BwGN AM Mixtape #21 – The one where we look back on 2017

This is my last show of the year, and, of course, I'm going out with a mixtape of songs from my 30 favorite albums that were released in 2017. And, when I say favorite, I mean favorite as of the moment I made this playlist, because I am mercurial and fickle and this list changes depending on my mood, current events, and how many beers I've had. Inspired by Esquire's Ben Ratliff, who called this type of exercise an "imperious culling" "full of absurdities," I am not ranking or rating these albums. They are played, more or less, alphabetically. Enjoy!

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Playlist

  1. The Glisten, the Glow by Alder & Ash on Clutched in the Maw of the World (Lost Tribe Sound)
  2. The Space Between The Fish and The Moon by Yazz Ahmed on La Saboteuse (Naim)
  3. Gendel in 5 by Sam Amidon on The Following Mountain (Nonesuch)
  4. Astral Swords (Seven - A Past That Folds Over) by Andrew Weathers Ensemble on Build A Mountain Where Our Bodies Fall (Full Spectrum)
  5. Zelenita del Año 2000 by Los Bilbao on ANDINA: The Sound of the Peruvian Andes 1968-1978 (Tiger's Milk)
  6. Tarjaachi layem by Bargou 08 on Targ (Glitterbeat)
  7. Protest Song by Broken Social Scene on Hug Of Thunder (Arts & Crafts)
  8. Qays Iyo Layla (Romeo & Juliet) by Sharero Band Feat. Faadumo Qaasim on Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa (Ostinato)
  9. Watering by Big Thief on Capacity (Saddle Creek)
  10. Spiral by Bully on Losing (Sub Pop)
  11. On Script by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile on Lotta Sea Lice (Matador)
  12. Country Song by The Courtneys on II (Flying Nun)
  13. Till The End by Curtis Harding on Face Your Fear (Anti-)
  14. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere by Here Lies Man on Here Lies Man (Riding Easy)
  15. One More Time, Please by Jay Som on Everybody Works (Polyvinyl)
  16. Old Feeling, Old Foe by Kacey Johansing on The Hiding (Night Bloom)
  17. Witching Hour by Madeline Kenney on Night Night At The First Landing (Company)
  18. Soft Skull by Lazy Legs on Chain of Pink EP (Wild Patterns)
  19. A00 B01 by Juana Molina on Halo (Crammed Discs)
  20. Caldo Parao by Ondatrópica on Baile Bucanero (Soundway)
  21. Magnokouto by Orchestra Baobab on Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng (World Circuit)
  22. PLEASURE by Religious Girls on PURE ENERGY (Porch Party)
  23. Sugar Boy by St. Vincent on Masseduction (Loma Vista)
  24. Need to Feel Your Love by SHEER MAG on Need to Feel Your Love (Wilsuns)
  25. Tony Stanza by Substantial, ft. Tonedeff & Marcus D on The Past Is Always Present In The Future (HIPNOTT)
  26. Bamako by Songhoy Blues on Résistance (Fat Possum)
  27. Kick Jump Twist by Sylvan Esso on What Now (Loma Vista)
  28. Dody by Shugo Tokumaru on TOSS (Polyvinyl)
  29. The Bittersweet March by This is How we Fly on Foreign Fields (self-released)
  30. Return, Return Again by Do Make Say Think on Stubborn Persistent Illusions (Constellation)