Sniffuary 17 (jams)
Ranking based on a super intricate system of obscureness vs. quality. Will add the albums missing from the database when the site stops being fucky. 2017 stuff only! |
| 1 |  | Information Flash
Ego Murda Sound
4.0/5 borderline 3.5 [outsider house] it combines IDM, jungle, breakbeat, and acid techno to create a melting pot of beautifully expressed outsider house // RoundOnEndHiInMiddle |
| 2 |  | Manu Delago
Metromonk
4.0/5 more like a 3.5 actually but fuck it. I’ve had a few beers and I feel generous [downtempo, jazz hang drum, electronic, potscore] he has cut back on the vocal features that made Silver Cobalt such a gripping, moving and special album. But production- and songwriting-wise this is just as good. Only a little harder to hang up all those pretty sounds on something when vocals are so sparsely used. |
| 3 |  | Max Richter
Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works
4.0/5 [classical] MUCH WOW |
| 4 |  | Set and Setting
Reflectionless
3.5/5 [post metal, black metal, post rock] I once went to a show where Deafheaven opened for Russian Circles. This is like if they had made music together instead of only touring and left the vocalist somewhere along the road. |
| 5 |  | M/R
Untitled
3.5/5 [House, techno] officially the first cool house record of 2017 that deserves your attention. |
| 6 |  | Kid Koala
Music To Draw To: Satellite
3.5/5 [ambient, maybe some jazz roots somewhere in this] makes for a nice long listen. Tend to drag a bit though which is a shame because I really like the sound if this. |
| 7 |  | OAK (SWE-HC)
Your Mess as Much as Mine
3.5/5 [Hardcore, metalcore, math core] just like every other dissonant metalcore album. Vox are kind of a deal breaker but they as well as this EP gets better towards the end of the record. |
| 8 |  | Fox Capture Plan
Fragile
3.5/5 [nu-jazz] many of the passages on this wouldn’t have sounded out of place on a Jizue record, that’s a good thing. Some bangers and but a few cheesy moment merits a straight 3.5. |
| 9 |  | Tipper
Flunked
3.5/5 [IDM, ambient] Not as good as Fathom of 2015 but short, focused and to the point. |
| 10 |  | Dayluta Means Kindness
When You're Young You're Invincible
3.5/5 [post rock] nothing you haven’t heard before but this is well executed. The production is a bit raw which gives this an extra exiting edge. |
| 11 |  | Fred Thomas
Changer
3.5/5 [straight up indie] Listen for the lyrics, storytelling. |
| 12 |  | Avec Le Soleil Sortant De Sa Bouche
Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much
3.5/5 [loud, kraut] under layers of obnoxious loudness serious beauty is to be found. |
| 13 |  | Beheaded
Beast Incarnate
3.5/5 [death metal] varied and with crisp production. This has all the qualities that a 2017 death metal album should have. The ending of The Black Death is especially amazing. |
| 14 |  | William Basinski
A Shadow in Time
3.5/5 [drone, ambient] this is a beauty. Almost a 4. |
| 15 |  | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Feed the Rats
3.5/5 [stoner, sludge] nothing you haven’t heard before. A bit of Black Sabbath worship with thick fuzz. |
| 16 |  | The Necks
Unfold
3.5/5 [drone, jazz] new Necks. Get on it. |
| 17 |  | Shackleton and Vengeance Tenfold
Sferic Ghost Transmits
3.5/5 [“spoken word” and soundscapes] not what you hear every day. Good spacy outing. Dive into the Grave is a sweet track. |
| 18 |  | The Great Old Ones
EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy
3.5/5 [black metal] More straightforward approach than previous efforts, suits me just right. |
| 19 |  | Boliden
Surfaces
3.5/5 [ambient with a splash of techno, a tiny splash] Kind off busy for an ambient record. I dig |
| 20 |  | Bonobo
Migration
3.5/5 [microhouse (maybe), downtempo, the first bite of a fresh guava in dappled tropical sunlight // Doofus] when it’s good it’s real good, when it display almost house-esque passages. Other times, like most of the vocal features, are a chore to get through. Recommended listen! |
| 21 |  | Lizzard Wizzard
Total War Power Bastard
3.5/5 [Stoner, fun] a surprisingly fun listen. Recommended if you dig stoner and sludge. |
| 22 |  | Mouse On The Keys
Out of Body
3.5/5 [math rock, post rock] LITE light but just as good as LITE at their finest, almost. |
| 23 |  | Xiu Xiu
Forget
3.5/5 [art pop] FFO: Early leaks and dark “pop” music |
| 24 |  | The Drip
The Haunting Fear of Inevitability
3.5/5 [grind] check if you dig grind of the modern production kind |
| 25 |  | Pharmakon
Contact
3.0/5 [pitchfork friendly noise] not as engaging as her previous effort. |
| 26 |  | Abiogenesis
Biosynthesis
3.0/5 ["psychill trance"] FFO: Kalpatru Tree, Future Sound of London and so on. For my dub man Calc... |
| 27 |  | JapaneseButGoodies
Cold Spot
3.0/5 [post rock] musically this is decent but vocals and lyrics as well as the band name are uhm, special to say the least. |
| 28 |  | Arms and Sleepers
LIFE IS EVERYWHERE
3.0/5 possible 3.5 [trip hop, hip hop] a bit too long for its own good. Rap features are cool and tbh there’s nothing wrong with the overall production. |
| 29 |  | Richard Pinhas
Reverse
3.0/5 [drone/jam] gripping at times. Dragging at other times. Features a lot of cool artist tho. |
| 30 |  | Wharfer
Scenes of the Tourist
3.0/5 borderline 3.5 [folk-ish, sowingcore] something y’all lovers of Tallest Man on Earth can come together over. Last track is phenomenal. |
| 32 |  | Shaarimoth
Temple of the Adversarial Fire
3.0/5 [Death metal, “ambience”] doesn’t earn its length. Gets pretty boring tbh. |
| 33 |  | Naaahhh
Themes
3.0/5 [dark ambient, electronic] off to a slow start but picks up pace and with that my interest towards the latter parts of the album |
| 34 |  | Botany
Raw Light ll
3.0/5 [trip hop, electronic] has its fair share of ups and downs. The ups are cool at least. But way to inconsistent. Fans of latest Bonobo might dig. |
| 35 |  | Dzo-nga
Upon the Shimmered Bough
3.0/5 [ambient bm] Sevengill is onto something here. |
| 36 |  | Sleaford Mods
English Tapas
3.0/5 [post PUNK or something] quite enjoyable. Up there with their best work. Can be find out there on the interwebs. |
| 37 |  | Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk
Passage
3.0/5 [post rock, electronic] ranges from Hammock-esque to Thunder Tillman like. |
| 38 |  | Pregnant Whale Pain
Blank
3.0/5 [Modern prog] is it called prog because bands can’t for the life of them progress songs in a natural way? |
| 39 |  | All them Witches
Sleeping Through The War
3.0/5 [psych rock, stoner rock] blues-esque approach to stoner rock. If you dig their 2014 release, this is a bit different but check nonetheless. |
| 40 |  | Bing and Ruth
No Home of the Mind
3.0/5 [ambient, post rock, classical] doesn’t quite reach the heights of 2014s Tomorrow was the Golden Age but a perfectly good example of well executed ambient post rock stuff |
| 41 |  | Anal Trump
To All the Broads I've Nailed Before
3.0/5 [grindcore] how could this sell out so fast? Let's treat this as a real record. uhmokay? |
| 42 |  | Jan Lundgren
Potsdamer Platz
3.0/5 [jazz] decent offering but it feels kinda lifeless from time to time. |
| 43 |  | Live or Leave
Spiritual Violence
3.0/5 [post black metal or whatever you’d call it] Decent, nothing too exciting. |
| 44 |  | Brian Eno
Reflection
3.0/5 [ambient] Decent, nothing too exciting. Does the job. |
| 45 | | Eets
Souls
3.0/5 [lo-fi electronic, dubstep smelling] deserves a spin if you dig that kind of stuff. |
| 46 |  | Gidge
LNLNN
3.0/5 [ambient, dubstep] might grow on me big time this. Has me nodding the head quite heavily. Check if you dig slow burning dubtracks and badass electronic music. |
| 47 |  | The Vomiting Dinosaurs
Exoplanet
3.0/5 [grind, death metal] fun but it didn’t leave any lasting impressions |
| 48 |  | Theory In Practice
Crescendo Dezign
3.0/5 [tech death, soulless wank] this happened 2017… |
| 49 |  | Dj Okawari
Compass
3.0/5 [trip hop, downtempo] pretty but undeniably nothing to keep listeners interested. Best songs are the ones without vocals |
| 50 |  | Mors Principium Est
Embers of a Dying World
2.5/5 [melodic death metal] what every melodeath band needs to hear. 1. Programed strings, you can’t pull them off. 2. Face it. At the Gates peaked in the 90’s for a reason. Also oh my god. Death is the Beginning is the worst song ever. |
| 51 |  | Ed Dowie
The Uncle Sold
2.5/5 [britpop done weird] |
| 52 |  | Priests
Nothing Feels Natural
2.5/5 [post punk] music made for pitchfork people. Seriously that tom/snare beat that every post punk/punk band in the history of ever utilizes sounds so retarded and is annoying af. Last track is cool. |
| 53 |  | The xx
I See You
2.5/5 [snore pop] |
| 54 |  | Yutaka Aoki
Lost in Forest
2.5/5 [experimental, dark ambient of sorts] a member of Downy releases solo material. This is a weird sometimes microtonal and improvised dark journey. The sound of nightmares. |
| 55 |  | Stoker
Stoker
2.5/5 [straight forward rock, stoner rock] nothing you haven’t heard before, decent enough. |
| 56 |  | Mechina
As Embers Turn To Dust
2.5/5 [symphonic metal-ish] I’ll be damned if I give a symphonic metal album a rating higher than 2.5. This is pretty sweet though. Despite the admittedly flawed genre. |
| 57 |  | Tracey Chattaway
Secret Garden
2.5/5 [post rock] pretty and happy but boring run to the mill post rock that you’ve heard a million times before. |
| 58 |  | Sundara Karma
Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect
2.5/5 [hipster pop] boring but decently performed at least |
| 59 |  | Gone is Gone
Echolocation
2.5/5 [lifeless rock] brought a bit of atmosphere from time to time. Salvages the rating from a total disaster. |
| 60 |  | Pain of Salvation
In the Passing Light of Day
2.5/5 [prog whatever] prog is never sexy. Never. |
| 61 |  | The Flaming Lips
Oczy Mlody
2.5/5 [psych pop-ish] Lifeless |
| 62 |  | Sepultura
Machine Messiah
2.5/5 [thrash, hard rock] better than expected. |
| 63 |  | Emptiness
Not For Music
2.5/5 [industrial black metal bs] has nothing of what made Nothing But The Whole a cool record. This has strange production too. FFO: tough guy-whispering and cookie cutter “this isn’t Rammstein, this is real industrial”-ambience. Last track is decent enough. |
| 64 |  | Cloud Nothings
Life Without Sound
2.0/5 [some kind of indie apparently] for anyone who likes to be bored to tears. |
| 65 |  | Code Orange
Forever
2.0/5 [attitude with nothing backing it hardcore, dullness] dullest hardcore.o.t.y dropped early this year. |
| 66 |  | Count to Altek
A Seraphia Entwined
2.0/5 [sput] nah |
| 67 |  | Different Sleep
Forget It
2.0/5 [EDM, dubstep] not all bad. Some tracks have a tiny bit of good vibes at least. |
| 68 |  | Wiley
Godfather
2.5/5 [UK grime] Not big on the genre, this is cool tho |
| 69 |  | Firewind
Immortals
1.5/5 [power metal] it does riff tho |
| 70 |  | Dropkick Murphys
11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory
1.5/5 [dad punk] what’s with all the reviews for this? Kinda dug the idea of these guys trying to become the AC/DC of punk so I gave this a shot. Regret investing time in this mess. |
| 71 |  | Chief Keef
Two Zero One Seven
1.5/5 [“hip-hop” “cloud rap”] … |
| 72 |  | Neil Cicierega
Mouth Moods
1.5/5 [meme] +0.5 for being stupid enough to go through making this piece of crap |
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