We asked around the Triple M office for their music highlights of 2017. What a year it’s been for rock music!
Here we count down the top of rock for 2017:
Ugly Phil:
Top Albums of 2017
1. The Bronx – V
2. Comeback Kid - Outsider
3. Depeche Mode – Spirit
4. Converge – The dusk in us
5. Eaten Alive – Masterpiece of Ignorance
6. Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution
7. King Gizzard and the Lizard wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana
8. Manchester Orchestra – A black mile to the surface
9. Code Orange - Forever
10. The Horrors – V
11. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
Top 5 Songs of 2017
1. Nine Inch Nails – Less Than
2. Incubus – Nimble bastard
3. Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Vampires
4. Marilyn Manson – Kill4me
5. Highly Suspect – Little One
6. Perfect Circle – The Doomed
7. Kasabian – In Love With A Psycho
8. Bloodclot – Manic
9. Prophets of Rage – Unfuck The World
10. Queens of the Stone Age – The Way You Used To Do
11. Code Orange – Bleeding In The Blur
12. Stone Sour – Fabuless
Listen to the Ugly Phil 2017 playlist here
Sammie X:
Top Albums
1. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
2. Alex Cameron – Forced Witness
3. Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains
4. The Horrors - V
5. Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark?
Top Songs
1. The Killers – The Man
2. Queens Of The Stone Age -The Way You Used To Do
3. Alex Cameron – Runnin Outta Luck
4. The Horrors – Machine
5. NIN – She’s Gone Away (from the Twin Peaks soundtrack)
Listen to Sammy X’s 2017 playlist here
Jane Gazzo:
Top Aussie songs:
1. My Name Is Thunder – Jet with The Bloody Beetroots
2. My Love – British India
3. Gimme Money – Polish Club
4. Every Man Is A Pyramid Scheme – Faux Bandit
5. Kingdom - Dan Sultan
Click here to read see Jane Gazzo’s top 30 Aussie songs of 2017.
Tom & Olly minus Tom… so Olly:
My Top 5 albums
1. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
2. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
3. Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher
4. Ryan Adams - Prisoner
5. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
Top 5 Songs
1. Elevator - Holy Holy
2. You’re In Love With A Psycho - Kasabian
3. Dancing Is The Best Revenge - !!!
4. Does This Last - Boo Seeka
5. Perfect Places - Lorde
Listen to Olly’s 2017 playlist here
Dangerous Dave:
Top 5 Albums of 2017
1 The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
2 Gang Of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
3 Arcade Fire - Everything Now
4 Liam Gallagher - As you were
5 Kasabian- For Crying Out Loud
Top 5 Songs of 2017
1 The Killers - The Man
2 Gang Of Youths - Let Me Down Easy
3 Portugal The Man - Feel It Still
4 Rise Against - The Violence
5 Royal Blood - Lights Out
Top 5 Gigs of 2017
1 Paul McCartney - AAMI Park Dec 5
2 The Killers - Howler Brunswick Sep 29
3 Guns N’ Roses - MCG Feb 14
4 Bruce Springsteen- Hanging Rock Feb 11
5 Kasabian - Reading UK August 25
Top 5 Aussie Albums
1 Gang Of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
2 British India - Forgetting The Future
3 Nic Cester - Sugar Rush
4 Polish Club - Alright Already
5 King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
Listen to Dangerous Dave’s 2017 playlist here
Cassie:
Top Songs of 2017
1. The Killers- The Man
2. Paramore- Hard Times
3. The Naysayers - Paper Person
4. Queens Of The Stone Age- Like The Way You Used To Do
5. Kasabian- You’re In Love With A Psycho
Top Albums of 2017
1. Paramore - After Laughter
2. Paul Kelly -Life Is Fine
3. Foo Fighters- Concrete & Gold
4. Liam Gallagher - As You Were
5. John Mayer- The Search for Everything
Listen to Cassie’s 2017 playlist here