The first year-end lists of 2017 are already here, but for now we are going to turn our attention to the albums and songs that earned our appreciation in the last couple of months of the autumn and leave the task of figuring out our "Best of the Year" list for the end of December, as usual.
However I can already say with certainty that the two albums at the top of our autumn list have already booked their place in our 2017 Top 10, as both St. Vincent and Protomartyr have delivered killer albums that are not going to leave our headphones any time soon.
However I can already say with certainty that the two albums at the top of our autumn list have already booked their place in our 2017 Top 10, as both St. Vincent and Protomartyr have delivered killer albums that are not going to leave our headphones any time soon.
"Masseduction", St. Vincent’s fifth album, adapts and subverts the concept of modern pop music, as dance-floor friendly rhythms and sweet melodic interludes echo the sound of the pop charts but they are transformed through Annie Clark’s unique perspective into something beguiling and deeply personal.
Protomartyr continue to march on the post-punk path that pioneers like The Fall or Pere Ubu have laid down and they are showing no signs of slowing down as "Relatives In Descent", their fourth album, is another fine example of intense, vital rock ’n’ roll.
Other stand-out releases among the fine albums we’ve enjoyed recently include the triumphant return to action of The Dream Syndicate after 29 odd years with "How Did I Find Myself Here?" (see also our recent live review here), the resurfacing of The War On Drugs who continue to operate at the height of their powers with "A Deeper Understanding" and, last but not least, the astonishing, krautrock-influenced, psychedelic pop that Jane Weaver has concocted with "Modern Kosmology", her ninth solo work.
Here are our 16 favorite albums for October - November 2017:
Protomartyr continue to march on the post-punk path that pioneers like The Fall or Pere Ubu have laid down and they are showing no signs of slowing down as "Relatives In Descent", their fourth album, is another fine example of intense, vital rock ’n’ roll.
Other stand-out releases among the fine albums we’ve enjoyed recently include the triumphant return to action of The Dream Syndicate after 29 odd years with "How Did I Find Myself Here?" (see also our recent live review here), the resurfacing of The War On Drugs who continue to operate at the height of their powers with "A Deeper Understanding" and, last but not least, the astonishing, krautrock-influenced, psychedelic pop that Jane Weaver has concocted with "Modern Kosmology", her ninth solo work.
Here are our 16 favorite albums for October - November 2017:
Top 16 Albums
1. MASSEDUCTION - ST. VINCENT
2. Relatives In Descent - PROTOMARTYR
3. Modern Kosmology - JANE WEAVER
4. How Did I Find Myself Here? - THE DREAM SYNDICATE
5. A Deeper Understanding - THE WAR ON DRUGS
6. Cry Cry Cry - WOLF PARADE
7. ken - DESTROYER
8. Moonshine Freeze - THIS IS THE KIT
9. Weather Diaries - RIDE
10. Cost Of Living - DOWNTOWN BOYS
11. Electric Trim - LEE RANALDO
12. Offering - CULTS
13. Every Valley - PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
14. Losing - BULLY
15. Visions Of A Life - WOLF ALICE
16. C88 - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Top 15 Tracks
1. The Architect - JANE WEAVER
2. Moonshine Freeze - THIS IS THE KIT
3. New York - ST. VINCENT
4. My Children - PROTOMARTYR
5. Cali - RIDE
6. 80 West - THE DREAM SYNDICATE
7. Up All Night - THE WAR ON DRUGS
8. Valley Boy - WOLF PARADE
9. Cover From The Sun - DESTROYER
10. I Took Your Picture - CULTS
11. Uncle Skeleton - LEE RANALDO
12. Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas) - DOWNTOWN BOYS
13. Feel the Same - BULLY
14. Beautifully Unconventional - WOLF ALICE
15. Progress - PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
Jane Weaver - The Architect
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