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The Best Music of 2017

PopMatters Staff

22 Dec 2017

Catch up on all of PopMatters' year-end best music features, including our deep and rich genre lists.

THE 60 BEST ALBUMS OF 2017

THE 70 BEST SONGS OF 2017

THE 21 BEST ALBUM RE-ISSUES OF 2017

THE 25 BEST NEW MUSICAL ARTISTS OF 2017

THE BEST INDIE ROCK OF 2017

THE BEST INDIE POP OF 2017

THE BEST SHOEGAZE AND DREAM POP OF 2017

THE BEST METAL OF 2017

THE BEST PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND METAL OF 2017

THE BEST POP ALBUMS OF 2017

THE 20 BEST ELECTRONIC ALBUMS OF 2017

THE BEST AMBIENT/INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF 2017

THE BEST AVANT-GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC OF 2017

THE BEST DANCE TRACKS OF 2017

THE 15 BEST SOUL/R&B; ALBUMS OF 2017

THE BEST HIP-HOP OF 2017

THE 15 BEST AMERICANA ALBUMS OF 2017

THE BEST COUNTRY MUSIC OF 2017

THE BEST JAZZ OF 2017

THE BEST WORLD MUSIC OF 2017

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