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.