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My Top 10 of 2017

2017 was a moody music year for me, although I think I said that last year as well. There are some great new break out bands, singer/songwriters, and some old reliables. As usual with me, I don’t claim to be the music expert, but what I love, it’s with passion and commitment. Lets see what 2018 can bring.

Albums: (in no particular order)

1. The National, Sleep Well Beast

2. Gang of Youths, Go Farther In Lightness

3. Joywave, Content

4. Manchester Orchestra, A Black Mile To The Surface

5. Hovvdy, Taster

6. LCD Soundsystem, American Dream

7. Slowdive, Slowdive

8. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice

9. Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up

10. Grizzly Bear, Painted Ruins

Songs: (in no particular order)

1. Three Rings, Grizzly Bear

2. The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows, Gangs of Youths

3. When You’re Bored, Joywave

4. Thin, Aquilo

5. French Press, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

6. Something To Remember Me By, The Horrors

7. Nowhere Near Sense, Brooke Bentham

8. Yuk Foo, Wolf Alice

9. No Longer Making Time, Slowdive

10. The Gold, Manchester Orchestra

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Some Standout Shows of 2017:

City and Colour, Noah Gundersen, The National, Foster The People, The Staves, Joywave, Grizzly Bear, Ryan Adams

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MY TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2016 Usually each year I’m struggling to cut my list down to my ten favorite albums. This year was slightly different in that I was overall less inspired. However, the albums that did inspire me, I loved hard and I loved deep. 1. RY X - “Dawn”, Song: Howling 2. Bon Iver - “22, A Million”, Song: 8 (circle) 3. Radiohead - “A Moon Shaped Pool”, Song: Decks Dark 4. Warpaint - “Heads Up”, Song: Dre 5. Daughter - “Not To Disappear”, Song: How 6. Wild Belle - “Dreamland”, Song: It Was You 7. Local Natives - “Sunlit Youth”, Song: Jellyfish 8. Marian Hill - “Act One”, Song: I Know Why 9. A Tribe Called Quest - “We got it from Here…TY 4 Your service”, Song: Whateva Will Be 10. Day Wave - “Hard To Read”, Song: You

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Marian Hill // Same Thing In your arms, yet again Never want it to end But it’s still the same thing.....

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Fruit Bats // From a Soon-to-Be Ghost Town

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New Sleigh Bells! Yup...good stuff as always.

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This whole album is killer. Get on it! Also check out the reviews if you don’t believe me. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21828-masterpiece/

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If you're a London Grammar fan, you will def like this. However, they do have their own unique sound, so check them out. We just need more from them.

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New Artist you must listen to in 2016! Lucy Dacus "No Burden" Check out the review on Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21609-no-burden/

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Been looking forward to this new album. After a run thro, this stuck out as my fast fav.

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NEW: "You Don’t Get Me High Anymore" by Phantogram

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Going back to this album tonight.... Everyone is crazy with their own life Lies in existential you ever want to find your way out Turn into yourself again and reach on out To become your true self.....

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Two goodies coming together.

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LOVE.

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This song has a simple beauty to it... All we do it hide away.... All we do is chase the day....

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I loved this song back in the day. #nostalgia

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Need to dive into these guys more. Love this new stuff.

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You got it in your head that the best is behind of you darling that's not right....