kind of a ridiculously good year in music

A. Savage- Thawing Dawn
Angel Olsen- Phases
Priests- Nothing Feels Natural
Thee Oh Sees- Orc
Kendrick Lamar- Damn.
Waxahatchee- Out In The Storm
Kevin Morby- City Music
St. Vincent- MASSEDUCTION
Future Islands- The Far Field
Mac Demarco- This Old Dog
Moses Sumney- Aromanticism
Sylvan Esso- What Now
Alvvays- Antisocialites
Middle Kids- S/T EP
Grizzly Bear- Painted Ruins
Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts- MILANO

there are a bunch more that didn’t quite make the cut, but would’ve made the list most years

[Edited on December 5, 2017 at 12:22 PM. Reason : .]

12/5/2017 12:21:14 PM

Agreed, although I think that I've only listened to four of the albums above. My favorites from what I've heard so far:

Big Thief- Capacity
Julie Byrne- Not Even Happiness
Kendrick Lamar- Damn.
Middle Kids- Middle Kids
Slowdive- Slowdive
Tyler, The Creator- Flower Boy

[Edited on December 5, 2017 at 1:26 PM. Reason : ]

12/5/2017 1:17:31 PM

My favorites

Manson - Heaven Upside Down
Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence (Yay for return of screaming)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold

12/5/2017 2:54:35 PM

hnggh. i have a huge list of stuff to comb back through in the next few weeks before I put mine together. As [user]hegoodlife3[/user], this has been a really good year.

12/5/2017 3:43:40 PM

I don't listen to a lot of new music these days, but I liked the Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile album.

12/6/2017 11:52:52 AM

I’m a fan of both (huge Kurt Vile fan), and loved the singles when they were released, but the album had no staying power for me. it just kind of exists.

12/6/2017 12:44:34 PM

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me

Not that I ever want to listen to it again but it was incredible

12/6/2017 1:49:34 PM

i'd probably go with these:

the war on drugs - a deeper understanding
lcd soundsystem - american dream
slowdive - slowdive
the xx - i see you
brand new - science fiction
a. savage - thawing dawn
grizzly bear - painted ruins
cloud nothings - life without sound

12/13/2017 7:08:52 PM

first tier stuff for me:

KELELA
Sampha
Kendrick
St. Vincent

also good:

LCD
King Krule
King Gizzard "Sketches of Brunswick East" (didn't really care for the other FOUR albums they did this year)

...and I really liked the Stranger Things 2 score. I think it works way better as an album than the first two volumes do.

12/30/2017 11:25:39 PM

^ I just started listening to that King Krule album, really been enjoying it

12/31/2017 10:18:31 AM

i left off cigarettes after sex.

1/2/2018 10:07:07 PM

Too many good albums this year. My top 15 probably look something like this (but there are still plenty of really good albums I hate that I'm not mentioning):

1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (hip-hop)
2. LCD Soundsytem - American Dream (indie electronic)
3. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (indie folk)
4. Drab Majesty - The Demonstration (post punk)
5. Slowdive - S/T (shoegaze)
6. Cigarettes After Sex - S/T (dream pop)
7. Converge - The Dusk In Us (metal/hardcore)
8. Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar (post punk)
9. St. Vincent - Masseduction (indie pop)
10. Alex Cameron - Forced Witness (pop rock)
11. Perfume Genius - No Shape (indie pop)
12. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (hip-hop)
13. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights (indie/singer-songwriter)
14. Big Thief - Capacity (indie)
15. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Finisterre (black metal)

1/30/2018 2:05:28 PM

Is Diet Cig any good?

1/31/2018 10:16:01 PM

not really, no

water downed version of something that’s been done plenty before and a singer who overcompensates with exuberance

2/1/2018 12:29:36 AM