2016 was no easy year and to say 2017 is somehow better would really miss the mark. So many musicians lost across so many ages and all lost too soon: Grandaddy, Steely Dan, Husker Du, Smithereens, Tom Petty, Glen Campbell. These are the musicians of my youth, my adulthood, and my life. With their passing come new artists rising to comfort a saddened world and recharge a weary soul.
NEWCOMERS
Anoushka Shankar, Blondie (!), David McAlmont & Clifford Slapper, Feist, Gothic Tropic, Lisa Hannigan, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Styx, Tennis, The National
FAMILIAR FACES, FRESH TAKES
Beth Ditto (Gossip), Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
SECOND-TIMERS
Aimee Mann, London Grammar, Perfume Genius, Willie Nelson
RETURNING FAVORITES
Cut Copy, Laura Marling, LCD Soundsystem, Leonard Cohen, Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark, School of Seven Bells, The Killers, Robbie Williams, Robyn Hitchcock, St. Vincent, The New Pornographers, Elbow, Everything Everything, Goldfrapp, and Nerina Pallot
2017 Playlist
Track by track, with artist
- The Heavy Entertainment Show
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - The Man
THE KILLERS - Systemagic
GOLDFRAPP - call the police
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - Stronger
GOTHIC TROPIC - Boat to Nowhere
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR - Signals
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - Wild Eyed
LONDON GRAMMAR - Trust the Sun
ELBOW - Prayer for the Dying
LISA HANNIGAN - You Want It Darker
LEONARD COHEN - Soothing
LAURA MARLING - In My World
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM & CHRISTINE MCVIE - Radio Silence
STYX - Long Time
BLONDIE - No Fixed Destination
CUT COPY
- The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
THE NATIONAL - Desire
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING - Whiteout Conditions
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - The Punishment of Luxury
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Mad Shelley’s Letterbox
ROBYN HITCHCOCK - Slip Away
PERFUME GENIUS - Century
FEIST - Girl in Amber
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Goose Snow Cone
AIMEE MANN - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
NERINA PALLOT - Oh My God
BETH DITTO - Ladies Don’t Play Guitar
TENNIS - Old Timer
WILLIE NELSON - Sweet Thing
DAVID MCALMONT & CLIFFORD SLAPPER - New York
ST. VINCENT
IN MEMORIUM
KEVIN GARCIA, GRANDADDY – That’s What You Get for Gettin’ Outta Bed
WALTER BECKER, STEELY DAN – Reelin’ In the Years
GRANT HART, HÜSKER DÜ – I Apologize
PAT DINIZIO, THE SMITHEREENS – Time and Time Again
TOM PETTY – Into the Great Wide Open
GLEN CAMPBELL – Everybody’s Talkin’
