Best albums of 2017 - Playlists in post #1 (1 Viewer)

[Northern Voice]

How do you guys stay current on new bands or albums?

In addition to what's been mentioned (this thread, Spotify), I follow Stereogum, Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound and Spin on Twitter (and Paste, The A/V Club. And NME for UK stuff. And Exclaim/CBC Radio for Canadian stuff and a bunch more but those first 4 cover new releases pretty well).

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

I've seen/heard a couple people say it's their best since Songs for the Deaf.   

I think Clockwork was easily better than SFTD.     I know opinions on their albums are all over the place.   SFTD (keep in mind I really like it) is probably in 4th place for me in their discography.   SFTD's high points are really high but they're mixed in with a lot of meh.  

In any case, excited to hear this new one.

 

[Jaysus]

So many albums I want to check out today... I should have brought my good headphones to work

QoTSA, Iron & Wine, War on Drugs, Tera Melos, The Oh Sees, and Together Pangea are on my list

ETA: Listening to Together Pangea now, and having a blast, it's got a bit of a White Reaper fun-listen vibe going on.

 

[KarmaPolice]

In addition to what's been mentioned (this thread, Spotify), I follow Stereogum, Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound and Spin on Twitter (and Paste, The A/V Club. And NME for UK stuff. And Exclaim/CBC Radio for Canadian stuff and a bunch more but those first 4 cover new releases pretty well).

I am too old for this tweety thing you speak of, but I visit those sites for ideas too. 

Another one I haven't seen mentioned is RYM.     I mostly go there because I can narrow it down by genre more.  You know, just in case you wanted to see a list of the higher rated stoner metal or dream pop albums of the year.

 

[El Floppo]

So many albums I want to check out today... I should have brought my good headphones to work

QoTSA, Iron & Wine, War on Drugs, Tera Melos, The Oh Sees, and Together Pangea are on my list

ETA: Listening to Together Pangea now, and having a blast, it's got a bit of a White Reaper fun-listen vibe going on.

similar list as mine... except for my kids' influence (foo fighters, katy perry and demi lovato sandwiched in there)

- War on drugs (meh... ok, but sounds the same as last album), together Pangea (liking... trying to remember their last one, which I remember liking too), Thee oh sees (whoa... more heavy sound, less psych... liking the single), Liars, Jacuzzi Boys, A giant dog, Metz,... wow... OMD. 

eta: comments on songs

 

[Northern Voice]

Yeah way too much today. Iron & Wine getting good reviews, QOTSA too. A Giant Dog have one of my favourite songs from last year (Sex & Drugs), War on Drugs will likely be a late night drinking listen for me. Might wait for feedback on Metz and Liars before I dive head first. 

 

[Northern Voice]

The Killers released the third song from their new album yesterday "Wonderful Wonderful", it sounds like it belongs on Sawdust (their b-side compilation avenue) or maybe an early album by The Cure. Or a slow cover of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain - but in either cases still with Brandon Flowers obviously. Between this song and "The Man", this album is shaping up to be interesting.

 

[rockaction]

The Killers released the third song from their new album yesterday "Wonderful Wonderful", it sounds like it belongs on Sawdust (their b-side compilation avenue) or maybe an early album by The Cure. Or a slow cover of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain - but in either cases still with Brandon Flowers obviously. Between this song and "The Man", this album is shaping up to be interesting.

I was just listening to Hot Fuss the other night. Been walking around with a newly-purchased Killers shirt and figured I'd remember what made Hot Fuss so interesting to me. I love it...beautiful pop. That era was really kind to rock and roll just as everybody was proclaiming it dead.  

 

[El Floppo]

Thee oh sees (whoa... more heavy sound, less psych... liking the single)

felt like their stuff had reached a one-note moment a long time ago... good stuff when I'm in the mood for reverby vocals over reverby surf/psych/garage guitars, but not song after song after song. 

this new one- Orc-  feels much different... really digging it. production values are maybe up a bit... different sound all the way around.

 

[El Floppo]

Ghostpoet's Dark Days + Canapes is a pretty solid album of dark trip hop. 

RIYL Massive Attack.

oh.. yeah... this is really good. 

freakshow might be fave. 

 

[kupcho1]

Saw Sylvan Esso tonight, great show. Like the new album (will provide link when I'm home) but a lot more energy tonight.  

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I think I've decided the War on Drugs isn't for me. 

 

[El Floppo]

I think I've decided the War on Drugs isn't for me. 

I need to give out a listen. First couple singles haven't grabbed me at all.

 

[rockaction]

Cloakroom (awesome band name) is pretty good. Riyl Title Fight. Idk. 

I've heard both Cloakroom and Title Fight owe a heavy debt -- or at least are mentioned often in the same breath -- as Hum, one of my absolute favorites from the nineties. They've got their own little subthread in Hum's subreddit. I will have to check them out.  

 

[rockaction]

QUICKSAND WITH A NEW ALBUM!! 

Nov. 10th...dang. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

QUICKSAND WITH A NEW ALBUM!! 

Nov. 10th...dang. 

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

This Idles album is right up my brown alley.    Love it.

thanks @El Floppo and @rockaction and whoever else was pushing it in here.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

I think I've decided the War on Drugs isn't for me. 

Yeah, I thought their last one was ok-ish but I didn't get the jizzmop that it was generating.

 

[El Floppo]

This Idles album is right up my brown alley.    Love it.

thanks @El Floppo and @rockaction and whoever else was pushing it in here.

Probably my aoty so far

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

This Idles album is right up my brown alley.    Love it.

thanks @El Floppo and @rockaction and whoever else was pushing it in here.

Lofl brown alley. 

 

[wazoo11]

Villains is a great album. 

 

[rockaction]

Brand New debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts. First time for them -- and the first independent album this year to do so. 

 

[ericttspikes]

Together Pangea: Bulls and Roosters sounding good. Seems a little more Black Lips/Twin Peaks than I remember them being. I dig it.

 

[El Floppo]

ok... this is FAR from 2017. but I'm just finding out about Slint, and don't have anywhere else to comment. I like them. 

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

ok... this is FAR from 2017. but I'm just finding out about Slint, and don't have anywhere else to comment. I like them. 

I'm not sure if I am:

• Flabbergasted you're just finding out
  
• Mad at you as a human being
  
• Jealous that you get to digest Spiderland for the first time
  

Probably some combination of the above, but mostly #3.   Enjoy, that thing is a classic.  

 

[El Floppo]

I'm not sure if I am:

• Flabbergasted you're just finding out
  
• Mad at you as a human being
  
• Jealous that you get to digest Spiderland for the first time
  

Probably some combination of the above, but mostly #3.   Enjoy, that thing is a classic.  

I blame you and your ilk for not sharing this info earlier.

honestly flummoxed that something this good and so directly in my wheelhouse- one I was more active in when this came out- was completely off-radar for me for 25 years.

the millenial who sells me cat food always has some good stuff streaming, so we end up talking music every time I'm in there. she has buds in bands in brooklyn, so turned me on to.. dammit- can't remember. DIIV? maybe. so I try to offer ye olden stuff that might sound similar. she seems to have older stuff on too... so we chit that chat about it. she had Slint on yesterday while chatting... I was like- wait... WHO is this? from when? 

 

[rockaction]

Isn't Slint from Louisville or something like that? I remember it was supposed to be in my wheelhouse, but it sounded too stuck in the late '80s/early '90s for me.  

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I blame you and your ilk for not sharing this info earlier.

honestly flummoxed that something this good and so directly in my wheelhouse- one I was more active in when this came out- was completely off-radar for me for 25 years.

A top 5 album of the 90's and in my top 100 OAT.

 

[wazoo11]

Does anyone else like Palehound or Waxahatchee?

 

[wazoo11]

I think I've decided the War on Drugs isn't for me. 

Holding On is a great tune. 

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Holding On is a great tune. 

I'm not saying they don't have some good stuff. Just a little droney and samey to me. 

 

[wazoo11]

I'm not saying they don't have some good stuff. Just a little droney and samey to me. 

This is how I feel about Sun Kill Moon.

 

[kupcho1]

Does anyone else like Palehound or Waxahatchee?

Big Waxahatchee fan.  Palehound similar?

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I'm not saying they don't have some good stuff. Just a little droney and samey to me. 

I think most bands are samey.

And I like TWOD's droneyness. 

 

[wazoo11]

Big Waxahatchee fan.  Palehound similar?

Yes. They're on tour together and saw them over the weekend. Both put on a great show.

 

[wazoo11]

I think most bands are samey.

And I like TWOD's droneyness. 

I wish more bands played with an edge. 

Beach Slang does a terrific job capturing that teenage angst feel.

 

[Jaysus]

Beach Slang does a terrific job capturing that teenage angst feel.

I like Beach Slang...

ETA: not sold on Quiet Slang though. 

 

[Fullback Fro]

I blame you and your ilk for not sharing this info earlier.

honestly flummoxed that something this good and so directly in my wheelhouse- one I was more active in when this came out- was completely off-radar for me for 25 years.

the millenial who sells me cat food always has some good stuff streaming, so we end up talking music every time I'm in there. she has buds in bands in brooklyn, so turned me on to.. dammit- can't remember. DIIV? maybe. so I try to offer ye olden stuff that might sound similar. she seems to have older stuff on too... so we chit that chat about it. she had Slint on yesterday while chatting... I was like- wait... WHO is this? from when? 

 

[El Floppo]

Yeah, you.

 

[El Floppo]

fun little EP popped up on my discover weekly...

immortal combat- EAT FAST

title track is a good romp.

 

[Northern Voice]

I'm not saying they don't have some good stuff. Just a little droney and samey to me. 

I like War on Drugs songs when they come up in shuffle but I agree, I don't often listen to their full albums. I've kind of gotten this way with Future Islands too.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Can't quite put my finger on it, but the new QotSA didn't grab me on the the first couple listens.  Something about the lack of bass or slight sludginess that I loved from their sound?  Not a musician, so not sure how to describe it. 

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Together Pangea: Bulls and Roosters sounding good. Seems a little more Black Lips/Twin Peaks than I remember them being. I dig it.

Yes! Sound a ton like Black Lips. 

 

[Fiddles]

I blame you and your ilk for not sharing this info earlier.

honestly flummoxed that something this good and so directly in my wheelhouse- one I was more active in when this came out- was completely off-radar for me for 25 years.

the millenial who sells me cat food always has some good stuff streaming, so we end up talking music every time I'm in there. she has buds in bands in brooklyn, so turned me on to.. dammit- can't remember. DIIV? maybe. so I try to offer ye olden stuff that might sound similar. she seems to have older stuff on too... so we chit that chat about it. she had Slint on yesterday while chatting... I was like- wait... WHO is this? from when? 

floppo we drafted slint in like every draft ever crazy you missed them somehow. 

 

[Fiddles]

re:quicksand. ive listened to that new tune 20 times at least. its so good

they headlined a festival here last year and blew me away.  just as good as back in the day if not better.  they are coming back next month.  anxiously waiting.

 

[El Floppo]

LCD Soundsystem- American Dream is officially out! Looking forward to spinning this one a couple times today.

looking down the list of Release Radar...

huh, OMD has a new album (was a huge fan c80-83).

motorhead covers... nice. need some time for that (rip lemmy)

mogwai

courtney barnett/kurt vile single?! yes please.

new Bully single

and then a bunch of things that have already been released that I know I like- together pangea, thee oh sees, jacuzzi boys, 

eta: yeah... hard to imagine if you previously liked LCD that you wouldn't like this one. 

 

[Workhorse]

On my second listen to the LCD Soundsystem album this morning. It's like they never left.  AOY candidate in a big way. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

On my second listen to the LCD Soundsystem album this morning. It's like they never left.  AOY candidate in a big way. 

Oh ####.  I didn't realize this was out today...

 

[El Floppo]

On my second listen to the LCD Soundsystem album this morning. It's like they never left.  AOY candidate in a big way. 

agreed- second verse, same as the first.

so far, I do like the previously released singles the most... but yeah- it's all kinds of good if you're an LCD fan.

 

[El Floppo]

Dead Stars... can't remember if I've heard them or not... new album Perfect Patterns is a nice jangly blow-back to early REM, Feelies, Pylon, etc. I see spotify has them listed as sim to a lot of bands I like: cloud nothings, white reaper, meatwave, active bird community.