Music: Best album of 2017
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My personal top 10 so far:
1. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
2. Slowdive - Slowdive
3. Feist - Pleasure
4. The Horrors - V
5. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
6. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
7. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
8. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
9. The National - Sleep Well Beast
10. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
All in all, a pretty good year for music.
1. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
2. Slowdive - Slowdive
3. Feist - Pleasure
4. The Horrors - V
5. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
6. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
7. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
8. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
9. The National - Sleep Well Beast
10. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
All in all, a pretty good year for music.
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Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
My latest post here got lost in the migration, so I'll repost.
Pleasure was already amongst my favourite albums of this year (just below the top tier of Hug of Thunder, A Deeper Understanding, and Sleep Well Beast). Then I saw Feist live. Where she played it from beginning to end, and then played another 90 minutes after that. It's in that top tier now. Damn.
Pleasure was already amongst my favourite albums of this year (just below the top tier of Hug of Thunder, A Deeper Understanding, and Sleep Well Beast). Then I saw Feist live. Where she played it from beginning to end, and then played another 90 minutes after that. It's in that top tier now. Damn.
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That would be a pretty special live show. Just got around to re listening to Pleasure again today. Baby be simple is my favourite song from it. I would put the album above Metals.
I can see this album on a lot of end of year lists . Kind of flew under the radar for the most part.
I listened to the new Kamasi Washington EP , which was great by the way . Even the last song that was 13 minutes was good and engaging for its entirety.
I can see this album on a lot of end of year lists . Kind of flew under the radar for the most part.
I listened to the new Kamasi Washington EP , which was great by the way . Even the last song that was 13 minutes was good and engaging for its entirety.
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We have two of the same top 3 albums of the year. Do you think I'd dig that Feist album? I know nothing about the band, but looking for something new to listen to.
Some of my other favorites are Bleachers, National, Spoon, Gorillaz, etc
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Maybe. My best comparison would be PJ Harvey. So, if you like her music, you should definitely check out Pleasure. Feist is also a member of Broken Social Scene. So there are some similarities, as well.
I definitely think it's worth a listen.
Yeah, The National's new album is pretty good, too and I liked what I've heard from Spoon so far.
I think the Gorillaz album was a bit disappointing though. But on the other hand many people seem to like it.
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25 raddest of the year so far in a vague kind of order, many more to go through:
Slowdive – Slowdive (Dead Oceans)
Tyler, the Creator – Scum **** Flower Boy (Columbia)
Tradewinds – “Tradewind” the Wavesailing Film (Pacific City Sound Visions)
Lil Uzi Vert – Luv is Rage 2 (Generation Now/Atlantic)
The Bug vs. Earth – Concrete Desert (Ninja Tune)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Warp)
Oxbow – Thin Black Duke (Hydra Head)
Do Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions (Constellation)
Circle – Terminal (Southern Lord)
Trouble – Snake Eyes b/w Mother’s Gone (Sacred Bones)
Tzusing - 東方不敗 (L.I.E.S.)
Roberto Musci – The Loa of Music (The Complete Sessions) (Soave)
Various Artists – The Photographs of Charles Duvelle: Disques OCORA and Collection PROPHET (Sublime Frequencies)
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory (ARTium/Blacksmith/Def Jam)
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Async (Milan)
Lil B – Black Ken (BasedWorld)
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
Laurel Halo – Dust (Hyper Dub)
Various Artists – Miracle Steps: Music from the Fourth World (1983-2017) (Optimo Music)
Alice Coltrane – World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
Swans – Deliquescence (Young God)
Dasher – Sodium (Jagjaguwar)
Clams Casino – Instrumental Mixtape 4 (no label)
Wolf Eyes – No Hate (no label)
Nazoranai - Beginning to Fall in Line before Me, So Decorously, the Nature of All That Must Be Transformed (W.25th)
Slowdive – Slowdive (Dead Oceans)
Tyler, the Creator – Scum **** Flower Boy (Columbia)
Tradewinds – “Tradewind” the Wavesailing Film (Pacific City Sound Visions)
Lil Uzi Vert – Luv is Rage 2 (Generation Now/Atlantic)
The Bug vs. Earth – Concrete Desert (Ninja Tune)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Warp)
Oxbow – Thin Black Duke (Hydra Head)
Do Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions (Constellation)
Circle – Terminal (Southern Lord)
Trouble – Snake Eyes b/w Mother’s Gone (Sacred Bones)
Tzusing - 東方不敗 (L.I.E.S.)
Roberto Musci – The Loa of Music (The Complete Sessions) (Soave)
Various Artists – The Photographs of Charles Duvelle: Disques OCORA and Collection PROPHET (Sublime Frequencies)
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory (ARTium/Blacksmith/Def Jam)
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Async (Milan)
Lil B – Black Ken (BasedWorld)
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
Laurel Halo – Dust (Hyper Dub)
Various Artists – Miracle Steps: Music from the Fourth World (1983-2017) (Optimo Music)
Alice Coltrane – World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
Swans – Deliquescence (Young God)
Dasher – Sodium (Jagjaguwar)
Clams Casino – Instrumental Mixtape 4 (no label)
Wolf Eyes – No Hate (no label)
Nazoranai - Beginning to Fall in Line before Me, So Decorously, the Nature of All That Must Be Transformed (W.25th)
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King Krule receives a 9.0 on Pitchfork. Going to have to give this a listen .
St. Vincent out today as well.
St. Vincent out today as well.
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Halfway through King Krule. Praise is completely warranted .
Cadet limbo & dum surfer the standout tracks so far, but the whole thing is off the charts .
Top 5 for the year. Still need to listen to St. Vincent, so top 10 will be finished in mid November, as there's still some good albums to drop, Julien Baker, etc.
Top 5, er..6.
1a). The War on Drugs - A deeper understanding
1b) King Krule - The Ooz
2. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
3. Lorde - Melodrama
4. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
5. Sampha - Process
Cadet limbo & dum surfer the standout tracks so far, but the whole thing is off the charts .
Top 5 for the year. Still need to listen to St. Vincent, so top 10 will be finished in mid November, as there's still some good albums to drop, Julien Baker, etc.
Top 5, er..6.
1a). The War on Drugs - A deeper understanding
1b) King Krule - The Ooz
2. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
3. Lorde - Melodrama
4. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
5. Sampha - Process
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Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Still haven't listened to King Krule or St Vincent, so I won't be making any conclusive lists yet. Here is my current ranking for this year:
1. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
2. Feist - Pleasure
3. The National - Sleep Well Beast
4. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
5. Brand New - Science Fiction
6. War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
7. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
1. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
2. Feist - Pleasure
3. The National - Sleep Well Beast
4. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
5. Brand New - Science Fiction
6. War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
7. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
My list so far-
1. Alvvays - Antisocialites
2. Slowdive - s/t
3. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
4. Real Estate - In Mind
5. Beach Fossils - Somersault
6. Mac Demarco - This Old Dog
7. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
8. The Drums - Abysmal Thoughts (haven't listened to this one as much)
There's a few others I may need to check out (xx, Kurt Vile/Courtney Barnett, Ride), plus I'm heavily anticipating Julien Baker and Melody's Echo Chamber (as long as she recovers from her accident). Sprained Ankle has been on heavy rotation lately.
2018 is looking to be relatively promising too - Vampire Weekend, Purity Ring, My Bloody Valentine (!)
1. Alvvays - Antisocialites
2. Slowdive - s/t
3. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
4. Real Estate - In Mind
5. Beach Fossils - Somersault
6. Mac Demarco - This Old Dog
7. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
8. The Drums - Abysmal Thoughts (haven't listened to this one as much)
There's a few others I may need to check out (xx, Kurt Vile/Courtney Barnett, Ride), plus I'm heavily anticipating Julien Baker and Melody's Echo Chamber (as long as she recovers from her accident). Sprained Ankle has been on heavy rotation lately.
2018 is looking to be relatively promising too - Vampire Weekend, Purity Ring, My Bloody Valentine (!)
You guys should really check out Take Me Apart by Kelela. She reminds of FKA Twigs a bit but less experimental if that makes any sense. 
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They play pretty much the whole album in this Pitchfork Live series. Sounds fantastic and nice views too!
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Time to bump this I think. I just submitted a top 10 album/20 song list for the radio station I moonlight for, although I don't know if my list is staying the same as it would when i finish the year.
You Canadians though, give yourselves a hand for having such a great year. I doubt I'll get a chance to laud Canada with a major list that I did between 2008-2016, but I don't know what this year would've been without Canada.
You Canadians though, give yourselves a hand for having such a great year. I doubt I'll get a chance to laud Canada with a major list that I did between 2008-2016, but I don't know what this year would've been without Canada.
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Top 10 for 2017:
10. Perfume genius - no shape
9. Sampha - process
8. Lorde - melodrama
7. Broken social scene - hug of thunder
6. Vince staples - big fish theory
5. Kendrick lamar - damn
4. Mount eerie - a crow looked at me
3. Lcd sound system - American dream
2. King krule - the ooz
1. War on drugs - a deeper understanding
Hm : feist, julien baker , phoebe bridgers, fleet foxes, slowdive , st Vincent
Decent year for sure.
10. Perfume genius - no shape
9. Sampha - process
8. Lorde - melodrama
7. Broken social scene - hug of thunder
6. Vince staples - big fish theory
5. Kendrick lamar - damn
4. Mount eerie - a crow looked at me
3. Lcd sound system - American dream
2. King krule - the ooz
1. War on drugs - a deeper understanding
Hm : feist, julien baker , phoebe bridgers, fleet foxes, slowdive , st Vincent
Decent year for sure.
