The staff here at Speaker TV have put together a list of their favourite musical offerings in 2017, to reflect on the year that was.
Andy O’Connor – Managing Editor
Albums:
yaeji – EP2
King Krule – The OOZ
Jen Cloher – Jen Cloher
Tyler, The Creator – Flower Boy
RVG – A Quality Of Mercy
Songs:
Jess Locke – ‘Universe’
Hemm – ‘Dearest Friend’
yaeji – ‘raingurl’
Baro – ‘Pretty’
HTMLflowers – ‘God On My Hitlist’
Sleep D & Albrecht La’Brooy – ‘31 Degrees’
Tyler, The Creator – ‘I Ain’t Got Time!’
Destroyer – ‘Sky’s Grey’
Cardi B – ‘Bodak Yellow’
Harvey Sutherland & Bermuda – ‘Coast 2 Coast’
Nisa Ates – Editor
Albums:
Tyler, The Creator – Flower Boy
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana
Ocean Grove – The Rhapsody Tapes
Deadlights – Mesma
Belle Haven – You, Me and Everything In Between
Songs:
Tyler, The Creator – ‘See You Again’
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – ‘Nuclear Fusion’
Deadlights – ‘The Mad Scientist’
Ocean Grove – ‘Intimate Alien’
Belle Haven – ‘The Carving Knife’
Brother Ali – ‘Own Light (What Hearts Are Made For)’
Crooked Colours – ‘Come Back To You’
E^ST – ‘Life Goes On’
The Used – ‘Over and Over Again’
Khalid – ‘Saved’
James Watterston – Editor/Videographer
Albums:
Tyler the Creator – Flower Boy
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Jay Z – 4:44
BROCKHAMPTON – SATURATION II
Songs:
Tyler, The Creator – ‘911/Mr Lonely’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘DNA.’
Jaden Smith – ‘Icon’
Vince Staples – ‘Love Can Be…’
Vince Stapes – ‘Yeah Right’
Drake – ‘Teenage Fever’
Tyler, The Creator – ‘I Ain’t Got Time!’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘GOD’
Jaden Smith – ‘The Passion’
A$AP Mob – ‘RAF’
Billy Crombie – Editor
Albums:
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Kirin J Callinan – Bravado
Jen Cloher – Jen Cloher
Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Sketches of Brunswick East
Songs:
Alex Cameron – ‘Stranger’s Kiss’
Kimbra – ‘Top of the World’
Gorillaz – ‘Saturns Barz’
Alice Ivy – ‘Get Me a Drink’
Jack River – ‘Fool’s Gold’
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – ‘Nuclear Fusion’
Francis and the Lights – ‘May I Have This Dance? (ft. Chance the Rapper)’
Leah Senior – ‘You Were Not Fit For The Day’
POND – ‘Paint Me Silver’
Superorganism – ‘Something For Your M.I.N.D.’
Tennyson Tinning – Intern
Albums:
(Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
Sampha – Process
Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives
LCD Soundsystem – american dream
Tyler, The Creator – Flower Boy
Songs:
LCD Soundsystem – ‘american dream’
Jonti – ‘Rain’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘DNA.’
King Krule – ‘Dum Surfer’
(Sandy) Alex G – ‘Proud’
Sampha – ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’
Mount Kimbie – ‘Blue Train Lines (ft. King Krule)’
Touch Sensitive – ‘Lay Down’
Tyler, The Creator – ‘Boredom (ft. Rex Orange County & Anna Of The North)
Love Deluxe – ‘Cool Breeze Over The Mountains’
Gideon Sztajer – Intern
Albums:
Fountaineer – Greater City, Greater Love
Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
Lorde – Melodrama
BROCKHAMPTON – SATURATION II
Gang of Youths – Go Farther In Lightness
Songs:
Boys – ‘Charli XCX’
BROCKHAMPTON – ‘SWEET’
Gang of Youths – ‘The Deepest Sighs and The Frankest Shadows’
SZA – ‘Love Galore (Ft. Travis $cott)’
Jay Z – ‘The Story of OJ’
Rina Sawayama – ‘Take Me As I Am’
Harry Styles – ‘Sign of the Times’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘HUMBLE.’
The Smith Street Band – ‘Birthdays’
Tyler The Creator – ‘Who Dat Boy (Ft. A$AP Rocky)’
Karla Gillbard – Intern
Albums:
Lonelyspeck – Lave EP
Feels – Emerald EP
Kllo – Backwater
HTMLflowers – Chrome Halo
Lupa J – A House I Don’t Remember EP
Songs:
Lorde – ‘Hard Feelings/Loveless’
Eilish Gilligan – ‘The Feeling’
Elkkle – ‘Frails’
Dua Lipa – ‘New Rules’
SOPHIE – ‘It’s Okay To Cry’
Vera Blue – ‘Said Goodbye To Your Mother’
SAATSUMA – ‘Feel It All’
George Maple – ‘Everybody Here Wants You’
Aphir – ‘Too Well’
Lady Zamar – ‘My Baby’
Julian Consiglio – Intern
Albums:
Gorillaz – Humanz
Declan Mckenna – What Do You Think About The Car?
Beck – Colours
Marksman Lloyd – Portals
LCD Soundsystem – american dream
Songs:
Declan Mckenna – ‘Brazil’
Vance Joy – ‘Lay It On Me’
Vance Joy – ‘Like Gold’
LCD Soundsystem – ‘oh baby’
Beck – ‘Colours’
Beck – ‘I’m So Free’
Gorillaz – ‘Saturnz Barz’
Miami Horror – ‘Leila’
Marksman Lloyd– ‘Pause (Feat. Coin Banks, Sable and Nick Di Lena)’
Bernard Fanning – ‘Isn’t It A Pity’
There’s been a lot happening in music in 2017.
Kendrick Lamar cemented his authority as the best and most creative rapper of the modern age with his exceptional fourth studio album, DAMN.
However, Kendrick had no shortage of competitors on the hip-hop front, with Drake, Migos and Tyler, The Creator pushing their case as the best acts in hip-hop with acclaimed albums of their own.
Just like 2016, there were numerous returns from near-forgotten bands like Slowdive, The Jesus and Mary Chain and At The Drive In, as well as long-term absentees in Lorde, LCD Soundsystem and JAY-Z.
There’s been no shortage of huge pop releases either, with some of the biggest names in the genre making inspiring returns.
Albeit strangely rebranded, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift each released widely criticized albums. The same lovesick Ed Sheeran showed the two that a rewiring is not required, as he became the most streamed artist of 2017 following his third studio album.
At the beginning of 2017, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard pledged to release five albums in the year. They’ve just put out their fourth, with number five set for a festive release.
The ‘all-American boy-band’, BROCKHAMPTON, also had a prolific year. Just last week, the California-based collective dropped SATURATION III, following the release of SATURATION I and SATURATION II earlier this year.
