Rainer Maria

Rainer Maria returned in 2017 with their first album in 11 years, the great S/T (released on their longtime label home of Polyvinyl), and after quieting down for the past few months, they returned to the stage at Brooklyn’s Elsewhere on Thursday (2/22)…

Rainer Maria returned last year with the great S/T, their first album in 11 years, and they’re keeping the momentum going with a hometown one-off in February. Two great openers were added to that show…

On this week’s show we look back at 2017 with songs from LCD Soundsystem, Glassjaw, Vince Staples, Bjork, King Krule, The National, The Feelies, Kendrick Lamar, Slowdive and tons more.

From long-awaited comebacks to veterans who have stayed consistently great and active, here’s a list of some of the best 2017 music by artists that helped define indie and underground music as we know it.

Indie/emo vets Rainer Maria returned this year with S/T on Polyvinyl, their first album in 11 years. They’ve got a one-off at Elsewhere in 2018, and they’re featured in the new ‘Anthology of Emo’ book on Polyvinyl.

Tons of great punk and punk-related bands are playing Gainesville’s The Fest at the end of the month. We picked 16 that, for one reason or another, feel really exciting to us right now.

The book also features interviews with members of The Get Up Kids, Rainer Maria, Texas is the Reason, Dashboard Confessional, Knapsack, and more.

It’s been a truly insane past 24 hours of new music, with a surprise release of the first Brand New album in eight years, the first Grizzly Bear album in five years, the first Rainer Maria album in 11 years, and more.