I'm with the Paste-defenders: I won't check out much on their list because it's far from my taste but at least it doesn't look like anyone else's offering. I much prefer seeing lists of albums I didn't know about than endlessly repeating examples of GAPDY syndrome (what's the 2011 equivalent?).
― sean doily, Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:17 PM (5 minutes ago)
what? paste's list looks like every other indie lise
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 30 November 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, they really went out on a limb with that Fleet Foxes-Bon Iver one two
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i wasn't coming out in favor of the paste list
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
huh on second glance you're right. I just remembered the Dale Earnhardt/Middle Brother combo (no idea who they are) and assumed there was lots more of that. Delete post.
― sean doily, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
This is not the first time deej has criticized FACT (if it is deej); I remember maybe last year comparing it to Pitchfork for Resident Advisor enthusiasts or something along those lines. Anyways, I like the FACT list bcz it has a bunch of albums on it I like and wanted to hear.
And the Psychic Paramount album is rad, though I might like the Cosmic Dead album more...
― ruth m4rcus is a mor4n (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 1 December 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
No one is playing acoustic guitar like Bill Orcutt right now. No one.
Eugene Chadbourne still playin shows iirc
― dealwithit.gif, Thursday, 1 December 2011 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
1. Nicholas Szczepanik, 'Please Stop Loving Me'
this is a really good record, i think
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 1 December 2011 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
the FACT list is p garbage btw
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 1 December 2011 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
very controversial
veeeery controversial
― Z S, Thursday, 1 December 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
why dont you childish my gambino
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 1 December 2011 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen the light!
― ruth m4rcus is a mor4n (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 1 December 2011 06:21 (twelve years ago) link
MOJO EOY 2011
1: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake2: The Horrors - Skying3: Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues4: Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit5: Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow6: White Denim - D7: Josh T Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen8: Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi9: Tom Waits - Bad As Me10: Wild Beasts - Smother11: Laura Marling - A Creature I Dont Know12: Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings For My Halo13: Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes14: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine15: Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What16: Bon Iver - Bon Iver17: Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - Everything's Getting Older18: Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts19: James Blake - James Blake20: My Morning Jacket - Circuital21: The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient22: Beirut - The Rip Tide23: Bill Callahan - Apocalypse24: EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints25: The Stepkids - The Stepkids26: Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots27: Arbouretum - The Gathering28: Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes29: Wilco - The Whole Love30: Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost31: Nick Lowe - That Old Magic32: Bjork - Biophilia33: Glenn Jones - The Wanting34: Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest35: Tinariwen - Tassili36: Shabazz Palaces - Black Up37: Duane Eddy - Road Trip38: The Sand Bag - All Through The Night39: Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See40: Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming41: Destroyer - Kaputt42: Booker T. Jones - The Road From Memphis43: Gwilym Simcock - Good Days At Scholss Elmau44: Glen Campbell - Ghost On The Canvas45: Tuneyards - Whokill46: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds47: Radiohead: The King Of Limbs48: Wire - Red Barked Tree49: Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra50: Joe Henry - Revere
― domish gassambino (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
people are really rating that Bjork album solely because it's Bjork IMO
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
i guess i'm the only one obsessed with the new Atlas Sound! :-/
― Z S, Thursday, 1 December 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
eh, trying being obsessed with the new Lamb
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
bjork is top 20 in the guardian list
50-11 are here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/01/best-albums-2011
― domish gassambino (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
I'll definitely top-10 the Lamb in our poll.
At least Idolator (and only Idolator) recognized the new Oh Land, though most of their list is well marketed money-pop.
― Sanpaku, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
I do not see at all what ppl are getting from GSH/Jamie XX; everything about that album just screams mediocrity to me
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
GSH/Jamie XX votes are post-mortem tribute, methinks.
― Sanpaku, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
lex will be disappointed he didn't manage to bump drake into the top 10 of that guardian poll
― pandemic, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
i'm thrilled that the pistol annies album got enough votes from people-other-than-me to make the top 50
― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
i agree with OH NOES about björk and gil scott-xx
as for drake, i have said my piece, and now i shall just sit back and JUDGE anyone who lowers themselves to rep for him
― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
Kind of OT, but less so here than elsewhere: Johnny F, J0rdan S and I have talked (very briefly) about running the ILM EOY again since it seemed to work well last year. We'll probably wait until the post-sandbox era to start nominations, assuming said era encroaches in the next week or two. Voting from the start of January, probably.
― sean doily, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
bigger run down (top 75?) pretty please?
― the gas-cramp dilla (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
yes! i have been looking fwd to it all year (not even a joke)
though every time i remember how much you lot love destroyer i stop looking forward to it
― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
Last year we did a top 77!
― sean doily, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, please wait until the end of the year proper to run the poll. I know there won't be that many December albums that make it anyway, but I like to feel like the year is finished before I do an overview of it.
Top 77 is good for me.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
oh shiit yes. had 40 stuck in my brain.
― the gas-cramp dilla (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
xp Yeah nominations will definitely be open until the end of the year.
― sean doily, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, 77 worked great. I'm looking forward to getting the ball rolling, but agree it's best to wait until we exit the sandbox. Historically, noms have started around mid-December.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
me too. Quite a comeback record.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
I think I could get into that Tinariwen album based off of the song they did on Colbert
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
I def have to check that oune out
― iagree (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/album/6MmvqMg8G3F41F7U1LWv8p
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ there it is
haven't heard the jamie/heron album, but "i'll take care of u" is amazing
― v-shasty, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
agree 100%, and i thought the original GSH disc was brilliant.
BTW, tinariwen are also brilliant. the new disc is so solid, and the song with nels cline -- where cline's drone guitar sounds like an alien ship landing in the desert (his v. accurate description) -- is a stunner.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
really really digging the Tinariwen album
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
there you go. the prior two albums are even better.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
death grips not on any of these lists? the fuck out
― E3 yeah it's me, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
tinariwen sounded fine on colbert but the tvotr contributions were extremely o_O . love the older records tho
― magicrealism, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
did we do filter?
http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/filters_top_10_of_2011_staff_picks
1. M83 : Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming2. Bon Iver : Bon Iver3. Fleet Foxes : Helplessness Blues4. Mayer Hawthorne : How Do You Do?5. The Weeknd : House of Balloons6. Adele : 217. Elbow : Build a Rocket, Boys!8. Black Lips : Arabia Mountain9. Washed Out : Within and Without10. A$AP Rocky : LIVELOVEA$AP
Honorable Mentions:
(11) James Blake, James Blake (12) Ryan Adams, Ashes & Fire (13) Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes (14) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (15) Tom Waits, Bad As Me(16) Little Dragon, Ritual Union (17) Foo Fighters, Wasting Light (18) Radiohead, The King of Limbs (19) Fucked Up, David Comes To Life (20) Justice, Audio, Video, Disco
― the gas-cramp dilla (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
so far theres been one decent list itt
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
funny that no one in the editorial side of FILTER voted for asap rocky, at least according to those indiv lists
― v-shasty, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
???? xp
― the gas-cramp dilla (pomplamau5), Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
not sure which of the goon squad u r but what do u think the chances of spaceghostpurrp getting much eoy love??
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
very little
― v-shasty, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
i havent really seen his name brought up that much this year outside of lumping him in w/ the general 'scene' -- i don't think his actual music has been a big galvanizing force of any sort tho
at least not yet
― v-shasty, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
i downloaded that album but for some reason it doesn't play on my ipod
― wil smif, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link