpitcher - Howl
Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3
Calvin Harris - Slide feat. Frank Ocean & Migos
Kinetic Electronix - DewDropInn
Anthony Naples - Sky Flowers
Kara-Lis Coverdale - Grafts
Slowdive - Sugar for the Pill
Playboy Carti - Magnolia
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - An Intention
Shanti Celeste - Good Spirits
DeJ Loaf - No Fear
Jayda G - Heaven Could Be Lately
Bruno Mars - That’s What I Like (Remix) feat. Gucci Mane

Very much enjoying Dauwd's Theory of Colours. Glass Jelly stands out at the moment, but the whole album is good.

enjoying the Dauwd, thanks

i was sure i had posted a list on here at some pt anyway here's my fave albums of the year so far:

Sacred Paws - Strike a Match
Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now
Tinariwen - Elwan
Sorority Noise - You're Not As ____ As You Think
Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms
Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
VA - Zaire 74: The African Artists
Miranda Lee Richards - Existential Beast
Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
Oneohtrix Point Never - Good Time Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

My new favorite album of the year is Gurr's 'In My Head,' and I don't give a shit that it came out in October 2016. I didn't hear it until last night.

This already has a reserved slot in top ten tracks of 2017

https://geographicnorth.bandcamp.com/track/blue-ring

^Moon Diagrams is Moses Archuleta from Deerhunter, who has been quietly releasing great low-key ambient music over the last few years

At some point I'll give a fuller accounting of tracks that I'm loving this year but for the moment will just leave this one here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1CcOVvSjbM

I'm all in on Hazel English

I kinda thought Hazel English was neat when there was a steady drip of singles every few weeks, but once I heard them all together on a single album I got bored by the sameyness.

Understandable! I listened to it due to circumstances (it was the only thing I had for a few days) and I went from liking its vibe to (most of) the individual songs.

In addition to titles I mentioned above

Juana Molina - Halo
Bola - D.E.G.
Sudan Archives - Sudan Archives
9T Antiope - Of Murk and Shallow Water
Hauschka - What If
Yasmine Hamdan - Al Jamílat
Nídia Minaj - Nídia é má, Nídia é fudida
Algiers - The Underside of Power
Slowdive - Slowdive
Emel - Ensen
Deena Abdelwahed - Klabb
Karen Gwyer - Rembo Tech House, Wonky Techno

and the Mori-Ra EP

Since last time, I would add:

The Stevens - Good (Aussie slacker indie)
Undergang - Misantropologi (Danish death metal)
Temple of Void - Lords of Death (American death doom)

so is it just me or is this the best year for new music in quite a while?

It's been pretty great!

cosign

Its been awful in pop music, though.

it's been a super deep year, but not so heavy at the top

Warm Digits (ft. Field Music) - End Times

Masasolo - Idaho

Really enjoying the recent Chris Bathgate record, starts out as a folksy singer-songwriter thing, spreads out into the cosmos, then recedes back.

Ruby Haunt - Destroyer. Some nice downer dream pop just in time for summer's end.

End-of-summer update:

Desperate Journalist - Why Are You So Boring?
Worriers - Future Me
The New Pornographers - Play Money
The Regrettes - Juicebox Baby
The Magnetic Fields - '69: Judy Garland
Guided by Voices - Overloaded
Charli XCX - Boys
Downtown Boys - A Wall
Wolf Alice - Don't Delete the Kisses

A few more somehow since the last time I posted.

Brand New - Science Fiction (aoty)
Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
Botanist - Collective: The Shape of He to Come

Jessie Ware - Selfish Love

Geez, violent ending to the video though.

Bicep album is great

also, as long as I'm putting up some suggestions from the last month of 2017 listening:
Daniel Caesar
Iron and Wine
Snoop
Felicia Atkinson
Mount Eerie
Floating Points
Bargou 08
Jamila Woods
Mark McGuire
Dua Lipa

into this from manchester young'un iamddb

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