2017 Favorite Albums/Songs

[YBBR]

I'll do a list probably for the albums I dug most this year, but I'm always interested to see what every other fromaniac enjoyed this year in terms of music. It can even be stuff from the past you revisited or just got into this year. Throw down some of your musical favorites from this past year!

[YBBR]

YBBR's 10 Favorite Albums from 2017!!!

Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free (Psychedelic Soul)
Forest Swords - Compassion (Ambient Dub)
Gabriel Garzón-Montano - Jardín (Indie R&B)
Hex One - Words Worth a Thousand Pictures (Hip-Hop)
Justin Townes Earle - Kids in the Street (Americana)
The Meltdown - The Meltdown (Southern Soul)
Oddisee - The Iceberg (Hip-Hop)
Richard Spaven - The Self (Indie Electronic)
Thundercat - Drunk (R&B/Jazz Fusion)
Tuxedo - Tuxedo II (Funk)

[YBBR]

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Chicano Batman!

[thinktank]

1. August By Cake, Guided By Voices
2. Dedicated To Bobby Jameson, Ariel Pink

These stand out to my rock tastes.

[Qman65]

Rock is dead. A local rock station switched over to KFAN as a replacement for their format. How the fuck do you replace Smoke On The Water with barely who gives a shit?

[YBBR]

1. August By Cake, Guided By Voices
2. Dedicated To Bobby Jameson, Ariel Pink

These stand out to my rock tastes.

Really good choices. thinktank has put me on Guided By Voices and following all of their stuff and Ariel Pink is such an interesting character. The video from the original assholes thread that LordNu posted was my first introduction to him. He's got some material I think is great.

[YBBR]

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I was really impressed with this debut record from The Meltdown. Which is a band from Australia. They mix together sounds of southern rock, southern soul, blues, country and New Orleans r&b. Really enjoy listening to this album. One of my favorites from this year.

[thinktank]

YBBR you will love GbV. So much awesome rock. Those in the know love them. Was just at Treehouse yesterday for their going out of business sale and was talking GbV with the owner.

Their new single came out this week. Space Gun. How awesome is this melody?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vch5DuwK62M

[LordNu]

I am not sure which stuff I have listened to - other than thundercat - was from this year.

I'll go with drunk for now. I feel very unoriginal as he gets my votes every year.

[YBBR]

YBBR you will love GbV. So much awesome rock. Those in the know love them. Was just at Treehouse yesterday for their going out of business sale and was talking GbV with the owner.

Their new single came out this week. Space Gun. How awesome is this melody?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vch5DuwK62M

This is really good. Cheers!

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This one, off the top of my head. I'd have to think about it, because I'm sure there would be a couple more.

[memyworld]

This was a down year for me in terms of giving full albums my complete attention. Here are some songs/artists that will probably stick with me from 2017 (in no particular order):

White Reaper: Judy French
Gold Connections: Faith In Anyone
Perfume Genius: Slip Away
Mr Jukes: Angels/Your Love
Big Thief: Shark Smile
Father John Misty: Total Entertainment Forever
Pond: Paint Me Silver
LCD Soundsystem: american dream
Willie J Healey: Lazy Shade of Pink
Swarming Branch: Zsazsur's Real Estate Song
Alex Cameron: Runnin' Out of Luck | Candy May
Chad VanGaalen: Pine and Clover
The Districts: Before I Wake

[YBBR]

Thanks guys. Always appreciate the input and what you have been listening to.

Alex Cameron is really good. Big Thief often stuns me with how affecting their songs continue to be. And somuchyummy is friends with their lead singer Adrianne Lenker, which I think is pretty cool.

Rock on!

[YBBR]

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Right up there with Single Mothers and Harlem River Blues from JTE.

[YBBR]

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Oddisee. Didn't quite like The Iceberg as much as The Good Fight, but just a personal preference. The album was still excellent overall.

[Bob Wiley]

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[YBBR]

Nah, man. Nah.

[somuchyummy]

Mary by Big Thief is probably my favorite song of the year. (and yeah, i might be biased). and i know for some it might sound too ponderous, with not "enough" happening. but as a reflection of memories the singer has of her grandparents, i find it enormously, completely affecting. i've bawled a couple of times listening to it, and i'm not sure why.


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[YBBR]

Mary by Big Thief is probably my favorite song of the year. (and yeah, i might be biased). and i know for some it might sound too ponderous, with not "enough" happening. but as a reflection of memories the singer has of her grandparents, i find it enormously, completely affecting. i've bawled a couple of times listening to it, and i'm not sure why.


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Very good. A lot of their stuff is not my preferable brand of music, but I recognize their obvious talent.

[somuchyummy]

btw, ybbr. that's adrianne in the photo. the baby!

[ILLogic]

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream is my album of the year

[flexbuffchest]

[YBBR]

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The funk does NOT end on Tuxedo II.

[Qman65]

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[salamander]

The new Tool CD was supposed to come out in 2017.
Pretty disappointed it never did.

[YBBR]

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Spaven.

[LordNu]

The new Tool CD was supposed to come out in 2017.
Pretty disappointed it never did.

Give them as much time as they need. If they can hit the dizzying heights of Lateralus, I'll be happy.

[Qman65]

The new Tool CD was supposed to come out in 2017.
Pretty disappointed it never did.

Give them as much time as they need. If they can hit the dizzying heights of Lateralus, I'll be happy.

Still waiting for the next Enemia.

[SHAFA]

I’ve got a list of new stuff that I’ve yet to go through, but for the time being my favorites have been put out by The National, Future Islands, The War on Drugs and The xx.

[thinktank]

YBBR, that JTE you posted is real nice. I've never checked into him. That's impressive. What does that say about blood?