2017 | Year End Favorites

Favorite Albums (alphabetical)

Alvvays – Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)

The Black Angels – Death Song (Partisan)

Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness (Ba Da Bing!)

Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound (Carpark)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers (Constellation)

Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds from Another Planet (Dead Oceans)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound (Southeastern)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO Records)

LCD Soundsystem – American Dream (DFA/Columbia)

Thurston Moore - Rock N Roll Consciousness (Caroline)

The National – Sleep Well Beast (4AD)

Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens (Smalltown Supersound)

Priests – Nothing Feels Natural (Sister Polygon)

The Shins – Heartworms (Columbia/Aural Apothecary)

Slowdive – Slowdive (Dead Oceans)

Spoon – Hot Thoughts (Matador)

Sylvan Esso – What Now (Loma Vista)

The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic Records)

Waxahatchee – Out in the Storm (Merge)

The Xx – I See You (Young Turks)

Also of note, the Hüsker Dü, Savage Young Dü box set by Numero Group

Favorite Shows of 2017

Arcade Fire @ Excel Energy Center (St. Paul)

The Black Angels @ The Majestic Theater (Madison)

Cloud Nothings @ High Noon Saloon (Madison)                    

King Crimson @ The Riverside Theater (Milwaukee)

Midnight Oil @ First Avenue (Minneapolis)

Jon Mueller @ Arts & Literature Lab (Madison)

Slowdive @ The Barrymore Theater (Madison)

Thee Oh Sees @ Turner Hall (Milwaukee)

Tweedy @ Eaux Claires Festival (Eau Claire)

Roger Waters @ BMO Harris Bradley Center (Milwaukee)

The Xx @ The Rave (Milwaukee)