December 27, 2017
2017 is thankfully in the rear-view mirror – but there was some great music:
| 20 | Delicate Steve This Is Steve The songs just wrap you up in them and you can ride it out in some state of confused, but soulful psychedelic bliss. Read review |
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| 19 | Feist Pleasure Hit songstress Leslie Feist strips down, for a more challenging release that rewards. Read review |
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| 18 | Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps Intimacy and relationships feed our lives & this record. |
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| 17 | St. Vincent MASSEDUCTION Annie Clark goes even more into her artiste direction – and pulls it off with aplomb, once again. Read review |
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| 16 | The War On Drugs A Deeper Understanding Rock revival and expansion. |
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| 15 | Slowdive Slowdive Thankfully for shoegaze pioneers Slowdive, Slowdive goes right. Read review |
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| 14 | Alvvays Antisocialites The lovely sounds of your newest alt-fave. Read review |
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| 13 | Sylvan Esso What Now? Electro-popsters have managed to stand out and stay pure. Read review |
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| 12 | Hüsker Dü Savage Young Dü The origins of one of the most underappreciated modern rock bands. Read review |
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| 11 | Land of Talk Life After Youth We’re all getting older – if we only could age like the return of Elizabeth Powell’s Land of Talk. Read review |
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| 10 | Ryan Adams Prisoner Hit it out of the park once again, proving that anything Ryan Adams releases is worth a listen. Read review |
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| 9 | Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder The Canadian collective is back with Hug of Thunder, a revival and celebration of all that the band means. Read review |
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| 8 | David Bowie No Plan EP The amazing artist has given us one last gift, a bonus swan song. Read review |
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| 7 | Elbow Little Fictions Elbow are an excellent band making sad, excellent music. Read review |
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| 6 | LCD Soundsystem American Dream A different America calls for a different LCD Soundsystem, the one you really need over the one you might only want. Read review |
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| 5 | SZA Ctrl With her smash-hit debut, SZA is fully in Ctrl. |
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| 4 | Wolf Alice Visions of a Life That shortest-lived of creatures, a British buzz band, somehow manages to do even more in their follow-up. Read review |
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| 3 | The National Sleep Well Beast Comfortably one of the biggest indie bands out there, The National bring in electronic effects while retaining their tragic power. Read review |
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| 2 | Lorde Melodrama One of the biggest young voices lets us in on another aspect of herself, giving a chance to dance & a chance to cry. Read review |
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| 1 | Kendrick Lamar DAMN. Intimate and dynamic, one of the best rappers out there delivers this amazing work. Damn! |
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