#best of 2017

ONLY NOISEA Year In Song

Certain songs have a way of tangling themselves in our days, weeks, and months, eventually embedding themselves in our psyche, forever to be associated with the particular time and place in which they meant the most to us. Here, Madison looks back on 2017 by recounting the songs that dominated each...

Madison Bloom

AF 2017 IN REVIEWTen of the Year's Best Albums By Trans Artists

In (yet another) year where coverage of trans lives vacillated between stories of hyper-visible trans people - wealthy "success" stories, wearied activists and advocates, public artists struggling through waves of aggression and hate - and mournful eulogies (22 trans women of color were murdered in...

Kaiya Gordon

AF 2017 IN REVIEWOur Favorite Albums and Singles of the Year

While there's been many a jaded thinkpiece about the import of music critics (usually begging the question What are they good for?) and the ubiquity of year-end lists can feel shallow at times, we can't stress enough the importance of what it means to share music among friends. It's a huge part of...

Lindsey Rhoades