LOUDER THAN WAR (UK) printed magazine indie/alt/post-punk
TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2017
1. SLEAFORD MODS - English Tapas (Rough Trade)
2. SLOWDIVE - Slowdive (Dead Oceans)
3. CABBAGE - Young, Dumb And Full Of... (BMG)
4. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - Damage And Joy (Artificial Plastic)
5. IDLES - Brutalism (Balley)
6. JAPANDROIDS - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life (Anti)
7. DIET CIG - Swear I'm Good At This (Frenchkiss)
8. ALVVAYS - Antisocialites (Transgressive)
9. CLOAKROOM - Time Well (Relapse)
10. THE NATIONAL - Sleep Well Beast (4AD)
11. WIRE - Silver/Lead (Pink Flag)
12. THE CHARLATANS - Different Days (BMG)
13. UNKLE - The Road Pt. 1 (Songs For The Def)
14. RIDE - Weather Diaries (Wichita)
15. MELVINS - A Walk With Love & Death (Ipecac)
16. RAT BOY - Scum (Parlophone)
17. THE FALL - New Facts Emerge (Cherry Red)
18. THE CRIBS - 24/7 Rock Star Shit (Sonic Blew)
19. MOGWAI - Every Country's Sun (Rock Action)
20. LIAM GALLAGHER - As You Were (Warner)
21. KOYO - Koyo (88 Watt)
22. THE HORRORS - V (Caroline)
23. BLACK GRAPE - Pop Voodoo (Commercial Marketing)
24. PISSED JEANS - Why Love Now (Sub Pop)
25. CLOUD NOTHINGS - Life Without Sound (Wichita)
26. FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES - Modern Ruin (International Death Cult)
27. KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - Murder Of The Universe (Heavenly)
28. ROYAL BLOOD - How Did We Get So Dark (Warner)
29. THE FLAMING LIPS - Oczy Mlody (Bella Union)
30. PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Every Valley (PIAS)
31. SHEER MAG - Need To Feel Your Love (Static Shock)
32. MINOR VICTORIES - Orchestral Variations (PIAS)
33. CRYSTAL FAIRY - Crystal Fairy (Ipecac)
34. BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Don't Get Lost ('A' Recordings)
35. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - American Dream (Columbia)
36. PALLBEARER - Heartless (Nuclear Blast)
37. GRAVE PLEASURES - Motherblood (Century Media)
38. DESPERATE JOURNALIST - Grow Up (Fierce Panda)
39. PAUL DRAPER - Spooky Action (Kscope)
40. SACRED PAWS - Strike A Match (Rock Action)
41. AFGHAN WHIGS - In Spades (Sub Pop)
42. THE WAR ON DRUGS - A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic)
43. CHELSEA WOLFE - Hiss Spun (Sargent House)
44. BAXTER DURY - Prince Of Tears (Heavenly)
45. THURSTON MOORE - Rock'n'Roll Consciousness (Caroline)
46. WOLF EYES - Undertow (Lower Flow)
47. AUCTION FOR THE PROMISE CLUB - Silence (Zen 10)
48. MENACE BEACH - Lemon Memory (Memphis Industries)
49. AT THE DRIVE IN - In-Ter A-Li-A (Rise)
50. ARCADE FIRE - Everything Now (Columbia)
51. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Villains (Matador)
52. BRITISH SEA POWER - Let The Dancers Inherit The Party (Caroline)
53. THE MOONLANDINGZ - Interplanetary Class Classics (Transgressive)
54. AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR - The Endless Shimmering (Sargent House)
55. CAST - Kicking Up The Dust (Cast Music)
56. FEVER DREAM - Squid (Club AC30)
57. INHEAVEN - Inheaven (PIAS)
58. KING WOMAN - Created In The Image Of Suffering ( Relapse)
59. FATHER JOHN MISTY - Pure Comedy (Bella Union)
60. JIM JONES & THE RIGHTEOUS MIND - Super Natural (Hound Gawd)
61. DUTCH UNCLES - Big Balloon (Memphis Industries)
62. ROYAL TRUX - Platinum Tips + Ice Cream (Domino)
63. ECHOBELLY - Anarchy & Alchemy (Echobelly)
64. RYAN ADAMS - Prisoner (Virgin EMI)
65. SURFER BLOOD - Snowdonia (Joyful Noise)
66. OXBOW - Thin Black Duke ( Hydrahead)
67. PART CHIMP - IV (Rock Action)
68. WEAR YOUR WOUNDS - WYW (Deathwish)
69. BMX BANDITS - BMX Bandits Forever (Elefant)
70. EIGHT ROUNDS RAPID - Objet D'Art (Cadiz)
71. MAXIMO PARK - Risk To Exist (Daylighting)
72. LOS CAMPESINOS! - Sick Scenes (Wichita)
73. SPECTRES - Condition (Sonic Cathedral)
74. GRANDADDY - Last Place (30th Century/Columbia)
75. MEW - Visuals (PIAS)
76. BORIS - Dear (Sargent House)
77. DEATH FROM ABOVE - Outrage! Is Now (Caroline)
78. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - Luciferian Towers (Constellation)
79. THE SHERLOCKS - Live For The Moment (Infectious)
80. GORILLAZ - Humanz (Parlophone)
81. PAUL WELLER - A Kind Revolution (Parlophone)
82. MYRKUR - Mareridt (Relapse)
83. BRAND NEW - Science Fiction (Procrastinate Music Traitors)
84. HO9909 - United States Of Horror (Caroline)
85. SPOTLIGHTS - Seismic (Ipecac)
86. HONEY JOY - Honey Joy (Everything Sucks)
87. WOLF ALICE - Visions Of A Life (Dirty Hit)
88. CURSE OF LONO - Severed (Submarine Cat)
89. MARK LANEGAN BAND - Gargoyle (Heavenly)
90. THE SHINS -Heartworms (Columbia)
91. TY SEGALL - Ty Segall (Drag City)
92. TRUE MOON - True Moon (Lovely)
93. WAXAHATCHEE - Out In The Storm (Merge)
94. MICK HARVEY - Intoxicated Women (Mute)
95. SPIRAL STAIRS - Doris And The Daggers (Domino)
96. WILD BEASTS - Punch Drunk And Trembling (Domino)
97. THE BRONX - V (Cooking Vinyl/ATO)
98. WOLF PARADE - Cry Cry Cry (Sub Pop)
99. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - Hug Of Thunder (City Slang)
100. KADAVAR - Rough Times (Nuclear Blast)
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