Runners Up Albums 2017 M-Z

Welcome back everyone to the second part of our year end extravaganza! These are the runners up albums M-Z! These are all excellent albums that just didn't make the cut for the top 50 albums of the year(coming later in the week). So settle in and fire up the spotify playlist below and check out these excellent albums!!!!

Holly Macve-Golden Eagle(Bella Union)

Genre: Contemporary Folk, Contemporary Country, Americana

Kristofer Maddigan-Cuphead Soundtrack(IAM8BIT)

Genre: Video Game Music, Big Band, Jazz, Barbershop, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Dixieland, Ragtime, Bebop, Cartoon Music, Traditional Pop

The Magnetic Fields-50 Song Memoir(Nonesuch)

Genre: Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Synthpop, Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter

Man Forever-Play What They Want(Thrill Jockey)

Genre: Art Rock, Post Rock, Drone

Matt Martians-The Drum Chord Theory(Three Quarters)

Genre: Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul, Funk

The Mavericks-Brand New Day(Mono Mundo)

Genre: Americana, Tex-Mex, Country, Blues Rock, Bluegrass

Jessica Lea Mayfield-Sorry Is Gone(ATO)

Genre: Indie Rock, Alt-Country

Melkbelly-Nothing Valley(Wax Nine)

Genre: Indie Rock, Noise Rock, Noise Pop

Mering & Rosenberg(Weyes Blood and Ariel Pink)-Myths 002(Mexican Summer)

Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Folk, Hypnagogic Pop

Tift Merritt-Stitch Of The World(Yep Roc)

Genre: Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter

Midnight Sister-Saturn Over Sunset(Jagjaguwar)

Genre: Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop

The Moonlandingz-Interplanetary Class Classics(Chimera Music)

Genre: Neo Psychedelia, Krautrock

The Mountain Goats-Goths(Merge)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock, Jazz Pop

Michael Nau-Some Twist(Suicide Squeeze)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Baroque Pop, Americana, Chamber Pop, Indie Pop

Randy Newman-Dark Matter(Nonesuch)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop, Piano Rock, Piano Blues, Show Tunes

Conor Oberst-Salutations(Nonesuch)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock

Odonis Odonis-No Pop(Felte)

Genre: Electro-Industrial, Darkwave

Oh Sees-Orc(Castle Face)

Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Heavy Psych, Krautrock

Angel Olsen-Phases(Jagjaguwar)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, LO-FI, Psychedelic Folk, Slowcore, Indie Folk, Americana

Omni-Multi Task(Trouble In Mind)

Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Rock

Oxbow-Thin Black Duke(Hydra Head)

Genre: Experimental Rock, Art Rock, Noise Rock, Blues Rock, Symphonic Rock

The Pablo Collective-The Death Of Pablo(Self Released)

Genre: Plunderphonics, Dark Ambient, Experimental Hip Hop, Sound Collage, Spoken Word, Noise, Industrial Hip Hop, Vaporwave, Exeperimental

Palehound-A Place I'll Always Go(Polyvinyl)

Genre: Indie Rock, Power Pop

Pan Daijing-Lack(Pan)

Genre: Post-Industrial, Sound Collage, Ambient, Electroacoustic, Noise

The Paperhead-Chew(Trouble In Mind)

Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock

People Like You-Verse(Topshelf)

Genre: Midwest Emo, Math Rock

Perfume Genius-No Shape(Matador)

Genre: Art Pop, Ambient Pop

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs-Feed The Rats(Rocket)

Genre: Stoner Rock, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Psychedelic Rock

Pixx-The Age Of Anxiety(4AD)

Genre: Art Pop, Synthpop

Ryan Power-They Sell Doomsday(NNA Tapes)

Genre: Sophisti-Pop, Art Pop, Progressive Pop

Primus-The Desaturating Seven(ATO)

Genre: Progressive Rock, Funk Rock, Experimental Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Public Service Broadcasting-Every Valley(Play It Again Sam)

Genre: Post-Rock, Indietronica, Spoken Word, Sound Collage, Plunderphonics

Pyrrhon-What Passes For Survival(Throatruiner)

Genre: Technical Death Metal, Mathcore, Noise Rock, Avant Garde Metal

Queens Of The Stone Age-Villains(Matador)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival, Hard Rock

Rainer Maria-S/T(Polyvinyl)

Genre: Indie Rock, Emo

Rostam-Half Light(Nonesuch)

Genre: Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter

Alexandra Savior-Belladonna Of Sadness(Columbia)

Genre: Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Art Pop, Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Pop Soul

Katie Von Schleicher-Shitty Hits(Ba Da Bing!)

Genre: Indie Rock

The Secret Sisters-You Don't Own Me Anymore(New West)

Genre: Contemporary Folk, Close Harmony

Trevor Sensor-Andy Warhol's Dream(Jagjaguwar)

Genre: Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Shamir-Hope(Self Released)

Genre: LO-FI, Alternative Rock, Indie Pop

Shamir-Revelations(Father/Daughter)

Genre: LO-FI, Alternative Rock, Indie Pop

She Devils-Self Titled(Secretly Canadian)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop

Joan Shelley-Self Titled(No Quarter)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Indie Folk

$hit & $hine-Total $HIT!(Diagonal)

Genre: Sound Collage, Post-Industrial, Plunderphonics, Techno, House

Sleaford Mods-English Tapas

Genre: Post-Punk, Synth Punk, UK Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Punk

So Much Light-Oh, Yuck(Anti-)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative R&B

Sorority Noise-You're Not As _______ As You Think You Are(Triple Crown)

Genre: Emo, Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore, Midwest Emo

Steelism-Ism(Intoxicating Sounds)

Genre: Indie Rock, Surf Rock

Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam-The Laughing Apple(Cat-O-Log)

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

St. Vincent-Massseduction(Loma Vista)

Genre: Art Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative Dance, Noise Pop, Progressive Pop

Harry Styles-Self Titled(Columbia)

Genre: Pop Rock, Glam Rock, Folk Pop, Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Moses Sumney-Aromanticism(Jagjaguwar)

Genre: Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Ambient Pop, Neo Soul

Susanne Sundfor-Music For People In Trouble(Bella Union)

Genre: Art Pop, Chamber Folk, Ambient Pop, Contemporary Folk, Progressive Pop

Sylvan Esso-What Now(Loma Vista)

Genre: Indietronica, Electropop, Glitch Pop

Tera Melos-Trash Generator(Sargent House)

Genre: Math Rock, Indie Rock

Thundercat-Drunk(Brainfeeder)

Genre: Neo Soul, Psychedelic Soul, Funk, Funktronica, Alternative R&B, Progressive Pop

Shugo Tokumaru-Toss(Polyvinyl)

Genre: Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter

Trailer Trash Tracys-Althaea(Dominio/Double Six)

Genre: Art Pop, Dream Pop, Neo Psychedelia, Chamber Pop

Trementina-810(Burger Records)

Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze

Tunabunny-PCP Present Alice In Wonderland Jr.(Happy Happy Birthday To Me)

Genre: Noise Pop

Tyler, The Creator-Scum Fuck Flower Boy(Columbia)

Genre: West Coast Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Neo Soul, Alternative R&B, Synth Funk, Neo Psychedelia

Umm-Double Worshipper(Majestic Litter)

Genre: Hard Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop

Vex Ruffin-Conveyor(Stones Throw)

Genre: Synthpop, Post-Punk

Wall-Untitled(Wharf Cat)

Genre: Post-Punk, No Wave, Gothic Rock

Waxahatchee-Out In The Storm(Merge)

Genre: Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter

White Hills-Stop Mute Defeat(Thrill Jockey)

Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Post-Punk, Darkwave, Space Rock

White Reaper-The World's Best American Band(Polyvinyl)

Genre: Glam Rock, Power Pop, Garage Punk

The Yawpers-Boy In A Well(Bloodshot)

Genre: Punk Blues, Indie Folk

Mikey Young-Your Move Vol.1(Moniker)

Genre: Electronic, IDM, EDM, Downtempo