Good Future Club

2017 was a killer year for music. In the process of compiling the records that I listened to and enjoyed the most, I always find it fascinating to hear what friends felt were the best of the year as well. I figured I'd compile the lists they sent over and post them all here in hopes everyone can find some new music (or whatever was posted by each person!). Do yourself a favor and check out as much new stuff as your time allows and tell us some of your favorites as well! Thanks for your eyes and ears.

PS - For those asking, yes we've been teasing pieces from our new line on our Instagram and I promise it'll be here before the end of the year. Keep your eyes on our Instagram stories for sneaks.

PPS - We have a Good Future Club Spotify playlist that we update with 30 songs every Tuesday morning. If you're looking for some new stuff, we post a bunch of brand new songs, classic bangers from bands we love and a handful of unsigned bands mixed in. Follow that here: Spotify playlist

Johnny Minardi - Good Future Club/Fueled By Ramen/Roadrunner Records - @johnnyminardi

1. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
2. The Menzingers - After The Party
3. Nothing, nowhere - Reaper
4. Sleep On It - Overexposed
5. Glassjaw - Material Control
6. Paramore - After Laughter
7. Backwards Dancer - Self Titled
8. Flor - come out, you’re hiding
9. Oliver Francis - A Million Miles An Hour
10. Oliver Francis - Chlorine
11. The Front Bottoms - Going Grey
12. PVRIS - AWKOH,AWNOH
13. Code Orange - Forever
14. I The Mighty - Where The Mind Wants To Go
15. Grayscale - Adornment
16. Portugal The Man - Woodstock
17. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade
18. Tigers Jaw - Spin
19. Knuckle Puck - Shapeshifter
20. Turnover - Good Nature

Adam Elmakias - Photographer - @elmakias

• Blackbear - Digital Druglord
• Phlake - Slush Hours
• Flor - Come Out You’re Hiding
• PVRIS - White Noise
• Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Bon Iver - 22, A Million
• Citizen - As You Please
• Mansionz - Mansionz
• Paramore - After Laughters
• The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
• Brand New - Science Fiction

Buck Foley - Riot Fest - @buckfoley

• The Menzingers - After The Party
• Sleep On It - Overexposed
• Drake - More Life
• Alex Lahey - I Love You Like A Brother
• The National - Sleep Well Beast
• Turnover - Good Nature
• Yung Lean - Stranger
• Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
• Corbin - Mourn
• Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
• Knox Fortune - Paradise

Daniel Wand - Capsize/Goodbyye - @danielwand

• DIGITAL DRUGLORD (blackbear)
• LUV IS RAGE 2 (lil uzi vert)
• BOP CITY 2 (terror jr)
• REAPER (n,n)
• COME OVER WHEN YOU'RE SOBER (lil peep)
• NIGHT SHIFT (24hrs)
• CHLORINE (Oliver Francis)
• A MILLION MILES AN HOUR (Oliver Francis)
• MOTIONS (Jeremy Zucker)
• PROJECT BABY 2 (Kodak Black)
• PLAYBOI CARTI (Playboi Carti)

Will Putney - Graphic Nature - @willputney

• The National - Sleep Well Beast
• Nine Inch Nails - Add Violence
• Incendiary - Thousand Mile Stare
• Counterparts - You're Not You Anymore
• All Pigs Must Die - Hostage Animal
• This Patch Of Sky - These Small Spaces
• Converge - The Dusk In Us
• Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand
• Celeste - Infidele
• The Contortionist - Clairvoyant

Derek DiScanio - State Champs - @dereksteez

2017 Top Albums (no order)

• The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
• Weezer - Pacific Daydream
• Drake - More Life
• Paramore - After Laughter
• Ty Dolla $ign - Beach House 3
• Lany - Lany
• Code Orange - Forever
• Haim - Something to Tell You
• Sleep On It - Overexposed
• Grayscale - Adornment

Nicholas Scimeca - Designer - @nicholasscimeca

• Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
• Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
• Teen Daze - Themes for a Dying Earth
• Drake - More Life
• Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder
• Day Wave - The Days We Had
• Bleachers - Gone Now
• Ryan Adams - Prisoner
• Lorde - Melodrama
• The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
• Sun Airway - Heraldic Black Cherry
• The Chain Gang Of 1974 - FELT
• Sylvan Esso - What Now
• IDK - IWASVERYBAD
• Discovery - Push
• HAIM - Something to Tell You
• Sir Sly - Don’t You Worry, Honey
• LANY - LANY
• Flor - come out. you’re hiding
• MUNA - About U

Will Stevenson - Artery Foundation - @willsbeard

Here is my non work related list (in no particular order):

• The Chain Gang of 1974 - Felt
• A R I Z O N A - GALLERY
• SoMo - My Life III
• Logic - Everybody
• Drake - More Life
• Kehlani - SweetSexySavage
• Emmure - Look At Yourself
• Paramore - After Laughter
• Hundredth - RARE
• The Midnight - Nocturnal
• Nickelback - Feed The Machine
• Joyner Lucas - 508-507-2209
• John Mayer - The Search For Everything
• Dreamcar - DREAMCAR
• THEY. - Nu Religion: Hyena
• Russ - There’s Really A Wolf
• Kingdom Of Giants - All The Hell You’ve Got to Spare
• PVRIS - All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
• Like Moths To Flames - Dark Divine
• Acceptance - Colliding By Design

TJ Horansky - Sleep On It - @tjhoransky

• Paramore - After Laughter
• Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape
• Tigers Jaw - Spin
• The Menzingers - After the Party
• Grayscale - Adornment
• Dryjacket - For Posterity
• Little Image - Musings
• Turnover - Good Nature
• Pet Symmetry - Vision
• The Maine - Lovely, Little, Lonely

Jason Parent - APA - @thisis_peanut

Some Great LP’s:

• Bleachers - Gone Now
• Citizen - As You Please
• Turnover - Good Nature
• Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
• Knuckle Puck - Shapeshifter
• Oso Oso -The Yunahon Mixtape
• nothing,nowhere. - Reaper
• Slaughter Beach, Dog - Birdie
• Charly Bliss - Guppy
• Cende - #1 Hit Single
• Head North- The Last Living Man Ever in the History of the World
• Heart Attack Man - The Manson Family

Some Great EP’s:

• Super American - Disposable
• Snail Mail - Habit
• McCafferty - Thanks. Sorry. Sure.
• Slaughter Beach, Dog - Motorcycle.jpg
• Jetty Bones - Old Woman

Ashley Osborn - Photographer - @ashleyosborn

1. After Laugher - Paramore
2. All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell - PVRIS
3. Skin & Earth - Lights
4. Melodrama - Lorde
5. Lovely Little Lonely - The Maine
6. About U - MUNA
7. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
8. What Now - Sylvan Esso
9. American Teen - Khalid
10. RARE - Hundredth

Justin Mondzak - 7 Minutes In Heaven - @justininheaven

Top 10 Video Games of 2017

• 10) Outlast II (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
• 9) Little Nightmares (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
• 8) Kingdom Hearts 1.5//2.5 HD Remix (PS4)
• 7) Prey (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
• 6) Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)
• 5) Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
• 4) Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Xbox One, PS4, PSVR, PC)
• 3) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch, Wii U)
• 2) Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
• 1) Cuphead (Xbox One, PC)

Andrew Cramb - Manager - @andrew_ftw

I'm going with my top 11 coolest things of 2017, be it music, movies, pop culture or anything in between!

• 1) Brand New - Science Fiction. - I've been waiting a long time for more Brand New. For them to drop it as a surprise release and have it be so good is all I ever wanted.
• 2) blackbear - digital druglord - Took a second to grow on me. Now there's not a single track I don't love!
• 3) familypet - This band is going to do huge things. You just wait.
• 4) Baby Driver - Movie was all around sick! Cinematography was on point. Great story. Amazing soundtrack. Super dope.
• 5) Cryptocurrency - Regardless of your stance, or involvement with - it made some huge waves! There's no way we don't all look back at 2017 as old people and say "I remember when Bitcoin _____ (insert story of exponential growth and wealth or tragic shortcoming here) either way it'll be talked about!
• 6) IT - Few things about this gem of a film. 1) Felt like a perfectly done remake of a film, which IMO hasn't been done in a long time. 2) I got to see it with the man behind Good Future Club himself, Mr. Johnny Minardi. 3) They recreated the Neibolt House in Hollywood to promote the movie and it was fucking dope!
• 7) Short Story Long - I promise you there's nothing more inspiring than this podcast. I love it!
• 8) Chick-Fil-A - My favorite restaurant of the year. To that, you may say I have no class. Well, you're right - I don't. BUT THEM SAMMICHES ARE STILL GOOD AF!
• 9) Porsche GT3 Touring. - My favorite car of 2017! Porsche released the 911R in 2016 in extremely limited quantities. Everyone started selling them for too much money and Porsche didn't like it. So this year they dropped essentially the same magical car in slightly higher production numbers.
• 10) The Hundreds x Carrots Collab - I'm not deeply rooted in streetwear, but I respect the hell out of the people behind these brands. It's rad to see them do something so cool together!
• 11) Oliver Francis - A Million Miles An Hour - I really believe in this dude. No one does it quite like him. The perfect example of a DIY artist / genuine person who put endless work in and built something amazing. Listen to Aeou it's rad!

Sho Mitsui / Singer of Alt Med / @sho_altmed

• 1. Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
• 2. John Mayer - The Search for Everything
• 3. Neck Deep - The Peace and The Panic
• 4. Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
• 5. Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold
• 6. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
• 7. Lil Yachty - Teenage Emotions
• 8. Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
• 9. Ty Dolla $ign - Beach House 3
• 10. ROAM - Great Heights & Nosedives

Ian Dickinson - Roadrunner Records/Synergy Artist Management - @iandickinson

• 1) Trapped Under Ice - Heatwave
• 2) Hellripper - Coagulating Darkness
• 3) Body Count - Bloodlust
• 4) Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
• 5) R.I.P. - Street Reaper
• 6) No Warning - Torture Culture
• 7) Loathe - The Cold Sun
• 8) Hi Vis - III
• 9) Juiceboxxx - Freaked Out American Loser
• 10) Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights

Zech Pluister - Sleep On It - @zechpluister

• Dryjacket - For Posterity
• The Gospel Youth - Always Lose
• Backwards Dancer - Self Titled
• Citizen - As You Please
• John Mayer - The Search For Everything
• Ed Sheeran - Divide
• The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
• Manchester Orchestra - Black Mile To The Surface
• nothing,nowhere. - Reaper
• Silverstein - Dead Reflection

Christian Wagner - Good Fight Management - @christianjwagner

• 1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Should be noted I prefer the “Collector’s Edition” which is the reverse track listing but whatever)
• 2. The Menzingers - “After The Party”
• 3. The Maine - “Lovely Little Lonely”
• 4. Vince Staples - “Big Fish Theory"
• 5. Demi Lovato - “Tell Me You Love Me”
• 6. SZA - “Ctrl"
• 7. Joey Bada$$ - “ALL AMERIKKAN BADA$$”
• 8. Julien Baker - “Turn Out The Lights"
• 9. Logic - “Everybody”
• 10. Thousand Below - “The Love You Let Too Close”
• 11. Future/Young Thug - “Super Slimey"
• 12. Acceptance - “Colliding By Design”
• 13. Daniel Caesar - “Freudian"
• 14. Counterparts - “You’re Not You Anymore”
• 15. Sleep On It - “Overexposed”
• 16. Nothing Nowhere - “Reaper"
• 17. 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin - “Without Warning"
• 18. BROCKHAMPTON - “SATURATION II”
• 19. Tyler, The Creator - “Flower Boy”
• 20. The Gospel Youth - “Always Lose"
• 21. Migos - “Culture”
• 22. Vic Mensa - “The Autobiography"
• 23. Harry Styles - S/T
• 24. Nick Grant - “Return Of The Cool”
• 25. Phoebe Bridgers - “Stranger In The Alps” (this would be higher if I listened sooner)

Honorable mention:

Run The Jewels - “Run The Jewels 3” (released Dec. 24, 2016)

Biggest disappointments:

• 1. Taylor Swift - “Reputation”
• 2. Taylor Swift - “Reputation”
• 3. Taylor Swift - “Reputation”
• 4. Taylor Swift - “Reputation”
• 5. Taylor Swift - “Reputation”

Kevin Jordan - This Wild Life - @kevintwl

• 1. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps
• 2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
• 3. Gideon - Champions
• 4. Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkkan Bada$$
• 5. Sir Sly - Don’t You Worry, Honey
• 6. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
• 7. Stick To Your Guns - True View
• 8. Paramore - After Laughter
• 9. Wage War - Deadweight
• 10. Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

Erick Charles - Roadrunner Records/Fueled By Ramen - @eacharlez

• Code Orange - Forever
• Can’t Swim - Fail You Again
• Paramore - After Laughter
• The Menzingers - After The party
• Tigers Jaw - spin
• Citizen - As You Please
• Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms
• The Front Bottoms - Going Grey
• nothing,nowhere - Reaper
• Pallbearer - Heartless
• Propagandhi - Victor Lap
• The Front Bottoms - Going Grey
• Free Throw - Bear Your Mind

Mike Fishkin - Idobi Radio - @mikefishkin

• Mansionz s/t
• The Maine ‘Lovely Little Lonely’
• LANY s/t
• Blackbear ‘digital druglord’
• Brand New ‘Science Fiction’
• John Mayer ‘The Search for Everything’
• Blackbear ‘cybersex’
• Harry Styles s/t
• Chase Atlantic s/t
• Halsey ‘Hopeless Fountain Kingdom’
• Neck Deep ‘The Peace And The Panic’
• Demi Lovato ‘Tell Me You Love Me’
• Envy On The Coast ‘Ritual’
• Nothing But Thieves ‘Broken Machine’
• As It Is ‘okay.’
• All Time Low ‘Last Young Renegade’
• lovelytheband ‘every i could never say...’
• Hoodie Allen ‘The Hype’
• Makeout ‘The Good Life’

Joseph Buscema - Reclaim Music Group - @thejoebuscema

• 1. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
• 2. Knuckle Puck - Shapeshifter
• 3. The Chain Gang of 1974 - Felt
• 4. The Chainsmokers - Memories.. Do Not Open
• 5. The Menzingers - After The Party
• 6. Turnover - Good Nature
• 7. Seaway - Vacation
• 8. Pvris - All we know of heaven, all we need of hell
• 9. Paramore - After Laughter
• 10. Bearings - Nothing Here is Permanent (EP)

Ryan Soroka - United Talent Agency - @ryansoroka

• 1. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
• 2. Maren Morris – HERO (Deluxe Edition, I’m working with a technicality here)
• 3. Flor – come out, you’re hiding
• 4. Juke Ross – Grey
• 5. SZA – Ctrl
• 6. Paramore – After Laughter
• 7. Bleachers – Gone Now
• 8. Zara Larsson – So Good
• 9. Mansionz – Mansionz
• 10. HAIM – Something to Tell You

Jonathan Diener - Baggage - @jonodiener

• Ryan Adams - Prisoner
• Quicksand - Interiors
• Charly Bliss - Guppy
• Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
• Rozwell Kid - Precious Art
• Metz - Strange Peace
• David Bazan - Care
• Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound
• Paramore - After Laughter
• Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me

Bobby Darling - The Money Pit - @moneypitmusic

My favorite records were:

• 1. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
• 2. Charly Bliss - Guppy
• 3. Hundredth - Rare

My favorite shows were:

• 1. Mindhunter
• 2. Master of None
• 3. Stranger Things

My favorite movies were:

• 1. Good Time
• 2. The Big Sick
• 3. Get Out

The only book I read this year (which was a blast) was:

1. Meet Me in the Bathroom - Lizzy Goodman

Producer of the year:

1. Casey Bates (duh)

Eric Powell - Spotlight Touring - @epxxxep

Top 2017 List -

• 1. The Menzingers - After The Party
• 2. Bleachers - Gone Now
• 3. The Front Bottoms - Going Grey
• 4. Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
• 5. Lorde - Melodrama
• 6. Stick To Your Guns - True View
• 7. Turnover - Good Nature
• 8. Brand New - Science Fiction
• 9. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights
• 10. Converge - The Dusk In Us

Spotlight Touring 2017 Records -

• Aversions Crown - Xenocide
• Cardinals Pride - The Quiet Erosion
• Coldfront - Float Around
• Dayseeker - Dreaming Is Sinking /// Waking is Rising
• Enterprise Earth - Embodiment
• Ghost Key - If I Don't Make It
• Like Moths to Flames - Dark Divine
• Loathe - The Cold Sun
• Oceans Ate Alaska - Hikari
• Phinehas - Dark Flag
• Thousand Below - The Love You Let Too Close

Josh Terry - Workshop Mgmt - @joshterrymgmt

• 1. Lorde - Green Light
• 2. Kesha - Rainbow
• 3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
• 4. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights
• 5. Margo Price - All American Made

Melissa Hemingway - Fly South Music - @flysouthmelissa

• The Defiant Ones
• Better Things
• Ozark
• Better Call Saul
• Handmaid’s Tale
• F Is For Family
• Master Of None
• Big Mouth
• This Is Us
• American Horror Story: Cult
• Big Little Lies

Jake Marquis - Sleep On It - @therealjakesonaplane

TOP RELEASES OF THE YEAR:

1. Lovely Little Lonely - The Maine
2. After Laughter - Paramore
3. Dead Reflection - Silverstein
4. Always Lose - The Gospel Youth
5. After The Party - The Menzingers
6. Fail You Again - Can't Swim
7. Where The Mind Wants To Go / Where You Let It Go - I The Mighty
8. Adornment - Grayscale
9. Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato
10. The Search For Everything - John Mayer

Some Excellent EP's:
Different Places - High Wire
Ritual - Envy On The Coast
Nothing Here Is Permanent - Bearings
Symmetry - 7 Minutes in Heaven

Weird dishonorable mention :
Science Fiction - Brand New
It's fantastic, would be top 3. But I still haven't been able to listen to them since. Maybe someday. Nothing has shaped my musical DNA more than Brand New & I'm still processing how I feel about it.