Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2017. Our next list is from DJ and Assistant Music Director Doug Mosurock.

This list covers new albums by current groups. Reissues and singles will be listed some other place. These are some of the records I spent time with and enjoyed in 2017. Hopefully you'll dig into some of these and get on my level. Time to break ruts and avoid easy choices.

Orion by Orion (Cool Death)
BUY: Reckless / Amazon

Simultonality by Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society (Eremite)
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LP2 (Smash Criticism Smash Optimism Smash Arachnophobia) LP // LP3 (The Nietzschean Supermen of Dustbin Rock) LP by Heavy Metal (Static Age (LP2) // Harbinger Sound (LP3))
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(Endless Pussyfooting) by ISS (Erste Theke Tonträger)
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Paradise 12" // "Higher Moment" 12" by AMOR (Night School)
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Antiseptic by The Terminals (Ba Da Bing)
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Mountain Movers by Mountain Movers (Trouble in Mind)
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First World Record by The World (Lumpy)
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Negative Boogie by David Nance (Ba Da Bing)
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The Tower by Xetas (12XU)
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Couleur Dessin s/t LP (Fixture)
Total Control — Laughing at the System EP (Alter)
Wireheads — Lightning Dust LP (Tenth Court)
Bed Wettin' Bad Boys — Rot LP (What’s Your Rupture?)
Michael Beach — Gravity/Repulsion LP (Spectacular Commodity)
Plates of Cake — Let's Not Deprive Each Other CS (Unblinking Ear)
New Pope — Meet the New Pope CS (Shinkoyo)
Midnight Mines — We Are the Primitives of a New Era CS (The Loki Label)
Leda — Gitarrmusik III-X LP (Förlag För Fri Musik)
The Stevens — Good LP (Chapter Music)
Reese McHenry & Spider Bags — Bad Girl LP (Sophomore Lounge)
Electro Group — Ranger LP (Pehr)
Maraudeur s/t LP (Bruit Direct)
WV White — House of the Spiritual Athletes LP (Anyway)
Xetas — The Tower LP (12XU)
Demen — Nektyr LP (Kranky)
USA/Mexico — Laredo LP (12XU)
Milk Music — Mystic 100s LP (DOM America)
Aaron Dilloway — The Gag File LP (Dais)
Cindy Lee — Malenkost LP (Maple Death/W. 25th)
Girl Ray — Earl Grey LP (Moshi Moshi)
Scupper — Some Gauls LP (Blue Cheese Toothpaste)
Feature — Banishing Ritual LP (Upset the Rhythm)
Cate Le Bon — Rock Pool EP (Drag City)
Circuits Des Yeux — Reaching for Indigo LP (Drag City)
The Golden Boys — Better Than Good Times LP (12XU)
Havah — Contravveleno LP (Maple Death)
Endless Boogie — Vibe Killer LP (No Quarter)
Cruel Summer — Ivy LP (Mt. St. Mtn.)