Alone in the Zone Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Here is the short (one CD version) of my 2017 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/patrick_jacobi/playlist/36Vw6FTqk0acJLbl6rxARm?si=ozgKTRl3SgSDAbtYbSVO-Q And here is the long version (150 songs): https://open.spotify.com/user/patrick_jacobi/playlist/1xEhFRCc9DYerb6z3VWpxR?si=lvRYNGZDRcOeUqWR8cp9ig Please enjoy or ignore as you see fit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Really envious of those of you who truly enjoy so much new music. I can’t remember the last brand new album that really grabbed me. Probably Jayhawks. I must have tried out 12-15 records on Spotify that people whose taste I trust raved about and none got me. Old fartism, I guess... I'm with you for the most part, very little of this new stuff is anything I want to listen to more than once. I'm assuming that the new The War On Drugs - Deeper Understanding is one you already checked out, and didn't connect with, but if you haven't, I'd suggest it. Some will not be able to get past the 80s sound of a lot of it, but there is a even more of a Dylan and Neil Young thing going on more strongly on this new record. To me its what's 80s rock could have been if it hadn't jettisoned almost everything about 60s and 70s rock, but instead had incorporated and blended those elements into the synth washes and static drum beats. I hate to be that dude but my list of top albums for 2017 only has one album, The War On Drugs. Plus they frickin' bring it live, too. So few bands can do that anymore. Go see them live and then maybe the studio recordings would open up for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 That’s 15-20 years ago and not what pitchfork is pitching. Yeah, I suppose when I speak of the Golden Era of Hip Hop it implies that it is over. I hate to admit it, but I don't even like Kendrick Lamar. I like that someone is making prog hip hop but I don't enjoy listening to it, and I recognize Lamar paints a more layered psychological picture as an MC I still get thrown off by some misogynistic lyrics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 The Best Record(s) of 2017 hurray for the riff raff – the navigatorThe Navigator' is a powerful, Latin influenced record. It feels like a new kind of Americana. One where the past informs the present instead of the present preserving the past.P'alante ! In alphabetical order; the records I played the most in 2017 aimee mann – mental illnessbash & pop – anything could happenchicano batman – freedom is freechuck prophet – bobby fuller died for your sinsdan baird – solowel goodo – by order of the moosegold star – big bluejd mcpherson – undivided heart & souljim white – waffles, triangles & jesusjoe henry - thrumkacy & clayton – the siren’s songmarty stuart - way out westnicole atkins – goodnight, rhonda leephoebe bridgers – stranger in the alpspugwash – silverlakeson volt – notes of bluespoon – hot thoughtsthe len price 3 – kentish longtailsthe sadies – northern passages In alphabetical order; the records I dug a few tracks beck – colorsblitzen trapper – wild & recklesscosmic rough riders – scenery for dreamersdan auerbach – waiting on a songfather john misty – comedyfleet foxes – crack upguided by voices – how do you spell heavenjohn moreland – big bad luvold 97’s – graveyard whistlingvalerie june – the order of time Deserving light of day dion – lost ’65 sessions - kickin’ childthe move – magnetic waves of sound Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I hate to be that dude but my list of top albums for 2017 only has one album, The War On Drugs. Plus they frickin' bring it live, too. So few bands can do that anymore. Go see them live and then maybe the studio recordings would open up for you. I couldn't agree more about their live performances. I saw them a couple of weeks ago and was very impressed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 [clip]I will slim this list down before December 31! Or, I will try. Ok after much internal debate, and after listening to Ty Segall's 2017 album, here's my definitive, definitely won't change, top-10 for 2017. Benjamin Booker - WitnessKevin Morby - City MusicMac Demarco - This Old Dog Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea LiceThe War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding Iron & Wine - Beast EpicBig Thief - CapacityTy Segall - Ty SegallKacy & Clayton - The Siren's SongHiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow HM: Margo Price, Jen Cloher, Destroyer, The National, Fleet Foxes, Mavis Staples, Waxahatchee, Ryan Adams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 top 25:1 Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World2 Grails - Chalice Hymnal3 Power Trip - Nightmare Logic4 Mountain Movers - Mountain Movers5 St. Vincent - Masseduction6 Samsara Blues Experiment - One With The Universe7 Amenra - Mass IV8 Various - Brown Acid (4th And 5th Trips)9 Circle - Terminal10 Slowdive - Slowdive11 Falls Of Rauros - Vigilance Perennial12 Grave Pleasures - Motherblood13 Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice 14 Heaters - Matterhorn15 Godflesh - Post Self16 Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology17 Mogwai - Every Country's Sun18 Myrkur - Mareridt19 Oh Sees - Orc20 Sundays & Cybele - Chaos & Systems21 Boss Hog - Brood X22 Converge - The Dusk In Us23 Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy24 Boris - Dear 25 Wear Your Wounds - S/T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Not a great year, IMO. But there were a lot of good albums that merited repeat listens. So, here is my list of favorites, in only rough order: Kiko Dinucci - Cortes-Curtos Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free Meridian Brothers - ¿Donde Estas Maria? Shugo Tokumaru - TOSS The Bats - The Deep Set The Black Watch - The Gospel According to John Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - The French Press Cate Le Bon - Rock Pool Zebra Hunt - In Phases Doug Tuttle - Peace Potato Barry Adamson - Love Sick Dick EP Slowdive - Slowdive Melange - Viento Bravo REISSUE WORTH NOTING: Los Camaroes - Resurrection Los Vol. 1 ALBUMS THAT I HEARD TOO LATE TO REALLY CONSIDER BUT MIGHT HAVE MADE THE LIST HAD I HEARD THEM EARLIER: Sneaky Feelings - Progress Junction Thundercat - Drunk The National - Sleep Well Beast James Elkington - Wintres Woma And a Spotify playlist with songs from every album listed (except the Cate Le Bon and Melange ones, which are not on Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/user/126535916/playlist/2J2e7KYYWNHHwn3DGhRSCh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 10. Anything Could Happen/Bash & Pop9. Rips/Rips8. Relatives in Descent/Protomartyr7. Hatteras Night, A Good Luck Charm/Will Johnson6. Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins/Chuck Prophet5. How Did I Find Myself Here/The Dream Syndicate4. Rot/Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys3. Hey Summer/Lost Balloons2. Need to Feel Your Love/Sheer Mag1. How Do You Spell Heaven/Guided by Voices Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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