A.V. Club's Best Albums of 2017 So Far

Even at just over six months old, 2017 has already given us more than enough good music to fill playlists from here until December—enough that it would be fine, really, if everyone just took a knee until next year. It’s also been an unusually busy year for comebacks: High-profile returns from the ’00s indie-rock class…

Published: June 29, 2017 05:00 Source

# 1
Album • Jun 23 / 2017 Post-Punk Post-Industrial
# 2
Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Electro-Industrial Post-Industrial
# 3
Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Power Pop Indie Rock
# 4
Album • Apr 28 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 5
Album • May 05 / 2017 Ambient Dub
# 6
Album • Jul 27 / 2017 Pop Rap Trap Contemporary R&B
# 7
Album • Jun 30 / 2017 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 8
Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Ambient Ambient Techno
# 9
Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Indie Rock
# 10
Album • May 19 / 2017 Footwork IDM
# 11
Album • Apr 14 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 12
Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 13
Album • May 19 / 2017 Vaporwave
# 14
Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 15
Album • May 05 / 2017 Art Pop
# 16
Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Indie Rock
# 17
Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Shoegaze Post-Metal
# 18
Album • Apr 14 / 2017 Trap Cloud Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 19
Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Thrash Metal
# 20
Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Post-Punk
# 21
Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Alternative R&B
# 22
Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Post-Punk
# 23
Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze
# 24
Album • Mar 15 / 2017 Southern Hip Hop Dirty South Trap
# 25
Album • Apr 28 / 2017 Electropop Indietronica
# 26
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Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul
# 27
Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Trap Pop Rap
# 28
Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul
# 29
Album • Jun 23 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 30
Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Ambient Progressive Electronic
# 31
Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 32
Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Glam Rock Power Pop