2017 in Lists

Four Albums That Challenge Trump's America

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2017

For most Americans, patriotism is a default; even internal criticism often comes from a place of "no one hits my little brother but me." Bu...

Self-Portrait: Gord Downie, Magnetic Fields and Oh Susanna Dive Inward

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2017

Write what you know, as the trope dictates, and most artists do to some extent. But this year, a number of high-profile musicians took that...

The Year of Sad

Melancholy Dominated a Lot of Artistic Expression in 2017

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2017

Artists responded in different ways to tumultuous recent events. Some turned up the party, some expressed their rage outwardly, while other...

Ranking the Year in Aughts Nostalgia, From LCD Soundsystem to the Shins

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2017

This year, Lizzy Goodman chronicled the 2000s indie rock revival in her excellent book Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll i...

Exclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of the Year

Best of 2017

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

As our annual rollout of genre-specific album lists for the Best of the Year — which so far has covered the Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, Top 1...

Ladies First 2017: Cardi B, Rapsody and Stefflon Don Lead the Next Generation

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

Women's empowerment wasn't just the theme of 2017, but a movement that shaped and changed the political landscape and longstanding social s...

Here are the Top 7 Noel and Liam Gallagher Quotes of the Year

2017 in Lists

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

"Has-beens shouldn't present awards to gonna-bes," Oasis's Noel Gallagher once famously said after accepting an award from INXS's Michael H...

Trends We Could Live Without in 2018

2017 in Lists

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2017

The end of a calendar year is an excellent time to reflect on all of the best things that happened, but it's also a good time to take stock...