Favorite Musical Releases of 2017

2017 wasn't the best year, but it did produce some solid music. This is a list of my favorite releases (albums, mixtapes, EP's) of the year. I'm not going to write up anything about them; rest assured though, these are all great projects worth listening to, especially if you like the genre(s) said project is in (which I will put in parentheses next to each title). Listed in alphabetical order by artist (no particular ranking).

Alex Cameron- Forced Witness (new wave, synthpop, pop rock)

Algiers- The Underside of Power (post-punk, industrial, gospel, blues rock, soul)

Alvvays- Antisocialites (dream pop)

Beach Fossils- Somersault (jangle pop)

Benjamin Clementine- I Tell a Fly (baroque pop)

Big K.R.I.T.- 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time (southern hip hop, neo-soul)

Big Thief- Capacity (indie rock/ folk)

Brockhampton- SATURATION Trilogy (pop rap, alternative hip hop)

Charli XCX- Number 1 Angel & Pop 2 (bubblegum bass, futuristic pop)

Chelsea Wolfe- Hiss Spun (gothic, doom metal)

Death Grips- Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber) (experimental hip hop, gabber)

Denzel Curry- 13 (hardcore/industrial hip hop, trap rap)

Elder- Reflections of a Floating World (psychedelic prog rock)

Feist- Pleasure (indie rock, singer/songwriter)

Fleet Foxes- Crack-Up (progressive chamber folk music)

Forest Swords- Compassion (primal electronic, ambient dub)

Hit La Rosa- Hit La Rosa y su Gran Unidad Tropical (Cumbia Peruana/Peruvian Cumbia)

Iglooghost- Neō Wax Bloom (hyperactive electronic craziness from another dimension, wonky, UK bass, footwork)

Jay Som- Everybody Works (indie rock, dream pop)

Kamasi Washington- Harmony of Difference (spiritual jazz)

Kirin J Callinan- Bravado (art pop)

Lorde- Melodrama (pop)

Oneohtrix Point Never- Good Time Soundtrack (film score, synthwave)

Perfume Genius- No Shape (ambient pop)

Protomartyr- Relatives in Descent (art rock, post-punk)

Rapsody- Laila’s Wisdom (conscious hip hop)

Richard Dawson- Peasant (avant/neo-medieval folk)

Rina Sawayama- RINA (electropop)

Rosailía- Los Ángeles (Flamenco Nuevo/Spanish folk)

Sampha- Process (electronica, alternative R&B)

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings- Soul of a Woman (classic/southern soul)

Sinjin Hawke- First Opus (electronic, beautiful bangers, UK bass)

Susanne Sundfør- Music for People in Trouble (singer/songwriter)

Tinariwen- Elwan (Tishoumaren/North African desert music)

Various Artists- Baby Driver Soundtrack (soul, jazz, funk, rock)

Wobbler- From Silence to Somewhere (symphonic prog rock)

Xiu Xiu- Forget (noise pop, experimental)

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