poor love.
― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
beyoncé, dawn richard, nikkiya, meshell ndegéocello, marsha ambrosius, goapele, raphael saadiq, diddy dirty money (r&b remix mixtape)
i'm not even that into the lloyd album compared with his past work (but it's still better than the weeknd/ocean OBV)
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
co-singing that goapele
― gucc_ebooks (tpp), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
i rep for trey songz anticipation 2
― sisilafami, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
the musiq soulchild album was pretty good too, and the cherri v mixtape was excellent
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
and the anthony david album! this song is one of the best songs of the year full stop, amazing stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__khgIzMyaM
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah Musiq Soulchild, I played that album maybe three times and then forgot I owned it
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
Sure, ‘NY is Killing Me’ became annoyingly inescapable,
i've never heard this
― gucc_ebooks (tpp), Friday, 2 December 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
I love the Marsha Ambrosius record; it's held up well all year.
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
― lex pretend, Friday, December 2, 2011 9:53 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
this is what i'm talking about in terms of a 'big' year for r&b, beyonce aside. saadiq and maybe ambrosius are household names, but the rest of them are kinda the FACT list for r&b heads
― v-shasty, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i just came to the marsha album recently. 'far away'!!
of that FACT top 10, clams and araabmuzik will make my EOY list (the latter top ten, probably), still haven't listened to the rustie or prurient albums, FO and barwick didn't leave much of an impression on me, sort of avoiding weeknd/drake, haven't heard of the other two
― silvana mangano, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
i'm wending my way through that NPR 'other sounds' list - if you like gorgeous ambient drifty things, that nicholas szczepanik album is wonderful
― silvana mangano, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ Diddy Dirty Money being more obscure than homegirl from Floetry
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
well yeah. but the diddy dirty money remix mixtape is pretty far under the radar.
― v-shasty, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
oh leave me my cheap lols, they're all I have
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
the real problem w/ the FACT list isnt the music they choose, which is w/e, but the aesthetic incoherency and the embarrassing way it seems to misunderstand/misevaluate its own constituency of tumblr whites
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
ClashMusic (UK) EOY 2011
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/the-top-40-albums-of-2011
40. DANGER MOUSE / DANIELE LUPPI - ‘Rome’ 39. WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE - ‘Konkylie’ 38. WOODEN SHJIPS - ‘West’ 37. WAGON CHRIST - ‘Toomorrow’ 36. RICHARD DONOSO - ‘Progress Chance’ 35. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - ‘I’m With You’34. WHITE DENIM - ‘D’ 33. KASABIAN - ‘Velociraptor!’32. JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST - ‘Watch The Throne’ 31. LITTLE DRAGON - ‘Ritual Union’ 30. RYAN ADAMS - ‘Ashes And Fire’29. MATTHEW HERBERT - ‘One Pig’28. FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - ‘Ceremonials’27. THE LOW ANTHEM - ‘Smart Flesh’26. BON IVER - ‘Bon Iver’25. EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - ‘Take Care, Take Care, Take Care’24. BIBIO - ‘Mind Bokeh’23. WILCO - ‘The Whole Love’22. M83 - ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’21. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - ‘Replica’20. DJ SHADOW - ‘The Less You Know The Better’19. LYKKE LI - ‘Wounded Rhymes’18. GRUFF RHYS - ‘Hotel Shampoo’17. PLANNINGTOROCK - ‘W’16. BEASTIE BOYS - ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part Two’15. WILD BEASTS - ‘Smother’14. KING CREOSOTE AND JON HOPKINS - ‘Diamond Mine’13. FLEET FOXES - ‘Helplessness Blues’12. BJÖRK - ‘Biophilia’11. BEIRUT - ‘The Rip Tide’10. ZOMBY - ‘Dedication’9. MY MORNING JACKET - ‘Circuital’8. ADELE - ‘21’7. THE KILLS - ‘Blood Pressures’6. METRONOMY - ‘The English Riviera’5. RADIOHEAD - ‘The King Of Limbs'4. BATTLES - ‘Gloss Drop’3. PJ HARVEY - 'Let England Shake'2. THE HORRORS - ‘Skying’1. MODESELEKTOR - ‘Monkeytown’
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
wagon christ is still a thing?
x-post
tumblr whites
my new band's name
― Another Suburbanite, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
it would be a good name for a laundry detergent
― n/a, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, he's still going and he's become very, very boring.
I do like that Modeselektor album but it's not top ten material, let alone the best album of the year
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
best thom yorke record of 2011
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
This was exactly my reaction
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
saadiq and maybe ambrosius are household names
Whose households now?
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
BBC music writers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcmusic/2011/12/bbc_music_writers_top_25_album.html
25 - Bright Eyes - The People's Key24 - Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know23 - Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years22 - Trap Them - Darker Handcraft21 - The Decemberists - The King is Dead20 - EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints19 - Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place18 - Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues17 - Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow16 - Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi15 - Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here14 - Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots13 - Katy B - On a Mission12 - SBTRKT - SBTRKT11 - Björk - Biophilia10 - Iceage - New Brigade9 - Bon Iver - Bon Iver8 - Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen7 - Beyoncé - 46 - Metronomy - The English Riviera5 - Tom Waits - Bad as Me4 - The Antlers - Burst Apart3 - The Horrors - Skying2 - Wild Beasts - Smother1 - PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
households that listen to R&B
Raphael Saddiq has been famous since Tony! Toni! Tone! and Floetry got a lot of exposure back in their day (not that I realized that's who Marsha was until this weekend).
man, that SBTRKT album is almost as overrated as that Bjork album
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
I really hate the SBTRKT album. Primarily cos of the vocals
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
i love "pharaohs" on the sbtrkt album but the rest of it, not really, and yeah mostly cuz of the vocals.
ambrosius got a #2 album in your country and two grammy nominations, that seems to indicate it's on a different level of success to eg the weeknd
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, well, that's fair then. They're prominent R&B singers for sure. But I don't think of either of them as being crossover artists.
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
she might not be a household name to indie audiences but who cares about them
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^ otm
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
surely to be a household name all types of audiences (including those who pay no attention to music) have to know who they are?
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
in a culture where ppl claim to never have heard of Lady Gaga, you are basically saying that there is no such thing as a household name
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
love it when people snootily dismiss artists as "not crossover" as if that absolves them from having to care about them, as if "crossover" is some sort of pinnacle that all artists should aim for, and as if "pitchfork-approved r&b" isn't so much crossover as a very specific niche itself
by love i do not mean love
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
"Michael who? Johnson? Is he the one who did that song about the Corvette?"
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
lex I think you are arguing a different point than was being made. Nobody was really trying to bring "crossover" into this, just saying that a standard working definition of "household name" usually means appealing to a wider audience than just the cross-section that would typically be aware of such a figure.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Friday, 2 December 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
Exactly.
I'm not dismissing Ambrosius or Saadiq at all! In fact, I probably should listen to those albums since I've heard good things.
I'm just saying they're not household names. Like, my parents would have no idea who either of them are.
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Friday, 2 December 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
oh god if we're going to the always-irrelevant "who have my parents heard of" argument, i don't think any pop star could be called a household name. i am fairly sure my parents have no idea who lady gaga is.
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 December 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
otm. this is pretty standard "death of the mononculture" stuff. my parents will only have heard of current music if it gets played on NPR, for example.
― rob (night house), Friday, 2 December 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Well, I'm just using my parents as a stand-in for "reasonably well-informed people who aren't R&B fans."
I don't think "household name" implies recognition from 100% of the population, but it's got to be at least half. I think Lady Gaga and Beyonce have gotten to that point, but Ambrosius and Saadiq have not.
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Friday, 2 December 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
I think, from context, you can infer the scope in which "household name" is being used very easily and therefore there's no need to say "a person can only be a household name if ppl who don't give a shit about them know they exist"
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Rise Record (UK) EOY 2011
http://www.rise-music.co.uk/browse.php?campaign=AOTW
50.Summer Camp : Welcome To Condale49.The Decemberists : The King Is Dead48.James Blake : James Blake47.King Creosote & Jon Hopkins : Diamond Mine46.Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact45.Bill Callahan : Apocalypse44.Wild Beasts : Smother43.Zun Zun Egui : Katang42.Planningtorock : W41.Mastodon : The Hunter40. Little Roy : Battle For Seattle39.Deerhoof : Vs. Evil38.Blood Orange : Coastal Grooves37.Dutch Uncles : Cadenza36.Cat's Eyes : S/T35.Cults : S/T34.Hyetal : Broadcast33.E.M.A : Past Life Martyred Saints32.Battles : Gloss Drop31.Anna Calvi : Anna Calvi30.Lanterns on the Lake : Gracious Tide, Take Me Home29.Girls : Father, Son, Holy Ghost28.Wilco : The Whole Love27.Tom WaitsBad As Me26.The Field : Looping State of Mind25.Other Lives : Tamer Animals24.Ryan Adams : Ashes & Fire23.Fair Oh's: Everything Is Dancing22.Ghostpoet: Peanut Butter Blues & Meloncholy Jam21.White Denim : D20.Wye OakCivilian19.St. Vincent : Strange Mercy18. Real Estate : Days17.Lykke Li : Wounded Rhymes16.Veronica Falls : Veronica Falls15.Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise14. Braids : Native Speaker13.Wooden : ShjipsWest12.Balam Acab : Wander / Wonder11.Metronomy : The English Riviera10. Shabazz : Palaces Black Up9. Little Dragon : Ritual Union8. Antlers : Burst Apart7. P.J Harvey : Let England Shake6. Kurt Vile : Smoke Ring For My Halo5. Josh T. Pearson : Last Of The Country Gentlemen4. Jonathan Wilson : Gentle Spirit3. Walls : Coracle2. Tune-Yards : w h o k i l l1. War On Drugs : Slave Ambient
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
altered zones best albums
http://alteredzones.com/posts/2163/2011-albums/
Ash Borer: Ash Borer [Pesanta Urfolk]Blues Control & Laraaji: FRKWYS Vol. 8 [RVNG Intl.]The Caretaker: An Empty Bliss Beyond This World [Self-Released]Death Grips: Exmilitary [Self-Released]Future Shuttle: Water's Edge [Holy Mountain]Holy Other: With U [Tri-Angle]Iceage: New Brigade [Escho]John Maus: We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves [Ribbon]Julia Holter: Tragedy [Leaving]Julian Lynch: Terra [Underwater Peoples]Jurgen Muller: Science of the Sea [Foxy Digitalis]Laurel Halo: Hour Logic [Hippos In Tanks]Liturgy: Aesthethica [Thrill Jockey]Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica [Software]Peaking Lights: 936 [Not Not Fun]Pete Swanson: Man With Potential [Type]Prince Rama: Trust Now [Paw Tracks]Pure X: Pleasure [Acéphale]Run DMT: Dreams [Culture Dealer]Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 [Kranky]
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
08: JULIANNA BARWICK - THE MAGIC PLACE (ASTHMATIC KITTY)
heard this for the first time today, going through the FACT top 10, and the song "Prizewinning", near the end, absolutely floored me. i may be biased by the fact that i fell asleep with headphones and it woke me up out of an outstanding dream, but it's a beautiful song. the choral loops that characterize the album are complemented by a bit more rhythm than most of the other songs, via the repeating keyboard bass lines throughout and the addition of the snares that threaten to cave into themselves (nice subtle loopstation work) in the latter half of the song
― Z S, Friday, 2 December 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
i heard the song building up during my dream and honestly felt like i had finally died and there was a better place
haha, i kind of like the altered zones list.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
some really good stuff in that list
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
z s you should give julia kent's new record a listen, i think youd really like it
the alty zoney list kinda hilights my problem with the FACT list. like im sure whiney will be along to say something suitably cutting abt the lack of korn on that list but at least its a statement
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Death Grips: Exmilitary [Self-Released]
also this is p incredible, def hi up on my own list
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
i think the statement is that korn sucks.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link