2017 end of the year lists

Here's one I haven't seen anywhere: Magnetic Fields- 50 Song Memoir

― President Keyes, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 10:26 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Vulture had it at #4: http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-10-best-albums-of-2017.html

The metal is all from Kim Kelly, an excellent writer who publishes in nearly every metal publication of note. Up until the top 10, the Noisey list is pretty unique.

oh I'm familiar with the great KK

i always like chris richards' end of year
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/best-music-of-2017-cardi-b-paints-the-world-bodak-yellow/2017/12/06/cad4d6be-d5fc-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879_story.html

Dizzee Rascal album not getting mentioned at all either

Not super connected to the metal scene lately but following Kelly on twitter helped a lot finding stuff I like

I really enjoy the Richard Dawson record, but I do wish the touchstone track from it wasn't Ogre, where it'd be absolutely impossible for a new listener to forget this is an album set in a faux-medieval England fantasy land. Songs like Shapeshifter, Scientist, and (especially) Beggar are probably better to start with, if I could venture a guess

everyone is overrating lorde

sorry i just... idk

i like the lorde album a fair bit and it's a huge step up from her debut but it is definitely weird how highly it's been acclaimed

it has been nice to see sza so high on a lot of these lists

I did work on the Lorde album that went uncredited so I'm a touch salty about it (Moses' too) but I like the album and the people who made it

That Circuit des Yeux is stunning. Nicole Sabouné – Miman is also worth checking out. Orion is some good Australian post-punk/new wave. There's a bunch more that have been unrepresented on the lists so far...

fgti - you mean M0ses Sumn3y? I love that album.

The state of credits in the streaming age drives me insane (especially when ppl don't put credits on Bandcamp, the one platform they have complete control over).

everyone is overrating lorde

True in 2013, still true now.

Ya that m0ses. Good album!

What appeals to me about Lorde really became apparent after watching the live show... what she's doing onstage with her band and in studio is very hand-made, it feels like it could be something thrown together by some kids at a garage show in Portland. Also, her youth, her zingers, she's a good pop star imo, don't like her as much as I like Grimes but I like them both for the same reasons

Weird, I feel like there was way more music released this year than last

I really like that Noisey list but I'd downvote Future and upvote Thundercat

(especially when ppl don't put credits on Bandcamp, the one platform they have complete control over

Ooh, this drives me insane too.

no need for both Future albums that's for sure

disheartened by the lack of love for SACRED PAWS

I also agree that the new Lorde album is better than the first one. The moment I keep going back to is when she vocally morphs into Kate Bush on the chorus of "Writer in the Dark".

I rated the Nicole Sabouné pretty highly in 2015.

Looks like again my tastes are a neat subset of the Quietus (and likely, Fact) lists. Zimpel/Ziołek, Fever Ray, Lotto, Rûwâhîne, Gazelle Twin, Sote, Mario Batkovic, Hannah Peel. So I'm looking forward to hearing the Rose Dougall and UUUU in full, giving Targ a second try, even seeing whether Gary Numan has grown out of his industrial phase.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/arts/music/best-albums-2017.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/

NY Times critics lists

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/arts/music/best-songs.html

UUUU has some great moments! I mean, I would say that obv. The 16-minute track is definitely worth a go for any passing Wire/Thighps fan

imago have u heard that Zimpel/Ziołek record? very good imo, firmly in my top 5

I gave the first two tracks a listen when checking out all the quietus recs! it was sounding really lovely, great cosmic pastoralia vibe. will listen to the whole thing soon. feels like a fantastic direction for ziolek to have gone in after stara rzeka

agree with Maura about Lorde. I have to admit I haven't sat down and listened to the whole thing straight through but I've more than gotten the gist of it and aside from the 2-3 days I was in love with "Green Light" I just haven't been compelled to go back. Actually, that line about being in the back of the Louvre is really dope, that more than makes that song worthwhile.

I think an underrated part of Taylor Swift's fall-off is tied to how frequently she's been biting Lorde lately. It be like if Kendrick all of a sudden started putting out tracks that sounded like Lil Yachty.

okay that is mean

when listening to Z/Z donnt forget the Alameda Duo record as well; that's Ziolek too

https://instantclassic.bandcamp.com/album/the-luminous-guitar-craft-of-alameda-duo

oh that sounds v promising too ty

wow you can buy all 20 records on that label digitally for €32.99

Oh I forgot about The Luminous Guitar Craft of Alameda Duo!! Thanks for the reminder.

From Marc Masters' Twitter:

Here's a thread of some 2017 records that maybe deserved more attention, in no particular order.

1) @woodenwand "Clipper Ship" on @3lobed
2) Jack Cooper "Sandgrown" on @trouble_in_mind
3) White Poppy "The Pink Haze of Love"
4) David First "Civil War Songs for Solo Harmonica" on @FabricaRecords
5) @florasninos "Incantations from Yin Valley" on @FortEvilFruit
6) World War "Soundsystem" on @HausuMountain
7) Lau Nau "Poseidon" on @beaconsound_pdx
8) Megabreth "Ultra High Noise" on @fieldhymns
9) Billington / Shippy / Wyche "Billington / Shippy / Wyche" on @astspiritsrec
10) Reese McHenry w/Spider Bags "Bad Girl" on @sophomorelounge
11) @mattjencik "Weird Times" on @hitd_records
12) @sofingusa "The Curfew Tower Recordings" on @CrowVersusCrow
13) Mark Feehan "M.F. II" on @TestosterTunes
14) @TALsounds "Love Sick" on @badabingrecords
15) Nate Scheible "Fairfax" on @weareACR
16) Ekin Fil "Inflame" on Helen Scarsdale
17) Manas "III" on @Feeding_Tube
18) Country Florist "Waveland" on @drwngrmrcs
19) Mazozma "Heavy Death Head" on @Feeding_Tube
20) Headroom "Head in the Clouds" on @trouble_in_mind
21) @RossWHammond and Jon Bafus "Masonic Lawn"
22) Kate Carr "The Story Surrounds Us" on Helen Scarsdale
23) Private Anarchy "Private Anarchy" on Round Bale
24) @LXV_audio "Inversion Method" on @PhineryTapes
25) @PlatesOfCake "Let's Not Deprive Each Other" on @UnblinkingEar

haven't listened to lau nau for years, will have to check that one

agreed

The Wire assigns genre-specific charts to individual writers for their year-end issue (the big top 50 is voted on by all the staff and contributors); they gave me the jazz list, so here it is:

1. Yazz Ahmed, La Saboteuse (Naim Audio)
2. Jaimie Branch, Fly Or Die (International Anthem)
3. Camilla George Quartet, Isang (Ubuntu Music)
4. Christian Scott, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)
5. Irreversible Entanglements, s/t (International Anthem)
6. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
7. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
8. Kamasi Washington, Harmony Of Difference (Young Turks)
9. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)
10. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)

jazz ppl must be feeling a tiny bit of Vijay fatigue at this point, right?

I've never been much of a fan, honestly, despite having written a cover story about him. This is his best album IMO, and it's mostly because of the horn section and Tyshawn Sorey's drumming.

When I saw that Vijay Ayer had made your list, I immediately thought this might be one Ayer album I should check out. "Never much of a fan" is a bit of an understatement given some of your past comments about him.

Circle & Elder riding high in the Rolling Stone 20 best metal albums. Good work.

The Alameda Duo record is glorious. I don't know enough about Polish history or culture to say anything meaningful about the 'return to the pastoral' or the dredging of folk myths, but that's what seems to be going on with the Instant Classic stuff. And they have a song called 'The Grand Mixolydian Cunt Slip' which should win some sort of prize.

Is the Partner record in that Noisey list all as much of a blast as the first two songs?

Oh you're all talking about it in the dogs on skateboards thread. If they're that good, start threads on them!

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of both Alameda Duo and Zimpel Ziolek.

I haven't heard Far From Over yet but Iyer (and Mahanthappa) play on the Rez Abbasi album, which is great imo. I wouldn't say that I've really loved Iyer's own music in the past but I have enjoyed it, esp Tirtha and the version of "Galang" (which I prefer to the original).

Complex - Best Albums
http://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-2017/

1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
2. Jay Z - 4:44
3. SZA - Ctrl
4. Future - HNDRXX
5. Sampha - Process
6. Tyler - the Creator - Flower Boy
7. Migos - Culture
8. Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
9. Daniel Caesar - Freudian
10. Drake - More Life
11. Syd - Fin
12. Charli XCX - Number One Angel
13. Rapsody - Laila’s Wisdom
14. Vince Staples - The Big Fish Theory
15. Future - FUTURE
16. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - The Bigger Artist
17. Kelela - Take Me Apart
18. Joey Badass - All-Amerikkkan Badass
19. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
20. Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me
21. Kesha - Rainbow
22. Kodak Black - Painting Pictures
23. Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 2wice
24. Gucci Mane and Metro Boomin - Droptopwop
25. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
26. Taylor Swift - Reputation
27. G Perico - All Blue
28. GoldLink - At What Cost
29. Roc Marciano - Rosebudds Revenge
30. Thundercat - Drunk
31. Sonder - Into
32. ASAP Twelvyy - 12
33. Harry Styles - Harry Styles
34. Meek Mill - Wins & Losses
35. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
36. Aminé - Good for You
37. 21 Savage - Issa Album
38. John Mayer - The Search for Everything
39. Young Dolph - Thinking Out Loud
40. 21 Savage, Offset, and Metro Boomin - Without Warning
41. Smino - blkswn
42. Miguel - War And Leisure
43. J.I.D - The Never Story
44. Lorde - Melodrama
45. Cyhi The Prynce - No Dope On Sundays
46. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
47. Khalid - American Teen
48. Haim - Something to Tell You
49. Lil Pump - Lil Pump
50. Lil B - Black Ken

The Vinyl Factory - Top 50 Albums
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/best-albums-2017/

^ always some interesting stuff to be found on their lists imo

Apparently people really hated 'Beautiful Thugger Girls'.

vinyl factory list is great

Cool, lots of interesting-sounding things I’d missed there. That number one though...

crunchy green sea-vegetable wins music poll

Is the Partner record in that Noisey list all as much of a blast as the first two songs?

― Matt DC, Thursday, December 7, 2017 2:38 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh you're all talking about it in the dogs on skateboards thread. If they're that good, start threads on them!

― Matt DC, Thursday, December 7, 2017 2:40 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i thought about it! but it was hard to get people to talk about that record even in rolling threads