Dave 3000's Top 25 (or so) New Releases of 2017

(Just my opinion!)

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1   (3-way tie)		King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Flying Microtonal Banana" (Flightless/ATO)    and "Polygondwanaland" (Flightless/ATO)    and "Gumboot Soup" (Flightless/ATO)
2		Once and Future Band "Once and Future Band" (Castle Face)
3		Ty Segall "Ty Segall" (Drag City)
4		75 Dollar Bill "Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock" (Thin Wrist)
5		Lee Ranaldo "Electric Trim" (Mute)
6		Dungen "Haxan" (Mexican Summer)
7		Moon Duo "Occult Architecture, Volume One" (Sacred Bones)        and       "Occult Architecture, Volume Two" (Sacred Bones)
8		King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard with Mild High Club "Sketches of Brunswick East" (Flightless/ATO)
9		Damaged Bug "Bunker Funk" (Castle Face)
10		Guided By Voices "August By Cake" (GBV Inc.)        and       "How Do You Spell Heaven?" (GBV Inc.)
11		Wolf People "Ruins" (Jagjaguwar)
12		Ariel Pink "Dedicated To Bobby Jameson" (Mexican Summer)
13		Deerhoof "Mountain Moves" (Joyful Noise)
14		(Sandy) Alex G "Rocket" (Domino)
15		Oh Sees "Orc" (Castle Face)
16		King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Murder Of The Universe" (Flightless/ATO)
17		Wand "Plum" (Drag City)
18		Thurston Moore "Rock n Roll Consciousness" (Ecstatic Peace!)
19		ORB "Naturality" (Flightless/Castle Face)
20		The Striped Bananas "Stone Of Madness" (Cosmic Sunshine)
21		Mondo Drag "The Occultation Of Light" (Riding Easy)
22		Woods "Love Is Love" (Woodsist)
23		Earthling Society "Ascent To Godhead" (Riot Season)
24		The Black Angels "Death Song" (Partisan/Hostess)
25		Dream Machine "The Illusion" (Fuzz City/Castle Face)

Plus the Top Archival releases of the year:

   
Honorable Mentions:

(in alphabetical order)

5-Track “Trio” EP (Cosmic Primitive)
All Them Witches “Sleeping Through The War“ (New West)
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile “Lotta Sea Lice” (Matador)
The Black Lips “Satan's Graffiti Or God's Art?” (Vice)
Chuck Berry “Chuck” (Dualtone)
David Bowie “No Plan” EP (Columbia)
The Claypool-Lennon Delirium “Lime And Limpid Green” (ATO)
Duds “Of A Nature Or Degree” (Castle Face)
The Fall “New Facts Emerge” (Cherry Red)
Faust “Fresh Air” (Bureau B)
The Feelies “In Between” (Bar None)
Floating Points “Reflections - Mojave Desert" (Luaka Bop)
Four Tet "New Energy" (Text)
Golden Bear “Dimensional Place” (C-Side)
Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas “The World Of Captain Beefheart” (Knitting Factory)
Joan Of Arc “He's Got The Whole This Land Is Your Land In His Hands” (Joyful Noise)
Liars “TFCF” (Mute)
Danielle Luppi & Parquet Courts “Milano” (Columbia)
Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel “When The Morning Greets You” (Rad Cat)
The Moonlandingz “Interplanetary Class Classics” (Chimera)
OCS (Thee Oh Sees) "Memory Of A Cut Off Head" (Castle Face)
Peaking Lights “The Fifth Level Of Consciousness” (Two Flowers)
Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble “Finding Me Finding You” (Drag City)
Saicobab “Sab Se Purani Bab” (Thrill Jockey)
Ty Segall “Fried Shallots” EP (Drag City)
Six Organs Of Admittance “Burning The Threshold” (Drag City)
Sleater-Kinney “Live In Paris” (Sub Pop)
Sun Araw “The Saddle Of The Increate” (Drag City)
Suspirians “Ti Bon Ange” (Super Secret)
The Sword “Greetings From…” (Razor & Tie)
Thundercat “Drunk” (Brainfeeder)
Triptides “Afterglow” (Requiem Pour Un Twister)
Tuns “Tuns” EP (Royal Mountain)
Walrus “Family Hangover” (Madic)
Watter "History of the Future" (Temporary Residence)
Wire “Silver/Lead” (Pink Flag)
Woods “Live At Third Man Records” (Third Man)

   

Best Local Album (from Wisconsin):

Wood Chickens "Countrycide" (Big Neck)

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