This ‘top 100 songs of 2017’ post could have easily been ‘top 200 songs of 2017’ due to the insane (yet absolutely amazing) amount of great music that was released this past year. While it is near impossible to listen to it all, here were my favorite 100 songs from 2017 (with a bonus 5, because… why not?):
105. Cameron Avery – Wasted On Fidelity
104. Torres – Skim
103. John Maus – The Combine
102. Alex Cameron – Country Figs
101. Bonobo – Andromeda (Gorillaz feat. DRAM remix)
100. Dan Auerbach – Cherrybomb
99. Angel Olsen – Fly On Your Wall
98. Thundercat (feat. Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins) – Show You The Way
97. Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 – Disco Kid
96. Gorillaz – Sleeping Powder
95. Delicate Steve – Animals
94. Sinkane – Telephone
93. Wavves – Hollowed Out
92. Bahamas – Way With Words
91. Washed Out – Get Lost
90. Bonobo (feat. Nick Murphy) – No Reason
89. Queens Of The Stone Age – Feet Don’t Fail Me Now
88. BNQT – LA On My Mind
87. Kelley Stoltz – Tranquillo
86. Angel Olsen – Special
85. Ryan Adams – We Disappear
84. Beach Fossils – Saint Ivy
83. Kevin Morby – Night Time
82. Sufjan Stevens – Mystery of Love (from Call Me By Your Name)
81. The Districts – Ordinary Day
80. Bonobo (feat. Rhye) – Break Apart
79. Tennis – My Emotions Are Binding
78. BNQT – Hey Banana
77. Big Thief – Mythological Beauty
76. Ride – Lannoy Point
75. Tennis – Ladies Don’t Play Guitar
74. Dan Auerbach – Waiting On A Song
73. Queens Of The Stone Age – Domesticated Animals
72. Jim James – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
71. Gorillaz (feat. DRAM) – Andromeda
70. Big Thief – Shark Smile
69. Benjamin Booker (feat. Mavis Staples) – Witness
68. Kelley Stoltz – Same Pattern
67. Wolf Parade – Valley Boy
66. Sinkane – U’Huh
65. Superorganism – Something For Your M.I.N.D.
64. War On Drugs – Strangest Thing
63. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Anxiety
62. LCD Soundsytem – change yr mind
61. Beach Fossils – Social Jetlag
60. Future Islands – North Star
59. Jen Cloher – Sensory Memory
58. Cut Copy – Standing In The Middle Of The Field
57. Father John Misty – Ballad of The Dying Man
56. Stand of Oaks – Rest Of It
55. Real Estate – Serve The Song
54. Danger Mouse, Run The Jewels, Big Boi – Chase Me
53. Alvvays – Hey
52. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – French Press
51. Flyte – Victoria Falls
50. Khruangbin – Maria También
49. Molly Burch – Downhearted
48. Waaves – Million Enemies
47. Grizzly Bear – Three Rings
46. Foxygen – Follow The Leader
45. Sunflower Bean – I Was A Fool
44. Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
43. Ron Gallo – Port Traits of the Artist
42. Toro y Moi – Girl Like You
41. Slowdive – Star Roving
40. Bedouine – One Of These Days
39. Ryan Adams – To Be Without You
38. Spoon – First Caress
37. Dan Auerbach – Malibu Man
36. Broken Social Scene – Hug Of Thunder
35. Wolf Parade – You’re Dreaming
34. Grizzly Bear – Losing All Sense
33. The Growlers – Late Bloomers
32. Beach Fossils – Sugar
31. Hamilton Leithauser (feat. Angel Olsen) – Heartstruck-Wild Hunger
30. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still
29. Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 – Star Stuff
28. Japanese Breakfast – Diving Woman
27. Jen Cloher – Analysis Paralysis
26. The National – Empire Line
25. Delicate Steve – Winners
24. Julien Baker – Appointments
23. St. Vincent – Pills
22. The National – Day I Die
21. The XX – Replica
20. Big Thief – Mary
19. Thundercat – Them Changes
18. Molly Burch – Fool
17. Kendrick Lamar – Humble.
16. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake
15. Alvvays – Dreams Tonite
14. White Reaper – Judy French
13. Kevin Morby – City Music
12. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
11. Flyte – Echoes
10. Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete The Kisses
9. The Horrors – Something To Remember Me By
8. Slowdive – Sugar For The Pill
7. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Over Everything
6. War On Drugs – Thinking Of A Place
5. Kamasi Washington – Truth
4. Real Estate – Two Arrows
3. The National – Guilty Party
2. LCD Soundsystem – How Do You Sleep?
1. Spoon – Do I Have To Talk You Into It
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