Below is a list of awesome albums released in 2017:
Alison Krauss – Windy City (February 17)
Alvvays – Antisocialites (September 8)
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – Zombies On Broadway (February 10)
Animal Collective – The Painters (February 17)
Animal Collective – Meeting Of The Waters (April 22)
Arcade Fire – Everything Now (July 28)
Barenaked Ladies – Fake Nudes (November 17)
Beck – Colors (October 13)
Brand New – Science Fiction (August 17)
Bully – Losing (October 20)
Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound (January 27)
The Collection – Listen To The River (March 24)
Cold War Kids – L.A. Divine (April 7)
Conor Oberst – Salutations (March 17)
Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice (October 13)
Craig Finn – We All Want The Same Things (March 24)
The Cranberries – Something Else (April 28)
Dan Auerbach – Waiting On A Song (June 2)
Dashboard Confessional – Covered And Taped (January 18)
Deadmau5 – Stuff I Used To Do (March 3)
Dispatch – America, Location 12 (June 2)
Donora – Sun To Me (October 27)
Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors – Souvenir (March 24)
The Duskwhales – Sorrowful Mysteries (April 8)
Ed Sheeran – ÷ (March 3)
Fastball – Step Into Light (May 19)
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy (April 7)
The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody (January 13)
Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up (June 16)
Foo Fighters – Concrete And Gold (September 15)
Foster The People – Sacred Hearts Club (July 21)
Gorillaz – Humanz (April 28)
Guided By Voices – August By Cake (April 7)
Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas (October 6)
Haim – Something To Tell You (July 7)
Hippo Campus – Landmark (February 24)
Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Navigator (March 10)
Incubus – 8 (April 21)
Ingrid Michaelson – Alter Egos (May 12)
Japandroids – Near To The Wild Heart Of Life (January 27)
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound (June 16)
Jay-Z – 4:44 (June 30)
Jeff Tweedy – Together At Last (June 23)
Jesca Hoop – Memories Are Now (February 10)
John Mayer – The Search For Everything (April 14)
Kasabian – For Crying Out Loud (April 28)
Katy Perry – Witness (June 9)
Ke$ha– Rainbow (August 11)
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. (April 14)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Lay It On Down (August 4)
The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful (September 22)
Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (July 21)
Laura Marling – Semper Femina (March 10)
Linkin Park – One More Light (May 19)
Lorde – Melodrama (June 16)
Macklemore – Gemini (September 22)
The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir (March 10)
Marie Miller – Letterbox (April 28)
Milky Chance – Blossom (March 17)
MisterWives – Connect The Dots (May 19)
The National – Sleep Well Beast (September 8)
Nine Inch Nails – Add Violence (July 21)
Paramore – After Laughter (May 12)
Passion Pit – Tremendous Sea Of Love (March 24)
Phoenix – Ti Amo (June 9)
Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains (August 25)
Rancid – Trouble Maker (June 9)
Rise Against – Wolves (June 9)
Robert Plant – Carry Fire (October 13)
Ryan Adams – Prisoner (February 17)
Samantha Fish – Chills & Fever (March 17)
The Shins – Heartworms (March 10)
Sia – Everyday Is Christmas (November 17)
Sleigh Bells – Kid Kruschev (November 10)
Spoon – Hot Thoughts (March 17)
St. Vincent – Masseduction (October 13)
Strand Of Oaks – Hard Love (February 17)
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister – Planetarium (June 9)
Sylvan Esso – What Now (April 28)
Taylor Swift – Reputation (November 10)
U2 – Songs Of Experience (December 1)
Waxahatchee – Out In The Storm (July 14)
Way Yes – Tuna Hair (October 20)
Weezer – Pacific Daydream (October 27)
Top Picks (Alphabetical)
Alvvays – Antisocialites (September 8)
Bully – Losing (October 20)
The Collection – Listen To The River (March 24)
Haim – Something To Tell You (July 7)
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. (April 14)
Lorde – Melodrama (June 16)
Ryan Adams – Prisoner (February 17)
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister – Planetarium (June 9)
Sylvan Esso – What Now (April 28)
Way Yes – Tuna Hair (October 20)
Buy what you can & get listening! Comment below to put 2017 albums on my radar that you don’t see here.
Cheers,
Mark
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