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Monday, January 15, 2018

Gusty Bellows’s Favorite Music of 2017

By Gusty Bellows

Here are my favorite records of 2017:
Pissed Jeans, Why Love Now
Afghan Whigs, In Spades
Ron Gallo, Heavy Meta
Black Lips, Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art
Ty Segall, Ty Segall
LCD Soundsystem, American Dream
Electric Wizard, Wizard Bloody Wizard
Guided by Voices, How Do You Spell Heaven
Truck Stop Love, Can’t Here It: 1991-1994
Spoon, Hot Thoughts

I saw some great shows in 2017 with great friends:
Samiam, Armchair Martian
Bret Netson/Clark, The Himselfs
Black Angels, Ron Gallo
Afghan Whigs, Har Mar Superstar
Descendents
Melvins
Ty Segall
King Gizzard
The Lizard Wizard
Plus I was glad I finally got to see The Sadies.

In 2017, I revisited this great records a lot:
Constantines, Kensington Heights
Radio Birdman, Radio’s Appear

I was sad for the loss of Karl Hendricks. Many other greats passed, but his music always had a special place in my collection.

I’m looking forward to seeing Luna in 2018 and hopefully Jawbreaker will make their reunion worthwhile and do some more shows this year. I am disappointed that Jesus Lizard has decided that’s it no more.

There are plenty of albums from great bands that I didn’t even get a chance to listen to this past year. This year is looking like I may not even get to them now. Since it looks like there are some good releases coming out as soon as the year gets started.







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