Best New Albums of 2017 *

Listening to it now, and it's incredibly good.
For those interested, this is a collaboration between British folk singer Olivia Chaney (she is seriously awesome) and The Decemberists.

 

First album is a little noisier and even more emotionally intense. It's great.

 

What he said!

 

After spending the day living with the new Public Service Broadcasting album, "Every Valley"(thanks again @LivingForever), I don't think a better album will come out this year, at least for me. This is a tremendously deep, diverse, and touching work that rewards each additional listen, and I couldn't know less about the subject matter (the strife of Welsh coal miners). And this is with the new Foster The People album dropping on Friday, which judging from some of the leaked songs will be their best yet.

 

Sax and drums anyone?

Binker and Moses - Journey To The Mountain Of Forever

 

Samory I = Black Gold

Black Gold (feat. Samory I) by Rorystonelove on Apple Music

 

It’s a bit too early to pick a favorite from 2017, but I’m highly anticipating Steven Wilson’s To The Bone album which will be released next month. Fingers are crossed that it’ll be good as good as his previous solo albums.

 

A winning combination for me. I'll check it out. Binker and Moses looks familiar but I'm not sure from where.

 

John Zorn ‎– Midsummer Moons

Julian Lage, Gyan Riley guitars. A wonderful guitar duo album. I'm sure this will be near the top of my favorite albums this year.

 

I would now add Country Joe McDonald's 50....an album very much of its time, but I doubt it will date itself

 

Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator is dope. It's definitely his best work to date.
Lust For Life by Lana Del Rey was cool, but I need to give it a few more listens to see if it grows on me.

 

If you're into Prog...

The Tangent - The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery.

Fantastic!

 

The Quietus best new albums of 2017 list is out for the first half of the year, and as usual with lists from The Quietus, I'm left feeling woefully out of touch, maybe even moreso than usual. But there are some really good ones near the top I can vouch for, especially the Jane Weaver Modern Kosmology at #3, right up there near the top for me too. And GNOD at #5 is a rip-roaring good plate of rock fun, with a side order of politics. Someone here mentioned the #1 pick before, Richard Dawson Peasant, and I gave it a listen back then and kind of liked it, but not entirely, I like the style of music, actually quite a bit, but I guess the vocals just didn't work very well with me. Revisiting it now, and still don't quite like it, but actually I think it is growing on me just a little, I might have to give it a few more listens...

The Quietus | Features | Quietus Charts | The Best Albums Of 2017 Thus Far - And A Quietus Appeal For Help

 

I own 13 of those including one that came out today. I assume the got a preview copy. There are 10 more in my bandcamp wish list and I've streamed around 20 more that I don't like.

Listening to the top album now, Richard Dawson - Peasant. The first track is great. Second track just started and it's completely different.

 

Quietus is definitely an esoteric list. Just scrolling through, I own one, am probably gonna buy a couple more and there are 5-6 I have not heard yet but plan to check out.

 

I keep coming back to this again and again.

 

Emptyset - Borders

One of the ones from the Quietus list. It's towards the end of their list but I'd put it much higher. This is pretty heavy music. It's a duo that play a home made six string, zither like, bass instrument and drums, with lots of effects and some electronics.

I don't know why so many bands aren't putting their name or the album name on the cover.





Borders, by Emptyset

 

Justin Walter - Unseen Forces

Another from the Quietus list. This one's number 6. Most of the music is performed on a wind controlled analog synth and entirely improvised. He also plays some trumpet and piano. This is much mellower than the Emptyset album.





Unseen Forces, by JUSTIN WALTER

 

New to me, but then I discovered it's like Jerry's use of the MIDI via electric guitar; which either horrified or enlightened Deadheads. Again, an informative thread for more than mere discovery of new music. Thanks for posting all!/K

Wind controller - Wikipedia

 

Also really like the new public service broadcasting album, existential beast by Miranda lee Richards. Algiers new album has grown on me but there is a few tunes on their still that I am not 100% keen on. Though technically not new (2015) have been listening to the funk revivialists Lettuce. With kids do not get the same time to listen to music as I would like so still quite a few albums I want to catch up on.

 

Just heard Nicole Watkins' Goodnight Rhonda Lee, and I'm blown away! The way this album transported me back in time without once sounding cheesy or forced is breathtaking. Fantastic voice, great production and songwriting.

 

I'm looking forward to getting that. I loved Neptune City. The 2 records Nicole did after that didn't really do it for me, but I've been reading nothing but praise for Goodnight....

 

It's really, really good. This is the first album I've heard by her, and it got me curious about her previous work. I will definitely check out Neptune City.

 

Nick Cave meets Alex Cameron meets Twin Peaks S03

 

Oh, and here's the new single from Al Cam!