Apologies beforehand because I'm about to use this thread to sort out my 200 favorite songs of the year. I'm at 180 right now and some of this might be changed with whatever I find in the EOY lists that will start appearing by the hundreds in the following weeks.Adam Port, Simple Symmetry - I Never Wear Black - Simple Symmetry RemixAllan Rayman - 13alt-J - 3WWAlvvays - Dreams ToniteAnimal Collective - Man Of OilAnna Of The North - LoversAnna Wise - CoconutsArcade Fire - We Don't Deserve LoveAtelje - 50/50Axel Boman - HelloBaba Stiltz - Can't Help ItBedouine - Dusty EyesBig Thief - HaleyBilly Lemos, Stevan - Can't Be // How U FeelBonobo, Rhye - Break ApartBoris Dlugosch, Cassara - TravellerBOSCO, St. Beauty - Castles (feat. St. Beauty)Bosq, Megan Doherty - Can't Seem to HideBoy Azooga - Face Behind Her CigaretteBroken Social Scene - Stay HappyBRONCHO - Get in My CarBurna Boy - Rock Your BodyC Duncan - SiblingCalvin Harris, Jessie Reyez - Hard to LoveCCFX - The One to WaitCharlotte Adigéry - 1,618Charlotte Gainsbourg - RestCherushii, Maria Minerva - Thin Line (feat. Maria Minerva)Chris Stapleton - Either WayChromatics - ShadowChromeo - JuiceCigarettes After Sex - ApocalypseClaude Speeed - DreamdreamColter Wall - Thirteen Silver DollarsDestroyer - Tinseltown Swimming in BloodDirty Projectors, Dawn Richard, Dre Skull - Cool Your Heart - Dre Skull RemixDrake - PassionfruitThe Drums - Blood Under My BeltEasy Life - PocketsElliott Smith - I Figured You OutElsa Hewitt - Breathing SpaceXEMA - Down and OutEmily King - For ThemEverything Is Recorded, Sampha - Close But Not QuiteFazerdaze - Lucky GirlFenne Lily - Three Oh NineFever Ray - Mustn't HurryFlo Morrissey and Matthew E. White - GreaseFrankie Rose - TroubleFuga Ronto - L'uomo invisibleFuture - Mask OffGenerationals - Catahoula ManGirls Night Out - Orange PeelingGorillaz, DRAM, Purple Disco Machine - Andromeda (feat. DRAM) - Purple Disco Machine RemixGoto80 - Birds on Fire NoteGrouper - I'm Clean NowHAIM - Something To Tell YouHalo Maud - Du pouvoirHand Habits - All the WhileHoops - RulesHundred Waters - ParticleIbibio Sound Machine - Give Me a ReasonIron & Wine - Call It DreamingJae Tyler - Show and TellJames McAlister, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner - MercuryJapanese Breakfast - MachinistJens Lekman - What's That Perfume That You Wear?Jerry Folk - MoneyJoe Goddard, SLO, RAC - Ordinary Madness - RAC MixJohn Maus - Teenage WitchJoseph Shabason - AytcheJulien Baker - Funeral PyreKara-Lis Coverdale - GraftsKedr Livanskiy - Ariadna Kelly Lee Owens - Throwing LinesKerri Chandler - Stop Wasting My Time (DJ-Kicks) - MixedKevin Morby - City MusicKing Henry, Rhye - MomentKnox Fortune - No DancingLa Luz - Believe My EyesLali Puna - Two WindowsLana Del Rey - In My FeelingsLaura Marling - Wild FireLaurel Halo - MoontalkLCD Soundsystem - oh babyLife in Sweatpants - GirlsLil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3Lindstrøm, Jenny Hval - Bungl (Like a Ghost)Little Dragon - Strobe LightLord Echo, Mara TK - The Sweetest MeditationLorde, Chromeo - Green Light - Chromeo RemixLouis The Child, Ashe - Right To It (feat. Ashe)LOVE SICK - BulletLusine, Vilja Larjosto - Just a CloudThe Luyas - Fed to the LionsMac Demarco - This Old DogMarcioz - The Very, Very $hy Pearl (The Pulse)Mary Lattimore - Wawa by the OceanMatthias Meyer, Ryan Davis - HopeMaya Jane Coles, Chelou - Darkside (feat. Chelou) - EditMega Bog - T.V. M.A.C.Melanie De Biasio - Gold JunkiesMen I Trust - TailwhipMesita - ComplimentsMGMT - Little Dark AgeMichael Mayer, Joe Goddard, DJ Koze - For You - DJ Koze Mbira RemixMontero - Tokin' the Night AwayMoon Diagrams - End of HeartacheMoon Duo - SevensMount Kimbie, Micachu - MarilynMr. Tea - Ashram's GrooveMt. Joy - SheepNE-HI, Jamila Woods - The Times I'm Not ThereNilüfer Yanya - Golden CageNite Jewel - 2 Good 2 Be TrueNVDES - Do You Think About MeOliver, De La Soul - Heart Attack (feat. De La Soul)Omni - EquestrianOne Sentence. Supervisor - Hedera HelixOrgone, Jesse Wagner - P.C.H. (One More Mile)The Orielles - Sugar Tastes Like SaltOxia, Robag Wruhme - Domino - Robag's Lasika Cafa NbOzel AB - Orbit 416Parcels - OvernightPastaboys, Osunlade, Rampa - Deep Musique - Rampa RemixPeking Duk, AlunaGeorge - Fake MagicPortugal. The Man - Feel It StillPykäri, SOMA - TouchRadiohead - I PromiseRebekah Del Rio - No StarsRebolledo, Maceo Plex - Discotico Plexico - Maceo Plex RemixRed Axes - Earth CoreRhye - TasteRose Droll - A Change in WeatherRuss Chimes, Iris Gold - Drift (feat. Iris Gold)Ryan Adams - To Be Without YouSACRED PAWS - EverydaySam Amidon - Juma Mountain(Sandy) Alex G - SportstarSASSY 009 - Pretty babySelena Gomez - Bad LiarShabazz Palaces, Quazarz, Thaddillac - Shine a LightSia, Kendrick Lamar, KDA - The Greatest - KDA RemixSiR, Anderson .Paak, King Mez - New LA (feat. Anderson .Paak & King Mez)Sky Ferreira - Easy - Music From The Motion Picture Baby DriverSlowdive - Sugar for the PillSnoh Aalegra, Vince Staples - Nothing Burns Like The ColdSoul Clap, Ebony Houston, Aquiles Navarro, David Marston, Myles Karp - Numb - David Marston & Myles Karp Remix feat. Aquiles NavarroSpoon - Can I Sit Next to YouSudan Archives - Come Meh WaySufjan Stevens - Wallowa Lake MonsterSun-El Musician, Samthing Soweto - Akanamali (feat. Samthing Soweto)Superorganism - Something For Your M.I.N.D.Sylvan Esso - Die YoungSZA - PromTalaboman, John Talabot, Axel Boman - Safe ChangesTei Shi - JustifyTen Fé - Another WayTennis - Modern WomanThundercat - A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite II)Tinariwen, Kurt Vile, Mark Lanegan - NannuflayTodd Terje, Prins Thomas - Jungelknugen - Prins Thomas RemixTOPS - Cutlass CruiserTornado Wallace, Sui Zhen - Today (feat. Sui Zhen)Tunnelvisions - GuavaTycho, Beacon - See (feat. Beacon)U.S. Girls - Mad As HellThe War On Drugs - PainWashed Out - Get LostWhite Denim - Let's Switch It UpWhitney - You and Me - DemoWillie Nelson, Tony Joe White, Leon Russell, Jamey Johnson - God's Problem ChildWith You., Bobby Saint - Black Bamboo (feat. Bobby Saint)Wolf Alice - Beautifully UnconventionalWoods - Love Is LoveXinobi - Far Away PlaceThe xx - ReplicaYesYou, Damon Trueitt - Change Is Gonna ComeYumi Zouma - Depths (Pt. I)!!! - The One 2
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
uh whut lol
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 05:18 (six years ago) link
thin line is from 2015 moka :)
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 05:19 (six years ago) link
Ah yes it is... I don't remember putting it there hahaha I think I might have dragged and dropped to the incorrect playlist. Thanks for the heads up.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 05:49 (six years ago) link
good list. and a huge cheers on the US GIRLS
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 05:57 (six years ago) link
Change "Thin line" for Kolsch - Liath I was forgetting that one!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 06:09 (six years ago) link
US GIRLS is fun! Love that one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 06:10 (six years ago) link
great list, one of my fav posters tbh.
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 06:38 (six years ago) link
Really enjoying the Miranda Lee Richards album Existential Beasts. At times it sounds like a companion piece to the Suzanne Sundfør album.
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/Argoman-Chimicalissimo/release/10579142
― brimstead, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Thanks Ross! Big love to you too.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/78nDved7zIQ5QvrzwmuTNG
New additions to the playlist and a change (Knox Fortune song switched because I think I like this one better, but the whole album is good probably one of my favorites of the year) :
James Holden & the Animal Spirits - Each Moment Like the FirstGrapetooth - TroubleKnox Fortune - Lil ThingThe Shacks - Fly FishingE Ruscha V - Who Are YouThe Proper Ornaments - Memories
James Holden, Grapetooth and Knox Fortune might be appealing to BOC fans. It sounds very much post-BOC and nothing like them but there's some elements: hip hop beats, vintage and eerie synths, summer feels, a certain childhood nostalgia to them. Holden in particularly is close to that sound but the other two sound like pop singles produced by BOC.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
Before the year is over I'll try to cut the whole thing down to 50 songs. It's so hard, there's been so many good music this year.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
Read BOC as Blue Oyster Cult before realizing you probably meant Boards of Canada
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
Ah yes that's Boards of Canada! Sorry.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
Presentable Corpse - Through Waves of FogGe-Ology - Re-Fingered with Love
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 25 November 2017 23:47 (six years ago) link
Love that new James Holden album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 26 November 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
Just wanted to mention that Romeo Santos' "Imitadora" (which I already listed upthread) is great in various ways, despite some drawbacks.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 27 November 2017 05:31 (six years ago) link
SAICOBAB. New project of YoshimiO. Vocals + sitar + frame drum + bass. Whole album is great, but "Bx Ax Bx" is a good a place to start as any.
― Jeff W, Monday, 27 November 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
^ some righteous shit, Jeff
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 27 November 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
https://thebaggagehandlerdotme.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/el-jefe-antena-3.jpg
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 27 November 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
this is really good! although bx ax bx is the only one on their bandcamp so that's as far as i've got
― nxd, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 09:31 (six years ago) link
Justin Adams - Ribbons
It is partly a more abstract take on various world music, which sounds like a frightening description, but I think the music is good nevertheless. Some tracks have Anneli Drecker on them (not someone I am familiar with, although I guess I have been very vaguely aware of the existence of Bel Canto). "Crow Dream" is a standout track (ahem, ulysses).
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Electric guitar-oriented.
No Moon - I Left My Dial In Pirovac (Pt.2)
― brimstead, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Crumbling Castle
― Bryan, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
Big thief lp
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 1 December 2017 06:53 (six years ago) link
Was just listening to the accompanying playlist on shuffle and after a couple songs I wasn't too thrilled about, I hit one that finally made me ask "What is this?!" meaning: this is awful. Arcade Fire.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 1 December 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
https://leegamble.bandcamp.com/album/lee-gamble-mnestic-pressure-hdbcd037
first listen (cursory), this is some cut n'pasty, OPN-like bullshit. 2nd listen, this is nowhere near KOCH levels. Third listen, 'holy shit!' - it's **dope** "af".. ultra-lean and concise, need to hear it again.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 3 December 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
It's a fantastic album, one of his best (up there with 'Diversions').
Jungle/dnb died 16, 17 years ago*. Metalheadz, Fabio, Grooverider, Optical & Rush, Doc Scott: I commend them for plowing on, but it's sad really. *Nothing* of note, nothing evolutionary, nothing forward thinking - let alone brash futuristic, a core element of the genre - has come out since 2000 or so.
The only to in some way do justice, and use the breaks and synths of jungle past, is what Gamble does so masterfully. He doesn't do 'nods', but echoes and mutates what was so great about it and incorporates it into a sound palette of now.
* Disclaimer: I was a teenage junglist.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 3 December 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
I think I like Mnestic Pressure even more than Diversions, it's definitely one of my favorite albums of the year
― Dan S, Sunday, 3 December 2017 23:24 (six years ago) link
What is this year's big art-rock album? I feel like I'm missing something - a Let England Shake, a Moon Shaped Pool?
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Monday, 4 December 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
Don't know if it is art-rock but it sounds big (and fantastic): Oxbow's Thin Black Duke.
― willem, Monday, 4 December 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
dog latin you might like this Chino Amobi thing
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Monday, 4 December 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
lee gamble album will provide me listening adventure for a long time, i'm still processing koch
― brimstead, Monday, 4 December 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
yea, dog latin and imago should check out Chino Amobi.. Lee Bannon's stuff on NON as Dedekind Cut is super fucked up as well
― brimstead, Monday, 4 December 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
has anyone heard the new Rabit album?
http://www.discogs.com/Rabit-Les-Fleurs-Du-Mal/release/11091789
― brimstead, Monday, 4 December 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
i'll check out chino. cheers all
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Monday, 4 December 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
Okay... this is amazing. I don't usually like this cut-up nightmare music but this is just too much of a trip
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
xothe Rabit album is great
― Dan S, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
this chino amobi album absolutely rules
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 09:23 (six years ago) link
No mention of the Errorsmith album, Superlative Fatigue? Android techno with a dancehall riddim vibe. It's pretty special.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 10:02 (six years ago) link
yes! it's a great album! only found it last week so i'm guessing it's newly released or i'm very behind haha
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 10:03 (six years ago) link
Fits nicely into my current obsession with experimental riddim - Equiknoxx, Still, Palmistry etc
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 10:07 (six years ago) link
the Errorsmith album is good except the last track which is garbage but if you can get the chance you absolutely should go see him DJ, I saw him in January and it was INCREDIBLE, just so much energy and looseness and humour
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
Think I saw somewhere he's playing round my neck so I'll keep an eye out
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
Ok this is a top 25 in no order... I might do a top 50 because I felt there’s many left behind. Top 10 would likely be: big thief, laurel halo, sassy009, men i trust, shabazz palaces, slowdive, selena gomez, tornado wallace, tops, us girls.
BIG THIEF - haleyDRAKE - passionfruitEVERYTHING IS RECORDED - close but not quiteFEVER RAY - mustn’t hurryFUTURE - mask offHAND HABITS - all the whileJENS LEKMAN - whats that perfume that you wear?JULIEN BAKER - funeral pyreKNOX FORTUNE - lil thingLAUREL HALO - moontalkLUYAS - fed to the lionsMEN I TRUST - tailwhipMOUNT KIMBIE - marilynNILUFER YANYA - golden cageSACRED PAWS - everydaySANDY ALEX G - sportstarSASSY 009 - are you leavingSELENA GOMEZ - bad liarSHABAZZ PALACES - shine a lightSLOWDIVE - sugar for the pillSUDAN ARCHIVES - come meh wayTEI SHI - justifyTOPS - cutlass cruiserTORNADO WALLACE - todayUS GIRLS - mad as hell
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
That definitely looks like it's in order to me
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
Ok this is a top 25 in no order... I might do a top 50 because I felt there’s many left behind. Top 10 would likely be: big thief, laurel halo, sassy009, men i trust, shabazz palaces, slowdive, selena gomez, tornado wallace, tops, us girls.BIG THIEF - haleyDRAKE - passionfruitEVERYTHING IS RECORDED - close but not quiteFEVER RAY - mustn’t hurryFUTURE - mask offHAND HABITS - all the whileJENS LEKMAN - whats that perfume that you wear?JULIEN BAKER - funeral pyreKNOX FORTUNE - lil thingLAUREL HALO - moontalkLUYAS - fed to the lionsMEN I TRUST - tailwhipMOUNT KIMBIE - marilynNILUFER YANYA - golden cageSACRED PAWS - everydaySANDY ALEX G - sportstarSASSY 009 - are you leavingSELENA GOMEZ - bad liarSHABAZZ PALACES - shine a lightSLOWDIVE - sugar for the pillSUDAN ARCHIVES - come meh wayTEI SHI - justifyTOPS - cutlass cruiserTORNADO WALLACE - todayUS GIRLS - mad as hell
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Thursday, 7 December 2017 07:00 (six years ago) link
<a href="http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a13587928/best-albums-2017-alphabetical-order/">'The Right Way to Do Year End Lists Is in Alphabetical Order'</a>
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 11 December 2017 07:20 (six years ago) link