We’re midway through the year in music and liking what we’ve heard so far. We’re excited for what’s to come, but here at the midpoint, we’re taking pause to talk about our favorite releases of the first half of 2017.
Here’s Ameerah’s picks:
1. Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
2. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me
3. Caddywhompus – Odd Hours
4. Thundercat – Drunk
5. Timber Timbre – Sincerely, Future Pollution
Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases available at The Record Exchange on Friday!
CD:
Radiohead – OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
Jay-Z – 4:44
Haim – Something to Tell You
The Melvins – Walk with Love and Death
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
Toro Y Moi – Boo Boo
Pickwick – Lovejoys
M.O.D. – Busted, Broke and American
Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
River Black – River Black
Randall Bramblett – Juke Joint at the Edge of the World
Chris Bell – Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star
Ulrich Schnauss – No Further Ahead Than Today
Blind Guardian – Live Beyond the Spheres
Decapitated – Anticult
Rhonda Vincent and Daryle Singletary – American Grandstand
VINYL:
Radiohead – OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
Toro Y Moi – Boo Boo
STRFKR – Vault 2
The Black Lips – Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art?
The Melvins – Walk with Love and Death
Emmylou Harris – Various Reissues
Rosanne Cash – King’s Record Shop
Randy Newman – Various Reissues
Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Deluxe Edition
Ulrich Schnauss – No Further Ahead Than Today
Master P – Ice Cream Man
Nickelback – Various Reissues
Municipal Waste – Fatal Feast
Decapitated – Anticult
Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
Great Grandpa – Plastic Cough
Various Artists – True Romance Soundtrack
Otis Redding – The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Otis Redding – The Soul Album
Booker T and the MG’s – Hip Hug Her
Albert King – Born Under a Bad Sign
Michael Giacchino – Spider-Man Homecoming Soundtrack
Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture
1. The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
2. Purple Rain Deluxe Edition, Prince
3. The Marcus King Band, The Marcus King Band
4. Meanwhile … Back at the Lab, Slightly Stoopid
5. Crack-Up, Fleet Foxes
6. Sand in the Sky, The Expendables
7. B-Sides and Rarities, Beach House
8. So You Wannabe an Outlaw, Steve Earle and the Dukes
9. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary, The Beatles
10. Melodrama, Lorde
1. Purple Rain Deluxe Edition, Prince
2. Feelin’ Freaky, John Nemeth
3. The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
4. Crack-Up, Fleet Foxes
5. Murder of the Universe, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
6. Big Fish Theory, Vince Staples
7. Evolve, Imagine Dragons
8. Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Various Artists
9. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary, The Beatles
10. Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie
Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases available at The Record Exchange on Friday!
CD:
Washed Out – Mister Mellow
Beach House – B-Sides and Rarities
ZZ Ward – The Storm
The Beach Boys – 1967-Sunshine Tomorrow
Various Artists – Music From Big Little Lies
Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
TLC – TLC
Stone Sour – Hydrograd
Sonny Landreth – Recorded Live in Lafayette
Cash Box Kings – Royal Mint
The Mojo Gurus – Gone
Origin – Unparalleled Universe
The Acacia Strain – Gravebloom
The Dear Hunter – Act I, II and III
Propaganda – Crooked
Cody ChesnuTT – My Love Divine Degree
R.E.M. – Live at the Olympia
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers – Native Heart
Various Artists – The Passion of Charlie Parker
Pond – Weather
Young Wicked – Return of the Prodigal Son
Lany – Lany
Danny Elfman – Rabbit and Rogue Original Ballet Score
Bryan Adams – Wembley Live 1996
Celtic Frost – Various Reissues
Peter Perrett – How the West Was One
Moon Hooch – Live at the Cathedral
Tiamat – Sumerian Cry
VINYL:
Ryan Adams – Prisoner End of World Edition (vinyl box set)
Beach House – B-Sides and Rarities
Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV
Abba – Gold
Dave Matthews Band – Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
Ani DiFranco – Binary
The Acacia Strain – Gravebloom
Kane Strang – Two Hearts and No Brain
Logic – Everybody
Danzig – Black Laden Crown
Moondog – Moondog
Bruce Springsteen – Hammersmith Odeon London 75
Harry Nilsson – Nilson Schmilsson
Elton John – Honky Chateau
Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground and Nico 50th Anniversary
Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Deluxe Edition
Raymond Scott – Three Willow Park
Origin – Unparalleled Universe
Congos – Heart of the Congos
The Cranberries – Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?
Culture – Two Sevens Clash
John Holt – 1000 Volts of Holt
From First to Last – Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount
From First to Last – Heroine
GBH – City Baby’s Revenge
GBH – Punk Singles 1981-1984
Discharge – Various Reissues
Entombed – Left Hand Path
Carcass – Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
Fear Before the March of Flames – Always Open Mouth
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Oceano – Revelation
CASSETTE:
Beach House – B-Sides and Rarities
Beach House – Bloom
Beach House – Teen Dream
DVD/BLU-RAY:
Heart – Alive in Seattle DVD