[Closed] 2017 Album Releases..What are you listening to?

Wow ..I knew things were in decline but am I really the only one listening to albums these days ? 🙁
I was hoping to tap into something interesting ...

Not at all. I don't think my taste is the same as yours, but here's a few so far this year:

Municipal Waste: Slime and Punishment
Unsane: Sterilize
Mastodon: Emperor of Sand
Kreator: Gods of Violence

I als have the new Enslaved CD sitting here, which arrived today and I haven't had a chance to listen to yet.

It's too early for end of year lists, though 8)

This year has been pretty poor IMO.

New Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams and QOTSA are the only ones that I’ve stuck with to be honest.

Mikey74
I've never mentioned that it was 😀
I'm also well aware that most sales are in the last quarter..
You maybe correct regarding musical taste ..but thanks for the reply .
Mastodon would probably be the only one I would check out..cheers

My favourites so far have been;

Brutalism by Idles
Occult Architecture by Moon Duo

Lillie Mae - Forever and Then Some
Bonnie Prince Billy - Best Troubador
Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
Chastity Belt - I used to spend so much time alone
David Rawlings - Poor Davids Almanack

Thanks for the replies ..I will take a back seat now and maybe have a listen to some of your recommendations ..
Keep them coming ...

Mogwai- Every Country's Sun
Wand - Plum
Part Chimp- IV
Bonobo -Migration

There's a varied list.

Runrig - The Story
Skippinish - Alive

Brokeback - [i]Illinois River Valley Blues[/i]
Blanck Mass - [i]World Eater[/i]
Evan Caminiti - [i]Toxic City Music[/i]
Earth & Bug - [i]Concrete Desert[/i].

Vocals not being something I appreciate much.

Jason Isbell 'The Nashville Sound' is top of my list this year.
Ghostpoet getting needle time too.
Only given it a few spins so far, but liking the new St Vincent.

American dream - LCD soundsystem
Weather diaries- ride
Orc - thee oh sees (or whatever they call themselves now)
Sketches, motu, banana - king gizzard
Different days - charlatans
Synths + drums + noise + space - ak/dk

I really can't get enough of Idles - Brutalism. Best album of the year for me.

Also been listening to Public Enemy - Nothing is Quick in the Desert, Prophets Of Rage, The Amazons, Black Country Communion and A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Been a pretty good year for music so far...

After thier few years in obscurity, The Darkness are back to the raw randomness rock n roll they do sooooo well.

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Not the “best” of 2017, but certainly warming up Autumn.

Currently doing the rounds for me are:
Music From Before The Storm - Daughter. A bit meh in places, but has some wonderful, wonderful moments.
I See you - The XX - magnificent return to form after terrible second album.
The Spark - Enter Shikari - Because deep inside me the 15 year old me can't be subdued.

Great year so far, we're nearly at the end of it, so I have quite a long list of stuff I've been enjoying!

Another for Idles - Brutalism
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
Moon Duo - Killing Time
Forest Swords - Compassion
King Gizzard - Murder of the Universe
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
All We Are - Sunny Hills
Soldout - Forever
Four Tet - New Energy
Ellen Allien - Nost
Kölsch - 1989
Tricky - Ununiform
Blanck Mass - World Eater
D33J - Death Valley Oasis
Jacques Greene - Feel Infinite
Lunice - CCCLX
Nosaj Thing - Parallels
Throwing Snow - Embers
A7PHA - A7PHA
¡Eureka! - ¡Eureka!
Jay-Z - 4:44
Milo - who told you to think!!!!
Onry Ozzborn - c v p ii d
Kleeznrz - Season 2

(bandcamp.com for anything you don't recognise, and some you do (eg. Tricky))

This has been on quite a lot at my house over the past couple of weeks, Four Tet - New Energy

EDIT - spotted it's in DezB's list too.

I'd recommend checking out these 2 Mister P: [i]Nosaj Thing - Parallels
Throwing Snow - Embers[/i]. If you haven't already.

The Dead Cross album is pretty awesome.

QOTSA Villains is pretty good, but not as fantastic as the last album (....like Clockwork).

Wow DezB..you really do love music !
Not sure how much of that I will like ..but I will try most things once 😆

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding probably my favourite at the moment.

Lots that have already been mentioned.

Tip of the iceberg mate 😉

QOTSA was odd. It started ok, then I got really bored with it and thought it was just too bland. Then I read that Mark Ronson was involved, so I deleted it. 🙂 Shame really cos I've loved them since the album with the ladies knickers on the front.

I've heard Throwing Snow but not the other. I'll have a listen, cheers DezB.

I quite like this Max Cooper album too

2017 has been a good year for tunes.

Some highlights so far...

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society | Simultonality
Caterina Barbieri | Patterns of Consciousness
The Myrrors | Hasta La Victoria
GAS | Narkopop
Wand | Plum
Bitchin Bajas | Bajas Fresh
Rafael Toral | Moon Field
Bruce Russell | Metallic OK

Also patiently waiting for
Roland Kayn |A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound
to drop through the letterbox, and finding the 14 hours to listen to the whole thing.

Royal Blood | How Did We Get So Dark?
? | Relaxer

Joe Cocker, hoping to finally see him live.

[i]? | Relaxer[/i]

Alt-J, I'm guessing! Yeah, good one that.

zinaru -
2017 has been a good year for tunes.

Wouldn't call them [i]tunes[/i] in the traditional sense! Interesting stuff there though.

Sleep Well Beast by the National and Every Country's Son by Mogwai.
Now looking for something a bit more lightheared!

Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley

Looking forward to seeing them on Thursday

some good ones here!

ones that stands out..

LCD American Dream has been caned. need to give it a rest.
SW. the album. totz brillbags

Porter Ricks Anguilla Electrica
Laurel Halo dust
Perfume Genius No shape
taloboman the night land
Khruangbin The univers smiles upon you

Been trying new Bicep album and mount Kimbie also.

Arcade Fire's album blew goats. Utterly awful, gutted.

The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Sleep Well beast - The National

some electronic stuff, the names escape me right now.

It feels like it's been a poor year for a lot of so called "future classics" or "back on form" albums.......Foo Fighters and QOTSA, looking at you two

Keep meaning to try LCD Soundsystems new one

It feels like it's been a poor year for a lot of so called "future classics" or "back on form" albums.......Foo Fighters and QOTSA, looking at you two

I also really wanted to like the Killers new album after the first single (The Man). As usual, the second single blows goats so I won't be buying it...

Most of mine have been mentioned, but I'll list them again cos I've really enjoyed them:

LCD
Four Tet
Public Service Broadcasting
St Vincent
The XX (didn't think the 2nd album was bad btw)
Joe Goddard (of hot chip fame) - Electric Lines
Kojey Radical - In Gods Body

No one has mentioned Elbow’s Little Fictions nor Ed Sheeran’s Divide..

Are we just music snobs here.?

C’mon, popular artists that were once seen as fringe, right down STW alleyway Shirley.. 😆

[i]Are we just music snobs here.?[/i]

I am. 8)

Runrig was mentioned, for balance

Pumarosa - The Witch - pretty much constantly for a few months now.

Will be giving the new St Vincent album a try as well.

No one has mentioned Elbow’s Little Fictions nor Ed Sheeran’s Divide..

Are we just music snobs here.?

Another one I've been enjoying at home.

Most of what you lot post I think are made up student bands, or you sling a few letters into a word search engine and come up with obliterations of by gone artists from the early 60’s..

Fun though, I thought I had an eclectic taste (I have) but you lot post up some obscurity from the land of unknown.

Carry on please, some stuff you’ve posted i listen to.. some.... 😆

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you just can't use the word obscure when it comes to music anymore. Yeah there's Radio 1 playing gawd knows what and that's obviously going to be the most popular music, but the Internet is just full of music you won't hear anywhere else. It's not [i]obscure[/i] cos it's out there, but you gotta go look for it (unless you're not interested enough).
I get emails from junodownload with new releases every week, and I've heard of a tiny percentage of what they list.

Currently it's Mount Kimbie - What Love Survives, it keeps rolling back up the playlist along with Lcd Soundsystem.

Hopefully Dr Hook live 2017.