THE NEW 88.5 FM Announces LA's 2017 Top Albums Results

Phoebe Bridgers' 'Stranger in the Alps'

THE NEW 88.5 FM is a great radio station broadcasting here is Southern California so I am glad to share this timely news update. I discovered KCSN a few months ago and it is a terrific station. I just received a media release about the station's top 2017 albums; a number of these albums made my own favorites list, including Beck's Colors, U2's Songs Of Experience, the fantastic The xx LP I See You, Phoebe Bridgers' Stranger in the Alps, Aimee Mann's Mentall Illness and the wonderful collaboration between Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie...

As 2018 kicks off, The New 88.5 FM has published their Los Angeles 2017 Top Albums Listener Poll results.  Led by The War On Drugs' A Deeper Understanding, the list is a mix of the station's commercial-free blend of rock, alternative, soul, blues and Americana.

The album cover for 'I See You' from the xx

The 2017 list is the first since The 88.5 FM signal expansion now covering Santa Clarita to San Clemente.  As of September 12, 2017 the combined signal reach of KCSN-FM (California State University, Northridge) andKSBR-FM (Saddleback College in Mission Viejo) providesprogramming to a potential audience of 11.5 million listeners, a huge boost from the two stations' previous combined reach of 2 million.  The station is also streaming online at www.885fm.org.  

Prior to the expansion, KCSN has been a favorite among the music community with artists including Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Jackson Browne, Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Stephen Stills, Lucinda Williams, Sheryl Crow, Conor Oberst, Ryan Adams and Sarah McLachlan all playing benefit shows in support of their mission to provide quality music programming to the Los Angeles area. The station is home to on-air hosts Nic Harcourt, Garrison West, Jim Nelson, Sky Daniels, AJ, Harry Shearer, Robert Hilburn, Jed The Fish, and Kevin Bronson. It also broadcasts popular syndicated music shows such as World Cafe, Saturday With The Beatles, The Dylan Hour, The 80s Experience and Acoustic Cafe.

88.5 FM offers a 24-hour, commercial-free blend of rock, alternative, soul, blues and Americana. It features a wide range of artists such as U2, Bruce Springsteen, Jack White, Arcade Fire, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Alabama Shakes, The War On Drugs, The National, Sheryl Crow, Bob Marley, and David Bowie. The station's AAA programming is also available on KCSN and KSBR 88.5 HD1 channel, via the 88.5FM app, and online atwww.885FM.org.

#	Artist	Album
1	The War On Drugs	A Deeper Understanding
2	Beck	Colors
3	Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	The Nashville Sound
4	Ryan Adams	Prisoner
5	The National	Sleep Well Beast
6	Arcade Fire	Everything Now
7	Spoon	Hot Thoughts
8	U2	Songs Of Experience
9	Father John Misty	Pure Comedy
10	Mondo Cozmo	Plastic Soul
11	Radiohead	OKNOTOK
12	Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie	Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
13	Dan Auerbach	Waiting On A Song
14	Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile	Lotta Sea Lice
15	Portugal. The Man	Woodstock
16	Robert Plant	Carry Fire
17	Van Morrison	Roll With The Punches
18	Steve Earle & The Dukes	So You Wanna Be An Outlaw
19	Iron & Wine	Beast Epic
20	Grizzly Bear	Painted Ruins
21	The New Pornographers	Whiteout Conditions
22	Yusuf/Cat Stevens	The Laughing Apple
23	Phoebe Bridgers	Stranger In The Alps
24	Son Volt	Notes Of Blue
25	Conor Oberst	Salutations
26	Fleet Foxes	Crack Up
27	Elbow	Little Fictions
28	Kings Of Leon	Walls
29	Chris Stapleton	From A Room, Vol. 2
30	Sheryl Crow	Be Myself
31	Bon Iver	22, A Million
32	Liam Gallagher	As You Were
33	Jack Johnson	All The Lights Above Too
34	The XX	I See You
35	Gregg Allman	Southern Blood
36	John Mayer	The Search For Everything
37	St. Vincent	Massedution
38	Benjamin Booker	Witness
39	ZZ Ward	The Storm
40	Alt J	Relaxer
41	Middle Kids	Middle Kids EP
42	The Lone Bellow	Walk Into A Storm
43	Manchester Orchestra	A Black Mile To The Surface
44	Broken Social Scene	Hug Of Thunder
45	Noah Gundersen	White Noise
46	Craig Finn	We All Want The Same Thing
47	Japandroids	Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
48	Dispatch	America, Location 12
49	Aimee Mann	Mental Illness
50	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	Who Built The Moon?