Do you hear that? Ah, yes. That's the sound of 2017 gasping for its final breath as we laugh (scream?) manically into the void and
oh my god is it over yet? In a year that decimated the line between irony and reality, in an age where satire and nightmare are synonymous, it seemed like everyone with a microphone had commentary to offer regarding the state of the world, the collapse of the state, and the plight of being alive in the era of
fidget spinners and Trump's Twitter account.
If we've learned anything, it's that not
all heroes wear capes. While the world burned, these sonic crusaders from Detroit and beyond reshaped the narrative and gave us the soundtrack we deserve. Escapism and empowerment steer
Metro Times' year-end list into an all-encompassing look at a year that fucked us and the people that tried to make it better.