The Very Best of the Very Rest: The Best Full Streams of 2017’s Final Stretch
Making one last recap run before the year-end lists go up, now that the year has officially expired, this post will serve solely to focus on the most exceptional records to come into focus over 2017’s final stretch. Often, these records get overshadowed precisely because of the competitive spotlit-nature of those year-end lists. More times than not, this batch of records also — much like Oscar season in the realm of film — contain the records labels hold back in hopes they’ll still be fresh in people’s minds while compiling those lists. Ignoring those for smaller releases that come across like distant memories can be harder than most think, which is why the below selections cater to the records that would have earned themselves serious year-end consideration no matter when they were released. So, make sure these are queued up to their opening track and listen to 21 records that don’t just deserved to be played, but remembered.
Mo Troper – Exposure & Response
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Weaves – Wide Open
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Climax Landers – Climax Landers
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Whelpwisher – Notice to Airmen
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Even Hand – Phototropic
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Radiator Hospital – Play The Songs You Like
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Fits – All Belief Is Paradise
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Bethlehem Steel – Party Naked Forever
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Lithuania – White Reindeer
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Coma Cinema – Loss Memory
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Goon – Happy Omen
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Tosser – Tosser
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Upper Wilds – Guitar Module 2017
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Dumb Things – Dumb Things
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The Miami Dolphins – Water You Waiting For
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Pope – True Talent Champion
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Holiday Ghosts – Holiday Ghosts
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Prom Queen – Doom-Wop
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Dharma Dogs – Music for the Terminally Besotted
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Mathhaverskan – III
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Slaughter Beach, Dog – Birdie