Your 2017 Oversight
YEAR END LISTS 4/14. this time around I'm getting on the records and EPs with less than 10 ratings. there will be no descriptions (how unusual of me), but I will be adding some genres |
| 1 |  | Profundis Tenebrarum
Disciples of Venomous Death
the good kind of campy bandcamp band, and black metal |
| 2 |  | Bullion
Blue Pedro
electro shmelectro |
| 3 |  | Offa Rex
The Queen of Hearts
working class folk, i suppose |
| 4 |  | Selbst
Selbst
black metal potato-recordings magnum opus |
| 5 |  | Gold
Optimist
disjointed hardcore |
| 6 |  | The Wraith
Shadow Flag
overjointed hardcore |
| 7 |  | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Feed The Rats
jointed to the core |
| 8 |  | Vinnum Sabbathi
Gravity Works
doomcore with a joint |
| 9 |  | Condenados
The Tree of Death
gloomy, doomy mummy metal |
| 10 |  | Sinmara / Misthyrming
Split
black metal split so goodie it's goddie |
| 11 |  | A Projection
Framework
basic new wave post-punk |
| 12 |  | The Angelus
There Will Be No Peace
the least doomy album in the doom genre, soft and gentle instead |
| 13 |  | Care
LUV IN THE RUINS
care is an appropriate title, kinda dark, kinda indie |
| 14 |  | Rakontyr Clique
Style Clashes
a rap critic making a rap EP? |
| 15 |  | sir Was
Digging a Tunnel
cutsy electropop with nice beats |
| 16 |  | Julie's Haircut
Invocation and Ritual Dance of My Demon Twin |
| 17 |  | Supernova 1006
Unique world
used to be my world, both name-wise and that i used to be a post-punk maester (appreciate the genius of that initial joke before i started explaining it) |
| 18 |  | Communions
Blue
post-punk at the surface |
| 19 |  | Primo
It Could Happen to You
post-punk encyclopedia |
| 20 |  | Radical Face
SunnMoonnEclippse
cute leftovers from his last album, gentle folk is always nice to hear |
| 21 |  | Azelisassath
Total Desecration of Existence
can't remember, but it seems metal as fuck
turns out it's 2015m but listen to it anyway.. whatevs |
| 22 |  | The Bearer
Fiction
sludgy, muddy, something-metal |
| 23 |  | Wesley Gonzalez
Excellent Musician
overly ironic pop |
| 24 |  | Hold On, Caulfield.
You're Not Gonna Make It
some emo shit |
| 25 |  | Sielunvihollinen
Ruhonkantaja
some all-'round metal shit |
| 26 |  | Trvth
Arcane Sages
actually good oldschool black metal production, huh |
| 27 |  | BearWolves
BearWolves
cocky Sputnik user project, hard blues rock |
| 28 |  | Hanni El Khatib
Savage Times: The Complete Collection
psych blues rock |
| 29 |  | Decknamen
Philosophus
underproduced black metal |
| 30 |  | Hawks
No Cash Value
aggressive post-punk, hell yeah |
| 31 |  | Pure Violence
White Death
ridiculous, psychotic techno |
| 32 |  | Mesarthim
Presence
space black metal |
| 33 |  | Altar of Betelgeuze
Among the Ruins
earth black metal |
| 34 |  | Black Nail
A Meeting of Bliss and Trauma
awfully put together, but shredding like all the fucks in the world |
| 35 |  | Dark Model
Saga
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooooooo over-the-top symphonic electronica |
| 36 |  | Author and Punisher
Pressure Mine
industrial metal from a guy who makes his own instruments |
| 37 |  | Valgeir Sigurdsson
Dissonance
some ambient shit |
| 38 |  | The Wild Reeds
The World We Built
cutsy folk rock from Jai Courtney's cousins (seriously) |
| 39 |  | Wax Fang
Victory Laps
how to turn classic prog rock into pop? |
| 40 |  | Moonloop
Devocean
some proggy shit, I think |
| 41 |  | Elemantra
Nature Trash
shoegaze, and non-vomitworthy Sputnik projects are so hard to come by |
| 42 |  | Mr. Mitch
Devout
spacey, ethereal hip-hop |
| 43 |  | Ariel Pink and Weyes Blood
Myths 002
areil pink and weyes blood, duh |
| 44 |  | Diagrams
Dorothy
cute, sweet, but way too gentle pop rock |
| 45 |  | Hooded Fang
Dynasty House
whack psychedelica |
| 46 |  | Porcelain Raft
Microclimate
poor man's Perfume Genius |
| 47 |  | Woman
Happy Freedom
rich man's every single radio pop today (miiiiiiiiiiles better tho) |
| 48 |  | Lemaitre
Chapter One
some electronic shit |
| 50 |  | Stereophonics
Scream Above the Sounds
guess who I never expected to be back and in good shape... |
| 51 |  | Shed Seven
Instant Pleasures
...also, this... |
| 52 |  | The Corrs
Jupiter Calling
...and this. |
| 53 |  | Dan Terminus
Automated Refrains
some electronic shit (but would you check out that cover tho) |
| 54 |  | Count to Altek
She Will Fly With You Forever
totally not free jazz |
| 55 |  | Husker Du
Savage Young Dü
documentation of Husker's career in 71 awful steps |
| 56 |  | The The
Radio Cineola: Trilogy
The The's... thing |
| 57 |  | Trisomie 21
Elegance Never Dies
coldwave ain't dead, bitches |
| 58 |  | Odonis Odonis
No Pop
industrial post-punk, goodie good |
| 59 |  | Hallas
Excerpts From a Future Past
some stoner psych doom or whatever |
| 60 |  | Canker Blossom
In Space
pop-punk with obnoxious vocals. big news |
| 61 |  | Velvet Luna
Escapism
cosmopop |
| 62 |  | Pere Ubu
20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo
the band is around still. yayayay |
| 63 |  | Nyss
Princesse Terre
gloomy doom |
| 64 |  | Chalk Hands
Burrows and Other Hideouts
only two tracks, but the EMO POST-HARDCORE at its greatest |
| 65 |  | Starsailor
All This Life
fuck you, it's fun and cool |
| 66 |  | together PANGEA
Bulls & Roosters
jolly pop rock |
| 67 |  | Deep Sands
Intended Dream
stoner boner |
| 68 |  | The Americans
I'll Be Yours
coolzies folk rock |
| 69 |  | Dame
Dame
lo-fi post-punk |
| 71 |  | The Murlocs
Old Locomotive
lo-fi garage psych pop |
| 72 | | Selbst
Selbst
noisy meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal |
| 73 |  | Horrid Red
Afterdreams
experimental post-punk |
| 74 |  | Slaegt
Domus Mysterium
doomshit |
| 75 |  | Moss Harvest
Taking Care
soundtrack to a walkaround in an abandoned city |
| 76 |  | Chino Amobi
Paradiso
industrial oddity |
| 77 |  | Las Robertas
Waves of the New
freeflowing indie shit |
| 78 |  | Mizmor
This Unabating Wakefulness
half acoustic half doom metal |
| 79 |  | Kiko Dinucci
Cortes Curtos
obscure experimental pop shit |
| 80 |  | Marunata
Réminiscence
atmospheric BM |
| 81 |  | Single Mothers
East Van Band Van b/w Night School
two tracks of okayness |
| 82 |  | Vestfalia's Peace
Loneliness
darkwave that is also catchy and slightly uplifting |
| 83 |  | Great Ytene
Locus
your typical post-punk revivalism, but a goodie, I promise |
| 84 |  | Spidergawd
IV
heavy-psych |
| 85 |  | Pygmalion
Supersymmetry
odyssean... stoner...?... I think |
| 86 |  | Agusa
Agusa
folky psych with sweetness to it |
| 87 |  | Barrows
Obsidion
typical post-rock |
| 88 |  | Battlestations
Vixit
eeeeeeeeeeepic... but when it's not, it is a bit jaded... but also eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepic |
| 89 |  | Boucle Infinie
直線移動
electronised post-rock |
| 90 |  | Chêne
/ʃɛn/
kinda crushing metal |
| 91 |  | Diploid
Everything Went Red
screamo black metal, as it should be |
| 92 |  | glaswegians
severance
THE MOST ENTERTAINING POST-ROCK ALBUM |
| 93 |  | L'Effondras
Les Flavescences
doom metal recorded as jazz album |
| 94 |  | Les Chants du Hasard
Les Chants du Hasard
black metal recorded as a classical album |
| 95 |  | Art Contest
Two Songs
those are far from only two songs |
| 96 |  | Landlady
The World Is A Loud Place
THE SINGLE CATCHIEST ALBUM OF 2017 |
| 97 |  | Ghash
Goat
oddly sung overwhelming atmo BM |
| 98 |  | J. Roddy Walston and The Business
Destroyers of the Soft Life
fuckton of catchiness and a slight cocky attitude |
| 99 |  | Ghostpoet
Dark Days + Canapés
mundane hip-hop |
| 100 |  | Porter Ray
Watercolor
echoic hip-hop |
| 101 |  | Another Heaven
I: You Are Loved
post sludge doom gloom shit or something i dunno |
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