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Top Tens: Good New Albums to Listen from 2017

To be honest, 2017 was not a great year for music with a few worthy exceptions. Anyway, FYI, these ten albums were a good companion on most of our travels.

1. Ty Segall by Ty Segall (Garage Rock) – Streaming / Download
2. Death Song by The Black Angels (Psych Rock) – Streaming / Download
3. Hot Thoughts by Spoon (Indie Rock) – Streaming / Download
4. Relatives in Descent by Protomartyr (Post-Punk) – Streaming / Download
5. Colors by Beck (Experimental Pop/Rock) – Streaming / Download
6. The Underside of Power by Algiers (Post-Punk) – Streaming / Download
7. World Eater by Blanck Mass (Electro-Industrial) – Streaming / Download
8. All This I Do for Glory by C. Stetson (Jazz) – Streaming / Download
9. Common As Light… by Sun Kil Moon (Folk) – Streaming / Buy CD
10. Beast Epic by Iron & Wine (Indie Folk) – Streaming / Download

As a bonus, we’ve created a playlist with 30 of the best songs of 2017.

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