Best Albums of 2017 – The List

The full thread can be found here, with a few words on each release and links to stream them all.…

Best Albums of 2017 #1 Idles – Brutalism

“Confrontational? Yes. But also, it’s great fun, played in bursts of unselfconscious mischief that want to love and be loved in return.”

The Best Songs of 2017 – The Full List

You can also listen to the whole thing on Spotify: 40 Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Neon Rust 39…

Best Songs of 2017 #1 Cigarettes After Sex – Apocalypse

Best Songs of 2017 #2 Protomartyr – Don’t Go To Anacita

From the album Relatives In Descent

Best Songs of 2017 #3 Stormzy – Blinded By Your Grace pt. 2

From the album Gang Signs & Prayer

Best Songs of 2017 #4 Bicep – Spring

From the album Bicep

Best Songs of 2017 #6 Idles – 1049 Gotho

From the album Brutalism

Best Songs of 2017 #5 Banks – Underdog

Best Albums of 2017 #2 Four Tet – New Energy

“That’s not to say New Energy was a collection of demos just thrown out by a contented late thirty something with a gap in his schedule.”