Transmission's Top Tracks of 2017
by Jake Rudh
December 28, 2017
Transmission's roots are in the worlds of punk, post-punk, new wave, synth, power and dream pop, shoegaze, psych, mod, space and Krautrock. Here are songs released in 2017 that fit that mold — listed in no particular order and occasionally accompanied by a very simple description of genre or feel. Starting with legacy artists within the classic alternative worlds followed by the acts directly inspired by them.
Slowdive "Star Roving" (Shoegaze)
Ride "Lannoy Point" (Shoegaze)
Liam Gallagher "Wall Of Glass"
The Jesus and Mary Chain "Presidici (Et Chapaquiditch)
Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake "The Priest"
More Top Tracks:
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark "Isotype"
Depeche Mode "Where's the Revolution"
Alison Moyet "I Germinate" (Former Yaz / Yazoo vocalist)
Ryuichi Sakamoto "Stakra" (Co-founder of pioneering synth act Yellow Magic Orchestra)
Brian Eno, Tom Rogerson "Red Slip" (Ambient / Electronic)
Wire "Sleep on the Wing" (post-punk legends continue producing impressive material)
Sparks "The Amazing Mr. Repeat"
Belle & Sebastian "We Were Beautiful"
Rose Elinor Dougall "Strange Warnings" (Former member of The Pipettes gone solo)
Drab Majesty "Too Soon To Tell" (Dark wave)
Future Islands "Day Glow Fire"
Chromatics "Shadow" (David Lynch favorite)
Johnny Jewel "The Crimson Kiss" (Member of Chromatics)
Cigarettes After Sex "Apocalypse"
Temples "Strange Of Be Forgotten" ('60s influenced psych)
Desparate Journalist "Be Kind" ('90s influenced Brit Pop)
Dreamcar "Kill For Candy" (Members of AFI & No Doubt create new new wave)
Dent May "Picture On a Screen"
The Horrors "Something To Remember Me By"
Cut Copy "Black Rainbows" (Australian synth-pop)
Star Tropics "Another Sunny Day" (C86 / Jangle Pop)
Destroyer "Tinseltown Swimming In Blood" (New Order-influenced Destroyer)
Boy Harsher "Run" (synth)
Teen Daze "Wandering Through Kunsthal" (Dream pop)
Beach Fossils "May 1st" (Dream pop)
Omni "Southbound Station" (post-punk)
Superorganism "Something For Your M.I.N.D."
John Maus "Touchdown" (synth)
Sneaks "Look Like That" (synth)
LCD Soundsystem "American Dream"
Com Truise "Isotasy" (synth)
Bicep "Ayaya" (synth / dance)
Goldfrapp "Everything Is Never Enough" (synth)
Thundercat "Show You the Way" (Featuring Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins)
Jay Som "Turn Into" (Dream Pop)
Marika Hackman "My Lover Cindy"
Gus Dapperton "Prune, You Talk Funny"
Men I Trust "I hope to be around"
Jakuzi "Koca Bir Sacmalik" (synth)
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