ON ROTATION

Lots of great music. Not enough time to write about it all...but here's what's on rotation for me right now. 

Villagers, The Art of Pretending to Swim 

   Song: A Trick of The Light

Hippo Campus, Bambi

   Song: Bambi

St. Lenox, Ten Fables of Young Ambition and Passionate Love

   Song: First Date

ON ROTATION

Lots of great music. Not enough time to write about it all...but here's what's on rotation for me right now. 

Alpaca Sports, From Paris With Love 

   Song: Summer Days

 Bird Street, Bird Street

   Song: Direction

ON ROTATION

Lots of great music. Not enough time to write about it all...but here's what's on rotation for me right now. 

The Vryll Society, Course Of The Satellite

   Song: A Perfect Rhythm

Death Cab For Cutie, Thank You For Today 

   Song: Gold Rush

Tunng, Songs You Make at Night

   Song: ABOP

ON ROTATION

Lots of great music. Not enough time to write about it all...but here's what's on rotation for me right now. 

Lori McKenna, The Tree

   Song: People Get Old

John Prine, Tree Of Forgiveness

   Song: Knockin' On Your Screen Door

Kevin Galloway, Don't It Feel 
Good To Smile 

   Song: Don't It Feel Good To Smile

ON ROTATION

Rayland Baxter, Wide Awake 

   Song: 79 Shiny Revolvers

Snuff Redux, Denim American

   Song: The French Press

Jessica's Brother, Jessica's Brother

   Song: Humdinger

TOP ABLUMS OF 2017

Tough year. It weighed heavily on me. I often found myself overwhelmed by my thoughts, feelings, concerns, and frustrations for the state of our country and the world at this truly polarizing time. Thank goodness for family, friends, community, and music!

The role that music plays in my life is a significant one. No more so then in times like these. And this year, in-particular, my musical tastes, interests, and needs bounced between two extremes. One extreme was music that could totally help me escape to my happy place. The other was music that spotlighted those things that weighed heavily on me. 

My list of favorite albums reflects these extremes, which is why it is twice the length of the past few years. So with 12 months of listening and more albums than I can count, here are my favorite 20 albums of 2017. 

1. LCD Soundsystem, American Dream

   

2. Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Navigator

 

3. Little Cub, Still Life

    

4. Susanne Sundfør, Music For People In Trouble 

    

5. Ulver, The Assassination of Julius Caesar

   

    

6. Trampolene, Swansea To Hornsey

   

7. Wolf Parade, Cry Cry Cry

    

8. Pumarosa, The Witch 

    

9. Everything Everything, A Fever Dream 

    

10. Dori Freeman, Letters Never Read