{"id":27136,"date":"2017-12-19T10:57:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=27136"},"modified":"2017-12-23T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T14:24:34","slug":"favorite-records-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=27136","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Records of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn't imagine having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com\/2017\/12\/95134\">25 new records to recommend<\/a>. Seems like I'd have to buy hundreds to find that many good ones.<\/p>\n<p>So, let's do five!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LCD Soundsystem - american dream<\/strong>. Easily my favorite of their records. Though, in truth, it's not extremely different from the others. It just does everything I like about them a bit better.<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"other voices\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ZRaVXBJDiu8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZRaVXBJDiu8\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRaVXBJDiu8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-08-31T11:35:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ZRaVXBJDiu8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZRaVXBJDiu8\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">other voices<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZRaVXBJDiu8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZRaVXBJDiu8\/0.jpg\" alt=\"other voices\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Provided to YouTube by DFA Records\/Columbia other voices \u00b7 LCD Soundsystem american dream \u2117 2017 Excelsior Equity Management of NY, LLC under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 2017-09-01 Mixing Engineer, Composer, Associated Performer, Vocal, Producer, Lyricist: James Murphy Associated Performer: LCD Soundsystem Composer, Vocal, Lyricist: Nancy Whang Vocal, Recording Engineer: Korey Richey Assistant Engineer: Matt Shaw Engineer: Raymond Richards Mastering Engineer: Bob Weston Auto-generated by YouTube.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<li><strong>Replacements - For Sale: Live At Maxwell's 1986<\/strong>. A 31 year old live recording of a sloppy self-destructive band at their peak is still better than 95% of the new stuff I've heard this year.<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Color Me Impressed (Live at Maxwell&amp;#039;s, Hoboken, NJ, 2\/4\/86)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_wLhvIoX6k38\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wLhvIoX6k38\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wLhvIoX6k38\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-10-05T10:31:40Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_wLhvIoX6k38\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wLhvIoX6k38\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Color Me Impressed (Live at Maxwell&#039;s, Hoboken, NJ, 2\/4\/86)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wLhvIoX6k38\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wLhvIoX6k38\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Color Me Impressed (Live at Maxwell&amp;#039;s, Hoboken, NJ, 2\/4\/86)\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Provided to YouTube by Rhino\/Warner Records Color Me Impressed (Live at Maxwell&#039;s, Hoboken, NJ, 2\/4\/86) \u00b7 The Replacements For Sale: Live at Maxwell&#039;s 1986 \u2117 2017 Sire Records Company. Mixer: Bill Inglot Producer: Bob Mehr Lead Guitar: Bob Stinson Mixer: Brian Kehew Drums: Chris Mars Mastering Engineer: Howie Weinberg Guitar, Vocals: Paul Westerberg Engineer: Randy Ezrathy Bass: Tommy Stinson Backing Vocals: Tommy Stinson Writer: Paul Westerberg Auto-generated by YouTube.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<li><strong>R. Ring - Ignite The Rest<\/strong>. Fans of The Breeders' noisy twisted lo-fi rock will love this. Kelley Deal is the lead guitar player in the Breeders and her voice sounds just like her twin sister Kim's. And she brings that same combo of glass-eyed bliss and giddy menace that The Breeders are known for. R. Ring is actually a duo, but the <i>Dealness<\/i> dominates.<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"R Ring - &amp;quot;Cutter&amp;quot; (Official Video)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_w6Zow4KtbdE\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/w6Zow4KtbdE\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w6Zow4KtbdE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M20S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-02-16T16:39:09Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_w6Zow4KtbdE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/w6Zow4KtbdE\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">R Ring - &quot;Cutter&quot; (Official Video)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w6Zow4KtbdE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/w6Zow4KtbdE\/0.jpg\" alt=\"R Ring - &amp;quot;Cutter&amp;quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"R. Ring &#039;Ignite the Rest&#039; Available Now! https:\/\/www.sofaburn.com\/product-page\/r-ring-ignite-the-rest-cd Don&#039;t forget to subscribe for more great exclusive videos: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheSofaBurnChannel?sub_confirmation=1 Video for &quot;Cutter&quot; from R. Ring&#039;s &#039;Ignite the Rest&#039; LP Video crafted by Clyde Petersen and Chris Looney. www.clydepetersen.com SofaBurn Records: https:\/\/www.sofaburn.com #rring #sofaburn #musicvideo #music #indie #indierock #sofaburnrecords\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<li><strong>Spoon - Hot Thoughts<\/strong>. It's a good record (though I still can't listen to the title song). It's not my favorite Spoon record. It's not my least favorite Spoon record, either. I enjoy it but I'm having a hard time coming to terms with this glittery electronic Spoon.<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Spoon - Do I Have to Talk You Into It (Official Video)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_xt0QFoqNlBk\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xt0QFoqNlBk\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xt0QFoqNlBk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-10-23T12:59:51Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_xt0QFoqNlBk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xt0QFoqNlBk\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Spoon - Do I Have to Talk You Into It (Official Video)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xt0QFoqNlBk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xt0QFoqNlBk\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Spoon - Do I Have to Talk You Into It (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"From Spoon&#039;s latest album &#039;Hot Thoughts.&#039; Available now: http:\/\/smarturl.it\/Spoon_Hot_Thoughts Directed by Brook Linder Producer: Frances Capell Executive Producer: Evan Cohen Production Company: treeboy pictures Director of Photography: Frank Mobilio Assistant Camera: Steven Doyle Gaffer: Chris Walters Hair\/Makeup: Candice Birns Animation: Adam Padilla, Jack Wagner Photo Editors: Anthony Isaac, Vlad Sepetov, Kelsie Pickle Color: Kaitlyn Battistelli Upcoming Tour Dates: http:\/\/www.spoontheband.com\/#live Connect with Spoon: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spoontheband\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/spoontheband https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spoontheband\/ UPCOMING TOUR DATES 11\/02\/17 \u2013 Brussels, Belgium \u2013 Orangerie at Botanique 11\/03\/17 \u2013 Den Haag, NL \u2013 Crossing Border Festival 11\/3-4\/17 \u2013 Wessenhauser, DE \u2013 Rolling Stone Weekender 11\/06\/17 \u2013 Brighton, UK \u2013 Concorde 2 11\/07\/17 \u2013 Liverpool, UK \u2013 Invisible Wind Factory 11\/09\/17 \u2013 Cambridge, UK \u2013 The Junction 11\/10\/17 \u2013 Amsterdam, NL \u2013 Paradiso 11\/11\/17 \u2013 Basel, Switzerland \u2013 Kaserne 11\/12\/17 \u2013 Milan, Italy \u2013 Santeria Social Club 11\/14\/17 \u2013 Barcelona, Spain \u2013 Sala Apolo 11\/15\/17 \u2013 Madrid, Spain \u2013 La Riviera 11\/16\/17 \u2013 Porto, Portugal \u2013 Porto Coliseum 11\/17\/17 \u2013 Lisbon, Portugal \u2013 Coliseu dos Recreios 11\/28\/17 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY \u2013 Brooklyn Steel \u2013 SOLD OUT 11\/29\/17 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY \u2013 Brooklyn Steel \u2013 SOLD OUT 12\/1\/17 \u2013 Poughkeepsie, NY \u2013 The Chance 12\/3\/17 \u2013 Stroudsburg, PA \u2013 Sherman Theater 12\/5\/17 \u2013 Clifton Park, NY \u2013 Upstate Concert Hall 12\/6\/17 \u2013 Burlington, VT \u2013 Higher Ground 12\/30\/17 \u2013 Washington, DC \u2013 9:30 Club - SOLD OUT 12\/31\/17 \u2013 Washington, DC \u2013 9:30 Club 1\/11\/18 \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 Showbox \u2013 w\/White Reaper 1\/12\/18 \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 Showbox \u2013 w\/White Reaper - SOLD OUT 1\/13\/18 \u2013 Eugene, OR \u2013 McDonald Theater \u2013 w\/White Reaper 1\/15\/18 \u2013 Napa, CA \u2013 Jam Cellars \u2013 w\/White Reaper 1\/17\/18 \u2013 San Francisco, CA \u2013 The Masonic \u2013 w\/White Reaper 1\/18\/18 \u2013 Santa Barbara, CA \u2013 Arlington Theater \u2013 w\/White Reaper 1\/19\/18 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 The Forum (iHeart Radio ALTerEgo) 1\/20\/18 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV \u2013 Cosmopolitan \u2013 w\/White Reaper 3\/3\/18 \u2013 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic \u2013 One Big Holiday 3\/16-18\/18 \u2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina \u2013 Lollapalooza 3\/16-18\/18 \u2013 Santiago, Chile \u2013 Lollapalooza 3\/23-25\/18 \u2013 Sao Paulo, Brazil \u2013 Lollapalooza\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<li><strong>Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent<\/strong>. Harsh and raw with that early 90s post-Sonic Youth vibe: delicate dissonance and grinding guitars. Sounds like The National having a really angry day.<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"The Chuckler\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_cEIFQiWOEHg\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cEIFQiWOEHg\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cEIFQiWOEHg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-09-28T10:34:51Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_cEIFQiWOEHg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cEIFQiWOEHg\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Chuckler<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cEIFQiWOEHg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cEIFQiWOEHg\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Chuckler\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Provided to YouTube by Domino The Chuckler \u00b7 Protomartyr Relatives In Descent \u2117 2017 Domino Recording Co Ltd Producer: Protomartyr Producer, Mixer: Sonny Di Perri Music Publisher: Domino US Composer, Lyricist: Protomartyr Auto-generated by YouTube.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could mention David Rawlings' new record, or Kendrick, or St. Vincent. But I won't.<\/p>\n<p>You?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn't imagine having 25 new records to recommend. Seems like I'd have to buy hundreds to find that many good ones. So, let's do five! LCD Soundsystem - american dream. Easily my favorite of their records. Though, in truth, it's not extremely different from the others. It just does everything I like about them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27136"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27168,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27136\/revisions\/27168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}