As we approach the halfway point of 2017, here are our favorite albums + songs from what is shaping up to be a frenetic, kind of convoluted (we are not on board with the teaser trend, just drop the jams), and overwhelmingly great year for new music:



ALBUMS:

01 TOPS | Sugar at the Gate













02 KELLY LEE OWENS | Kelly Lee Owens













03 ALDOUS HARDING | Party













04 KENDRICK LAMAR | DAMN.













05 NITE JEWEL | Real High













06 PLAYBOI CARTI | Playboi Carti













07 YAEJI | Yaeji













08 DEMEN | Nektyr













09 MEGA BOG | Happy Together













10 HOOPS | Routines

Next 15 (alphabetical):

AMBER MARK | 3:33am

BIG THIEF | Capacity

DRAB MAJESTY | The Demonstration

EXIT SOMEONE | Dry Your Eyes

HAND HABITS | Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void)

HATER | You Tried

JULIA LUCILLE | Chthonic

JULIE BYRNE | Not Even Happiness

LUKE REED | Won’t Be There

MOLLY BURCH | Please Be Mine

RAMZi | Phobiza Noite Vol. 2

SHE-DEVILS | She-Devils

TALABOMAN | The Night Land

VARIOUS | mono no aware

YOU’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN | Images













SONGS:

01 TOPS | Cutlass Cruiser

02 FUTURE | Mask Off (remix feat. Kendrick Lamar)

03 JAPANESE BREAKFAST | Machinist

04 PLAYBOI CARTI | Magnolia

05 WASHED OUT | Get Lost

06 SHABAZZ PALACES | Shine a Light

07 ALDOUS HARDING | Imagining My Man

08 LAUREL HALO | Moontalk

09 ALVVAYS | In Undertow

10 LANA DEL REY | Love

11 CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Cut to the Feeling

12 SLOWDIVE | Slomo

13 LIL UZI VERT | XO TOUR Llif3

14 LUKE REED | Sarah

15 SUPERORGANISM | Something for your M.I.N.D.

16 CHARLI XCX | ILY2

17 ANNA OF THE NORTH | Lovers

18 JULIE BYRNE | I Live Now as a Singer

19 BOYHOOD | Drivin'

20 HEAVEN | It's Not Enough

21 HÅN | The Children

22 YAEJI | Passionfruit

23 FOREVER | Falling

24 HAND HABITS | Demand It

25 MIDNIGHT SISTER | Leave You