Detroit (Michigan) Songs: 2017

I hate this part of the job.    I love this part of the job...
I've made a list every year, for 10 years, and it doesn't get easier.

There are several bands that aren't on this list that I still was able to write about, to interview, and to tell a bit of their story... And that's where I have always, and will continue to thrive. The end of the year comes and suddenly "everybody' a critic..." And we rank "favorites." But I never wanted to see it that way, and I never wanted it to be read that way. Because we all have our favorites. And when I say "we," I'm talking to every one of you that I see out at local shows supporting not just the artists on this "list" but dozens of others around Detroit.

So  I look at it this way: These songs are awesome. Yes. But, also: they're, in the end, just a fraction of the output from the region's musical artists. And that's what should be celebrated.


So here's a glimpse of Detroit's musical output... And, inevitably, what predominated my weekly playlist.


Tune in the week after the Xmas holiday to WDET's Culture Shift  (12noon-2pm weekdays) for a special hour-long "Milo Minute," where I'll be talking about the year in local music and playing a dozen or so of my "favorite songs." If you follow me on Spotify, then you'll find an 85-song list of nearly six hours of Detroit/Michigan-produced music. That list will also be available at WDET.org by the end of the month.

30.) Brother Son - Growth

29.) Liquid Monk - On The Rocks
28.) Remnose - What We See In Our Sleep
27.) Anna Burch - 2 Cool 2 Care
26.) Analog Lights - Excommunicated
25.) Gifts Or Creatures - Two Hearts (Two Peninsulas)

24.)  Illingsworth - Caskets
23.) White Bee - Beat State
22.)  Louis Picasso - GOLD
21.) Frontier Ruckus - Gerunds
20.) Sheefy Mcfly - Coney Island
19.) Five Pound Snap - Twelve Seventy-Three
18.) Goldzilla - Beautiful
17.) ADULT. - They're Just Words
16.) Mega Powers - Edison Lines
15.) Summer Like The Season - Thin Today
14.) Martez Claybren - Balance
13.) Saajtak - Underscore
12.) Thunderbirds Are Now - The Outsider
11.) Tanager - Burn Out The Night
10.) Turn To Crime - Don't Let Go
9.) Britney Stoney - Grip
8.) Passalacqua - Self Satisfaction
7.) Ancient Language - Fear For Love
6.) George Morris & The Gypsy Chorus - Full of Stars
5.) Craig Brown Band - Planet Song
4.) Johnny Headband - Got My Eyes
3.) Protomartyr - My Children
2.) Prude Boys - The Outlaw
1.) Deadbeat Beat - You Lift Me Up


But I can't leave out releases from
Sam Austins
VSTRS
Jamie Norte
Tunde Olaniran
Flint Eastwood
Stef Chura
May Erlewine
Chris Bathgate
feeble curses
Palaces

and forthcoming late-December albums from 
Rottinghouse
Desmond Jones