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)
