best of 2017
Pazz & Jop poll's top albums and songs of 2017
The album and song winners for The Village Voice‘s 2017 Pazz & Jop poll were recently revealed (Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. for album and Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” for song), and now both full lists are here.
Kendrick Lamar & Cardi B top 2017 Pazz & Jop poll
The full results are TBA but the winners for album and song have been revealed.
Alex Cameron's saxophonist & business partner Roy Molloy tells us about the "top 10 cars I spotted in Brooklyn this year"
“Merry everything folks, my name’s Roy Molloy, and I like good cars.” Roy will be out with Alex Cameron on tour with The Killers in 2018.
Wand release rarities comp for charity; Cory Hanson tells us his Top 10 of 2017
Wand will also be on tour in the UK and Europe in 2018.
Bill’s Indie Basement: Favorite LPs of 2017
This week it’s the Indie Basement picks for best LPs of 2017, tilting heavily to classic indie, college rock, and more.
Cold Beat, Grooms and Yumi Zouma tell us their Top 10s of 2017
A few more year-end lists…
Protomartyr's Joe Casey talks year-end lists, and offers up one of his own
“I’m always stupefied when year-end list time rolls around. Especially when I see folks post shit like their ‘100 favorite albums of the year.’ That means a single person somehow consumed and critically thought of well over a hundred albums and some how figured out how to rank them. That would be like ranking all the meals for the year, sunrises, or bowel movements. Utter insanity.” – Protomartyr’s Joe Casey.
20 Best New(ish) Artists of 2017
It’s harder and harder to figure out what really qualifies as a ”new” artist, but here are 20 that we love that are at least new-ish, from Phoebe Bridgers to Vagabon to Cardi B.
Fujiya & Miyagi tell us about their Top 10 of 2017, announce North American tour
Fujiya & Miyagi will be in North America for dates in the spring.
BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2017
From Perfume Genius to Kendrick Lamar to Power Trip to Julien Baker, here are our 50 favorite albums of 2017.