Runners Up Albums 2017 A-L

Hello everyone! This is the start of the big stuff. I dug deep for these 3 year end lists, did a lot of research and came up with what I thought were the best albums of 2017. This first list is of the best Runners Up albums from A-L, the next list will be M-Z. I split it up that way so it's easier to digest. Sometime next week you will be getting the top 50 best albums of 2017 that will be numbered from 1 to 50. All I have to say was there was a lot of wonderful music out there. A lot that the mainstream/indie press did not cover all that much. I would like to shine a light on those albums. Fortunately just by sheer coincidence this year, that light will be shown on quite a few artists. It's a shame these didn't make more of an impact this year but each and every one of these albums deserves high recognition for both ingenuity, high creative value and high emotional impact. Dive in and have fun and don't forget to fire up that spotify list below, hopefully you won't be disappointed!

Joey Agresta-Let's Not Talk About Music(Wharf Cat)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop

Antwood-Sponsored Content(Planet Mu)

Genre: UK Bass, Post-Industrial, IDM, Spoken Word

Arrows Of Love-Product: Your Soundtrack To The Impending Societal Collapse(Pledge)

Genre: Garage Rock, Noise Rock, Punk Rock

Greg Ashley-Pictures Of Saint Paul St.(Trouble In Mind)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Angelo De Augustine-Swim Inside The Moon(Asthmatic Kitty)

Genre: LO-FI, Indie Folk

Arca-Self Titled(XL)

Genre: Art Pop, Glitch Pop, Ambient Pop, Post-Industrial, IDM

Dan Auerbach-Waiting On A Song(Nonesuch)

Genre: Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Blues Rock, Folk Pop

Avey Tare-Eucalyptus(Domino)

Genre: Psychedelic Folk, Neo Psychedelia, Freak Folk, Electro-Acoustic

The Bats-The Deep Set(Flying Nun)

Genre: Jangle Pop, Dunedin Sound

Beach Fossils-Somersault(Bayonet)

Genre: Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Jangle Pop, Chamber Pop, Neo Psychedelia

Beaches-Second Of Spring(Chapter Music)

Genre: Neo Psychedelia, Dream Pop, Shoegaze

Bedouine-Self Titled(Spacebomb)

Genre: Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic Folk, Alt-Country

Bell Witch-Mirror Reaper(Profound Lore)

Genre: Funeral Doom Metal, Slowcore

Biblical-The City That Always Sleeps(Tee Pee)

Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock

The Big Moon-Love In The 4th Dimension(Fiction)

Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Noise Rock

Big Thief-Capacity(Saddle Creek)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Dream Pop

Birthing Hips-Urge To Merge(NNA Tapes)

Genre: Art Pop, Indie Rock, Avant-Jazz Rock, Post-Punk

Blackfoot Gypsies-To The Top(Plowboy)

Genre: Rock n Roll, Blues Rock, Blues

Blanck Mass-World Eater-Sacred Bones)

Genre: Electro-Industrial, Post-Industrial, IDM, Power Noise, UK Bass

Blank Square-Animal I(Castle Face)

Genre: Garage Punk, Indie Rock, Art Punk, Garage Rock

BMX Bandits-Forever(Elefant)

Genre: Indie Pop, Twee Pop

Boss Hog-Brood X(In The Red)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Punk Blues

Breakfast Muff-Eurgh!(Amour Foo)

Genre: Indie Rock, Riot Grrl, Punk Rock

Phoebe Bridgers-Stranger In The Alps(Dead Oceans)

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Folk

The Caretaker-Everywhere At The End Of Time Stage 2 And 3(History Always Favours The Winners)

Genre: Ambient, Turntable Music, British Dance Band

Chicano Batman-Freedom Is Free(ATO)

Genre: Latin Soul, Psychedelic Soul, Funk Rock

Sam Coffey And The Iron lungs-Self Titled(Burger)

Genre: Garage Rock Revival, Power Pop, Garage Punk

Converge-The Dusk In Us(Epitaph)

Genre: Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Mathcore, Sludge Metal

Eric Copeland-Goofballs(DFA)

Genre: Outsider House, Hypnagogic Pop, Acid House, Acid Techno

Cotillon-The Afternoons(Burger)

Genre: Indie Pop

Cupcakke-Queen Elizabitch(Self Released)

Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop, Hip House, Conscious Hip Hop, Trap Rap, Drill

Dalek-Endangered Philosophies(Ipecac)

Genre: Industrial Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop, Dark Ambient

Darlene Shrugg-Self Titled(Upset The Rhythm)

Genre: Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock

Richard Dawson-Peasant(Weird World)

Genre: Progressive Folk, Avant-Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Freak Folk, Neo-Medieval Folk

Deaf Kids-Configuração Do Lamento(Riding Ancient Waves)

Genre: Crust Punk, Noise, D-Beat, Space Rock

Mike Dillon-Life Is Not A Football(The Royal Potato Family)

Genre: Jazz, Rock, Punk

Kiko Dinucci-Cortes Curtos(Tratore)

Genre: Art Punk, Vanguarda Paulista, Math Rock

Downtown Boys-Cost Of Living(Sub Pop)

Genre: Hardcore Punk, Post-Hardcore, Art Punk

Baxter Dury-Prince Of Tears(Heavenly)

Genre: Synthpop, Indie Pop

Elizabeth & The Catapult-Keepsake(Compass)

Genre: Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter

James Elkington-Wintres Woma(Paradise Of Bachelors)

Genre: Contemporary Folk, Baroque Folk, Singer/Songwriter

Karen Elson-Double Roses(1965/PIAS)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Folk, Art Rock, Chamber Pop

Endon-Through The Mirror(Daymare/DIW)

Genre: Noisecore, Avant Garde Metal, Black Metal, Powerviolence, Mathcore, Japanese Hardcore, Noise Rock

Escape Ism-Introduction To Escapism(Merge)

Genre: Dance Punk, Synth Punk

Ex Eye-Self Titled(Relapse)

Genre: Avant Garde Metal, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Avant Prog, Totalism

Faith Healer-Try ;-)(Mint)

Genre: Indie Pop

Father John Misty-Pure Comedy(Sub Pop)

Genre: Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop, Indie Folk, Chamber Folk

Feedtime-Gas(In The Red)

Genre: Noise Rock, Garage Punk

Fiver-Audible Songs From Rockwood(Idee Fixe)

Genre: Indie Rock, Folk

Flotation Toy Warning-The Machine That Made Us(Talitres)

Genre: Chamber Pop, Indie Pop, Neo Psychedelia, Dream Pop, Progressive Pop

Ron Gallo-Heavy Meta(New West)

Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Indie Pop

Girlpool-Powerplant(Anti-)

Genre: Indie Pop, LO-FI, Twee Pop, Noise Pop

Girl Ray-Earl Grey(Moshi Moshi)

Genre: Indie Pop, Chamber Pop

Gnod-Just Say No To The Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death Machine(Rocket)

Genre: Noise Rock, No Wave

Godspeed You Black Emperor-Luciferian Towers(Constellation)

Genre: Post Rock, Drone, Chamber Music

Guantanamo Baywatch-Desert Center(Suicide Squeeze)

Genre: Surf Rock, Garage Rock

Marika Hackman-I'm Not Your Man(Sub Pop)

Genre: Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Rock

Hamell On Trial-Tackle Box(New West)

Genre: Anti-Folk

Impossible Nothing-Taxmenomicon(Self Released)

Genre: Plunderphonics, Instrumental Hip Hop

INVSN-The Beautiful Stories(Whoa Dad!)

Genre: Post-Punk, New Wave, Alternative Rock

Japan Blues-Sells His Record Collection(Self Released)

Genre: Sound Collage, Tribal Ambient, Japanese Folk Music, Field Recordings, Plunderphonics

Japanese Breakfast-Soft Sounds From Another Planet(Dead Oceans)

Genre: Dream Pop, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Art Pop

Joan Of Arc-He's Got The Whole This Land Is Your Land In His Hands(Joyful Noise)

Genre: Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Electronic

Chuck Johnson-Balsams(VDSQ)

Genre: Ambient, Drone

Kacy & Clayton-The Siren's Song(New West)

Genre: Psychedelic Folk, Folk Rock, Americana

Kane Strang-Two Hearts And No Brain(Dead Oceans)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Dunedin Sound, Neo Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop

The Knocks & Skylar Spence-Present Amelia Airhorn(Self Released)

Genre: Future Funk, Plunderphonics, Instrumental Hip Hop, Nu-Disco

Madeline Kenney-Night Night At The First Landing(Company)

Genre: Dream Pop, Indie Rock

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard-Murder Of The Universe(Flightless)

Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Spoken Word, Heavy Psych, Space Rock, Progressive Rock, Noise Rock

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard-Polygondwanaland(No Label/Public Domain)

Genre: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Krautrock, Acid Rock

Leyland Kirby-We, So Tired Of All The Darkness In Our Lives(History Always Favours The Winners)

Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Post Rock, Tribal Ambient

The Koreatown Oddity-Finna Be Past Tense(Stones Throw)

Genre: Abstract Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

Las Rosas-Everyone Gets Exactly What They Want(Ernest Jenning)

Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock

L.A. Witch-Self Titled(Suicide Squeeze)

Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Psychobilly

LCD Soundsystem-American Dream(DFA/Columbia)

Genre: Dance Punk, New Wave, Synthpop, Alternative Dance, Post Punk Revival

Eliot Lipp-Skywave(Young Heavy Souls)

Genre: Electronic, Experimental

Little Barrie-Death Express(Hostess Entertainment Unlimited)

Genre: Noise Pop, Garage Rock

Lovely Bad Things-Teenage Grown Ups(Burger)

Genre: Indie Rock