2017: Alternative, Avant Rock, Songwriting

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ALTERNATIVE SOUP

Ariel Pink: Dedicated To Bobby Jameson (Mexican Summer)
Blanck Mass: World Eater (Sacred Bones Records)
King Krule: The OOZ (XL-True Panther Sounds)
Golden Teacher: No Luscious Life (Golden Teacher)
John Maus: Screen Memories (Domino)
Nadah El Shazly: Ahwar (Nawa Recordings)
Melanie De Biasio: Lilies (Le Label-PIAS)
Meridian Brothers: ¿Dónde Estás María? (Soundway)
Peaking Lights: The Fifth State Of Consciousness (Two Flowers)
Xenoula: Xenoula (Weird World Records)

AVANT-ROCK, POST-ROCK/PUNK, PSYCH..

Algiers: The Underside Of Power (Matador)
In Zaire: Visions Of The Age To Come (Sound Of Cobra) 
Flowers Must Die: Kompost (Rocket Recordings)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Luciferian Towers (Constellation)
Man Forever: Play What They Want (Thrill Jockey)
Pere Ubu: 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo (Cherry Red)
Protomartyr: Relatives In Descent (Domino)
Sleaford Mods: English Tapas (Rough Trade)
Slowdive: Slowdive (Dead Oceans)
Zeal And Ardor: Devil Is Fine (Mvka)

SONGWRITING, ALT-FOLK, ALT-COUNTRY

Cesare Basile: U Fujutu Su Nesci Chi Fa? (Urtovox)
Flavio Giurato: Le Promesse del Mondo (Entry)
Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls (Cooking Vinyl)
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile: Lotta Sea Lice (Matador)
The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (Nonesuch)
Micah P. Hinson: Presents The Holly Strangers (FTH)
Father John Misty: Pure Comedy (Bella Union)
Malcolm Holcombe: Pretty Little Troubles (Proper)
Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked At Me (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
Tim Bernardes: Recomeçar (Risco, 2017) 
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