| Greg's First Half of 2017 |
| 1 |  | IDLES Brutalism
post punk |
| 2 |  | Sasquatch Maneuvers
stoner rock, fuzz rock |
| 3 |  | Ibibio Sound Machine Uyai
world music, electronica |
| 4 |  | Sampha Process
art pop, r'n'b |
| 5 |  | Kirin J. Callinan Bravado
art pop, electronica |
| 6 |  | Christian Fitness slap bass hunks
noise rock |
| 7 |  | Algiers The Underside of Power
post punk, soul |
| 8 |  | At the Drive-In in•ter a•li•a
post-hardcore |
| 9 |  | Xiu Xiu Forget
art pop |
| 10 |  | Priests Nothing Feels Natural
post punk |
| 11 |  | Gaytheist Let's Jam Again Soon
noise rock, sludge |
| 12 |  | Pain of Salvation In the Passing Light of Day
progressive metal |
| 13 |  | Lorde Melodrama
art pop |
| 14 |  | Crystal Fairy Crystal Fairy
alt rock, sludge |
| 15 |  | All Them Witches Sleeping Through The War
psych rock, stoner rock |
| 16 |  | Amplifier Trippin' with Dr. Faustus
progressive rock, psych rock |
| 17 |  | Part Chimp IV
noise rock, sludge |
| 18 |  | Feist Pleasure
art pop, alt rock |
| 19 |  | Oxbow Thin Black Duke
noise rock |
| 20 |  | Elder (USA-MA) Reflections of a Floating World
stoner rock |
| 21 |  | Perfume Genius No Shape
art pop |
| 22 |  | '68 Two Parts Viper
noise rock |
| 23 |  | Pallbearer Heartless
doom metal |
| 24 |  | Royal Thunder WICK
hard rock |
| 25 |  | Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar
synth pop |
| 26 |  | SZA Ctrl
r'n'b |
| 27 |  | Seether Poison The Parish
alt rock, hard rock |
| 28 |  | Pissed Jeans Why Love Now
noise rock |
| 29 |  | Future Islands The Far Field
synth pop |
| 30 |  | Elbow Little Fictions
alt rock |
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