Weekend Music Roundup (BEST of 2017)

Welcome to the last weekend of 2017, a year that most of us will be happy to see pass. In most areas of life, and by that I mean politics, social conduct, and public discourse, this hasn't been a banner year for humanity. However, it's been a damn fine year for music, as has every year of my life. This year was another great mix of new records by old favorites and discoveries of new artists. Here is my Roundup of the best albums of the year, in relative order, but not any specific order. Enjoy!
Top 25 Albums of 2017
Ruby Throat - Baby Darling Taporo
 Devil's Witches - Velvet Magic
 Dead Heavens - Whatever Witch You Are
   Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
 Big Blood - The Daughters Union
Electric Wizard - Wizard Bloody Wizard
 Ty Segall - Ty Segall
 Ryan Adams - Prisoner
 Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel - I Can Spin a Rainbow
 Smino - blkswn
 Brand New - Science Fiction



Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now
Halasan Bazar - Burns
 at the drive-in - in*ter a*li*a
 Liam Gallagher - As You Were
 The Black Angels - Death Song
 Ride - Weather Diaries Buffalo Killiers - Alive and Well in Ohio 
 Black Pistol Fire - Deadbeat Graffiti


Church of Sun - Golden Ram  Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark
 Black Doldrums - People's Temple
 Strand of Oaks - Hard Love
 The Orwells - Terrible Human Beings
Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry

Portugal. The Man - Woodstock

Honorable Mentions:Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the AlpsThe Dears - Times Infinity Volume TwoKadavar - Rough Times Lana Del Rey - Lust for LifeElizabeth & the Catapult - KeepsakeBjork - Utopia Karen Elson - Double Roses Mozzy - 1 Up Top AhkQueens of the Stone Age - VillainsLanghorne Slim - Lost at Last, Vol. 1Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
Best Live Releases of 2017
 Marc Bolan - Skycloaked Lord (...of Precious Light)
Dead Moon - What a Way to See the Old Girl Go
Sivert Hoyem - Live at Acropolis
And since we once again live in an age of songs, here's my favorite singles of the year:

Portugal the Man - "Feel It Still"
Beck - "Dear Life"
Killers - "I'm the Man"
Liam Gallagher - "For What It's Worth"
Ian Felice - "In the Kingdom of Dreams"
Morrissey - "Spent the Day in Bed"