The U & U Show 516 | 25 Best Albums of 2017

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Honorable Mentions (30 of 'em!):

Arthur Ahbez (Free As The Wind)
Benjamin Booker (Witness)
Black Mekon (One In The Hate)
Charlotte Gainsbourg (Rest)
Conor Oberst (Salutations)
Courtney Barnet & Kurt Vile (Lotta Sea Lice)
Feral Ohms (s/t), Future Islands (The Far Field)
Gordi (Reservior)
Happyness (Write In)
High Sunn (Hopeless Romantic EP)
Jay Som (Everybody Works)
John Maus (Screen Memories)
Lars Finberg (Moon Over Bakersfield)
Mavis Staples (If All I Was Was Black)
The Murlocs (Old Locomotive)

The National (Sleep Well Beast)

ORB (Naturality), POND (The Weather)
Sam Patch (Yeah You, And I)
Sheer Mag (Need To Feel Your Love)
Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else (Enjoy The Great Outdoors)
St. Vincent (MASSEDUCTION)
Strange Ranger (Daymoon)
Tonstartssbandht (Sorcerer)

Vagabon (Infinite Worlds)

WAND (Plum) 

The War On Drugs (A Deeper Understanding)

Weaves (Wide Open)
Wooden Wand (Clipper Ship) 

25 : Curtis Harding : Wednesday Morning Atonement

Face Your Fear (2017)  |  Official Site

24 : Hiss Golden Messenger : Lost Out in the Darkness

Hallelujah Anyhow (2017)  |  Official Site

The U & U Show 515 | Top 25 Best Songs of 2017

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25 : Benjamin Booker : Witness (feat. Mavis Staples) : Witness (2017)



24 : Together Pangea : Money On It : Bulls and Roosters (2017)

The U & U's 117 Best Songs of 2017 | Set 4 of 5: 50-26

50 : Washer : Your Guess Is As Bad As Mine : All Aboard (2017)



49 : The I.L.Y’s : I Love You Man : Bodyguard (2017)

The U & U Show 489 | Best of SXSW 2017

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Future Islands : Tin Man

In Evening Air (2010)  |  Official Site  |  Best Band of SXSW 2017

LVL UP : I

Return To Love (2016)  |  BandCamp  |  Best of SXSW 2017

  

The U & U Show 486 | SXSW 2017 Preview 4 of 6

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard : Billabong Valley

Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)  |  BandCamp

 

The Parrots : All my Loving (The Almighty Defenders Cover)

Weed For The Parrots EP (2015)  |  BandCamp  |  SXSW 2017

The U & U Show 483 | SXSW 2017 Preview 1 of 6

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Spoon : Hot Thoughts

Hot Thoughts (2017)  |  Official Site  |  SXSW 2017

 

Middle Children : Fish

Earth Angel (2017)  |  Soundcloud

 

The U & U Show 480 | Best Of Potentials Already!

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Sam Patch : St. Sebastian

Yeah You, And I (2017)  |  BandCamp

 Allison Crutchfield : I Don't Ever Wanna Leave California
Tourist In This Town (2017)  |  BandCamp

The U & U Show 471 | Here Come The '17s

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Thee Oh Sees : You Will Find It Here

An Odd Entrances (2016)  |  Official Site

 

Allison Crutchfield : Dean’s Room

Tourist In This Town (2017)  |  BandCamp

The U & U's Best Songs of 2014 | Part 3 of 3 & Show 387

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25 | EMA : 3Jane : The Future’s Void (2014)

Offidial Site

24 | Mac DeMarco : Passing Out Pieces : Salad Days (2014)

BandCamp

The U & U Show 381 | Look Who Just Turned 8!

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Wolf Parade : I'll Believe In Anything : Apologies To The Queen Mary (2005)

-          Debut LP of 3.

-          One of the greatest independent rock bands of the past 20 years.

-          Led by Spencer Krug (Moonface, Sunset Rubdown) and Dan Boeckner (Handsome Furs, Divine Fits, Operators)

-          One of my favorite songs.

Moonface : Operators

Heart-Ships : Heart of a Wrestler : Foil (2014)          

-          Debut LP.

-          Debut EP, EP1 was a highlight of 2013.

-          Reminiscent of Modest Mouse and Frog Eyes, but most for the still-wounded Wolf Parade fans.

-          "You've taken some heavy hits in your time, you've been in some fierce grips, but the heart of a wrestler never submits. 

Official Site : Facebook

U & U Show 372 | Yeasayer + Suckers = Seltzer Boys

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Benjamin Booker : Happy Homes : Benjamin Booker (2014)

-       Forthcoming debut LP

-       Sounds like it’s even just demo quality, but the potential for something good is definitely there.

-       Best of SXSW 2014

Facebook

Lee Moses : Bad Girl (Blood Ties) : Time And Place (1971)

-       Only full length album

-       Originally released as a single in 1967.

-       Great deep blues and soul.

Amazon

U & U Show 371 | A Fire Reviewed, A Crutchfield Debuted

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Allison Crutchfield : You : Lean In to It EP

-          Bedroom electronic pop solo effort.

-          Also the leader of pop punk band, Swearin’.

-          Twin sister of Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield.

BandCamp

Tobias Jesso Jr. : Just A Dream (2013)

-       One of 2 demos out via YouTube

-       RIYL Nilsson, early Perfume Genius, or early solo Christopher Owens.

YouTube