Jay Som

Music By The Numbers: Rolling Stone Best Albums of 2017

 

 

Here at TRAKTIVIST, we’re starting a new series called Music By The Numbers, where we shine a light on tastemakers - festival talent buyers, Best-Of lists, and featured online content. While the music industry claims that being different helps you stand out, oftentimes tastemakers pass up on talent from minority communities.

Earlier this week, Rolling Stone released their Best Albums of 2017. It was a general melange of genres, as well as a good span from the unknown (Jay Som), to the up and coming (Open Mike Eagle), to the obvious choices (Jay-Z). They noted that “Music was full of fury, confusion and resistance in our first post-election year.”

Here’s who you can find in Rolling Stone’s 50 best albums.

Out of 123 musicians, 36 were people of color, 25 were women, 9 were women of color.

You can find 4 Asian Americans (Jay Som, Japanese Breakfast, Vijay Iyer, and LCD Soundsystem), 1 Latino artist (Residente), and zero out queer artists.

Out of 50 groups, 23 have at least one person of color, 22 have at least one woman, and 13 groups are made up of only white men.

29% people of color
20% women
7% women of color
3% asians
.8% latinxs

Check out our Spotify playlist with our selects from these albums!

#MUSICMONDAYS: 42 NEW SONGS + #MIXESoftheWEEK 10.10.16

 

New-Releases-101016

Music Mondays! Check out these 42 new releases from our music community! Plus our two picks for Mixes of the Week!


POP

Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Closer - The Chainsmokers ft Halsey (Kina Grannis ft. Harry Shum Jr.)

Hayley Kiyoko - Citrine EP

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun - Marie Digby Cover

The Weeknd ft Daft Punk - Starboy (Nuge Cover)

Jasmine Lee - SUMMERTIME

"Moonlight" - Ariana Grande Cover by Cilla Chan

We Don't Talk Anymore - Charlie Puth feat Selena Gomez (Cover by Travis Atreo)

SOUL / R&B

NE-YO - Queen

Jasmine V - Gimme More

Frank Ocean - NIGHTS (cover by Ryan Mitchell Grey)

Love Is A Losing Game - Amy Winehouse (cover by Drea Rose)

ALTERNATIVE

Jay Som - Ghost

Dia - Golden Years

SALES - for you

Charlie Kim - ROCK AND A HARD PLACE ft. Phonetic ONE (RIP)

ROCK

Dearly Beloved - I Tried To Leave

METAL

Metallica - Moth Into Flame

ELECTRONIC

josh pan & X&G - Platinum

YULTRON - If I Only Had The Heart

Le Couleur - L’Amour le Jour (radio edit)

cehryl - selfish

DATHAN x WOLFE - Reaction feat. Jessica Louise

esta. - $tunt

Skrillex & MUST DIE! - VIP's (Gent & Jawns Remix)

AstroVoyager - Architect (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)

HOTEL GARUDA - Fixed On You (Feat. Violet Days)

Riot Ten - Outbreak

Steve Aoki x Marnik & Lil Jon - Supernova (Interstellar)

The Blemish - Backup Man

Pick Up The Phone (GANGSIGNS CLUB EDIT)

BEATS/INSTRUMENTALS

Freddie Joachim - The Road

LCKSMTH - Tom Misch Flip

JAPANDREW - The Super

digital martyrs - Pivot (Instrumental)

HIP HOP

IAMSU! - By My Side Feat P-Lo (Yeemix)

G Yamazawa - Rich Chigga Freestyle

B. Lewis - Wipers Feat. Soosh E!

Crosrime$ - Buck50 (Prod. by lentra)

J.Lately - Trust The Music [prod. Space Cadet]

TURNTABLISM

Invisibl Skratch Piklz - Fresh Out Of Fucks

CLASSICAL

Jennifer Koh - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59: I. Allegro moderato

MIXES OF THE WEEK

Bachir presents D-Styles: The Only Mixtape

ARMNHMR - Metronome #88 [Insomniac.com]

#MUSICMONDAYS: 25 NEW SONGS 08.01.16

 

New-Releases-080116

It’s Music Mondays! Check out these 25 new releases from our music community!


REGGAE

Party next door - Not Nice (prod by Supa Dups)

ALTERNATIVE

Toro y Moi - Grown Up Calls

INDIE

Jay Som - Peach Boy

VA Violet - over you

HIP HOP

josh pan & dumbfoundead - banned from the motherland (ft. simon dominic, jay park, g2)

AtlanticHaze - Ski Mask Feat. Los Moonwalker & Sahtyre

Tae Buddha - Come Up

Lloyd Dotdot Ft Pseudo Slang - Lay Low(Prod. By Japandrew)

Russ Coson ft. Ant Trax & RJ- Took Em Both

CS - Soldier Man ft Ricky Bats & Saron , B-Roc

LYRICKS - You Must Love Me

EraNetik - Letter to Gramps

Death rhyme - Nyiam koj FT. Teddy

ELECTRONIC

Promnite - that day we all drank coors and jammed (Jarreau Vandal, starro, carmack, falcons)

Arius - Team Rocket (Headbanger Pikachu)

Mndsgn - Ya Own Way

ARMNHMR & DEVAULT - RAIN

esta. - lifelike

POP

Earl - I Love You

Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (Cover by Jason Chen x JRodTwins)

Gardiner Sisters - Running (prod by Jesse Barrera)

Naeya - Enough (Flight Pattern Remix)

SINGER / SONGWRITER

The Sweet Hurt - Million Miles Away (Louie Cover)

Alfa Garcia - Bare Feet

SOUL / R&B

AstraLogik - Groovin' Up