{"id":1123,"date":"2017-12-27T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2017-12-27T10:40:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T15:40:01","slug":"music-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/2017\/12\/music-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Music of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I sat down to put this list together I was impressed by just how much great music was released in 2017.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve limited this list to 15 albums for the sake of brevity, but I easily could have listed more, and I&#8217;m sure there are even more good albums that I don&#8217;t know about yet.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty bad at describing <em>why<\/em> I like this album or that album, so I&#8217;m just going to list them in order and embed a song from each record that I hope you&#8217;ll like.\u00a0 Like most years this list does lean towards metal albums, especially near the top end, but I think there&#8217;s a pretty good variety of genres here, and a good mix of vocal and instrumental albums.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>15. <em>Infinite Worlds<\/em> by Vagabon<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zb0e8Gk8-iE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>14.\u00a0<em>Three Worlds <\/em>by Max Richter<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_9WNifGn4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>13. <em>Made of Breath Only<\/em> by sleepmakeswaves<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3491002414\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1546575460\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sleepmakeswaves.bandcamp.com\/album\/made-of-breath-only\">Made of Breath Only by sleepmakeswaves<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>12.<em>The French Press<\/em> by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvjsAIpNy6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>11. <em>Stubborn Persistent Illusions<\/em> by Do Make Say Think<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3191494178\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3427562611\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/domakesaythink.bandcamp.com\/album\/stubborn-persistent-illusions\">Stubborn Persistent Illusions by Do Make Say Think <\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>10. <em>Luciferian Towers<\/em> by Godspeed You! Black Emperor<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=233434656\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=634940311\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/godspeedyoublackemperor.bandcamp.com\/album\/luciferian-towers\">&#8220;Luciferian Towers&#8221; by Godspeed You! Black Emperor<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>9. <em>self-titled<\/em> by Slowdive<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BxwAPBxc0lU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>8. <em>The Underside of Power<\/em> by Algiers<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_FhcJTqJm98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>7. <em>Heartless<\/em> by Pallbearer<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DNl_18Kr56g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>6. <em>Thrice Woven<\/em> by Wolves in the Throne Room<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HI5XACAy0vE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>5. <em>The Nashville Sound <\/em>by Jason Isbell<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ci-6Au1Gnrs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>4. <em>Hug of Thunder <\/em>by Broken Social Scene<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O-KRhxYaVXE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>3. <em>So Numb <\/em>by Sannhet<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=685965204\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=988301062\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sannhet.bandcamp.com\/album\/so-numb\">So Numb by Sannhet<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>2. <em>Utopioid<\/em>\u00a0by Rosetta<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=644408023\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1701667630\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theanaesthete.bandcamp.com\/album\/utopioid\">Utopioid by Rosetta<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>1. <em>Hiss Spun<\/em> by Chelsea Wolfe<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2sb5TszDqYE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>OK it&#8217;s technically not an album but this is #1 too:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/prmQgSpV3fA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I sat down to put this list together I was impressed by just how much great music was released in 2017.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve limited this list to 15 albums for the sake of brevity, but I easily could have listed more, and I&#8217;m sure there are even more good albums that I don&#8217;t know about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1132,"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}