Apologies for the extremely overdue post on all things music in 2017 We all digest music differently. Sometimes certain music sounds different when you’re driving down the highway at 80MPH versus when you’re at the gym on a treadmill. Not all albums are created the same. Some deserve the big speaker treatment or on second thought, a good pair of headphones does the trick. The rate that artists are delivering new music is overwhelming and the accessibility feels like a neverending stream of jams that leaves listeners in a constant state of FOMO.
“Did you listen to ____’s new album/mixtape?”
I look forward to Friday new release day and take in as much as possible. I’m always open to new recommendations. Anything to take our collective minds off of the circus out in DC. We’re one year into a presidency that’s lingering like an insufferable house guest. All we have is each other and music.
In the immortal words of Bill S. Preston and Theodore Logan, “be excellent to each other.”
Related: C=T BEST ALBUMS OF 2012
Favorite Albums of 2017
Kendrick Lamar “DAMN.” Aftermath
Future Islands “The Far Field” 4AD
Drake “More Life” Young Money
Little Dragon “Season High” Lova Vista Recordings
Odesza “A Moment Apart” Foreign Family Collective
Alex Cameron “Forced Witness” Secretly Canadian
Cut Copy “Haiku From Zero” Astralwerks
Four Tet “New Energy” Text Records
Vince Staples “Big Fish Theory” Def Jam
The xx “I See You” Young Turks Recordings
Wolf Alice “Visions of a Life” Dirty Hit
The War on Drugs ” A Deeper Understanding” Atlantic
Favorite Shows of 2017
Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals ::: Red Rocks ::: 01.27.17
Run the Jewels ::: Fillmore Auditorium ::: 02.11.17
Thundercat ::: Bluebird Theatre ::: 02.22.17
Chance the Rapper ::: Red Rocks ::: 05.02.17
Kurt Vile and the Violators ::: Project Pabst ::: 05.20.17
Phoenix ::: Red Rocks ::: 06.07.17
At the Drive-In ::: Fillmore Auditorium::: 06.15.17
Bryan Ferry ::: Paramount Theatre ::: 08.03.17
Depeche Mode ::: Pepsi Center::: 08.25.17
LOW CUT CONNIE ::: HI-DIVE ::: 11.09.17