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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Altrok Radio's Top 100 for 2017

Pretty good year this year, and (as I predicted after 2016's massive entertainment losses) there were a lot of classic artists putting out worthy new music. This is the end result of all the industry charts we put out in the year, weighted for rank - ah, the things you can do with spreadsheets...


Rank
Artist
1
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
2
SPOON
3
THE NATIONAL
4
ALVVAYS
5
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
6
WAXAHATCHEE
7
THE DISTRICTS
8
THE SUBURBS
9
RIDE
10
ARCADE FIRE
11
LIARS
12
WOLF PARADE
13
MATT POND P.A.
14
STRAND OF OAKS
15
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
16
!!!
17
DEATH FROM ABOVE
18
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
19
SLEAFORD MODS
20
BULLY
21
FILTHY FRIENDS
22
MORRISSEY
23
MAKTHAVERSKAN
24
THE HORRORS
25
CUT COPY
26
LIAM GALLAGHER
27
BASH AND POP
28
BECK
29
THE AFGHAN WHIGS
30
TORRES
31
ALL WE ARE
32
CLOUD NOTHINGS
33
PAUL WELLER
34
FRANZ FERDINAND
35
SLOWDIVE
36
NICOLE ATKINS
37
ERASURE
38
WIRE
39
GOLDFRAPP
40
THE ANIX
41
CAR SEAT HEADREST
42
TED LEO
43
THE WATERBOYS
44
JUSTICE
45
MARK LANEGAN BAND
46
R. MISSING
47
JESSICA BOUDREAUX
48
JAPANDROIDS
49
KURT BAKER COMBO
50
SUNSHINE AND THE RAIN
51
COLD WAR KIDS
52
FORMATION
53
DEAP VALLY
54
THE KILLERS
55
SLOTHRUST
56
ENTER SHIKARI
57
L7
58
MARIKA HACKMAN
59
DEPECHE MODE
60
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
61
GRMLN
62
KESTRELS
63
SPARKS
64
RUBBLEBUCKET
65
RAC
66
WHITE LIES
67
SAVE FERRIS
68
PROTOMARTYR
69
SINKANE
70
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
71
HIGH WAISTED
72
MATTHEW SWEET
73
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
74
THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE
75
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
76
PORTUGAL. THE MAN
77
ANGEL OLSEN
78
RON GALLO
79
MGMT
80
ALISON MOYET
81
THE BLACK ANGELS
82
FUTURE ISLANDS
83
RAINER MARIA
84
NULL AND VOID
85
FEVER RAY
86
HOOKWORMS
87
THE RADIO DEPT.
88
TRENTEMOLLER
89
UNKLE
90
THE COURTNEYS
91
JESSICA HERNANDEZ AND THE DELTAS
92
ST. VINCENT
93
WILD CUB
94
THE SHINS
95
BILLY BRAGG
96
CAGE THE ELEPHANT
97
POM POMS
98
PROPHETS OF RAGE
99
THE DRUMS
100
THE KOOKS
 
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