HCTF's best of 2017 (20-16)

• 20-16
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• 15-11
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• 10-6
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• 5-1

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HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. The long list of memorable releases boasted about 50 albums. Tough decisions were made narrowing it down. As per usual it's a mixed bag of genres: rock in its various incarnations (garage, hard, post, prog), avant-garde, jazz, pop, folk, funk. Also of note: four live albums made the cut.

Today: countdown from number 20 to 16.

Please keep in mind to shop at your local record store, buy directly from the artist, attend live shows. And shut the fuck up while the band is playing.

Evacuate the Earth: Evacuate the Earth

photo: Artistry of E

BEST OF 2017
19
HCTF

Avant-jazz progressive rock trio Evacuate the Earth reach for the stars on their self-titled album, a dystopian sci-fi concept record incorporating such diverse niches as Les Claypool's bass sound, free-form saxophone outbursts, and haunting, Gothic vocals.

The Milwaukee based trio paint a bleak future with this album that sounds a like Philip K. Dick novel set to music. Some undisclosed horrors are announced during The Eyes, followed by far from reassuring announcements in Mayday. When the foes from outerspace gain a foothold, they accompany the ensuing panic and the scrambling to get into a rocket with the 5-part Evacuation Suite.