Best of Q1 (2017) • Page 2

If I had to make a top 10 for the year right now:

1. Steve Moakler - Steel Town
2. Natalie Hemby - Puxico
3. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway
4. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv
5. The Menzingers - After the Party
6. Ryan Adams - Prisoner
7. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
8. Sunny Sweeney - Trophy
9. Lauren Alaina - Road Less Traveled
10. Charlie Worsham - The Beginning of Things

Moreland and Worsham aren't out yet though, so I'm cheating I guess.

 

Cloud Nothings, The xx, Vagabon, Hippo Campus, MUNA, Andrew McMahon, Spoon, Del Paxton, Passion Pit, Sampha, and Jay Som all come to mind.

 

Biggest disappointment for me Q1 is Spoon. Thought it was okay not great, but need to listen more. They Want My Soul was my favorite of theirs and is probably top 10-15 of the decade for me so I was expecting a lot.

 

Totally agree. Pretty boring album. I actually love the title track but the album does nothing for me after that.

 

The Menzingers - After The Party
Steve Moakler - Steel Town
Richard Edwards - Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset
Can't Swim - Fail You Again

 

The Menzingers
Sorority Noise
Souvenirs
Real Estate
Cloud Nothings
Japandroids (although I'm not sure how much I like it anymore)
Darkest Hour
Mastodon

 

Jay Som - Everybody Works hit me hard enough that I'd be really surprised (and thrilled) if it doesn't end up my year end #1

 

Everyone in this thread (except @Dave Diddy) needs to listen to Richard Edwards' Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset.

 

Menzingers- After The Party
Sorority Noise - You're Not As ______ As You Think
Sinai Vessel
Del Paxton
Connor Oberst- Salutations
Eisley- I'm Only Dreaming
Oso Oso- Yunahon Mix Tape
Shelly- What a Wonderful Place The Earth Must Be
Oliver Houston- Whatever Works
A Will Away
WATERMEDOWN

 

In loose order...

1. Sampha - Process
2. Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now
3. The xx - I See You
4. Spoon - Hot Thoughts
5. MUNA - About U
6. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me
7. Stormzy - Gang Signs and Prayer
8. SOHN - Rennen
9. Hippo Campus - Landmark
10. Colony House - Only The Lonely

Favorite songs not on those albums:
"Open" - San Fermin
"Back For Me" - Electric Guest
"Green Light" - Lorde
"Edge Of Town" - Middle Kids
"No CD" - Loyle Carner
"Surface" - Bonobo ft. Nicole Miglis
"Rooting For You" - London Grammar
"Leaving You Behind" - Clean Cut Kid
"Rules" - Hoops
"Word" - Lowly
"Cool Your Heart" - Dirty Projectors ft. Dawn Richard

 

The xx
The Menzingers
Japandroids
Cloud Nothings
Jay Som
Vesudeva
Real Estate

 

Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound
Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
Future - HNDRXX
Passion Pit - Tremendous Sea of Love
The xx - I See You
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
Pallbearer - Heartless
Ostraca/Flesh Born - Faces of the Moving Year
Nelly Furtado - The Ride
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering
Sampha - Process
Dia Frampton - Bruises

 

Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
Sampha - Process
The XX - I See You
Jay Som - Everybody Works
Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now
Teen Daze - Themes For A Dying Earth
Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged
Real Estate - In Mind
Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens

 

just late-passsed a song list

allison crutchfield - dean's room
at the drive in - incurably innocent
blanck mass - silent treatment
care - you hallucinate
cende - bed
cloud nothings - sight unseen
drake - passionfruit
emperor x - 30,000 euros
frank ocean - chanel
future - incredible
grandaddy - way we won't
heat - sometimes
japandroids - no known drink or drunk
jay som - the bus song
julie byrne - natural blue
kendrick lamar - dna
lil uzi vert - xo tour llif3
los campesinos - i broke up in amarante/the slow slow death
mothpuppy - basketball court
oso oso - reindeer games
pwr bttm - answer my text
sampha - blood on me
(sandy) alex g - bobby
two inch astronaut - snitch jacket
vagabon - the embers
vince staples - bagbak
the xx - replica
you'll never get to heaven - to be fair

 

Jay Som
Dirty Projectors
The xx
San Fermin
Kendrick (a little too soon to tell, but I think it'll stick)

 

Code Orange
Ryan Adams
The xx
Cloud Nothings
Retail Monkey
Los Campesinos!
Planning for Burial
Mount Eerie
Vasudeva

 

The lack of David Bazan on these lists makes me sad...

David Bazan - Care
Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound
The Menzingers - After the Party
Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
MUNA - About U
Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
Vasudeva - No Clearance
Allison Crutchfield - Tourist in This Town
Diet Cig - Swear I’m Good At This
The Smith Street Band - More Scared of You Than You...
Oliver Houston - Whatever Works
Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged
Dryjacket - For Posterity
Satchmode - Love Hz
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.