My Favorites from 2017

2017 was a really good year for music, one that allowed me to expand my horizons and open my eyes and ears to so many different types of music. I’ve learned that music has a color and feel about it. The more you listen, the more it rewards you. Placing it in safe little genres and sub genres doesn’t appeal to me anymore. Writing for Jersey Beat has opened a lot of doors while allowing me to expand what I listen to. I plan on keeping those doors open in 2018 and beyond.

Happy New Year.
James Damion

Bully – Losing Link (https://www.subpop.com/releases/bully/losing)

Frightnrs – More to Say (Verions) (https://thefrightnrs.bandcamp.com/album/more-to-say-versions)

Algiers - The Underside of Power (https://www.subpop.com/releases/bully/losing)

The Bronx – V (https://thebronx.bandcamp.com/album)

Burn – Do or Die (https://deathwishinc.com/products/burn-do-or-die)

Propaghandi – Victory Lap (https://propagandhi.com)

Hot Water Music – Never Going Back (http://hotwatermusic.merchnow.com)

Ride – Weather Diaries (https://rideox4.bandcamp.com/album/weather-diaries)

Slow Dive – Self-Titled (https://slowdive.bandcamp.com/album/slowdive)

Iron Chic – You Can’t Stay Here (https://ironchic.bandcamp.com/album/you-cant-stay-here)

Positive No – Partners in the Wild (https://positiveno.bandcamp.com/album/partners-in-the-wild)

Cinema Cinema – Man Bites Dog (https://cinemacinema.bandcamp.com/album/man-bites-dog)

The Courtesy Tier – Everyone’s Okay (http://courtesytier.com)

The Brixton Riot – Close Counts (https://thebrixtonriot.bandcamp.com/album/close-counts)

Belle and Sebastian– How to Solve our Human Problems
(https://belleandsebastian.com)

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (http://www.because.tv/en/artists/charlotte-gainsbourg)