EOY 2017 - PopMatters (US)
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 4:31 pm
Again, no idea if genre lists count for this site.
The Best World Music of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-world-m ... 38588.html
10. Fabiano do Nascimento - Tempo Dos Mestres
9. Quantic and Nidia Góngora - Curao
8. Tinariwen - Elwan
7. Amadou & Mariam - La Confusion
6. Oumou Sangaré - Mogoya
5. Bokanté - Strange Circles
4. Omar Souleyman - To Syria, With Love
3. Tamikrest - Kidal
2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Uyai
1. Les Amazones d'Afrique - République Amazone
The Best Jazz of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/the-best-jaz ... 09428.html
Matt Mitchell: A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
Rez Abbasi: Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
Miles Okazaki: Trickster (Pi)
Linda May Han Oh: Walk Against Wind (Biofilia)
Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse: Morphogenesis (Pi)
Vijay Iyer: Far From Over (ECM)
Ron Miles: I Am a Man (Yellow Bird)
Joe Fiedler: Like, Strange (Multiphonics)
Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
Kate Gentile: Mannequins (Skirl)
Ryan Keberle and Catharsis: Find the Common, Shine a Light (Greenleaf)
Ambrose Akinmusire: A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
Nate Smith: Kinfolk, Postcards from Everywhere (Ropeadope)
The Best Ambient/Instrumental Music of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-ambient ... 44740.html
11. Kiasmos - Blurred EP (Erased Tapes)
10. Hayden Pedigo - Greetings From Amarillo (Driftless)
9. The Seven Fields of Aphelion - Keep the Ocean Inside (Rad Cult)
8. Indian Wells - Where the World Ends (Friends of Friends)
7. Teen Daze - Themes for a New Earth (Flora)
6. CFCF and Jean-Michel Blais - Cascades (Arts & Crafts)
5. Aris Kindt - Swann and Odette (Kingdoms)
4. Mark McGuire - Ideas of Beginnings (VDSQ)
3. Dungen - Häxan (Versions by Prins Thomas) (Smalltown Supersound)
2. Metro Riders - Europe By Night (Possible Motive)
1. Leandro Fresco + Rafael Anton Irisarri - La Equidistancia (A Strangely Isolated Place)
The Best Progressive Rock and Metal of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-progres ... 28285.html
10. Caligula's Horse - In Contact (InsideOut)
9. Sky Architect - Nomad (FREIA Music)
8. Lunatic Soul - Fractured (Kscope)
7. Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere (Karisma & Dark Essence)
6. Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly - On Her Journey to the Sun (InsideOut)
5. Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day (InsideOut)
4. Big Big Train - Grimspound (Giant Electric Pea)
3. Major Parkinson - Blackbox (Degaton)
2. Ayreon - The Source (Music Theories Recordings)
1. Steven Wilson - To the Bone (Caroline)
The Best World Music of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-world-m ... 38588.html
10. Fabiano do Nascimento - Tempo Dos Mestres
9. Quantic and Nidia Góngora - Curao
8. Tinariwen - Elwan
7. Amadou & Mariam - La Confusion
6. Oumou Sangaré - Mogoya
5. Bokanté - Strange Circles
4. Omar Souleyman - To Syria, With Love
3. Tamikrest - Kidal
2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Uyai
1. Les Amazones d'Afrique - République Amazone
The Best Jazz of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/the-best-jaz ... 09428.html
Matt Mitchell: A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
Rez Abbasi: Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
Miles Okazaki: Trickster (Pi)
Linda May Han Oh: Walk Against Wind (Biofilia)
Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse: Morphogenesis (Pi)
Vijay Iyer: Far From Over (ECM)
Ron Miles: I Am a Man (Yellow Bird)
Joe Fiedler: Like, Strange (Multiphonics)
Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
Kate Gentile: Mannequins (Skirl)
Ryan Keberle and Catharsis: Find the Common, Shine a Light (Greenleaf)
Ambrose Akinmusire: A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
Nate Smith: Kinfolk, Postcards from Everywhere (Ropeadope)
The Best Ambient/Instrumental Music of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-ambient ... 44740.html
11. Kiasmos - Blurred EP (Erased Tapes)
10. Hayden Pedigo - Greetings From Amarillo (Driftless)
9. The Seven Fields of Aphelion - Keep the Ocean Inside (Rad Cult)
8. Indian Wells - Where the World Ends (Friends of Friends)
7. Teen Daze - Themes for a New Earth (Flora)
6. CFCF and Jean-Michel Blais - Cascades (Arts & Crafts)
5. Aris Kindt - Swann and Odette (Kingdoms)
4. Mark McGuire - Ideas of Beginnings (VDSQ)
3. Dungen - Häxan (Versions by Prins Thomas) (Smalltown Supersound)
2. Metro Riders - Europe By Night (Possible Motive)
1. Leandro Fresco + Rafael Anton Irisarri - La Equidistancia (A Strangely Isolated Place)
The Best Progressive Rock and Metal of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-progres ... 28285.html
10. Caligula's Horse - In Contact (InsideOut)
9. Sky Architect - Nomad (FREIA Music)
8. Lunatic Soul - Fractured (Kscope)
7. Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere (Karisma & Dark Essence)
6. Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly - On Her Journey to the Sun (InsideOut)
5. Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day (InsideOut)
4. Big Big Train - Grimspound (Giant Electric Pea)
3. Major Parkinson - Blackbox (Degaton)
2. Ayreon - The Source (Music Theories Recordings)
1. Steven Wilson - To the Bone (Caroline)