MAGNET’s #15 Album Of 2017: Spoon's "Hot Thoughts"

MAGNET’s #15 Album Of 2017: Spoon’s “Hot Thoughts”

Britt Daniel and Co. are the Swiss watchmakers of indie rock: fine purveyors of quality and precision. Sure, the surface
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MAGNET’s #16 Album Of 2017: Hurray For The Riff Raff's "The Navigator"

MAGNET’s #16 Album Of 2017: Hurray For The Riff Raff’s “The Navigator”

In a country with a short, shameful history and an even shorter memory, you can live in a place for
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MAGNET’s #17 Album Of 2017: Peter Perrett's "How The West Was Won"

MAGNET’s #17 Album Of 2017: Peter Perrett’s “How The West Was Won”

To anyone unfortunate enough to have witnessed the Only Ones’ pitiful reunion a decade ago, the very idea that their
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MAGNET’s #18 Album Of 2017: Valerie June's "The Order Of Time"

MAGNET’s #18 Album Of 2017: Valerie June’s “The Order Of Time”

Valerie June takes her time and doesn’t give away too much of herself, but she fills The Order Of Time
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MAGNET’s #19 Album Of 2017: Father John Misty's "Pure Comedy"

MAGNET’s #19 Album Of 2017: Father John Misty’s “Pure Comedy”

Joshua Tillman grew up in a family dominated by evangelical-Christian parents who didn’t allow secular music in the home. After
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MAGNET’s #20 Album Of 2017: Perfume Genius' "No Shape"

MAGNET’s #20 Album Of 2017: Perfume Genius’ “No Shape”

There was a distinct feeling after 2014’s Too Bright that Perfume Genius had summited—in fact, the feeling arrived during the
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MAGNET’s #21 Album Of 2017: Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit's "The Nashville Sound"

MAGNET’s #21 Album Of 2017: Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit’s “The Nashville Sound”

Jason Isbell’s third album in a row with outlaw-country “it” producer Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton) is the pair’s
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MAGNET’s #22 Album Of 2017: Mount Eerie's "A Crow Looked At Me"

MAGNET’s #22 Album Of 2017: Mount Eerie’s “A Crow Looked At Me”

“Death is real/Someone’s there, and then they’re not/It’s not for singing about/It’s not for making into art.” Those are the
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MAGNET’s #23 Album Of 2017: Bash & Pop's "Anything Could Happen"

MAGNET’s #23 Album Of 2017: Bash & Pop’s “Anything Could Happen”

Two priceless gifts were bestowed upon Replacements fans this year, most notably the formal release of the band’s oft-bootlegged 1986
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MAGNET’s #24 Album Of 2017: Algiers' "The Underside Of Power"

MAGNET’s #24 Album Of 2017: Algiers’ “The Underside Of Power”

It’s hard to argue with Algiers even on paper: They’ve been described as dystopian soul, and who doesn’t want to
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MAGNET’s #25 Album Of 2017: House And Land's "House And Land"

MAGNET’s #25 Album Of 2017: House And Land’s “House And Land”

The past has a lot to say to the present, but what you hear depends on how you listen. Singers/multi-instrumentalists
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