The Eternally Relevant Theme Song for 2017
5 New Favs
Smerz
Stef Chura
Sigrid
Yaeji
Sacred Paws
My Favorite Song of 2017 That Actually Came Out In Late 2016
My Actual Favorite Song of 2017 That Came Out in 2017
5 Best Live Shows I Saw
Olga Bell, Lincoln Center
Circuit des Yeux, Rough Trade
Slowdive, Brooklyn Steel
Dawn Richard, Pitchfork Fest
Girlpool, Warsaw
10 Favorite Old Albums That I Got Into This Year or Revisited Often With New Ears
Seven Waves, Suzanne Ciani (1982)
First Floor, Theo Parrish (1998)
No.1 In Heaven, Sparks (1979)
Interstellar, Frankie Rose (2012)
Four Organs / Phase Patterns, Steve Reich (1970)
And Their Refinement of the Decline, Stars of the Lid (2007)
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, Grouper (2008)
Speak Now, Taylor Swift (2010)
The Power Out, Electrelane (2004)
X, Kylie Minogue (2007) (s/o to Teo Bugbee who for the first months of 2017 had everyone at MTV News on a steady diet of Kylie)
10 Favorite New Albums
Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Lee Owens
Melodrama, Lorde
Nothing Feels Natural, Priests
Yaeji, Yaeji
Hug of Thunder, Broken Social Scene
UKG, TQD
DAMN., Kendrick Lamar
Exile In The Outer Ring, EMA
Ctrl, SZA
Slowdive, Slowdive
Honorable mentions: Kehlani, Allison Crutchfield, Vince Staples, Land of Talk, Karen Gwyer, Makthaverskan, Bully, Lil Uzi Vert