EOY 2017 - PopMatters (US)

[StevieFan13]

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)

[mowino]

The Best Metal of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/the-best-met ... 10213.html
20. Cloak: To Venomous Depths (Season of Mist)
19. Mastodon: Emperor of Sand (Reprise)
18. Succumb: Succumb (The Flenser)
17. Ex Eye: Ex Eye (Relapse)
16. Royal Thunder: WICK (Spinefarm)
15. Spirit Adrift: Curse of Conception (20 Buck Spin)
14. Elder: Reflections of a Floating World (Armageddon Record Shop)
13. Aosoth: V: The Inside Scriptures (Agonia)
12. Power Trip: Nightmare Logic (Southern Lord)
11. Code Orange: Forever (Roadrunner)
10. Akercocke: Renaissance in Extremis (Peaceville)
9. Enslaved: E (Nuclear Blast)
8. Dodecahedron: Kwintessens (Season of Mist)
7. Spectral Voice: Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (Dark Descent)
6. Endon: Through the Mirror (Hydra Head)
5. Rebirth of Nefast: Tabernaculum (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
4. Pyrrhon: What Passes for Survival (Willowtip)
3. Converge: The Dusk in Us (Epitaph
2. Pallbearer: Heartless (Profound Lore/Nuclear Blast)
1. Bell Witch: Mirror Reaper (Profound Lore)

[mowino]

The Best Indie Pop of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-indie-p ... 65094.html
10. Gingerlys: Gingerlys (Topshelf)
9. The Courtneys: II (Flying Nun)
8. Perfume Genius: No Shape (Matador)
7. Pregnancy: Urgency (Lost and Lonesome/Emotional Response)
6. School Damage: School Damage (Chapter)
5. The Clientele: Music for the Age of Miracles (Merge)
4. Fred Thomas: Changer (Polyvinyl)
3. Milk Teddy: Time Catches Up With Milk Teddy (Lost and Lonesome)
2. Alvvays: Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
1. The Ocean Party: Beauty Point (Spunk/Emotional Response)

The Best Hip-Hop of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-hip-hop ... 24089.html
10. Young Thug: Beautiful Thugger Girls (300)
9. Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy (Columbia)
8. Migos - Culture (Quality Control / 300)
7. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (Mello Music)
6. Jay-Z - 4:44 (Roc Nation)
5. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (Def Jam)
4. BROCKHAMPTON - Saturation & Saturation II (Question Everything Inc. / Empire Distribution)
3. Joey Bada$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$ (Pro Era / Cinematic Music)
2. Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom (Jamla / Roc Nation)
1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg Entertainment)

The Best Indie Rock of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/the-best-ind ... 29792.html
10. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural (Sister Polygon)
9. The Mountain Goats - Goths (Merge)
8. The National - Sleep Well Beast (4AD)
7. Spoon - Hot Thoughts (Matador)
6. Charly Bliss - Guppy (Barsuk)
5. Big Thief - Capacity (Saddle Creek)
4. Oh Sees - Orc (Castle Face)
3. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic)
2. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (Nonesuch)
1. Algiers - The Underside of Power (Matador)

The Best Pop Albums of 2017
https://www.popmatters.com/best-pop-alb ... 44523.html
15. House of Feelings - Last Chance EP (Infinite Best)
14. Dune Rats - The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit (Dine Alone)
13. Jessie Ware - Glasshouse (Interscope)
12. Miami Horror - The Shapes EP (self-released)
11. LANY- LANY (Interscope)
10. Mack Keane - 2107 EP (MasonMack)
9. !!! -- Shake the Shudder (Warp)
8. Amelia Airhorn - Amelia Airhorn (self-released)
7. Lorde - Melodrama (Lava)
6. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista)
5. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song (Nonesuch)
4. Niteshifters - Hard Disco (Delimusic)
3. White Sea - Tropical Odds (Crepuscule)
2. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now (Secretly Canadian)
1. Kesha - Rainbow (RCA)

[Harold]

https://www.popmatters.com/60-best-albu ... 62820.html

Top 60 Albums of the Year now posted. Can someone please transcribe? Thanks as always!

[JohnnyBGoode]

60. White Hills - Stop Mute Defeat
59. Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
58. Do Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions
57. The Dream Syndicate – How Did I Find Myself Here?
56. Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, the Lonesome, & the Gone
55. Charly Bliss - Guppy
54. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
53. Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life
52. Paramore - After Laughter
51. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
50. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet
49. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - Sidelong
48. Ibibio Sound Machine - Uyai
47. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
46. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
45. Foxygen - Hang
44. Alvvays - Antisocialites
43. Big Thief - Capacity
42. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
41. Syd - Fin
40. Chicano Batman - Freedom Is Free
39. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now
38. Mount Kimbie - Love That Survives
37. Thundercat - Drunk
36. Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
35. SZA - Ctrl
34. Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
33. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
32. Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear
31. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
30. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator
29. Spoon - Hot Thoughts
28. Valerie June - The Order of Time
27. King Krule - The OOZ
26. Blanck Mass - World Eater
25. Idles - Brutalism
24. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
23. Margo Price - All American Made
22. Arca - Arca
21. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
20. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
19. Perfume Genius - No Shape
18. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
17. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
16. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
15. Iglooghost - Neō Wax Bloom
14. The National - Sleep Well Beast
13. St Vincent - Masseduction
12. Slowdive - Slowdive
11. Algiers - The Underside of Power
10. Jlin - Black Origami
9. Four Tet - New Energy
8. Kelela - Take Me Apart
7. The XX - I See You
6. Sampha - Process
5. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
4. Zola Jesus - Okovi
3. Fever Ray - The Plunge
2. Lorde - Melodrama
1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

[StevieFan13]

Songs:
https://www.popmatters.com/the-70-best- ... 50757.html
70. The Horrors - "Machine"
69. Arcade Fire - "Creature Comfort"
68. Alt-J - "In Cold Blood"
67. The Mynabirds - "Golden Age"
66. Sir Sly - "High"
65. Taylor Swift - "...Ready For It?"
64. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut to the Feeling"
63. Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - "Continental Breakfast"
62. Animal Collective - "Kinda Bonkers"
61. ANOHNI - "Paradise"
60. Slowdive - "Star Roving"
59. Nikki Lane - "Jackpot"
58. Sudan Archives - "Come Meh Way"
57. Charly Bliss – "DQ"
56. Methyl Ethel - "Ubu"
55. Fleet Foxes - "Fool's Errand"
54. ODESZA - "Late Night"
53. NxWorries - "Lyk Dis"
52. Valerie June - "Shakedown"
51. Sturgill Simpson - "All Around You"
50. Paramore - "Told You So"
49. Everything Everything - "A Fever Dream"
48. Grimes - "Venus Fly" feat. Janelle Monáe
47. Missy Elliott - "I'm Better" feat. Lamb
46. St. Vincent - "Los Ageless"
45. Kesha - "Praying"
44. Jason Isbell - "Hope the High Road"
43. Arca - "Reverie"
42. (Sandy) Alex G - "Sportstar"
41. Demi Lovato - "Sorry Not Sorry"
40. Ibibio Sound Machine - "Give Me a Reason"
39. Run the Jewels - "Legend Has It"
38. Perfume Genius - "Die 4 You"
37. Father John Misty - "Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution"
36. Goldfrapp - "Anymore"
35. Migos - "T-Shirt"
34. Young Thug – "Safe"
33. The War on Drugs - "Thinking of a Place"
32. Björk - "Blissing Me"
31. Low Cut Connie - "Revolution Rock N Roll"
30. Sinkane - "Telephone"
29. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "The Punishment of Luxury"
28. Tove Lo - "Disco Tits"
27. Randy Newman - "Putin"
26. Ariel Pink - "Another Weekend"
25. Radiohead - "Lift"
24. Oneohtrix Point Never - "The Pure and the Damned" (ft. Iggy Pop)
23. Kelela - "Frontline"
22. Gary Numan - "My Name Is Ruin"
21. Curtis Harding - "Need Your Love"
20. Zola Jesus - "Exhumed"
19. Lana Del Rey - "Love"
18. Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
17. Portugal. the Man - "Feel It Still"
16. Khalid - "Young, Dumb, and Broke"
15. King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
14. Lorde - "Green Light"
13. Charli XCX - "Boys"
12. Kendrick Lamar - "DNA"
11. Haim - "Want You Back"
10. LCD Soundsystem - "Call the Police / American Dream"
9. Blanck Mass - "Please"
8. Algiers - "The Underside of Power"
7. Spoon - "Hot Thoughts"
6. SZA - "Love Galore"
5. Fever Ray - "To the Moon and Back"
4. Lorde - "Perfect Places"
3. Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano"
2. Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE"
1. The XX - "On Hold"

OK, I made the mistake of listening to the Grimes/Janelle Monae, Selena Gomez, and Randy Newman tracks, and goddammit here's another three for the list. I also think there might be more genre lists. (Also, I had no idea OMD were still together. The more you know!)

[Sweepstakes Ron]

OK, I made the mistake of listening to the Grimes/Janelle Monae, Selena Gomez, and Randy Newman tracks, and goddammit here's another three for the list. I also think there might be more genre lists. (Also, I had no idea OMD were still together. The more you know!)

"Venus Fly" has been around since Art Angels dropped in November '15. I have no idea what it's doing here two whole years later.

[StevieFan13]

OK, I made the mistake of listening to the Grimes/Janelle Monae, Selena Gomez, and Randy Newman tracks, and goddammit here's another three for the list. I also think there might be more genre lists. (Also, I had no idea OMD were still together. The more you know!)

"Venus Fly" has been around since Art Angels dropped in November '15. I have no idea what it's doing here two whole years later.

Huh, really? OK, makes my life easier then. Odd how I hadn't heard of it until now.

[Setherex]

OK, I made the mistake of listening to the Grimes/Janelle Monae, Selena Gomez, and Randy Newman tracks, and goddammit here's another three for the list. I also think there might be more genre lists. (Also, I had no idea OMD were still together. The more you know!)

"Venus Fly" has been around since Art Angels dropped in November '15. I have no idea what it's doing here two whole years later.

Music video released in February.

[Sweepstakes Ron]

10. LCD Soundsystem - "Call the Police / American Dream"

This is interesting. I suppose I'll have these songs tied at "10.5" then put everything after it one position below in the spreadsheet ("Want You Back" at #12, etc.)

[Setherex]

10. LCD Soundsystem - "Call the Police / American Dream"

This is interesting. I suppose I'll have these songs tied at "10.5" then put everything after it one position below in the spreadsheet ("Want You Back" at #12, etc.)

Not to be a critic at all Ron, but is this how Harold's been handling ties in the album spreadsheet as well? I figure they should be conformed.

[Henrik]

10. LCD Soundsystem - "Call the Police / American Dream"

This is interesting. I suppose I'll have these songs tied at "10.5" then put everything after it one position below in the spreadsheet ("Want You Back" at #12, etc.)

Not to be a critic at all Ron, but is this how Harold's been handling ties in the album spreadsheet as well? I figure they should be conformed.

Since it’s just a single ”tie”, please put them both at #10. That’s how I want it to be on the main AM site later.

[Harold]

This is interesting. I suppose I'll have these songs tied at "10.5" then put everything after it one position below in the spreadsheet ("Want You Back" at #12, etc.)

Since it’s just a single ”tie”, please put them both at #10. That’s how I want it to be on the main AM site later.

Yes, that's how I've been handling things like this.

[Sweepstakes Ron]

This is interesting. I suppose I'll have these songs tied at "10.5" then put everything after it one position below in the spreadsheet ("Want You Back" at #12, etc.)

Not to be a critic at all Ron, but is this how Harold's been handling ties in the album spreadsheet as well? I figure they should be conformed.

Since it’s just a single ”tie”, please put them both at #10. That’s how I want it to be on the main AM site later.

Alright, I will do that. But for the number at the top (Albums outside a critics' list will be assigned the value "2 X no. of albums + 5" in this row.), should I adjust it to apply to 70 songs or 71 songs?

[Henrik]

70
Thanks!