Amber Miller – Middays 10a-3p/Assistant Program Director
Top 5 favorite songs:
Glass Animals “Agnes”
The xx “Say Something Loving”
Sylvan Esso “Die Young”
The National “Day I Die”
Foo Fighters “Run”
Best Album of 2017: TIE: The xx “I See You” & The National “Sleep Well Beast”
Artist of The Year for 2017: Portugal. The Man
Best New Artist of 2017: Superorganism
Best Music Video of 2017: Glass Animals “Agnes”
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: The Districts
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: I refuse to pick just one: Arcade Fire at Wells Fargo Center. The National at Verizon Hall. Sylvan Esso at Union Transfer x 2. The Districts album release show at Union Transfer.
Favorite Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party of 2017: August: Vance Joy, Portugal. The Man, Judah & the Lion, The Outdoor Type, and The Groove Merchants
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: Union Transfer
Most Anticipated Album for 2018: Arctic Monkeys
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2017: Vance Joy
Most Overlooked Artist of 2017: Sylvan Esso
Favorite App: Is it weird if I say Spothero? I don’t care. It saves me every single time I have to park in the city.
Favorite Band/Artist to Follow on Twitter: @bastilledan
Jammin' Jessie - Weeknights + New Music Discovery Show
Top 5 favorite songs:
1) 'Feel It Still' Portugal. The Man
2) 'Run' Foo Fighters'
3) 'Nimble Bastard' Incubus
4) 'Holding On' The War On Drugs
5) 'Out Of Mana' Brand New
This was tough. This year brought us so many good songs..... Paramore's "hard times" was just such a great song.. Beck 'up all night' Dan Auerbach 'malibu man'...Daddylap "Submerged"... WHAT A YEAR YA KNOW?!
Best Album of 2017: Primus 'Desaturating Seven' & Bleachers 'Gone Now'...oh and Dan Auerbach 'Waiting On A Song' is literally perfection from start to finish every single song is magic.
Most Disappointing Album of 2017: Arcade Fire 'Everything Now'
Artist of The Year for 2017: Bleachers
Best New Artist of 2017: Greta Van Fleet
Best Music Video of 2017: Dan Auerbach 'Shine On Me' ALSO my music video of Fry frolicking in the summer time to Canned Heat's "Goin Up The Country" -check it out on my twitter @jammminjessie
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: DADDYLAP dude...go check 'em out. they're just so damn good i can't even wrap my brain around it....daddylap.bandcamp.com.
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: I almost said Green Day @ Tower Theater but that was 2016, the years are blurring together. Best show of 2017??? Hmmm....I'm gonna have to say seeing Chaka Kahn join Lettuce on stage at Peach Fest in August.
Favorite Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party of 2017: ENDLESS SUMMER SHOW. MON THE BIFF! also when Portugal. The Man played 'Feel It Still' twice because they're Gs.
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: I have a strong love for Tower Theater. So much history in that place.
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2018: Arcade Fire
Most Anticipated Album for 2018: Arctic Monkeys
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2017: Portugal. The Man
Most Overlooked Artist of 2017: Greta Van Fleet... & Magic Giant
Favorite App: Headspace
Favorite Band/Artist to Follow on Twitter: The Lords of Portland (@PortugalTheMan)
Band/Artist to follow on Instagram: @JohnMayer
Favorite Band/Artist to follow on Snapchat: no snap for me! ..anxiety's already at an all time high w/ the other social media apps.
Favorite Podcast: "Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night!"
Top 5 (or 7) favorite songs:
Weezer – Feels Like Summer
Foo Fighters – Run
Royal Blood – I Only Lie When I Love You
Beck – Up All Night
The Struts – One Night Only
Liam Gallagher – Wall Of Glass
The Killers – The Man
Best Album of 2017: Foo Fighters – Concrete & Gold, Liam Gallagher – As You Were
Most Disappointing Album of 2017: Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Artist of The Year for 2017: Portugal. The Man.
Best New Artist of 2017: Rag n’ Bone Man
Best Music Video of 2017: Foo Fighters - Run
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Daddylap
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters
Favorite Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party of 2017: August was such a good time!
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: Foundry At The Fillmore
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2018: The Lumineers
Most Anticipated Album for 2018: Thirty Seconds To Mars, Twenty One Pilots
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2017: The Pixies
Favorite App: Amazon, MLB
Favorite Band/Artist to Follow on Twitter: @MarkHoppus – He’s hilarious.
Favorite Band/Artist to follow on Instagram: @LukeStruts – Rock. Star.
Favorite Podcast: Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard
Josh - On Air Weekends / Fill-In
Top 5 favorite songs:
- 1. Feel it Still – Portugal. The Man
- 2. Take it All Back – Judah & The Lion
- 3. Thunder – Imagine Dragons
- 4. The Sky is a Neighborhood – Foo Fighters
- 5. Fire Escape – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
- Honorable Mention – Walk on Water – Thirty Seconds To Mars
- Honorable Mention – Wish I Knew You – The Revivalists
Best Album of 2017:
- 1. Concrete and Gold – Foo Fighters
- 2. Zombie on Broadway – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
- 3. Wonderful Wonderful – The Killers
- 4. Evolve – Imagine Dragons
- 5. Woodstock – Portugal. The Man
Most Disappointing Album of 2017: 8 - Incubus
Artist of The Year for 2017: Imagine Dragons
Best New Artist of 2017: Judah & The Lion
Best Music Video of 2017: TIE: Sky is a Neighborhood (Foo Fighters) & Thunder (Imagine Dragons)
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: War on Drugs
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: TIE: Radio 104.5 10th Birthday Celebration Day #2 & August Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party
Favorite Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party of 2017: August: Vance Joy, Portugal. The Man, Judah & the Lion, The Outdoor Type, and The Groove Merchants (Day before I donated my kidney too!)
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: XFINITY Live!
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2018: Fall Out Boy
Most Anticipated Album for 2018: The Struts new album
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2017: Alice Merton (11/29/17)
Most Overlooked Artist of 2017: Sir Sly
Favorite App: iHeartRadio
Favorite Band/Artist to Follow on Twitter: @weezer
Favorite Band/Artist to follow on Instagram: @portugaltheman
Favorite Band/Artist to follow on Snapchat: N/A
Favorite Podcast: Shat The Movies
Top 5 favorite songs:
5. Andrew McMahon- Don't Speak For Me
4. Sir Sly- &Run
3. Bleachers- Don't Take The Money
2. Cold War Kids- Restless
1. Beck- Dear Life
Best Album of 2017: Bleachers- "Gone Now" (Incredible from start to finish)
Artist of The Year for 2017: Imagine Dragons (I mean talk about a comeback!)
Best New Artist of 2017: Magic Giant
Best Music Video of 2017: Cold War Kids/Bishop Briggs - "So Tied Up"
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: I have to pass. Too many to name. There are so many incredible bands from our area and I love so many of them!
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: Panic! At The Disco At Wells Fargo Center in February
Favorite Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party of 2017: August: Vance Joy, Portugal. The Man, Judah & the Lion, The Outdoor Type, and The Groove Merchants
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: The TLA
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2017: Andrew McMahon
Most Overlooked Artist of 2017: Magic Giant
Favorite App: MoviePass
Favorite Band/Artist to Follow on Twitter: John Mayer
Top 5 favorite songs:
Sir Sly-High
Foo Fighters-Run
Bishop Briggs + Cold War Kids-So Tied Up
Imagine Dragons-Believer
Manchester Orchestra-Alien
Best Album of 2017: Don’t You Worry Honey-Sir Sly (Honorable Mention Foo Fighters and QOTSA)
Most Disappointing Album of 2017: Depeche Mode
Artist of The Year for 2017: Portugal. The Man-finally got the spotlight they deserved
Best New Artist of 2017: (TIE) Fitness, The Wrecks, and Magic Giant
Best Music Video of 2017: I Found God-Mainland
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: DJ Reed Streets
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: FooFAnthem with Mike Jones in DC!
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: Long Live The Electric Factory
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2018: Weezer
Most Anticipated Album for 2018: Florence + The Machine, Jack White, Twenty One Pilots, Arctic Monkeys, Hozier, Smashing Pumpkins, Wombats, Muse, Bastille
Most Overlooked Artist of 2017: Fitness
Favorite App: Instagram
Favorite Podcast: the return of Alter Natives
DJ Reed Streets - Block Party DJ, Saturday Night Mix Tape
Top 5 favorite songs:
Francis & the Lights - "May I Have This Dance"
Maggie Rodgers - "Alaska"
Passion Pit - "Hey K"
LCD Soundsystem - "Call The Police"
Lil Peep - "Awful Things"
Best Album of 2017: Bleachers "Gone Now"
Most Disappointing Album of 2017: Imagine Dragons "Evolve"
Artist of The Year for 2017: Post Malone
Best New Artist of 2017: POWERS
Best Music Video of 2017: The Killers "The Man"
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: Vacationer
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: LCD Soundsystem (Fillmore)
Favorite Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party of 2017: August
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: The Fillmore
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2018: Fall Out Boy
Most Anticipated Album for 2018: The 1975 "Music For Cars"
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2017: Glass Animals
Most Overlooked Artist of 2017: Akof
Favorite Band/Artist to Follow on Twitter: Passion Pit
Favorite Band/Artist to follow on Instagram: Matt & Kim
Tricia Gdowik - Digital Producer/Photographer/Philly Music Podcast
Top 5 favorite songs:
JoJo & the Neon Grease - Baptized in Vibe
Grace Vonderkuhn - Worry
Japanese Breakfast - Diving Woman
Low Cut Connie - Revolution Rock'N'Roll
Pete Donnelly - Dr. Richard (OMG THIS IS SO CATCHY, do not get it stuck in your head!)
Runners-up: Ben Arnold - Hellfire (this technically gets released in 2018!), Andorra - In Limbo
Best Album of 2017: JD McPherson - Undivided Heart & Soul
Most Disappointing Album of 2017: tbh I didn't listen to enough full albums to have an educated & informed opinion about this
Artist of The Year for 2017: St. Vincent
Best New Artist of 2017: Daddylap
Favorite Philly area Band/Artist: So many good ones but I'm gonna call out Ali Wadsworth & David Fantasy & Adult Content this year.
Favorite Concert/Show of 2017: Besides our own Radio 104.5 shows -- St. Vincent at Electric Factory - November 2017 followed closely by JD McPherson at World Cafe Live ... as well as Os Mutantes at the Troc earlier in the year
Favorite Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party of 2017: They were all really great but I was not prepared for how amazing the Revivalists were live (June).
Best Philly Area Concert Venue: Union Transfer
Artist/Band You Hope Takes A Long Break in 2018: Foo Fighters
Most Anticipated Album for 2018: (THAT I KNOW OF...) Ben Arnold - Sunday Morning Meltdown, Jojo & the Neon Grease new album coming out in February 2018?
Best Radio 104.5 Studio Session of 2017: TIE: Phoenix, The Pixies
Most Overlooked Artist of 2017: The Revivalists
Favorite App: Hipstamatic
Favorite Band/Artist to Follow on Twitter: Andorra is hilarious & so is Cookie Rabinowitz
Favorite Band/Artist to follow on Instagram: Low Cut Connie
Favorite Band/Artist to follow on Snapchat: I only follow friends on Snapchat sorry!
Favorite Podcast: Philly Music Podcast or WTF with Marc Maron