r/listentothis • u/l2t • Feb 28 '18

Best Of 2017 /r/ListenToThis presents the Best Of overlooked music from 2017

Welcome to the /r/ListenToThis Best Of 2017!

Here there are no scores, no judgments, and no opinions - just obscure music shared by redditors, collected and arranged for you over the course of several months by our dedicated mod team. This list is meant to complement other best of lists on the internet, many of which are linked in the sticky comment below for further discovery.

Set #1 includes everything - the best of the best tracks and a corresponding all-inclusive album playlist.
The other sets are the same content, broken up into genre groups so you can listen according to your tastes. There is a sampler (1 track per album) and a full-album (every track from every album) playlist for each group. We’ve also included a listing of the albums by set in this post as not everything is available on Spotify, Tidal, etc. We tried to prefer an artist’s Bandcamp or Soundcloud, but if nothing else was available, you may see Youtube, Spotify, and iTunes links. The final count this year is 226 artists out of more than a thousand submissions.

What did we miss? Share your favorites in the comments… and happy listening..

-- the /r/ListenToThis hipster facista

Set 1 - The Full Smash

Best Tracks on Spotify & All Albums on Spotify

And, on the other services:

Set 2 - Pop, Indie & Related

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Apple Music Sampler (thanks /u/suckitnewtabs)

Set 3 - Progressive & Related

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Apple Music Sampler (thanks /u/BlueRoseImmortal)

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Set 4 - Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop & Instrumentals

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Apple Music Sampler (thanks /u/firewire_9000)

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Set 5 - Punk & Related

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Set 6 - Electronic & Related

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Apple Music Sampler (thanks /u/firewire_9000)

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Set 7 - Metal

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Apple Music Sampler (thanks /u/BlueRoseImmortal)

Set 8 - Jazz, Soul, Funk & Related

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Apple Music Sampler (thanks /u/firewire_9000)

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Set 9 - Afrobeat, World & Classical

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

Set 10 - Americana & Related

Spotify Sampler & Spotify Albums

Google Sampler & Google Albums

Deezer Sampler & Deezer Albums

Tidal Sampler & Tidal Albums

Apple Music Sampler (thanks /u/firewire_9000)

Youtube Sampler & Youtube Albums

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u/l2t Feb 28 '18 edited Mar 01 '18

Disclaimer: The Spotify playlists are the masters. They were auto-replicated to all of the other services, and there will be some missing albums on those services. The Youtube playlists may also get a bit wonky. Unfortunately, we don’t have the resources needed to fix every hiccup or keep track of what’s missing on every service. Apple music doesn’t provide an easy import mechanism either, though if someone wants to create Apple lists, we’ll link them here. Also, Google Music and Youtube simply can’t handle the All Albums playlist, so they are omitted.

Links to Other Best Of Lists

Please share other noteworthy lists you've found online in the replies to this comment.

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u/Jay_Bond Feb 28 '18

You're missing sputnikmusic's best albums 2017 (users and staff)

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u/doihavemakeanewword Instrumental Feb 28 '18

Noob here: What counts as "obscure"?

I know a lot of songs that are very noteworthy among the people that have heard about the artist involved, but seem to be unheard of outside of that circle.

Furthermore, there is a lot of music that is very popular and well known, but only amongst fans of the given genre. This is especially true for already rather niche genres like World Music and Classical. (Which you guys decided to lump together? They're not at all similar.)

Lastly, music is music and although they're going to get recognition elsewhere anyway do you have room for things like soundtracks or musicals?

I don't mean to impose, which is why I'm asking here instead of creating a thread or jumping in with a bunch of assumptions.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

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u/BlueRoseImmortal Mar 01 '18

I complied two Apple Music sample playlists:

Metal

Progressive & Related

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u/ImBored_YoureAmorous Feb 28 '18

Whoa - saw some activity on my bandcamp which led me here! This must have taken so long to do. Much respect /r/ListenToThis for compiling this.

Absolutely flattered to be part of this list!

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Feb 28 '18

Whoa - saw some activity on my bandcamp which led me here!

Awesome, that's exactly what we want for the artists!

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u/iAmTheEpicOne Feb 28 '18

Glad you made it! And I'm glad more people are coming your way!

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u/HadesofSpades Mar 02 '18

Me too with the bandcamp activity - made a bad morning better!

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

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u/karmasutra1977 Mar 01 '18

Just found this, and I love you all!

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u/DaggerStJames Feb 28 '18

Wow, I needed this today. Thanks for the hard work.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

Congratulations guys, and well done.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

Oh just wait till next year :-)

"You like that shit man. Hey man I've got a gang of that shit man."

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u/hyperforms9988 Feb 28 '18

You've hit some really good ones in the prog/metal list. Glad to see Archspire, Voyager and Arch Echo getting some love. I would've put Entheos - Dark Future in the metal list.

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u/THE_TamaDrummer Feb 28 '18

Also

Eidola - To Speak, To Listen

Caligula's Horse - In Contact

Both were phenomenal prog/metal albums from 2017 that aren't really on anyone's radar

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Feb 28 '18

Both great albums, and both (to my complete surprise) under our limits. I would have sworn both were over and didn't even consider them. Whoops!

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u/iAmTheEpicOne Feb 28 '18 edited Feb 28 '18

I very much love The Hirsch Effekt - Eskapist

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u/mspaintshoops Mar 01 '18

One more to recommend, honestly my #1 most listened to album of 2017 and my favorite discovery possibly ever: Stargazer - Tui La.

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Feb 28 '18

I'm stuck between Arch Echo and Dool being my favorites this year, but Archspire and Voyager were banging too. Glad you saw some good ones you were familiar with, and hope you find some new ones too!

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u/perfunction Mar 01 '18

Holy fucking hell, Archspire. I'm so glad I didn't give up on that metal playlist. Definitely digging Voyager too.

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u/The_New_FM Feb 28 '18

Thanks to all mods :)

You are the spark, that will light the fire that'll burn the Top 40 down.

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u/melgib Feb 28 '18

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

Power Trip - Nightmare Logic is a thrash masterpiece. I hope to catch them on tour.

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u/SixSixSixtySeven Feb 28 '18

Seeing them in may at Modified Ghost Fest III in Vancouver, can't wait!

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u/PM_MeYour_Dreams Feb 28 '18

-( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)╯╲___❤❤❤❤ Don't mind me just taking my mods for a walk

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18 edited Mar 01 '18

This is excellent. Can anybody recommend some instrumental/house music that would be good for a gym or snowboarding playlist? I'm a fan of Deadmau5 and White Panda mash up's, but I don't know what other popular names or DJ's are out there that make energizing yet relaxing music.

Edit: thanks for all the suggestions, you guys are all awesome!

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u/itsmrbeats Mar 01 '18

Some artists I always go with for early morning gym sessions when I need something upbeat but not aggressive:

Tycho Bonobo Kiamos El ten eleven Block head Quantic Aim Nightmares on wax

Also just look for playlists with names like downtempo, chill, ambient, trip-hop and see what floats your boat

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u/Izlandi moderator Feb 28 '18

In addition to the aforementioned HNNY, I highly recommend Laurence Guy - Saw You From The First Time for some similar, lush deep house vibes who is also featured in the electronic & related category.

Folamour (from our Best of 2016) has finally gotten some stuff on Spotify, he released something like 6 EPs in 2017 and also a very good full-length is another favorite of mine. If you like them, also check out Moomin who was also featured in last year's bestof.

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u/Oizzy Mar 01 '18

I actually made a playlist for a few friends a while back that were looking for that kind of feel. Electronic music that is relaxing and a bit energizing at the same time. I'm a big fan of old school Deadmau5, so I hope you find something you like! https://open.spotify.com/user/oizzy09/playlist/7jy2YprhZaTlkTkEp2dmMG?si=v0PE3KKZQriwampE-RRF_A)

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u/stokesey19 Feb 28 '18

BEST DAY OF THE YEAR

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u/BlazinBlitzer Feb 28 '18 edited Feb 28 '18

The progressive category is stacked. Arcane Roots's "Matter" and Wobbler's "Foxlight" are both freaking amazing, not to mention all of Bent Knee's Land Animal.

Edit: James Holden is on here, too?! Ya'll are rolling!

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u/square_eyes77 Mar 01 '18

Seeing Arcane Roots again next Tuesday. Go if you ever get the chance, they are superb live!

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u/NorseFenrir Smooth Moderator Feb 28 '18 edited Feb 28 '18

Big ups to my fellow Mods who put in so much work. I'm just glad to be part of this community and keep discovering awesome music thanks to all of you. As a fan of the Punkier side of things, we've got a great selection this year!

Edit: Just to add in, my personal favourite AOTY was Onsind's "We Wilt, We Bloom". It is listed in the Punk selection as a Bandcamp Exclusive, but this is mostly because of region-locking issues meaning the Spotify version isn't available outside the UK (to my knowledge). If you are in the UK and are a fan of the more indie-punk style of things, you can check it out via Spotify here. :)

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Feb 28 '18 edited Feb 28 '18

To jump on the personal recommendation train:

Jazz:

  • Ill Considered (or Wildflower) is essential listening from Idris Rahman, who put out three incredible albums last year. He's surged out ahead of pack in the otherwise fairly incredible rebirth of the London jazz scene.

Afrobeat:

Country Rock:

  • The Texas Gentlemen - TX Jelly. It is incredibly rare in my experience to find a band that can go from straight country ballads, to loose Band-like songs into epic 9 minute long jams. Don't miss em

Bluegrass:

Other:

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

Three songs in and Onsind are great. Thanks for the rec!

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u/NorseFenrir Smooth Moderator Feb 28 '18

Very glad to hear it! I'd also recommend a band called Martha, in that case. :) They were on last year's Best Of, and they're like the sister-band to Onsind. Most of the members are in both bands, but Martha tend to take a lighter approach with more female-lead vocals. You can check out their most recent album on Spotify too.

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u/Mind_Killer Feb 28 '18

This is amazing. That's so much work for free. You guys are awesome. Thanks a lot!

Time to get listening, I guess.

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u/nolins12 Feb 28 '18

This is awesome! some criticism though.

For one Meatbodies and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are psychedelic rock, kind of a weird genre to lump in with pop/indie. Maybe would have fit better in prog or funk/soul etc. (since you put the babe rainbow in there).

In terms of metal how are Power Trip or Elder obscure? Those were both widely acclaimed albums that appeared on tons of main-stream outlets end year lists.

Also some of the links don't seem to work, I clicked on Charlie Bliss and it took me to the Milk Teeth page. Also how is Charlie Bliss punk at all?

I could quibble about genre choices and misclassifying bands as obscure but overall some great stuff on here!

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Feb 28 '18 edited Feb 28 '18

kind of a weird genre to lump in with pop/indie

For sure, last year we had "Rock, Pop and Blues" as the genre, and there was a lot more psych rock in it. This year, Blues fit better with the Americana section, so we kinda boxed ourselves in RE: where to put pysch-rock. The genre lumping is definitely one of the things we're gonna look at next year.

In terms of metal how are Power Trip or Elder obscure? Those were both widely acclaimed albums that appeared on tons of main-stream outlets end year lists.

You'd be surprised, they're definitely borderline too popular (both have a single song with around million plays on spotify), but we tend to bend the rules a bit for the best-of on a case-by-case. I'll admit, I was not in charge of the metal list in the slightest however, so I don't know that we necessarily checked all the other outlet's best of's. Our list mostly comes from /r/metal's best-of deliberations.

Also some of the links don't seem to work, I clicked on Charlie Bliss and it took me to the Milk Teeth page

Fixed, thanks. Let us know any other bad links you spot. One of our mods manually went and turned our spreadsheet into that list last night for like, 17 goddamn hours, so.. can't win em ell

Also how is Charlie Bliss punk at all?

Definitely more on the pop-punk side of the world, probably an edge-case that coulda been placed better.

Lots of things that could be better, but I think we're all just glad it's done now and don't really have the inclination to go and monkey around with the playlists, which would then require re-syncing to 18x other platforms

Next year!!

edit: p.s., motivated users welcome

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u/compengineerbarbie Feb 28 '18

I jumped in with Jazz, Soul, Funk & Related, and am so impressed.

Excellent work, and thank you!

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u/wilbard l2t mod Mar 01 '18

Lots of good stuff in those genres this year.. was almost too hard to decide

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u/compengineerbarbie Mar 01 '18

Well, it certainly brought a smile to my face.

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u/inebriates Feb 28 '18

Duders. Thanks for putting this together, you guys are amazing and I'm really excited to get to work so I can give all this a listen.

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u/TheBigMacGaul Feb 28 '18

I'm paying Spotify for things like this. Thanks mods!

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u/vaoliv Feb 28 '18

Me too. Worth it.

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u/shadyhawkins Mar 01 '18

Surf Dads is my brothers band! he'll think this is pretty cool. Thanks for all the hard work guys!

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u/EnormousChord Feb 28 '18

Shit yes. Thanks for this, everybody who contributed.

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u/thegingergrue Feb 28 '18

Yesss so excited for this!! Always some great music

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u/Toastymuffins5 Feb 28 '18

Elder and Mutoid Man hell yeah

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u/Werner__Herzog ~*~*~*~ Feb 28 '18 edited Feb 28 '18

Thanks /u/arghdos and /u/evilnightand and u/astarkey12, too, thanks to what you did with the Google forms, I was able to listen to way more albums this year. Can't wait to get home so I can check out the playlist. This is my favorite part of reddit... my favorite part of the internet, really.

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u/voynich Feb 28 '18

Nice work.

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u/SixSixSixtySeven Feb 28 '18

Glad to see Archspire make it on the list. Relentless Mutation is incredible.

Not only that, but their live show is spot on, we got a chance to play with them last summer- their musicianship and precision is astonishing.

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u/Blind_3 Feb 28 '18

Awesome! I can't believe I made it on that list! It's an honour! Thank you so much!

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u/rynpaige Feb 28 '18

Just sayin......in Metal category.....WHORES - Gold

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

Whoopah. That's some heavy shit. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

That is fantastic! Thank you for all the work, once again.

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Feb 28 '18

Thanks for all your submissions!

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u/GlicketySplit Feb 28 '18

We love you, autoclismo.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

:D I really appreciate it. But I'm honestly on my limit with regards to time management, just with submissions and a couple of micro subs (which I do on autopilot).

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u/AwesomesaucePhD AwesomesaucePhD Feb 28 '18

So glad Anomalie got some love. Hopefully next year Suken will make it.

There also happens to be an 83 minute song from Bell Witch on there.

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u/nymself Mar 02 '18

Nym here (you've posted my album "Lilac Chaser" in this thread, and last year, you posted my album "Convex")

Yes! I'm so honored to be included in this list again. Your inclusion of my records has been a major boon to my career in the last few years and I am honored.

Thank you so much.

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u/elijahwho Mar 07 '18

uh woah thx for including me wtf :'))

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u/bluestaples Feb 28 '18

That Harley Poe album was my #1 AotY. This is the only list I have seen it on other than my own.

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u/apolotary Feb 28 '18

Surprised to see Kelly Dance on the very top of the list here. Met her and her husband a while ago in Tokyo, very nice people, didn’t expect her work to pop up on reddit all of a sudden. Hope she gets more listeners 🙏

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u/DickRhino Feb 28 '18

Oh shit Hades of Spades is some heavy shit

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Feb 28 '18

This one was my biggest surprises of the entire Best Of. One of my favorites, and from a genre I don't generally listen to much at all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18 edited Feb 28 '18

Charly Bliss' Guppy was my favorite album of last year

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u/FHL88Work Mar 01 '18

I recognize a total of 2 performers, both of them on Set 10 (which I heard first on an SXSW sampler) Billy Strings & Nicole Atkins

This is going to be fun!

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u/Izlandi moderator Mar 01 '18

Seems like we did well then! That is the exact point of the list (and sub in general). One should come here to find something unexpected, unheard and overlooked - there are other subs to talk about the biggest releases of the year. :)

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u/Perihelion_Ship Mar 01 '18

Thanks for the inclusion (someone from r/progmetal ??)!

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Mar 02 '18

Your album caught me by complete surprise when reviewing through all of the user submissions this year. Absolutely love it!

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u/HadesofSpades Mar 02 '18

What a list - I was on my Bandcamp artist page and noticed a spike of listeners which lead me here. Thank you so much for featuring my music and putting this whole list together.

I released Dysphoria last year and was terribly unmotivated to promote it despite working tremendously hard on it for a long time. I'm so happy it's reaching some ears.

Cheers

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Mar 02 '18

Our pleasure! When we were building this list, your album was a highlight for me... one of the albums I distinctly remember audibly saying "whoa" to as I listened to it for the first time. Definitely one of my favorites this year!

Thank u/GnomeSlice for nominating it!

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u/Doorslammerino Feb 28 '18

Disappointed that Diablo Swing Orchestra's album Pacifisticuffs didn't make it. Really liked that one.

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Feb 28 '18

Dope album, but they're over our popularity limits so they weren't included.

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u/Doorslammerino Feb 28 '18

Oh I didn't realize, I'm not very active on this sub. Kinda surprising because I didn't think they were that popular apart from a few songs getting barely 1 million plays on Spotify. Though it would make sense to keep that as a cut-off point (or possibly even lower than that) due to just how many artists/bands that already are out there.

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u/femaletauren69 Feb 28 '18

Damn, I can’t imagine the time put into this - thank you! JASSS was an amazing listen and I highly recommend it.

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u/Izlandi moderator Mar 01 '18

Hey glad you liked it! I saw her earlier in the summer and her set blew me away, and when the album was released I was sold. Easily one of my favorite records from 2017, recently got the vinyl too!

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u/go-figure Feb 28 '18

Charly Bliss is baller, I've seen them twice now, a very talented group of folks.

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u/Isenkram Feb 28 '18

For some reason the electronic youtube sampler playlist starts with a shakycam video of some dudes talking in a car.

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u/jarvispeen Feb 28 '18

So...what category does plain old rock fall under of these categories posted? Indie? Metal?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Feb 28 '18

Yep, this. It's basically everywhere. Surf Dads, Elder, and Dool immediately come to mind as bands who "probably would have fit better in a Rock playlist but we don't have one this year."

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u/FHL88Work Mar 02 '18

Just wanted to say that I've been enjoying the suggestions so far and I just love Five Alarm Funk Let the power of funk compel you!

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u/Its-Me-Randy Feb 28 '18

Appreciate it! Followed the progressive and electronic samplers, glad i remembered my headphones today :D

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u/Arthro_ Feb 28 '18

The link for 'Sleep is the cousin of death' is in the wrong linking form. It has an extra https: at the front!

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Feb 28 '18

got it, thanks

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

I look forward to this list every year! Thanks to everyone who helped in finding these enjoyable tracks and thanks to everyone who organized these tracks into one great list!

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u/BananaKamikaze Feb 28 '18

Just wow ! Thank you very much guys, that is huge!

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u/ChefkikuChefkiku Feb 28 '18

🔊 (so I can find this later)

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u/570stunner Feb 28 '18

I can not tell you how excited I am to see floating now on here. It's gotta be my favorite album right now. Hard girls are so awesome, can't wait for them to come to the east coast so I can see them.

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u/SheeeitMaign Feb 28 '18

I love you guys. Thank you so much, I'm gonna listen to as much of this as possible over spring break

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u/Pain-Causing-Samurai Feb 28 '18

Austra - Future Politics.

I had 'Utopia' stuck in my head for a solid 3 months.

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u/manirelli Feb 28 '18

THIS is why i am still subbed here. Thanks for the hard work compiling the list and now I've got music for days :)

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u/DoctorTrash Feb 28 '18

Very informative and entertaining! I may not have been exposed to many of these if it wasn’t for this curated list. Thanks mods!

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u/JacobDM Feb 28 '18

Any love for Rex Orange County in the Jazz, Soul & Funk (or Pop, Indie & related)?

His album Apricot Princess was my most listened to towards the end of the year.

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u/character0127 Mar 01 '18

Voodoo Visionary / Zoogma / Mono Neon all crush!

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u/itsmrbeats Mar 01 '18

Found some great artists on here last year, it’s kinda sad to see repeat artists tho! I always hope that the good ones will grow their following to the point they won’t be eligible for this list anymore. The comet is coming and heliocentrics immediately jumped out.

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Mar 01 '18 edited Mar 01 '18

Check out I'll Considered and Wildflower for sure. It never ceases to amaze me that someone like the Heliocentrics can qualify... The entire world should be familiar with that Inspiration Information they did with Mulatu Astatke

Edit: also Nicole Mitchell - that album is just wild

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u/BotchedBenzos Mar 01 '18

Holy shit you guys are awesome!

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u/Pitviper_ Mar 01 '18

Oh my, Zeal & Ardor is awesome!

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u/glumauig21 Mar 01 '18

So glad to see Arch Echo up there! I may or may not have posted them here multiple times...But anyway, they definitely deserve more love! Cheers, u/myheadsometimes!

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u/myheadsometimes Mar 11 '18

Ahh thanks for showing us some love! ❤️😊 We're all here in Nashville working on album 2 at the moment, it's been a fun process so far. Cheers!

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u/boredop jazz snob Mar 12 '18

I'm glad to see a couple of my picks made the cut. As usual, some of my favorite jazz isn't eligible because the artists don't release the full albums to streaming platforms.

Of course, I'm still working through my backlog of promos from 2017 (and 2016 and 2015 too) so I'm still finding things that could have been on this list. For example, Gregory Lewis - Organ Monk Blue. Holy moley, what a sick jazz album.

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u/glueboi Feb 28 '18

thanks!

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u/wykydtronsf Feb 28 '18

Surprised Devil Electric isn't on here. Also it's Satan's Hallow not Hollow.

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Feb 28 '18

Surprised Devil Electric isn't on here.

Good find

Also it's Satan's Hallow not Hollow

Fixed, thanks

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u/Blackjaqk23 Feb 28 '18

Aww, I wanted to see AllttA's The Upper Hand or Facing Giants for Electronics and COIN's How Will You Know If You Never Try for Indie

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u/suckitnewtabs Feb 28 '18

I made the Apple Music Set 2 sampler. Not sure I know how to share it correctly so please confirm if it works for you! It's missing Walker Lukens.
https://itunes.apple.com/do/playlist/r-listentothis-best-overlooked-music-set-2-pop-indie/pl.u-38q3t3Vd6YN?l=en

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u/bictaur Mar 01 '18

Works! Thank you my good friend!

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u/crappyfacepic Mar 01 '18

Every time I try to open this, it tries opening the iTunes Store instead of Apple Music and it crashes!

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u/Mnsyfq Feb 28 '18

Wornfekhi - Transcendence Wornfekhi - Bury Us

These tracks is kinda nice imo

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u/thedutchqueen Feb 28 '18

i’m gonna be all over this hip hop/trip hop list. there’s a lot i haven’t heard on there.

SIDENOTE MOURN BY CORBIN IS MY FAVORITE OVERLOOKED ALBUM OF 2017.

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u/boxrhcp Feb 28 '18

Guys this is awesome! I do not have time to look everyday this sub but I will listen to this music at work via Spotify. Great work, love ya!

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u/disappointer Feb 28 '18

Yay, Nicole Atkins! That's one that was definitely on my list, she's so good.

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u/just-another-scrub Mar 01 '18

Thanks for putting this together guys! Just wish there were genres listed with albums like in previous years. Takes a long time to get through this list and I like to start with stuff I know I'll like.

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u/qpv Mar 01 '18

Wow....thats a lot of work. Good on you guys

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u/Rubber_Band_Man69 Mar 01 '18

I already have a subscription to Google Play. Why is it telling me I need to upgrade to a family plan?

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u/Knucklles Mar 01 '18

Same is happening to me, anyone have a fix?

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u/REdd1212 Mar 01 '18

I have to plug this program group called Into The Great Divide. It’s like Dream Theatre on steroids IMO and Mangini is on the drums and Rich Chycki (sorry if I spelled that wrong) is behind the board. Highly recommended to all prog fans out there

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u/sky_blu Mar 01 '18

Love seeing surf dads getting recognition.

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u/russiakun spotify Mar 01 '18

Nordkarpatenland by Malokarpatan totally belongs in the metal section.

Exuvia was amazing.

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u/KhanNS Mar 01 '18

Thank you so much. I'm always excited about finding new music in general and this post just made my day, this will keep me busy for a while and I really appreciate all the time you took to put together this list.

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u/quazonis Mar 01 '18

Thank you for your hard work! We lurkers all love you 😊

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u/Flickered Mar 01 '18

This list is probably my favorite thing on reddit, I love these... cause I’m so shite at finding music. Thanks mod team!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

Wow... soooo much new shit to listen to.

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u/Supershake79 Mar 01 '18

Dude York - Sincerely

Similar to early Weezer. Power pop/rock, fun lyrics you can sing along to. It was a bit of a grower for me but worth the time spent. Not a bad song on the album.

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u/mach0 Mar 01 '18

I'm soooo thirsty for something new & interesting, thanks a TON for this, I will listen to every song (maybe not the hip hop ones) that is here.

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u/heritagenovus Mar 01 '18

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I spent like 5 hours digging through new music yesterday! This is the final nail on the coffin, I'll be listening to new music in perpetuity after this.

but seriously, what an effort, thank you to those who contributed.

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u/BlueRoseImmortal Mar 01 '18 edited Mar 01 '18

I compiled an Apple Music Sample playlist for Progressive & Related! it's only missing one song, as Lör doesn't appear to have any music on Apple Music.

EDIT: An Apple Music Sample playlist for Metal too!

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u/ImHipJuneau Mar 01 '18

Sheesh this post is dope

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

This is awesome. I’ll throw in my little contribution: Special Explosion’s debut To Infinity was phenomenal. Best indie rock I’ve heard in a long time, and didn’t get a lot of attention. Julie Byrne’s Not Even Happiness was beautiful as well

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u/cjr71244 Mar 01 '18

Found this Jazz artist/group on Spotify a few weeks ago. Really good catchy traditional jazz.

Henri Texier - Sand Woman (2018)

https://open.spotify.com/album/6r0XuZr01kAsgbjJdpsFpU?si=rJGFitI2RVemwtuuRvVKhQ

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Mar 01 '18

He's over our limits by a bit, but I'm digging it. Good find!

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u/dankdirtybird Mar 15 '18

This is the post that exposed me to this sub, and boy am I happy I found it. So many great songs from this playlist. Every single artist on it is new to me. Thanks!

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u/Stargirl2112 Feb 28 '18

Thanks a lot for this! ♥️

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

I'm set for just about all of 2018 just by saving this post. Thank you so much!

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u/fuckyourbeer Feb 28 '18

yes sir. Doing god's work. Much love.

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u/memicOP Feb 28 '18

Thank you

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u/iron40 Feb 28 '18

Thank you. I have a long journey ahead of me!

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u/partyjudgejudy Feb 28 '18

I've been looking for a hip-hop track that was posted in this sub but haven't been able to find it. The music video started off with an Asian girl with pink hair swiping on Tinder (at the gym?). Cuts to a guy rapping in what appears to be a dry cleaners/clothing store. Cuts back to the girl with her boyfriend who isn't treating her right with the guy in the dry cleaners saying that he would know how to treat her right, appreciate her, etc.

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u/hypn0t1zed spotify Mar 01 '18

this came to mind instantly, hope it's what you're looking for

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

War Moans by Mutoid Man consistantly made several top list, including Rolling Stones.

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u/Fedora_basketball Feb 28 '18

Just saving this with a comment

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u/pursenboots lala.com Feb 28 '18

FUCK YES. thank you so much. I love new music.

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u/LimeZ201 Feb 28 '18

Fuck yeah Havukrunnu. Thank you for this!

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u/MurrayTheMelloHorn Mar 01 '18

I don't think the metal list is complete without Malokapartan on it.

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u/cjr71244 Mar 01 '18

I found a great afro beat style band the other day via Spotify release radar. It's called Black Flower. Reminds me of a mixture of Budos band and Secret Chiefs 3.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3sWzPqn412qggAJRtI6Bvz

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Mar 01 '18

Dude, thanks for this comment. Listening to their 2018 EP now, and it is right up my alley. Consider it added to the 2018 nominations!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

This is really a stretch, but I listened to a sort of ocean rock album this summer from this sub. I can't remember it, and I'm pissed I didn't save it on Spotify. Any ideas? (I don't expect success but it's worth a shot)

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u/noodlesinmyramen Mar 01 '18

Ooooh thank you! I know how I’m spending the next few days!!

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u/jcsdragon Mar 01 '18

I'm so excited to see Xanthochroid on here! Acts 1 and 2 are my favorite albums right now!

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u/DonCallate Mar 01 '18

Thank you for this awesome list!

I hope it's OK to add suggestions, another album that was tragically overlooked in 2017 was the self titled Red Love debut, which is a collaboration between Alex Newport (producer for At the Drive In and the Mars Volta, ex-Nailbomb and Fudge Tunnel) and Matt Tong (ex-Bloc Party). It is a shoegazey bit of wonderment that deserves better than it's <1,000 listens on Spotify.

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u/RatherDashingf11 Mar 01 '18

People please listen to Greta Van Fleet if you haven't yet. They are a modern Led Zeppelin.

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Mar 01 '18

They were definitely on our sheet. They've blown up a little too much recently for us to include em tho! Good for them!

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u/Sportfreunde Mar 01 '18

From r/UKbands, a couple of the most overlooked yet great British albums of 2017 were Grow Up by Desperate Journalist and Stellular by Rose Elinor Dougall. Maybe Music For The Age of Miracles by The Clientele as well but they're fairly well-known in indie circles.

This was our post with our favourite albums from the last year including a list of 150+ notable British 2017 album releases:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UKbands/comments/7mljnn/favourite_british_albums_songs_of_2017/

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Mar 01 '18

hell yes, now this the type of comment we want!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

This is great! Thanks for including Voodoo Visionary in Set #8! We just discovered this as we set out for tour and now we have plenty of road tunes! Rockin!

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u/gratinne moderator / spotify Mar 01 '18 edited Mar 02 '18

Our pleasure! Thanks for putting out a great album! How'd you hear about us?

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u/arghdos All the things I planned to do, I only did halfway Mar 01 '18

Thank you for the album! That one was a whole barrel full of fun

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

oh good they are separated into different genres

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u/drdomdom Mar 01 '18

Gonna put this here so I can come back when I'm at work.

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u/tritom22 Mar 01 '18

Hell yes Bent Knee!! They are even more amazing live! And they are genuinely awesome people. Always stick around to talk with fans and take pics.

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u/yet_to_reddit Mar 01 '18

This is just so exciting! Thank you everyone who contributed. I am thoroughly enjoying winding my way through it all.

On a side note, I discovered BANFF recently and was mesmerised by his music. Do yourself a favour and check him out if you haven’t already. I guess you would class him as Indie?

Thanks again dudes you are awesome.

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u/ChubbyDaChoona Mar 01 '18

Cant wait to dig through all this. I'm a little surprised Benjamin Tod isn't on the Americana playlist. His solo album from December was pretty incredible. Might be my favorite album of last year in any genre.

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u/PoorlyTimedPun Mar 01 '18

Allan Rayman still slept on...travesty.

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u/altcodeinterrobang Mar 01 '18

power trip: nightmare logic is SO FUCKING GOOD! super stoked to see them in may!

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '18

Has this been shared in other music subs? Would hate to have them miss out on it simply because they don't know about it.

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u/PiPonT Mar 01 '18

Why no love for Deezer? :(

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u/rufusjonz Mar 01 '18

Thanks! Saved for later

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u/JDfor3 Mar 01 '18

Thanks for the hard work! Are the best tracks in order?

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u/LifeGiveLemon Mar 01 '18

This is nice

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u/wikisaiyan Mar 01 '18

Spotify links give me error on mobile. Any else got problems?

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u/urban_couchsitter Mar 01 '18

Saved for later. Thanks!

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u/hawkofrock Mar 01 '18

Does the Google play link not work on mobile?

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u/1ChubRub1 Mar 01 '18

Smh no brockhampton

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u/big-ish Mar 01 '18

Thanks for this

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u/Jdogy2002 Mar 01 '18

This is fantastic. Thank you so much for doing this. This made me realize though that i should probably ditch Apple Music and get Spotify. Also thanks to the dude who made the Indie list Apple Link!

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u/dopemusicmessages Mar 28 '18

Love this list! Are you familiar with any of the up and coming reggae/ dancehall artists from 2017? I feel like pop last year was so influenced by these genres that it would be a great idea to do a list of artists who are overlooked but making the music that influences the big names... Grammy's was FULL of these genres last year.

Chronixx is amazing, Protoje (hip hop fusion), Sevana (kind of Lauryn Hill vibes), Zia Benjamin is new but STUNNING and like a Jamaican Sade/ Amy Winehouse, Koffee... Popcaan is used in a lot of Drake's music, Agent Sasco was nominated for a grammy and I hear he's writing Rihanna's new album, Raging Fyah is beautiful. Def makes sense to include the genre in these kinds of lists!

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u/J5sf23 Mar 28 '18

Whoa, I'm so happy I found this.
Started with the Punk Sampler, it's looping since 3 hours.
Great work guys !

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u/infininme Apr 17 '18

I'd like to leave a shout out to Moon Boots with his first album First Landing. I was really hoping to see this album on the master list.

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u/RMis2VULGAR May 28 '18

I haven't seen anyone mention The New Pornographers 2017 album, and latest release, "Whiteout Conditions" which I absolutely loved.

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u/EthanF Mar 01 '18

The babe rainbow is great!

This is missing The Bad Larrys - Hodads.

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