The Alternative's Top 50 Releases of 2017

Heres our 50 favorite releases of 2017. Please give these records a listen. We promise they're worth it.

Published: December 18, 2017 17:45 Source

# 1

the yunahon mixtape by Oso Oso

Album • Jan 25 / 2018 Emo-Pop Midwest Emo

# 2

Turn Out the Lights by Julien Baker

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Slowcore Contemporary Folk

# 3

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Apr 14 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 4

Guppy by Charly Bliss

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 5

Plastic Cough by Great Grandpa

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 6

Precious Art by Rozwell Kid

Album • Jun 23 / 2017 Power Pop Alternative Rock

# 7

You're Not As ______ As You Think by Sorority Noise

Album • Mar 17 / 2017

# 8

Daymoon by Strange Ranger

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 9

First Things First by Hodera

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 10

Capacity by Big Thief

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 11

As You Please by Citizen

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Alternative Rock Emo

# 12

Greatest Hits by Remo Drive

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Emo-Pop Indie Rock

# 13

Pleasure Suck by SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Noise Pop Shoegaze Neo-Psychedelia

# 14

The Incessant by Meat Wave

Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Garage Punk Post-Hardcore

# 15

A Hairshirt of Purpose by Pile

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 16

Rocket by Alex G

Album • May 19 / 2017 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 17

Birdie by Slaughter Beach, Dog

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 18

Ctrl by SZA

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul

# 19

Here Again by A Will Away

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Emo-Pop Pop Punk

# 20

Losing by Bully

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 21

No One Loves You by Blis

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Emo

# 22

The Dusk In Us by Converge

Album • Nov 03 / 2017 Metalcore

# 23

Soft Sounds from Another Planet by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Dream Pop Indie Rock

# 24

Dixieland by Greet Death

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 25

Infinite Hiatus by Cool American

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 26

GN by Ratboys

Album • Jun 30 / 2017 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 27

Wild Pink by Wild Pink

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 28

Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul

# 29

Still, I Try by Fire is Motion

EP • Nov 17 / 2017 Indie Folk

# 30

Pretty Girls Like Trap Music by 2 Chainz

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 31

The Obsessives by The Obsessives

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 32

Run the Jewels 3 by Run The Jewels

Album • Dec 25 / 2016 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 33

Smidley by Smidley

Album • May 26 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 34

What Not to Do by Perspective, a Lovely Hand to Hold

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Midwest Emo

# 35

Nothing Special by Harmony Woods

Album • May 05 / 2017 Indie Rock Emo

# 36

Brick Body Kids Still Daydream by Open Mike Eagle

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 37

All Aboard by Washer

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 38

Gloom Cruise by Walter Etc.

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 39

SATURATION by BROCKHAMPTON

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 40

Exposure & Response by Mo Troper

Album • Nov 17 / 2017 Power Pop

# 41

No Mountains In Manhattan by Wiki

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 42

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 43

Swear I'm Good At This by Diet Cig

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Indie Pop Power Pop

# 44

Brokenlegged by Sinai Vessel

Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Emo

# 45

Always Foreign by The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Midwest Emo

# 46

Everybody Works by Jay Som

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 47

Lvndr Twn by Jelani Sei

EP • Sep 26 / 2017

# 48

Stranger in the Alps by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 49

The Manson Family by Heart Attack Man

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Power Pop Alternative Rock Emo-Pop

# 50

Summer Megalith by Caracara

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Indie Rock Midwest Emo