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Staff Picks: Rachel Hislop’s Top 5 Albums of 2017 So Far

Rachel Hislop, Editor in Chief

We’re are halfway through the year, searching for sanity in our political overseers while reading the news with timidness and sleeping with one eye open. 2017 has been a weird little year so far, but history has shown that the oppression and turmoil anyways brings forth great art, and the music released this year is no exception. Halfway in, with some solid releases in the rearview, and anticipated upcoming releases ahead, here are my picks for the the top albums of 2017 so far. 

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