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Albums that pleased me in 2017, alphabetically

Posted on January 5, 2018

  • Alvvays – Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
  • Chastity Belt – I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone (Hardly Art)
  • Jen Cloher – Jen Cloher (Milk!)
  • Cold Beat – Chaos By Invitation (Crime on the Moon)
  • Colleen – A Flame My Love, a Frequency (Thrill Jockey)
  • Downtown Boys – Cost of Living (Sub Pop)
  • Flat Worms – Flat Worms (Castle Face)
  • French Vanilla – French Vanilla (Danger Collective)
  • Girlpool – Powerplant (Anti-)
  • Jay Som – Everybody Works (Polyvinyl)
  • Omni – Multi-task (Trouble in Mind)
  • SOAR – Dark/Gold (Father/Daughter)
  • Timber Timbre – Sincerely, Future Pollution (City Slang)
  • Unity – Unity (Digital Regress)
  • The World – First World Record (Upset The Rhythm)

Songs that pleased me in 2017, alphabetically

  • Alvvays – “Plimsoll Punks” – Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
  • Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – “Untogether” – Lotta Sea Lice (Matador)
  • B Boys – “Discipline” – Dada (Captured Tracks)
  • Beach Fossils – “This Year” – Somersault (Bayonet)
  • Chastity Belt – “Different Now” – I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone (Hardly Art)
  • Jen Cloher – “Sensory Memory” – Jen Cloher (Milk!)
  • Cold Beat – “62 Moons” – Chaos By Invitation (Crime on the Moon)
  • Colleen – “Winter Dawn” – A Flame My Love, a Frequency (Thrill Jockey)
  • Downtown Boys – “A Wall” – Cost of Living (Sub Pop)
  • Escape-ism – “Rome Wasn’t Burnt in a Day” – Introduction to Escape-ism (Merge)
  • Flat Worms – “Red Hot Sand” – Flat Worms (Castle Face)
  • French Vanilla – “Carrie” – French Vanilla (Danger Collective)
  • Girlpool – “It Gets More Blue” – Powerplant (Anti-)
  • Girl Ray – “Just Like That” – Earl Grey (Moshi Moshi)
  • Grandaddy – “Way We Won’t” – Last Place (30th Century)
  • Horrible/Adorable – “Penpal” – Caprice! (Hovercraft)
  • Jay Som – “Everybody Works” – Everybody Works (Polyvinyl)
  • Kids on a Crime Spree – “Surgical Lights” – Our Love (Emotional Response)
  • Mane – “Dying on the Vine” – Alpha Female (Digital Regress)
  • Juana Molina – “Paraguaya” – Halo (Crammed Discs)
  • Omni – “Equestrian” – Multi-task (Trouble in Mind)
  • Ariel Pink – “Feels Like Heaven” – Dedicated to Bobby Jameson (Kemado)
  • Priests – “Jj” – Nothing Feels Natural (Polygon)
  • Rat Columns – “Someone Else’s Dream” – Candle Power (Upset the Rhythm)
  • Rat Fancy – “Five Fingers” – Suck a Lemon (HHBTM)
  • Sea Blite – “Cerulean” – Sea Blite (Death)
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – “To Follow & Lead” – The Kid (Western Vinyl)
  • Sneaks – “Looks Like That” – It’s a Myth (Merge)
  • SOAR – “Secret Santa” – Dark/Gold (Father/Daughter)
  • Terry Malts – “Cheap Mimicry” – Our Love (Emotional Response)
  • Timber Timbre – “Western Questions” – Sincerely, Future Pollution (City Slang)
  • Unity – “Days” – Unity (Digital Regress)
  • Washer – “Dog Go Bark” – All Aboard (Exploding in Sound)
  • Why? – “One Mississippi” – Moh Lhean (Joyful Noise)
  • The World – “Ghost Town” – First World Record (Upset The Rhythm)

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