- SZA - Ctrl (Top Dawg/RCA)
- Vagabon - Infinite Worlds (Father/Daughter)
- Laura Marling - Semper Femina (More Alarming)
- Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black (ANTI-)
- Sacred Paws - Strike a Match (Rock Action)
- Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun (Sargent House)
- Lorde - Melodrama (Lava/Republic)
- Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights (Matador)
- Tica Douglas - Our Lady Star of the Sea, Help and Protect Us (Team Love)
- Marika Hackman - I'm Not Your Man (Sub Pop)
- Juana Molina - Halo (Crammed Discs)
- St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista)
- Aimee Mann - Mental Illness (SuperEgo)
- Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
- Spoon - Hot Thoughts (Matador)
- Iron & Wine - Beast Epic (Black Cricket Recording Company/Sub Pop)
- Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
- Jay-Z - 4:44 (Roc Nation)
- Run the Jewels -RTJ3 (Run the Jewels, Inc.)
- John Van Deusen - (I Am) Origami Pt.1 - The Universal Sigh (Monopath)
- Grandaddy - Last Place (30th Century/Columbia)
- Beck - Colors (Fonograf/Capitol)
- Grails - Chalice Hymnal (Temporary Residence, Ltd.)
- Vic Mensa - The Autobiography (Roc Nation)
- The Shins - Heartworms (Columbia)
- Richard Edwards - Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset (Joyful Noise)
- Brian Eno - Reflection (Warp)
- Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things 2 [Soundtrack] (Lakeshore)
- Sinkane - Life & Livin' It (City Slang)
- Four Tet - New Energy (Text)
Iron & Wine - "Call It Dreaming"
Spoon - "I Ain't the One"
SZA - "Prom"
Kendrick Lamar - "Humble"
Run the Jewels - "Legend Has It"
Mount Eerie - "Real Death"
Father John Misty - "Ballad of the Dying Man"
Jay-Z - "Smile"
Beck - "Dear Life"
Radiohead - "Man of War"
also:
Chris Cornell - "Seasons"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "You Got Lucky"
30 Albums from 2017 I Wanted to Check Out, But Never Got Around To:
The Afghan Whigs - In Spades
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
Alison Krauss - Windy City
Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities
BNQT - Volume 1
The Como Mamas - Move Upstairs
Dave Depper - Emotional Freedom Technique
DJ Shadow - The Mountain Has Fallen EP
Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Hanni El Khatib - Savage Times
Jesca Hoop - Memories are Now
Kid Koala - Music to Draw To: Satellite
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
LCD Soundsystem - american dream
Living Colour - Shade
Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1
Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 2
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
Nick Hakim - Green Twins
POW! - Crack an Egg
Roger Waters - Is This the Life We Really Want?
Tall Ships - Impressions
Todd Albright - Detroit Twelve String Blues & Rags
Tom Adams - Silence
the xx - I See You
20 Albums I Really Wanted to Like More:
Boris - Dear
Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear
Eminem - Revival
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
Ibeyi - Ash
Lila Downs - Salón Lágrimas y Deseo
Margo Price - All-American Made
N.E.R.D. - No_One Ever Really Dies
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
Sampha - Process
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
Sufjan Stevens - The Greatest Gift
Ted Leo - The Hanged Man
Thundercat - Drunk
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
Various - Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984
