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 of 2017 playlist in its entirety.
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. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
17. Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Planetarium
18. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
19. Hundred Waters - Communicating
20. The xx - I See You
21. Phoenix - Ti Amo
22. Jay Som - Everybody Works
23. Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens
24. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
25. Sylvan Esso - What Now
26. Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
27. Big Thief - Capacity
28. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
29. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
30. White Reaper - The World’s Best American Band
01. The National - I’ll 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 / Ōdaigahara
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. 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
