20sh0ts' smash hits & top hot tracks of 2017

 breaking with tradition a little bit here......
with the notable exception of NO contribution whatsoever for 2016, in the past i've listed my take on the best albums of the year.  i do prefer that format so perhaps i'm afforded the time for its return next december.  still, in the mish-mash of the daily grind i found a lot of good songs the past 12 months and dumped them all into a 2017 spotify playlist.
157 songs in some semblance of order from meh to best. sure, i probably missed a couple....that happens every year, but even my past lists get additions throughout the year.  so check them all out. i'm here. however, if you just want the red meat, the top 25 reads like so:

25) look like that- sneaks
24) antarctica- the luxembourg signal
23) pretty prizes- parquet courts, d luppi, karen o
22) crisis- sextile
21) asktell- lina tullgren
20) energy- b boys
19) proactive evolution- why?
18) baby blue- wolf parade
17) hot thoughts- spoon
16) pink white house- priests
15) on the roof- mo kenney
14) misremembered- fred thomas
13) a night in chinatown- hott mt

12) face tatt- ho99o9
11) the combine- john maus
10) demon in profile- the afghan whigs
9) this time- wire
8) time's been reckless- marika hackman
7) raw materials- metz
6) nocturne- mark lanegan
5) cover me- depeche mode
4) the static god- thee oh sees
3) time to live- ariel pink
2) lazarus online- wolf parade
1) the same thing- tica douglas