Thursday, December 05, 2019

40 From 40 Plus 10: 2017

Eight down, two to go (and for one of those we'll have to wait until the end of the year) 2017 was the year when statistically we were told "rap overtakes rock", something it had actually done a long time previously and would continue to do as Stormzy took all before him, Post Malone became a major star and occasional dabbler/definitely not rock Ed Sheeran's ÷ not only became the fastest selling album by a male solo artist ever but caused a change in the singles chart rules as he absolutely flooded the place. Meanwhile One Love Manchester showed what pop could do when struck at its heart and Fyre Festival was a bonfire of the vanities that just provided more content rather than bring (m)any down. This is the one year of the decade that we had the most trouble slimming down to forty tracks, but we eventually managed it...



Protomartyr - A Private Understanding
Wolf Alice - Yuk Foo
Algiers - The Underside Of Power
Weaves - #53
Ghostpoet - Immigrant Boogie
Run The Jewels - Don't Get Captured
Stormzy - Big For Your Boots
Dave - Question Time
Superorganism - Something For Your M.I.N.D.
Gorillaz feat. DRAM - Andromeda
St. Vincent - Pills
HOLY - all these worlds are yours
Jane Weaver - Did You See Butterflies?
Gallops - Darkjewel
W. H. Lung - Inspiration!
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - French Press
H. Grimace - Land/Body
Barry Adamson - I Got Clothes (ACR: MCR Rework)
Field Music - Count It Up
Sparks - Hippopotamus
Torres - Skim
Johnny Marr feat. Maxine Peake - The Priest
ANOHNI - Paradise
Baxter Dury - Miami
Boy Azooga - Face Behind Her Cigarette
H. Hawkline - Last Thing On Your Mind
Lorde - The Louvre
Beach House - Chariot
The National - Empire Line
Grizzly Bear - Four Cypresses
Perfume Genius - Wreath
Lana Del Rey - Love
Hurray For The Riff Raff - Living In The City
Big Thief - Watering
Laura Marling - Wild Fire
The Mountain Goats - Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds
Los Campesinos! - 5 Flucloxacillin
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
Fleet Foxes - Cassius, -
Public Service Broadcasting feat. Haiku Salut - They Gave Me a Lamp


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