{"id":1783,"date":"2018-01-02T09:41:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T17:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2019-01-26T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T20:31:19","slug":"of-the-year-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/of-the-year-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Of the Year – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commentary coming sooner or later…<\/em><\/p>\n

ALBUMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album<\/em> — Various<\/li>\n
  2. Life Will See You Now<\/em> — Jens Lekman<\/li>\n
  3. Colors<\/em> — Beck<\/li>\n
  4. Like a Drunk in a Midnight Choir: RSD Celebrates the Music of Leonard Cohen<\/em> — Various<\/li>\n
  5. St. Mojo<\/em> — Sweet Spirit<\/li>\n
  6. Salutations*<\/em> — Conor Oberst<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    SONGS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Pamela — Sweet Spirit<\/li>\n
    2. Beat of My Heart — Benji Hughes<\/li>\n
    3. Goodbye One More Try — Hunter James<\/li>\n
    4. A Little Uncanny — Conor Oberst (with the Felice Brothers)<\/li>\n
    5. 1234 — Kevin Morby<\/li>\n
    6. Losing Interest — Wilco<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      SHOWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam @ The Teragram Ballroom – 1\/17\/17<\/p>\n

      John Aielli Ekliktikos 50th Anniversary @ Hogg Auditorium – 3\/7\/17<\/p>\n

      Spiral Stairs @ Mohawk – 3\/17\/17<\/p>\n

      Tom Petty @ Frank Erwin Center – 5\/2\/17<\/p>\n

      The Record Company @ Emo’s – 9\/17\/17<\/p>\n

      Traveler @ ACL Fest (day) & Stubb’s Indoors (night) – 10\/7\/17<\/p>\n

      Continental Church of the Reverend Horton Heat @ The Continental Club – 10\/27 & 10\/28\/17<\/p>\n

      John Fogerty @ Auditorium Shores – 10\/29\/17<\/p>\n

      Jen Cloher @ The Moody Theater – 11\/11\/17<\/p>\n

      Ray Wylie Hubbard @ The Paramount Theatre – 11\/17\/17<\/p>\n

      Beck @ John Anson Ford Amphitheatre – 11\/18\/17<\/p>\n

      ATX6 @ Stateside Theater – 11\/29\/17<\/p>\n

      Mike Doughty plays Irresistible Bliss @ Largo – 12\/7\/17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Commentary coming sooner or later… ALBUMS Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album — Various Life Will See You Now — Jens Lekman Colors — Beck Like a Drunk in a Midnight Choir: RSD Celebrates the Music of Leonard Cohen — Various St. Mojo — Sweet Spirit Salutations* — Conor Oberst SONGS Pamela…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-of-the-year"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3pfx3-sL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1096,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/of-the-year-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":1783,"position":0},"title":"Of The Year – 2010","author":"LBDG","date":"January 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Year end music recap time. 2010 was weird. 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