best of AlexisNeiers' Best of 2017

[Tom Vercetti]

I like how diverse Rocket is. And Brick is a personal highlight for me  

[Pink Matter]

I've been seeing the U.S. Girls around a bunch of lists so I'll give them a spin in due time. Same for Alex G (what kind of artist is he?).

Wreath and Just Can't Get Enough  

Nothing Feels Natural and Need To Feel Your Love  both flawless 

[World Eater]

Thanks for commenting everyone

 

41 minutes ago, karma police said:

luv some good ol' rock b0ps

also a b0p

okay, STAN

 

24 minutes ago, Tom Vercetti said:

I like how diverse Rocket it. And Brick is a personal highlight for me  

Same, but then again, half of the album is highlights for me

 

3 minutes ago, Pink Matter said:

I've been seeing the U.S. Girls around a bunch of lists so I'll give them a spin in due time. Same for Alex G (what kind of artist is he?).

Wreath and Just Can't Get Enough  

Nothing Feels Natural and Need To Feel Your Love  both flawless 

This is a tough one because Alex has released plenty of lo-fi indie albums on Bandcamp and after signing up to Domino sort of expanded his sound. Beach Music aka his first album for them was sort of dream poppy, idk, and Rocket is basically indie rock/indie folk with elements of alt-country. And if this doesn't encourage you to check him out then I'm gonna mention that he's worked on Blonde and Endless and even toured with Frank 

U.S. Girls is releasing an album in February so you still have plenty of time to get to know her  Aside from the new singles, you can check out Half Free, which was one of my favorite records of 2015

[World Eater]

 

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This is not a competition, but with so much protest music being released especially after Trump's election, no one sounds angrier, more brazen and powerful than Downtown Boys on their sax-driven single "A Wall".

 

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For some reason, this is what I imagine to play in Elliot's mind in this 90s sitcom parody episode of "Mr. Robot"

 

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"The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" doesn't even try to be subtle. I mean, look at the title alone. And there's the political theme, then the riff that goes throughout the song, then the shouty chorus, THEN the AMAZING solo. Definitely something I would not expect from The National

[World Eater]

 

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I could write an essay about how good this album is (I actually did nn ) but it still wouldn’t do it justice, so I'm gonna keep it short. 'Take Me Apart' took years to make and even though Kelegend released a couple of projects in between, she'd saved the best for last. Her debut album is a complete experience. I feel like she had enough time to plan literally everything and take care of the smallest and dumbest details, like even the release date - I wouldn't call it a coincidence that 'Take Me Apart' came out exactly 20 years after Janet Jackson's masterful 'The Velvet Rope'.

 

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What I like about Kendrick is that he hardly repeats himself. He could have easily pulled another 'To Pimp a Butterfly,' but why would he do that? Instead, he went full mainstream, but of course he did it on his own terms. 'DAMN.' is not only an ~urban~ album full of amazing hooks but a record with hidden gems and easter eggs that tells an exciting story.

 

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A friend of mine recently asked me why do I like this so much but before I managed to explain it to him, he answered with "oh wait, you're a Beach House stan".

 

While Slowdive's 's/t' was mixed by Chris Coady, who'd worked on Beach House's four last albums, I'd argue that it’s in any way like anything from Baltimore duo's catalogue. Hell, it doesn't sound like anything from Slowdive's own catalogue either. After spending some time with this record, I'd finally figured why does it work so well: Slowdive didn't reach too high this time around (side note: 'Pygmalion' was overly ambitious and they could have gone MUCH further with it) and also didn't try THAT hard. But the best thing is that you can feel the band’s chemistry on each of eight perfectly crafted songs on their first album in 22 years.

[artangels]

wow my faves did that

[Unoriginal]

TMA top five ahh talent won  

[karma police]

The Rat (is not a rat in this case)

The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness

also:

On 19.12.2017 at 0:44 AM, karma police said:

Dark Side of the Gym

but this better not be their only entry in this "Best of"

I was sure it would end in top 5

 

really loving this update! SLAY!

 

Edited December 30, 2017 by karma police

[theblackestday]

The Rat is not my top choice from WE but it's still THAT industrial bop
TSODITD is great. One of my faves from the National's too.  

Whew the 1-2-3 punch of the albums all talent.

[fossora]

Kelela won

[ColdKeane]

Slowdive and Kendrick Lamar

 

My top 2 albums of 2017  

[Eeveelution]

A set - tho I'd probs rank the albums in reverse order.  

[theblackestday]

2 minutes ago, Eeveelution said:

A set - tho I'd probs rank the albums in reverse order.  

Same but everybody make mistakes

[World Eater]

1 hour ago, karma police said:

The Rat (is not a rat in this case)

The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness

also:

I was sure it would end in top 5

 

really loving this update! SLAY!

 

I'm not sure if I replied to that, I didn't want to spoil tew mutch

They really did that though

 

1 hour ago, theblackestday said:

The Rat is not my top choice from WE but it's still THAT industrial bop
TSODITD is great. One of my faves from the National's too.  

Whew the 1-2-3 punch of the albums all talent.

The Rat gets often overlooked but whew, it really slayed me

And TSODITD is probably my favorite The National track at this point

 

1 hour ago, artangel said:

Kelela won

ahh my ****ing fave

 

27 minutes ago, ColdKeane said:

Slowdive and Kendrick Lamar

 

My top 2 albums of 2017  

They really came through

 

16 minutes ago, Eeveelution said:

A set - tho I'd probs rank the albums in reverse order.  

 

13 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Same but everybody make mistakes

[JEWRJEWR]

kelels and the national

 

 

 

Edited December 30, 2017 by JEWRJEWR

[TRF.]

5 hours ago, artangel said:

Kelela won

she really did

 

 

so did Blanck Mass

 

[Wondervisions]

Wow, I'm shocked @ your top 10 diverse. Loved the Mount Eerie album, it made high on my list. World Eater is holy too. Priests' was good but and I stanned the **** out of it when it first came out but got old quick imho, Sheer Mag, lord I wanted to love the album so badly, I loved the three EPs, but somehow I feel Tina's voices work better in small doses? I just couldn't with her vocals this time around. Kelela made my list too superb album, queen of the future, and DAMN and Slowdive are pretty neat also.

[MP2K]

Everything's great, excited for your top choices.

[Lazuli]

The System top 3, I never expected that  I love it but it's far from the top 5 of the album tbh

Kelela and Kendrick  

Slowdive  Such perfection

[Dom]

slay kendrick godlamar, i love damn. one of the best albums of 2017. a masterpiece.

[Navyofbadgals]

The albums from #5-3

[World Eater]

Final update on the next page

 

12 hours ago, Wondervisions said:

Wow, I'm shocked @ your top 10 diverse. Loved the Mount Eerie album, it made high on my list. World Eater is holy too. Priests' was good but and I stanned the **** out of it when it first came out but got old quick imho, Sheer Mag, lord I wanted to love the album so badly, I loved the three EPs, but somehow I feel Tina's voices work better in small doses? I just couldn't with her vocals this time around. Kelela made my list too superb album, queen of the future, and DAMN and Slowdive are pretty neat also.

I don't know where to start

 

I'm expecting lots of diversity from your top 10, too, I know you'll come through

As for Sheer Mag, I definitely get what you mean. It was easy for me to get behind that, though. I actually enjoy her vocals even more now

 

6 hours ago, Lazuli said:

The System top 3, I never expected that  I love it but it's far from the top 5 of the album tbh

Kelela and Kendrick  

Slowdive  Such perfection

Me neither tbh  There's so many highlights on SWB so I get why you may like some other sings more

 

2 hours ago, Dom said:

slay kendrick godlamar, i love damn. one of the best albums of 2017. a masterpiece.

The fact that it's not even better than GKMC or TPAB and it still made my top 5, whew!

 

2 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

The albums from #5-3

whew!

[World Eater]

I think this is the right moment for the recap

 

On 11.12.2017 at 7:38 PM, AlexisNeiers said:

 

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#30 Moses Sumney - 'Aromanticism'

#29 St. Vincent - 'MASSEDUCTION'

#28 Broken Social Scene - 'Hug of Thunder'

#27 Sampha - 'Process'

#26 Zola Jesus - 'Okovi'

#25 Thundercat - 'Drunk'

#24 Hundred Waters - 'Communicating'

#23 Vince Staples - 'Big Fish Theory'

#22 BROCKHAMPTON - 'SATURATION' Trilogy

#21 Xiu Xiu - 'FORGET'

#20 EMA - 'Exile in the Outer Ring'

#19 Foxygen - 'Hang'

#18 Feist - 'Pleasure'

#17 Ariel Pink - 'Dedicated to Bobby Jameson'

#16 Charli XCX - 'Number 1 Angel'

#15 Fever Ray - 'Plunge'

#14 Various Artists - 'Mono No Aware'

#13 The National - 'Sleep Well Beast'

#12 Björk - 'Utopia'

#11 Lorde - 'Melodrama'

#10 Mount Eerie - 'A Crow Looked at Me'

#9 Blanck Mass - 'World Eater'

#8 Priests - 'Nothing Feels Natural'

#7 Sheer Mag - 'Need to Feel Your Love'

#6 (Sandy) Alex G - 'Rocket'

#5 Kelela - 'Take Me Apart'

#4 Kendrick Lamar - 'DAMN.'

#3 Slowdive - 'Slowdive'

 

 

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#50 Arcade Fire - "Everything Now"

#49 Girlpool - "It Gets More Blue"

#48 The Courtneys - "Silver Velvet"

#47 Big Thief - "Mythilogical Beauty"

#46 Mount Kimbie - "Delta"

#45 Kareem Lotfy - "Fr3sh"

#44 Shabazz Palaces f/ Thaddillac- "Shine a Light"

#43 Lorde - "Liability"

#42 The National - "Dark Side of the Gym"

#41 Lil Uzi Vert - "XO TOUR Llif3"

#40 Calvin Harris f/ Frank Ocean & Migos - "Slide"

#39 Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Deadly Valentine"

#38 Feist - "Century"

#37 Destroyer - "Tinseltown Swimming in Blood"

#36 (Sandy) Alex G - "Witch"

#35 Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - "A Song of Summer"

#34 Jay Som - "Baybee"

#33 Taylor Swift - "...Ready for It?"

#32 Japanese Breakfast - "Machinist"

#31 Priests - "Suck"

#30 BROCKHAMPTON - "BOOGIE"

#29 Ariel Pink - "Time to Live"

#28 Kelela - "Altadena"

#27 Perfume Genius - "Die 4 You"

#26 Kendrick Lamar f/ Zacari - "LOVE."

#25 Rina Sawayama - "Alterlife"

#24 The War on Drugs - "Up All Night"

#23 Lorde - "Supercut"

#22 Sheer Mag - "Pure Desire"

#21 (Sandy) Alex G - "Sportstar"

#20 yaeji - "raingurl"

#19 Dasher - "We Know So"

#18 Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut to the Feeling"

#17 Kelela - "LMK"

#16 Charli XCX - "Boys"

#15 Broken Social Scene - "Skyline"

#14 Xiu Xiu - "Wondering"

#13 The War on Drugs - "Thinking of a Place"

#12 Priests - "Nothing Feels Natural"

#11 Slowdive - "Sugar for the Pill"

#10 Big Thief - "Mary"

#9 U.S. Girls - "Mad as Hell"

#8 Perfume Genius - "Wreath"

#7 Sheer Mag - "Just Can't Get Enough"

#6 Hundred Waters - "Wave to Anchor"

#5 Downtown Boys - "A Wall"

#4 Blanck Mass - "The Rat"

#3 The National - "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"

 

 

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#5 Schwefelgelb - 'Dahinter das Gesicht'

#4 Denzel Curry - '13'

#3 yaeji - 'EP2'

#2 Ariel Pink - 'Non-Sequitur Segues'

#1 Rina Sawayama - 'RINA'

 

 

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#20 U.S. Girls - "Mad as Hell"

#19 Arca - "Desafìo"

#18 Xiu Xiu - "FORGET"

#17 Charly Bliss - "Scare U"

#16 Tyler, the Creator - "Who Dat Boy"

#15 Selena Gomes - "Bad Liar"

#14 Shabazz Palaces f/ Thaddillac - "Shine a Light"

#13 Hundred Waters - "Fingers"

#12 Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Deadly Valentine"

#11 Broken Social Scene - "Vanity Pail Kids"

#10 Brendan Maclean - "House of Air"

#9 Baths - "Out"

#8 Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."

#7 Colin - "People Talk About Me"

#6 Charli XCX - "Boys"

#5 Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"

#4 Kelela - "LMK"

#3 Kendrick Lamar - "ELEMENT."

#2 Danny Brown - "Ain't It Funny"

#1 Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do"

Edited December 31, 2017 by AlexisNeiers

[Navyofbadgals]

lemme help u get next page xoox

[Tom Vercetti]

This set mega punches. I thought Kelela would almost snatch #1 

 

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