Favourite Music of 2017 (+extra)
This is very late but I don’t care.
All the bands are in alphabetical order because I’m much too lazy to choose favourites. However, the Noga Erez and Allie X albums were probably my favourite albums of 2017 so definitely go check those out first!
Aiming For Enrike - "Las Napalmas" (Rock/Jazz/Instrumental/Experimental; Norway) Listen Here: Bandcamp
*Allie X - "CollXtion II" (Indie Pop/Synthpop; Canada) Listen Here: Spotify
Anna of the North - "LOVERS" (Alt Pop/Dream Pop; Norway) Listen Here: Bandcamp
At The Drive In - "in•ter a•li•a" (Post Hardcore; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Spotify
B.a. Johnston - "Gremlins 3" (Acoustic/Canadiana; Canada) Listen Here: Bandcamp
Com Truise - "Iteration" (Synthwave; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Bandcamp
Death From Above - "Outrage! Is Now" (Dance Punk/ Rock; Canada) Listen Here: Spotify
Dizzee Rascal - "Raskit" (Grime; England) Listen Here: Spotify
Flint Eastwood - "Broke Royalty" (Indie Rock/Indie Pop; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Spotify
Jamiroquai - "Automaton" (Jazz Funk/Disco-Rock; England) Official Website
Kommode - "Analog Dance Music" (Indie Rock; Norway) Listen Here: Spotify
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - "Stranger Things 2 (OST)" (Electronic/Synthwave/Score/Soundtrack; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Spotify
Little Dragon - "Season High" (Synth Pop; Sweden) Listen Here: Spotify
Little Simz - "Stillness In Wonderland (Deluxe Edition)" (Hip-Hop/Rap; England) Listen Here: Bandcamp (Yeah, okay, the non-deluxe version of this album was released in 2016, but the deluxe version was released in 2017. Also, I didn’t find out about this album until Caitlin gave me the heads up.)
Lorde - "Melodrama" (Dream Pop/Indie Pop; New Zealand) Listen Here: Spotify
Messer Chups - "Coctail Draculina vol. 2" (Surf/Horror; Russia) Listen Here: Bandcamp
Minus the Bear - "VOIDS" (Indie/Rock; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Bandcamp
mouse on the keys - "Out of Body [EP]" (Math-Rock/Instrumental; Japan) Listen Here: Bandcamp
MUTEMATH - "Play Dead" (Alt Rock/Indie Rock; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Spotify
N*E*R*D - "No One Ever Really Dies" (Hip-Hop/Rap; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Spotify
*Noga Erez - "Off the Radar" (Electronic/Indie Rock; Israel) Listen Here: Bandcamp
Paramore - "After Laughter" (Alt Rock/New Wave/Synth Pop; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Spotify
Queens of the Stone Age - "Villains" (Alt Rock; Dance Rock; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Spotify
Said The Whale - "As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide" (Indie/Electronic; Canada) Listen Here: Bandcamp
Sam Tudor - "Quotidian Dream" (Alternative/Folk/Psychadelic; Canada) Listen Here: Bandcamp
Simon Stålenhag - "The Electric State" (Synthwave; Sweden) Listen Here: Bandcamp
Skepta - "Vicious [EP]" (Grime; England) Listen Here: Spotify
Sondre Lerche - "Pleasure" (Indie-Pop/Alternative/Crooner; Norway) Listen Here: Bandcamp
tricot - "3" (Math-Rock/Indie Rock; Japan) Listen Here: Bandcamp
水曜日のカンパネラ (Wednesday Campanella) - "Superman" (Electronic/J-Pop; Japan) Listen Here: Spotify
Wild Ones - "Mirror Touch" (Indie Pop; U.S.A.) Listen Here: Bandcamp