Noisey 2017

The Charts Made No Goddamn Sense in 2017

In both the US and UK they suffered identity crises, tweaking their rules in a bid to keep up with streaming.

Tshepo Mokoena

Latin Trap Was One of 2017's Most Overlooked Music Trends

With artists amassing millions of plays on Spotify, the genre exploded this year.

Gary Suarez

How Not to Die From Boredom This Christmas

Here's a whole load of stuff to read, hear, and absorb during that blank void of hell we refer to as “the holidays.”

Daisy Jones

EDM Got Sad and Anxious in 2017, Just Like Everything Else

New music from festival headliners—Porter Robinson, Skrillex—and more underground producers—Mija, Shawn Wasabi—prove the ecstatic genre’s at its best when it’s allowed to feel.

Colin Joyce

The Ting Goes Skrrrahh, Pap–Parody, and Into The Mainstream

How did two parody rap acts—Big Shaq and Kurupt FM—become two of this year’s most successful artists?

Niloufar Haidari

The 36 Best Overlooked Albums of 2017

All the good stuff that might've flown under your radar in a very busy year.

Noisey Staff

117 Good Things That Happened in 2017

This year was terrible, but here is a collection of the objectively good things that happened.

Noisey Staff

The 13 Best Mixes of 2017

The world’s greatest selectors spun everything from dancehall deconstructions to low-gravity techno-funk to Grateful Dead feedback collages.

Noisey Staff

The 100 Best Songs of 2017

The Noisey staff's favorite tracks of the year.

Noisey Staff

The 100 Best Albums of 2017

The Noisey staff's favorite releases of the year.

Noisey Staff