best of 2017

Racquet Club and Chris Broach's SNST list their top LPs of 2017

As the year winds down, we’ve been asking some artists what their favorite albums of 2017 were, and here’s two more lists from two acts who come from ’90s emo.

The Best Metal of 2017

Our metal sister site Invisible Oranges ran down their favorite metal albums of the year. Plus, see lists from King Woman, Planning for Burial, and Amenra.

Lindstrom tells us about his 10 favorite tracks of 2017

Norwegian dance music great Hans-Peter Lindstrøm returned this year with It’s Alright Between Us As It Is, his first solo full-length in five years…

Tiny Engines artists list their top LPs of 2017

Best of 2017 lists by label co-founder Will Miller, staffer Karl Kuehn (who also fronts Museum Mouth), and TE bands Club Night, Floral Print, Long Neck, See Through Dresses, Signals Midwest, Stranger Ranger, and Thelma.

Five Overlooked Albums of 2017

It’s days before Christmas, and that means we won’t be getting much in the way of new albums until the new year. In lieu of that, Notable Releases of the Week is going into hibernation until January and I’m replacing it this week with Five Overlooked Albums of the Year.

Bandsintown 2017 year-end data, including "fastest growing new artists"

J. Cole-signed rapper J.I.D. and Led Zeppelin lovers Greta Van Fleet are among the ”artists Bandsintown predicts will have an amazing 2018.”

Jack Cooper (Ultimate Painting) & Cut Worms tell us their Top 10s of 2017

Jack Cooper pics his Top 10 Records of the year, Max from Cut Worms offers a little levity with “Top ten best ‘top 10 fail videos’ on YouTube”

Fat bands Lillingtons, Western Addiction & Good Riddance list their top LPs of 2017

The Lillingtons also announced a tour, including some shows with Western Addiction.

20 of 2017's best albums by indie and underground legends

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.

SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2017

Usual suspects like Kendrick, SZA, and Lorde, and some more surprising stuff too.
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