#i think hed love deftones.

[addox]

what kind of music does your f/o like? do they have a canon favorite song/band/etc & what is it? if not what do you headcanon them to enjoy?

[alexging]

sean diaz + daniel diaz modern hcs

i kind of forgot this was exclusively modern at the end just ignore that LMFAO

- sean has no social media presence whatsoever

- a lot of people from school follow him but he only follows lyla and his track team back 😭 popular loner energy 🥀🐺

- i feel like if sean went to hs now hed be sm more popular esp w girls but hes rlly humble so he doesnt see it at all

- hes stupid and just thinks theyre being nice

- it gets on lylas nerves bc he refuses to believe anybody wants him 😭

- all his stories are like fireworks he posted when he was thirteen that he never bothered to delete

- its titled Highlights bc he doesnt know how to make an aesthetic instagram

- if anything, if he posts now its skate videos, drawings, or funny pics of daniel

- sean def takes 0.5x photos of daniel where his eyes go two diff directions and threatens to send them to lyla whenever he starts acting up

- daniel always throws a tantrum and esteban gets mad and tells sean to delete the pics (he doesnt)

- speaking of daniel he def got wayyy into skibidi toilet

- daniel tries to explain skibidi toilet n sean just tunes him out and says “uh huh” every so often

- hes those impressionable kids that gets into literally anything on the internet. among us, squid games, ROBLOX FOR SURE. sticky ipad baby energy overall!

- sean plays roblox with daniel on very rare occasions. i can imagine daniels avatar is decked out with limited items and sean is a bacon haired woman 😭

- daniel has definitely swiped estebans card a couple times under his nose for his robux…

- daniel purposely chooses games hes good at to watch sean struggle and die over and over again

- daniel watches weird kid youtube videos like… among us 24 hour challenge with spiderman and elsa giving birth kind of videos. sean gets really pissed off partly bc theyre rotting daniels brain and partly bc daniel always put it at max volume in the living room

- once sean gets paid he always goes thrifting. he fs goes to the bins and finds dirty dookie drawls every weekend 😭 but its worth it bc he finds cool shit

- as a skater boy i feel its obligatory for him to wear those afflication types of clothing as well as ironic graphic tees

- sean def wears baggy jeans in 2023 🙅‍♀️ none of that straight leg jeans from the game!!

- he also probably loves those ironic wolf shirts w the galaxy print n thinks theyre so funny

- sean also buys clothes in his style for daniel from the thrift n records 360s of daniel in his skater outfits

- “can i go play roblox now?” “no u have to cover ur nose when u turn around”

- got a buzzcut and surprisingly it looked really good

- esteban, daniel, lyla, and practically everyone else in his life kept making fun of him for being bald and would rub his head like a genie bottle tho

- daniels go-to is “well- well at least i don’t look like… look like caillou!” bc i imagine he tries to make funny comebacks but always stutters in the middle 😭😭

- eventually grew it back out bc he got annoyed at everyone making fun of him. they dont see his blond album cover early 2000s vision 💔

- daniel has no room to talk bc sooner or later he goes to the barber and gets a fucked edgar bowlcut

- sean laughs until he can barely breathe 😭 when lyla sees she TRIES to cheer him up about it but its too late

- even esteban laughs a little but only when daniel cant see bc he knows how much itd hurt him

- back to the blond album cover… sean LOVES music. his playlists are hours long

- i feel like he indulges in a super LARGE range of music likeee from bad bunny to deftones to pinkpantheress

- everybody hates it when he has aux and boos him off

- when esteban orders mexican food, sean and daniel both get horchata. sean dgaf if hes grown he still loves it!!

- i imagine esteban slowly stopped enforcing mexican food and culture overtime. bc of this, daniel knows barely any spanish and has 0 spice tolerance. sean always makes fun of him bc he goes gets water after a couple hot cheetos

- daniel tries to recreate those videos of people eating carolina reapers in hot sauce to prove a point and almost dies

- sean absolutely LOVES halloween. horror movies, costumes, the weather, everything abt it

- a part of him always gets jealous of daniel bc hes no longer considered trick or treating age anymore

- lowkey hed be willing to pull up in a full body costume just so he can trick or treat again

- when watching horror movies, sean will get way too immersed and start judging the people in the movies 😭

- daniels not allowed to watch but he peaks around the corner when estebans not watching

- “why the fuck is she just standing there? RUN! WHAT THE FUCK DUDE?!”

- “language mijo”

- he acts like he cld fight off the killer and explains his mastermind plan during the movie

- he doesnt admit it but he gets jumpy after a horror movie 😭 esteban and daniel take advantage of this every single time

- sean daniel and esteban are a tight knit family REGARDLESS of sean’s moodiness and daniel’s annoying gen alpha brainrot theyre so 😢

yes im aware that 2016 wasnt tjat long ago but i dont want to imagine sean diaz enjoying dank memes and saying boi 💔

[billkaulitzwife]

can you please do hc for dating johnny? (sfw + nsfw) thank you!

Yall are tiring me out I HAVE SCHOO-

ofc, non!! tysm for the request, golden <33

Dating Johnny Cade. (SFW + NSFW)

WARNINGS!!

swearing, ed, cuts, sh, mentions of sêx, etc.

Now Playing: Rosemary

johnny is definitely a deftones guy.

SFW

He calls you doll, darlin, sunshine, baby, etc..

He's not much of a sexual guy, he loves romance

Johnny wouldn't trade you for the world

omg he smells like orange peels im js putting it out there.

The moment he finds out you're getting picked on or flirted with

theyre

dead.

meat.

he packs a punch.

like say bob was trying sum w u, POW RIGHT IN THE KISSER

He's so lovable and sweet

he writes you notes on gum wrappers and sticks them in your locker

hes good at persuading the teachers to let him sit next to you

HE CALLS YOU BEAUTIFUL IN ITALIAN

JOHNNY IS SO SWEET

valentine's and ur birthday

he has money set aside for flowers

.

him and pony wld work at DQ together and you and dally would pull to the drivethru like

u and dallas: "YURR"

johnny: "hey, babe! 10.57 at the window."

dally: "i didnt even order yet"

johnny: "YALL ARE THE ONLY BITCHES COMING THRU MY DRIVE THRU AT 2:45 EVERY DAY SAYING "YURR""

.

Hes actually so sweet tho

Dallas keeps his eye on you

makes sure you're good enough for his son

im so serious when i say dallas would take you in as his child but u and his son are dating so thatd be weird

he'd definitely be all kissy and soft when hes tired

he believes communication is key unlike COUGHCOUGHMYEXCOUGHCOUGH

johnny is always by your side

even when ur pissing

hes outside the door

"can i hug you yet"

"JOHNATHAN MATTHEW CADE"

"sorry mi amor"

idk why but i think he'd hate pop and country

js like me fr

NSFW

when he bottoms he knows how bad you love his moans and whines so he lets them all out

hed 10/10 let you ride

and 10/10 wld smash

i mean he does both

when youre giving him head, this man tenses up so much and squirms

he doesnt like hurting you so he'll always thrust slow (at first).

if he ever found out you had an ed, he wouldn't be willing to do anything bc he wants you to be healthy

if you had sh scars, he wouldnt grab your wrists

hed be gentle on your thighs

he wouldnt grab your waist

he would hold your hand.

johnny would do anything to kiss you while fucking.

i swear on my life

he would beg you to kiss him

when you kiss his scar when shits heated

IT GETS SO MUH BETTER

1-10 wld u let him hit, answer in the comm-

this kid loves sloppy makeout sessions that turn out to be sex

like if saliva is all kinda running down your chins he'd get turned on

wait did i just fucking say he has a spit kink.

he def like hickeys

giving and receiving

he loves being called baby or something

anyways

guys im so tired. I LOVE YOU GOLDENS AND TY AGAIN NON!!🫶🫶

[swiftfootedachilles]

*vibrating intensely* hi please tell me your autistic Mickey headcanons I'm collecting them

ohhhh i have so many thoughts

ive already talked about this ad nauseum previously but i always have time to discuss my favorites autist

his hatred of sleeves is totally an autistic thing. he just hates sleeves, specifically anything thats not long sleeved or sleeveless

he seems to prefer warm weather. he bundles up sooo much in the winter and he talks about moving back to mexico in s11. he would rather go back to prison than move any more north than chicago

i am once again mentioning that compulsory heterosexuality is absolutely part of mickeys masking. he seems to not gaf about masking about a lot of "typical" autistic things like not understanding social cues/rules or lacking conversation skills. a lot of his masking is more survival based like seeming straight and masculine and tough

^ which makes sense that when he starts unmasking, he likes patterned/hawaiian shirts :') he loves how visually simulating they are and he can tolerate the sleeves bc the fabric is very breathable and light

he really likes loud sounds specifically loud music and ambient/outside sounds like the ones he looks up in s11 to help him fall asleep :) he seems like the kinda person who can only do one thing as once, ie cant listen to music and play video games at the same time. when he does something he has to Devote Himself To It. if hes listen to music thats what hes doing. hes gonna sit there with his giant ass headphones on and stim or just cover his eyes and focus on the lyrics. hes s natural loud talker. he could yell over a jet engine if he wanted to. altho he doesnt like people raising his voice at him for obvious reasons. he cant stand pure silence it makes his skin crawl. ian loves his peace and quiet so mickey often throws on his headphones for parallel play. ian cooks or reads his book in quiet and mickey listens to deftones or doomscrolls on tiktok. parallel play becomes a huuuuge part of their bonding as a married couple :)

when he gets overwhelmed he completely shuts everything out. he acts like a cornered animal and lashes out at anything even if someone is trying to help. he needs space until he calms down or he'll have a meltdown and start throwing/breaking things or causing physical harm. sometimes he becomes too overwhelmed too quickly and completely skips the "shutting everyone out" stage and go straight to getting physical

he stims a lot by hitting or throwing stuff so ian trains him to use soft things like pillows and plushies (he absolutely has a plushie collection) when stimming. i think he also hits himself on the head sometimes. :( (totally not projecting) but be mainly sticks to his regular stims like messing with his eyebrows, chewing his nails, and biting his lip. he has an oral fixation! ian gets him a chew necklace. he likes singing and dancing with ian tho hed never admit it. he likes flapping his hands and jumping but hes still too embarrassed to ever do them. he unconsciously sways and rocks, especially if hes in the same spot for a long time

ian absolutely buys mickeys most of his sensory/stimming shit. lights, weighted blanket, spinner ring, chew jewelry, peelable clear nail polish, bike chain (which we see mickey has on his bedside table in s5 so i 1000% believe this was his first stim toy!!!) toy, tangles, different types of plushies (squishmallow, squishables, jellycat, reversible octopus (mickeys fav they both have at least one for every possible emotion), plushie dreadfuls, palm pals, different shapes and textured fabrics.) ian often steals a lot of these plushies; they are their first children. after they move back to the southside and are doing some work on their house, ian notices mickey still needs the catharsis of breaking shit, so sometimes they go on dates to the junkyard with baseball bats and destroy shit together

mickey literally cant be in the same room with ian when he eats his eggs with ketchup. the concept itself is so gross he cant tolerate it

hes very sensory seeking, again partly because of his oral fixation. he likes spicy food and LOVES sour food. obviously he loves candy and junk food. they have lamps, other small lights, and color changing led lights all over their home. eventually they both fall into a routine of communicating nonverbally using different colors of lights

mickey isnt great at communicating verbally tho he tries. sometimes he just cant, its too overwhelming and he cant think of the words to properly express himself. hes much better at conveying his thoughts thru physical means. this is part autism, part learned during childhood

he learned literally everything he knows about society thru movies. he uses a lot of old slang and makes niche references. he refuses to explain any of them to ian

sometimes he goes nonverbal and he texts only using (sometimes too many) emojis and reaction images that nobody gets except him

most people think hes weird and dont get his sense of humor but ian thinks hes the funniest person on the planet! they often make references to inside jokes in front of other people and it annoys the shit out of everyone

ok i have to stop now or im gonna go on forever thank you for the ask

[certifiedgoofball]

Hiii this might be kind of long but!! Don't forget how much I love you ever okay? I know it's hard right now and might be for a while but it has to get worse before it gets better!! And I'll be here through it all like you have been for me!! You're worth so much more than you've been through even if you did bad stuff in the past, I did too, and that's not the person either of us want to be anymore! You're doing so so good I promise and I feel so loved by you!! You're the sweetest partner I could ever ask for and you understand me so well. You know me better than I know myself! And honey if you ever lose yourself completely again try to remember that you can always find yourself again! And it's an expirence to get to know yourself!! I hope one day you can find your inner peace and I can be right beside you for it <3 here's all the things I've remembered about u so far! Correct me if I'm wrong :)

Your favorite color is purple, you have a scar on the left side of your forehead from when you were a kid, but if I looked at you it'd be on my right, you LOVE jambalaya, your state I remember, your full name (sorry I'm incapable of forgetting but I'd never use it against you I promise, you've always been Pluto to me), your email I remember, your compression socks, POTS, HPD, NPD, BPD, ADHD + Autism, and HEDS (not diagnosed yet I think? But loooots of signs), the stretches you do!! Your heart rate always goes up when you put the sheets on your bed, we got together 06/07/24, you're ginger (get better soon...) but you have a lot of blonde in your hair, blue eyes, you really like the idea of having pink in your hair (any color would look beautiful on you, mi media naranja), you love Bive from regretavator, you love playing roblox with me, you get nervous on calls (honestly me too), you're trying to get better (you are.), you have 3 brothers (can never remember which is which but I do remember one has epilepsy), you also have a lot of signs of schizotypal! You've met Henry, Aspen, Frye, Jecka, Jack, August, and Ophelia! Maybe a couple more? You like going on walks, but you prefer the insides more, which is where our dates will be! You love movies, but don't usually watch them fully, you HAD a friend named Colin (I think they were an asshole or something don't quite remember), you love Muse, MCR, Deftones, and I believe Slipknot? Not sure on the last one. You used to not like the way rings feel because of sensory issues, not sure if that's still true but I'd assume! You have synthesia with colors going on letters and numbers! You don't feel emotions like other people, but you still try your best! (I notice. Keep going, I promise you're getting better.), you love canine poetry, biblical references, and when I put flower references! Your favorite flower is Peonies, you hate coffee because of the smell and prefer tea, specifically this one your mom buys that's raspberry something? Golden Peaks brand. You're a Capricorn born January 19th, you HATEEEEE the smell of weed (you're so fucking real for that one.), you love flower scented shampoo, you love baking and wanna bake for me!

Had to consult our dms a couple times for some of these, but I promise all of these are equally as important in my mind, just as you are!

Feel free not to post this if it's too much information you don't want out, but text me when you read all this!!!

I love you always and forever, mi media naranja. <3

THIS IS THE SWEETEST THING EVER IM GONNA CRY 😭 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH PAST THE RINGS OF SATURN (GET IT? CUZ YOUR NAME)

[firstaidspray]

Pairing Playlist Tag

Tagged by @roofgeese to show 5-10 songs from my pairing's playlist!! Thank you!! Let's check out some of Nonia and Reese's drunk driving jams that are also about them.

The full playlist is here!!!

x: i'm your passenger

1. Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms

And let the cops chase us around

Well, tell me do you think It'd be alright

If I could just crash here tonight?

You can see I'm in no shape for driving

And anyway, I've got no place to go

And you know it might not be that bad

You were the best I'd ever had

If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago

I might not be alone

Tomorrow we can drive around this town

The past is gone, but something might be found to take its place

Hey jealousy

2. Bartender - (Hed) PE

I just want your company

I want you to comfort me, just come with me

Take me there, take me with you

I can't be alone tonight, I can't be alone tonight

I can't trust myself tonight, I can't trust myself tonight

Baby, please don't trust me tonight

No please don't trust me tonight

3. Passenger - Deftones

Here I lay, still and breathless

Just like always, still I want some more

Mirrors sideways, who cares what's behind

Just like always, still your passenger

Chrome buttons, buckled, and leather surfaces

These and other lucky witnesses

Now to calm me, this time won't you please

Drive faster

4. Between the Lines - Stone Temple Pilots

I like it when we talk about love

I like it when you talk about love

You always were my favorite drug

Even when we used to take drugs

5. Closing Time - Semisonic

Closing time, one last call for alcohol

So finish your whiskey or beer

Closing time, you don't have to go home

But you can't stay here

I know who I want to take me home

I know who I want to take me home

I know who I want to take me home

Take me home

6. Got You (Where I Want You) - The Flys

Hey, maybe just a smile

Oh, hey, do you know that I can dance?

Could we talk for a while?

Well I think you're smart, you sweet thing

Tell me your sign, I'm dying here

Got you where I want you, yeah

Got you where I want you

Well I want you, I want you

7. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Joann Jett & the Blackhearts

Now I'm ready to close my eyes

Yeah, now I'm ready to close my mind

Now I'm ready to feel your hands

Lose my heart on the burning sand

Now I wanna be your dog

8. Low - Cracker

Or hey, oh, don't you wanna go down

Like some junkie cosmonaut?

A million miles below their feet

A million miles, a million miles

I'll be with you girl, like bein' low

Hey, hey, hey, like bein' stoned

I'll be with you girl, like bein' low

Hey, hey, hey, like bein' stoned

9. Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company

Baby, when I think about you

I think about love

Darlin', I don't live without you

And your love

If I had those golden dreams

Of my yesterday

I'd wrap you in the heaven

To feel it dyin' on the way

10. Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes

Baby, here I am

I'm the man on the scene

I can give you what you want

But you gotta come home with me

I've got some good old lovin'

And I got some more in store

When I get done throwin' it on you

You better come back for more

[omenics]

[𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄]’𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐗 , the overblot gang + kalim, malleus, & epel.

..in which [name] has peak music taste. gn reader. — i am falling back into metal and its amazing so ofc [name] HAS to like it too 😊 however im falling down the spiritbox hole again so itll rlly just be based on that

RIDDLE ROSEHEARTS.

little man is insulted that youd listen to metal

i dont see him listening to it at all

hes like my nonna who physically recoils when she hears it

anyways say ur phone magically came to twst with you and all of ur playlists are still there so boom

play whitechapel and he explodes. bro goes off with ur head for the whole year and you walk with SHAME

LEONA KINGSCHOLAR.

bro probably listens to deftones

i can see him listening to deftones

this is my hc

but is deftones metal 🤨 idk man it says its alternative metal so yeag

you can probably play any music on the aux and he wouldnt mind i think?? but i see him hating country because me too leona

but if you dont look like the type of person who listens to metal (bc me too) then hes like damn alr

if he did tho i think hed like whitechapel idk but i donr see him liking death metal or just vv heavy stuff

THIS IS TURNING JNTO WHAT BANDA SOME CHARACTERS WOULD LIKE INSTEAD OF THEM EITHER HATING OR LOVING THE MUSIC HELP ME

AZUL ASHENGROTTO.

a man of class who doesnt listen to metal but respects it bc hes like the only one here who would most likely know it takes talent

stan azul bc i do

no but hed probably enjoy the 1.5 songs that dont involve the screaming or growling, so probably hickory creek from whitechapel or constance by spiritbox yk

anyways azul does not like it but bro wont make u do the walk of shame bc of it like RIDDLE

idk what else to put but i can see him liking a little bit of ghost…. because i do… a lot… and i like azul.. a lot…

next character now bc idk what to put

KALIM AL-ASIM.

hes probably the one to ask what music you listen to lets be real

like ‘oh hey [name] what type of music do you like? :)’ probably expecting pop or indie or whatever but nah bro u like metal… and he like oh ok

doesnt matter what kind just metal

he would also not like it bc yeah but hed also think its cool i think

hes honest abt it too 😭 ‘oh sorry [name] i dont like it that much but its cool’ because its kalim <3

no but seriously i cant think of a band hed like tbh

JAMIL VIPER.

do u know how much i was struggling to type his last name like good lord. it went from biper to bipee to vipee and to viper… like elaria…. thats so easy… stop

the consequences of having autocorrect off

moving on i don’t necessarily see him listening to metal

maybe deftones too… or ghost… but like .0005 of their songs… just yk… imo…

anyways wouldnt care at all what music u listen to

just is like alr and goes back to whatever

we stan jamil. get yourself a jamil. why? BC I NEES ONE AND NO ONE I KNOW IRL LISTENS TO METAL OR DEATH METAL OR ANYTHING AND WHEN I PLAY IT THEY YELL AT ME AND ACT LIKE I COMMITTED MURDER

its rough out here guys

VIL SCHOENHEIT.

youre done for

you are literally not allowed 100 meters around him

the MINUTE you play any sort of band classified as metal you are condemned to hell

i know for a FACT he would hate metal because

its fucking metal and its vil what do u expect him to listen to slaughter to prevail and go around moshing??? no. no u dont. becaus ehe wouldnt.

he does not tolerate metal at all. ghost? no. slipknot? absolutely not. whitechapel? why dont u go worship the devil (do they have an equivalent to the devil in twst idk) while ur at it because vil schoenheit in all his glory hates metal.

EPEL FELMIER.

metalhead epel would be canon but we all know he listens to country

lets be real tho hed listen to it to spite vil

maybe… maybe… u can make him listen to it… and hed maybe like it… and youll have a metal music buddy…

honestlt just say ‘vil doesnt like metal’ and hes probably blasting infant annihilator bc i think its funny

other than that epel does not care for metal. however hes probably like one of the others who doesnt care if u play it

i mean i can see him listening to avatar?? specifically black waters and the eagle has landed… but black waters mainly

idk because i have not written for epel before and i haven’t played the pomefiore chapter in a month so i dont remember lol

IDIA SHROUD.

lets be real bro listens to indie

a mitski fan. cries to nobody every night. he does not touch the metal genre.

anyways im gonna say this and hes a metalhead isnt he

oyher than that he has control of the aux BECAUSE HE DOESNT LEAVE HIS FUCKING ROOM. HOW WILL HE HAVE AN OPINION ON METAL WHEN HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE PLAY ANYTHING BC HE CANT BE BOTHERED TO GO TOUCH SOME GRASS HUH??????

i am an IDIA HATER. IDIA SHROUD ANTI. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT I KIN HIM.

other than that only listens to indie of lofi idc what anyone else says im right.

MALLEUS DRACONIA.

the average classical music enjoyer

i believe he enjoys classical music or no music at all however bc its malleus everyone thinks he listens to a band that is called smth like DEATH BLOOD MAGIC INFANT KILLER GRAVE ROBBER ZOMBIE DICK but he just would listen to classical music because i said so

this poor man is dubbed a metalhead while he probably doesnt even know one sub-genre of metal

this poor guy cant catch a break

its okay malleus. you are the only one here who has peak music taste and thats okay

[mattrants]

1997: Some music is now 20 years old!

Having read an article about albums turning 30 years old in 2017, and having spent last week listening to the best of those albums, I decided to make today's playlist from the best music turning 20 in 2017.  1997 seems to hold a weird place in the overall music zeitgeist – Grunge was well and truly dead but its zombies were still roaming the world, for better or for worse...much, much worse.  Sure, Grunge's direct descendants Foo Fighters put out their absolute classic in The Colour and the Shape, but the world was cursed with some terrible music from Post-Grunge chumps like Creed, Silverchair,  Our Lady Peace, and Vertical Horizon. '97 also saw a surge in terrible white boy ska/reggae rock bands, and bands who included a “Turntablist” in their rock ensemble – 311, Sugar Ray, Reel Big Fish and fuckin' SMASH MOUTH all had big years and would haunt us for decades to come. 1997 was also a big stepping stone year towards the aural clusterfuck that was Nu-Metal.  Korn were gathering power, Limp Bizkit released their first album, '$3 Bill Y'all', and bands like Papa Roach, P.O.D and Hed (PE) all made their debuts.  Truly this year has a lot to answer for.  Deftones, a band I love, also released their album Around the Fur, a great record that would ultimately cause them to be lumped in with the Nu-Metal cretins, even though they were a band with much more nuance and skill.  Be Quiet and Drive is one of my favourite songs of that, or any year.

One of the biggest albums of the year was the eponymous debut from the softest boys ever made - Savage Garden. 'Truly Madly Deeply' is honestly one of the greatest of greatest shits! A lot of pop music in '97 was in this milky white, tepid mode, so soft it's like musical baby powder, “Straight baby thighs” as Ghostface Killa would say . Celine Dion was huge, the Titanic soundtrack made dying in the North Atlantic Sea seem like a good option, the Backstreet Boys were gaining power, and we also had to listen to dreck from N'Sync, Boyzone, 5ive, Aaron Carter and Robbie Williams.  Hanson's Mmmbop was one of the biggest songs of the year :( There were some really bizarre pop oddities in 1997 like Aqua's Barbie Girl and Chumbawumba's Tubthumping.  We got our introductions to Robyn and No Doubt smashed the world with Don't Speak. Hell, we even got a Spice Girls movie!

But enough about terrible music, notable albums that were not shit or the harbingers of the late 90s sonic apocalypse included the amazing Homework by Daft Punk, Fat of the Land by Prodigy, Perfect from Now On by Built to Spill, The Lonesome Crowded West by Modest Mouse, Brighten the Corners by Pavement, Either/Or by Elliott Smith, The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave, Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney, Green Day's Nimrod, The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified by The Dismemberment Plan, The Offspring's Ixnay on the Hombre and the self-titled debuts of Portishead and Marcy's Playground. Although Biggie was shot in 1997, it was still a good year for hip-hop. Wu-Tang Clan released their second album, Puffy was huge, Busta Rhymes and Coolio were all over the charts and Missy Elliott put out her first album and we also got out first big taste of El-P with the amazing Company Flow album Funcrusher Plus.  There were so many great singles, including Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy (music video of the year?), Drinking in LA by Bran Van 3000, Hedonism and Brazen by Skunk Anansi, Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, Rammstein's Du Hast, Brimful Of Asha by Cornershop, Natalie Imbruglia's Torn, Sex and Candy, Gettin' Jiggy Wit It and the ubiquitous Green Day song, Good Riddance (Time of your Life), which has achieved high status amongst Greatest Shits over the intervening decades.  

My favourite albums from 1997 though are:

Mogwai – Young Team & Godspeed You! Black Emperor – F#A# infinity:  These two bands didn't invent “Post-Rock”, but they perfected it.  These albums are absolute classics and sound as fresh, as  interesting, as complex, as loud, as great, as ever.  Mogwai also released the Ten Rapids compilation album which features some of their best music, including “Helicon 1”.

Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One.  Even though grunge bumped the popularity of some of the american indie/college/alternative rock bands, most just kept on going, business as usual.  Yo La Tengo had been putting out pop gems mired in distortion since the mid-80s, but they were growing with power with each release. '93's Painful and Electr-o-Pura from 1995 are classic albums but ICHTHBAS is their masterpiece.  It has all the touchstones of the bands discography – the record nerds encyclopedic knowledge of music subsumed into a singular vision. There are distorted jams like Sugarcube (my favourite song ever) and Deeper Into Movies, melancholy downtempo numbers like Autumn Sweater and Damage, instrumentals like Green Arrow, and, as always, some great covers, like Little Honda, a perfect Beach Boys pop-rock jam.

Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind.  Bob Dylan had no right to make an album this good at age 56.  This album also seemed like a dark reckoning with old age and death, even though its now 20 years later and Dylan is still touring and releasing music and winning Nobel Prizes.

Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space. A beautiful, deeply sad album, ornately instrumented with strings and woodwinds, mixing raptourous gospel music with the hazy drug odes that define Jason Spaceman.  This album is a breakup album, a comedown album, a religious album, a political album.  This album is everything and deserves to be listened to, in full, on great headphones, forever.

Radiohead – OK Computer.  I think enough has been said about this album.  It is one of the best albums ever made.

Here is playlist of 1997 music (NOT COMPREHENSIVE): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgUBsaInZqdHXvjG6kyx7YAZG_9mPCqCm