This year, I welcomed a new member to our family (named Esme, like the Joanna Newsom song), worried a lot about the future of my country, and listened to a lot of music, new & old. These are my favorite albums & songs of 2017. Click here to listen to my Best Songs playlist (75 tracks).
Favorite Albums of 2017
01. The National - Sleep Well Beast 02. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 03. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy 04. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream 05. Fleet Foxes - Crack-up 06. St Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 07. Destroyer - Ken 08. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now 09. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 10. Jay Z - 4:44 11. Arcade Fire - Everything Now 12. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder 13. Alvvays - Antisocialites 14. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors 15. Spoon - Hot Thoughts 16.Ā Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 17. Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlisterĀ Ā - Planetarium 18.Ā Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 19. Hundred Waters - Communicating 20. The xxĀ - I See You 21. Phoenix - Ti Amo 22. Jay Som - Everybody Works 23.Ā Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens 24. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic 25. Sylvan Esso - What Now 26.Ā Wolf ParadeĀ - Cry Cry Cry 27.Ā Big Thief - Capacity 28.Ā Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins 29.Ā Lorde - Melodrama 30.Ā White Reaper - The Worldās Best American Band
Favorite Songs of 2017
01. The National - Iāll Still Destroy You 02. St. Vincent - New York 03. The War on Drugs - Pain 04. Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling 05. Jens Lekman - To Know Your Mission 06. Alvvays - In Undertow 07. Frank Ocean - Chanel 08. LCD Soundsystem - How Do You Sleep? 09. Fleet Foxes - Third of May / ÅdaigaharaĀ 10. Sufjan Stevens - Wallowa Lake Monster
11. Dirty Projectors - Up In Hudson 12. Father John Misty - Ballad of a Dying Man 13. Julien Baker - Appointments 14. Phoenix - Goodbye Soleil 15. Lorde - Green Light 16. Destroyer - Tinseltown Swimming In Blood 17. Arcade Fire - Put Your Money On Me 18. Jay Z - 4:44 19. The xx - On Hold 20. White Reaper - Judy French 21.Ā Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Mercury 22. Jay Som - The Bus Song 23. Kendrick Lamar - FEEL. 24. Broken Social Scene - Protest Song 25. Sylvan Esso - Die Young 26. Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals 27. Spoon - Can I Sit Next To You 28. Big Thief - Mary 29. Perfume Genius - Slip Away 30. Hundred Waters - Wave to Anchor
Spotify link to full 75-track playlist
