best of 2017 :: Favorite Songs
And now the post that almost gave me carpal tunnel, over 150+ songs from this year that are required listening. The first 33 songs are in traditional numbered order and the rest are listed in a sort of alphabetical order. You should definitely scroll all the way down or you might miss killer tracks from Urochromes, Vomitface, Yucky Duster or 1970s Film Stock (to name a few). Plus, there’s two different ways to stream playlists based on this post down there.
Here are the songs…
- The Gaze by XETAS
- Texas by Pile
- Cover Me by Parlor Walls
- American Sounds by La Neve
- The Killing of America by Uniform
- Apocalypse Me by Buck Gooter
- UFO by Upper Wilds
- Turn Your Body by Grooms
- We’re Doing Fine by No Honeymoon
- Dracula (feat. Katie Capri) by Maneka
- FORMER by MARBLED EYE
- Groundhogs Day by billy woods
- Your Guess Is As Bad As Mine by Washer
- American Piss by US Weekly
- Pink White House by PRIESTS
- Jail Billz by Weeping Icon
- Ice Cream on a Nice Day by Fits
- Drained Lake by METZ
- Barf Haus by Sleepies
- Destroy Yrself by Kindling
- Trails and Trials by Noveller
- Doin’ It Alone by Sleeping Bag
- Obviously, I Shouldn’t Be Doing This by Ubetcha
- due process by fluoride
- But I’m Slow by Infinity Girl
- Flint by Big Heet
- Dream Come Now by Honey
- Eye Contact by tunic
- Equestrian by Omni
- Dead Man by Turn To Crime
- Cauterize by exhalants
- slap bass hunks by christian fitness
- Suntan Man by Beech Creeps
AND the Rest in alphabetical order (by band/artist)…
- Pizza and Burgers (prod. by Ben Boogz of 2 Hungry Bros) by Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman
- Cleveland by Algiers
- Slacker A.I. by Alien Trilogy
- Gold Rush by Antibalas
- Each To Each by Arto Lindsay
- “You Know San Francisco, Don’t You?” by Baked and Luke Chiaruttini
- Sky Could Undress by Balmorhea
- B Boys Anthem by B Boys
- wake by bears
- Fig by Bethlehem Steel
- CRUEL WORLD by BIG HUGE
- Macross by Birth (Defects)
- Fish by Bird Of The Year
- Cluttered Head by Black Beach
- Plastic Devil by BLANK SPELL
- Negative Loop by BLEEDSIDE
- Labor Days by Blush
- Earth is a Cage by The Body & Full of Hell
- Hold & Dissolve by Bootblacks
- Millipede by Borzoi
- Kite by Breeze
- Pakheta by Chepang
- Don’t Start by The Cherry Wave
- Regrow by Cloak
- Gone But Not Entirely by Cloakroom
- Another World by Colleen
- Cardboard by Complainer
- Shoplifters by Complainer
- Cannibals by Converge
- Blunt As Naive by Courtship Ritual
- Burn It Down by Crown Larks
- Running by Crusher
- Shark by Deadbeat Club
- BLOOM by DECORUM
- A Wall by Downtown Boys
- Hello Kitty Brass Knuckles by Downtrodder
- Form of Luxury by Drahla
- I Spend My Days (Wishing Them Away) by Employed To Serve
- I, I by ESSi
- Xenolith; The Anvil by Ex Eye
- Schedules Align by FEATURE
- Any Good Thing by Feedtime
- 95 by Flesh Desperate
- Just Like a Fantastic Black Police Car by The Flag
- Into The Shroud by Flesh World
- More Teeth by Fraidycat
- Drug Tax by Fruit & Flowers
- Gnawed Flesh by Full of Hell
- Evil Minds by Ghost Funk Orchestra
- Let Down by Gingerlys
- The Velvet Glove of Self Love by Gland
- Marathon Ripper by Gnarwhal
- Post Self by Godflesh
- All We Have to Be Thankful For by Gold Dime
- Skull Pop by Guerilla Toss
- رئيسك بش رئيس “Your President, Not a President” by HARAM
- Heavy Handed by Hüsker Dü
- The Wasp by Ice Balloons
- Powerstation by Institute
- Falls by John Atkinson
- Oh So You’re Off I See by Kane Strang
- Collaboration III by Kate Mohanty
- celandine by kelly moran
- DNA. by Kendrick Lamar
- Can’t Hardly Wait by Kindling
- Claims Nonexistence by Kindling
- Kronus Deposed by Krallice with Dave Edwardson
- Tape by Landing
- Burn by Lost Film
- Late Crossing by Love Theme
- Leisure Time by Luurel Varas
- The Ballad of Jort Dad by The Mad Doctors
- Yuengling Malmsteen by The Mad Doctors
- Fill Your Lungs by Mar
- Punk Song by Margins
- To Be Swayed by Meat Wave
- Off The Lot by Melkbelly
- Cellophane by METZ
- Sunny Sloth by Monster Rally
- Cookie by Naomi Punk
- Grodelo by Nice Guys
- Get Like by Nosaj Thing
- Hell Hath No Fury by Open City
- Brick Body Complex by Open Mike Eagle
- Creative Tube Bending by Operator Music Band
- Realistic Saturation by Operator Music Band
- Walkie Talkie by Palm
- Blue Hell by Pardoner
- The Gallows by Pawns
- Blank Touch by PC Worship
- paranoid by Phoenix Brown
- Afraid of the Mirror by PILL
- Talkin’ Shit by Piss Test
- Whiskey and Wine by Planning for Burial
- What a Waste by PLAX
- Ruination by Power Trip
- Help! by The Beatles by Radiation Risks
- Ghost of a Chance by Rancid
- Strike a Match by Sacred Paws
- Watched Us Fade by Safe Hex
- So Numb by Sannhet
- DaDaDa by Secret Drum Band
- Shine a Light (feat. Thaddillac) by Shabazz Palaces
- Trash by Show Me The Body
- Everyone Knows by Slowdive
- With a Cherry on Top by Sneaks
- Stu Fernet by Sodium Beast
- No Cops by Soft Fangs
- Blank Jello by Soupcans (RIP Soupcans)
- i don’t know about you or your band by SUPER THIEF
- Veblen Death Mask by Taiwan Housing Project
- Moon Out Of Phase by Ted Leo
- The Static God by Thee Oh Sees
- Tall Glass of Water by Tim Darcy
- can you please not help by Two Inch Astronaut
- My Dickies by Urochromes
- Mad Sugar by Vomitface
- No Left Hand Turn by VVV
- Give It Time by VVV
- Undertow by Weed Hounds
- A Stare, Ajar by Whimm
- Fair by The Willowz
- Ode To A Gamete by Woodhull
- Elementary School Dropout by Yucky Duster
- Victory Repeating by 1970s Film Stock
Thanks so much to all the musicians who made this list possible. I love you.
Any amazing songs from this year that you would want to see on this list? Leave a comment.
You can stream a some but not all of these songs in these here playlists.
Soundcloud :: GT Best of 2017

AND remember there’s always lots to stream at:
- the GIMME TINNITUS Soundcloud
- the GIMME TINNITUS Radio Time podcast
- the GT Youtubes, and
- the GT Tumblr
