xp generalist
― lex pretend, Saturday, 3 December 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw I feel like FACT has always done the indie tokenism thing and are p decent at separating wheat from chaff when it comes to buzz albums. Like I don't think Is this It? was the second-best album from the past decade or anything but the indie albums they tout are usually the ones I end up enjoying.
Of course that's purely subjective and hardly unbiased I mean, as one of ILX's few vocal proponents for the Weeknd surely Lamp you get what I'm saying...?
― the Celtic note (henrietta lacks), Saturday, 3 December 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
Some more EOY lists from around the world:
Rumore (Italia) EOY 2011
RUMORE TOP ALBUM 2011
1) James Blake - s/t2) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake3) Bon Iver - s/t4) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues5) Verdena - Wow6) Radio Moscow - The Great Escape Of Leslie Magnafuzz7) I Cani - Il Sorprendente Album D'esordio8) The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love9) Saviours - Death's Procession10) Danava - Emisphere Of Shadows11) Orchid - Capricorn12) The Might Could - s/t13) The Horrors - Skying14) The Peoples Temple - Sons Of Stone15) Paolo Benvegnù - Hermann16) Obrero - Mortui Vivos Docent17) tUnE-yArDs - Whokill18) Devil - Time To Repent19) Blood Ceremony - Living With The Ancients20) Rival Sons - Pressure And Time
Fasterlouder (AUS) EOY 2011
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/gallery/snapshot/25641/The-Best-Albums-of-2011
50 Radiohead - King of Limbs.49 Wagons – Rumble, Tumble and Shake.48 Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming.47 The Kills – Blood Pressures.46 The Strokes – Angles.45 My Morning Jacket – Circuital.44 The Vasco Era – The Vasco Era.43 Eagle and the Worm – Good Times.42 Foster The People. Torches.41 EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints.40 Wilco – The Whole Love.39 The Grates - Secret Rituals.38 Teeth and Tongue – Tambourine.37 tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L.36 Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean.35 The Black Keys – El Camino.34 Gotye – Making Mirrors.33 Kimbra – Vows.32 The Panics – Rain on the Humming Wire.31 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.30 Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See.29 Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams.28 Metronomy - The English Riviera.27 Battles – Gloss Drop.26 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo.25 Wild Beasts – Smother24 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues.23 Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest.22 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic.21 Feist – Metals.20 Cut Copy – Zonoscope.19 Jay- Z And Kanye West – Watch The Throne.18 Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know.17 Liam Finn – FOMO.16 Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost.15 Lanie Lane – To the Horses.14 SBTRKT – SBTRKT.13 Wild Flag – Wild Flag.12 Mastodon – The Hunter.11 James Blake – James Blake.10 TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light.09 Royal Headache – Royal Headache.08 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver.07 Harmony – Harmony.06 Yuck - Yuck.05 Fucked Up – David Comes To Life.04 Adalita – Adalita.03 Tom Waits – Bad As Me.02 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra.01 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake.
Blitz EOY 2011 (Portugal) albums
50 - The Dodos: No color49 - Mastodon: The Hunter48 - Bill Callahan: Apocalypse47 - Zomby: Dedication46 - Wild Flag: Wild Flag45 - TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light44 - Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine43 - Patrick Wolf: Lupercalia42 - David Sylvian: Died In Wool41 - SBTRKT: SBTRKT40 - Jessica Lea Mayfield: Tell Me39 - Radiohead: The King of Limbs38 - Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact37 - The Weeknd: House of Balloons36 - Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde35 - Friendly Fires: Pala34 - Florence and the Machine: Ceremonials33 - The Field: Looping State Of Mind32 - tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l31 - Tinariwen: Tassili30 - Justice: Audio, Video, Disco29 - Metronomy: The English Riviera28 - Afrocubism: Afrocubism27 - Trap Them: Darker Handcarft26 - Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto25 - Chico Buarque: Chico24 - Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes23 - Feist: Metals22 - Wild Beasts: Smother21 - Low: C'mon20 - Jamie Won: Mirrorwriting19 - Diddy Dirty Money: Last Train To Paris18 - Jonathan Wilson: Gentle Spirit17 - Britney Spears: Femme Fatale16 - Beyoncé: 415 - Tyler, the Creator: Goblin14 - Katy B: On a Mission13 - Anna Calvi: Anna Calvi12 - Destroyer: Kaputt11 - WU LYF: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain10 - Adele: 219 - Tom Waits: Bad As Me8 - Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know7 - Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo6 - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Mirror Traffic5 - Bon Iver: Bon Iver4 - Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues3 - Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise2 - PJ Harvey: Let England Shake1 - James Blake: James Blake
Sonic EOY 2011 (Sweden)
1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake2. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest3. My Morning Jacket - Circuital4. Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What5. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes6. James Blake - James Blake7. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues8. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire9. Tinariwen - Tassili10. Feist - Metals11. Bon Iver - Bon Iver12. The Weeknd - House of Baloons13. Shabazz Palace - Black Up14. Wilco - The Whole Love15. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra16. A. A. Bondy - Believers17. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo18. Adele - 2119. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 197220. Tyler, The Creator - Goblin21. Deportees - Islands & Shores22. Zomby - Dedication23. Ison & Fille - För evigt24. Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost!25. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren
American Songwriter (USA) EOY 2011
American Songwriter
50 - Centro-matic: Candidate Waltz 49 - Beirut: The Rip Tide48 - Abigail Washburn: City of Refuge47 - Caitlin Rose: Own Side Now46 - Loney Dear: Hall Music45 - JEFF The Brotherhood: We Are The Champions44 - Tristen: Charlatans At The Garden Gate43 - Jonny Corndawg: Down On The Bikini Line42 - Noel Gallagher: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds41 - Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo40 - Middle Brother: Middle Brother39 - Those Darlins: Screws Get Loose38 - Real Estate: Days37 - Steve Earle: I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive36 - Old 97′s: The Grand Theatre, Vol. 235 - KORT: Invariable Heartache34 - Joe Henry - Reverie33 - Honeyhoney: Billy Jack32 - The Decemberists: The King Is Dead31 - Robert Ellis: Photographs30 - The Felice Brothers: Celebration, Florida29 - A. A. Bondy: Believers28 - St. Vincent: Strange Mercy27 - Deer Tick: Divine Providence 26 - Pieta Brown: Mercury25 - Sarah Jarosz: Follow Me Down24 - The War On Drugs: Slave Ambient23 - Civil Wars: Barton Hollow22 - Bright Eyes: The People’s Key21 - Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues20 - Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know19 - Radiohead: The King of Limbs18 - Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire17 - Jessica Lea Mayfield: Tell Me16 - Miranda Lambert: Four The Record15 - Bon Iver: Bon Iver14 - My Morning Jacket: Circuital13 - Lucinda Williams: Blessed12 - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Here We Rest11 - Tom Waits: Bad As Me10 - Feist: Metals9 - The Black Keys: El Camino8 - Pistol Annies: Hell on Heels7 - Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What6 - Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO5 - Dawes: Nothing Is Wrong4 - Drive-By Truckers: Go-Go Boots3 - Adele: 212 - Gillian Welch: The Harrow And The Harvest1 - Wilco: The Whole Love
― Sanpaku, Saturday, 3 December 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
lot of people like fleet foxes and bon iver huh
― k3vin k., Saturday, 3 December 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
ugh, this Psychic Paramount is PAINFUL it's so good!
― Z S, Saturday, 3 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
by "this" i just mean the song ("N5") that's streaming on the NPR list: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/11/30/142900901/the-best-outer-sound-albums-of-2011?sc=tw&cc=share
i'm gonna have to check the rest of this out.
― Z S, Saturday, 3 December 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
put this on while you do your dishes and you will scrub the coffee mugs with an inappropriate level of unbridled passion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlV8GQWStSA
― Z S, Saturday, 3 December 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Awesome record.
― Mr. Farmer, Saturday, 3 December 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Hey Z S since you already dig the J barwick and Peaking Lights album, you could probably do worse than to check out the Belong album from this year; its on Spotify. It's imo a really solid dreampop/drone album
― the Celtic note (henrietta lacks), Saturday, 3 December 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
oh, glad you reminded me of that! i actually had downloaded it earlier this year and loved it (certain tracks more than others, but i definitely had a few key favorites), and then when my computer melted down a few months ago, i lost everything and forgot to redownload it.
― Z S, Saturday, 3 December 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, that entire Psychic Paramount record is so great.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Saturday, 3 December 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
cltrl-F "hatchback" = :(
destroyer v v underrepresented thus far as well
― magicrealism, Saturday, 3 December 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
there's always the ilm eoy poll. Maybe the first ever rock winner?
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Saturday, 3 December 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
ugggh that Deer Tick record that has popped up a few times is such shit.
― Simon H., Saturday, 3 December 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
Some decent breakout lists from Exclaim (CA) EOY 2011
http://exclaim.ca/Features/YearInReview
Top Pop Rock1. Bon Iver : Bon Iver, Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)2. St. Vincent : Strange Mercy (4AD)3. Feist : Metals (Arts and Crafts)4. M83 : Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute)5. Destroyer : Kaputt (Merge)6. Braids : Native Speaker (Flemish Eye)7. Austra : Feel it Break (Domino)8. PJ Harvey : Let England Shake (Island)9. Timber Timbre : Creep On Creepin' On (Arts & Crafts)10. Sandro Perri : Impossible Spaces (Constellation)11. Wild Flag (Merge)12. Shotgun Jimmie : Transistor Sister (You've Changed)13. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart : Belong (Slumberland)14. Beirut : The Rip Tide (Pompeii)15. Girls : Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)16. Bill Callahan : Apocalypse (Drag City)17. Yuck (Fat Possum)18. Rich Aucoin : We're All Dying To Live (Sonic)19. Tom Waits : Bad As Me (Anti-)20. Battles : Gloss Drop (Warp)21. Ty Segall : Goodbye Bread (Drag City)22. Lykke Li : Wounded Rhymes (LL)23. Adele : 21 (Columbia)24. Handsome Furs : Sound Kapital (Sub Pop)25. Cults (Columbia)26. EMA : Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions)27. Dog Day : Deformer (Fun Dog)28. Kurt Vile : Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador)29. Wilco The Whole Love (dbpm)30. The Rural Alberta Advantage Departing (Paper Bag)
Top Metal1. KEN : Mode Venerable (Profound Lore)2. Mastodon : The Hunter (Reprise)3. Fuck the Facts : Die Miserable (Relapse)4. Wolves In The Throne : Room Celestial Lineage (Southern Lord)5. Today is the Day : Pain is a Warning (Black Market Activities)6. Liturgy : Aesthethica (Thrill Jockey)7. Hammers of Misfortune : 17th Street (Metal Blade)8. Opeth : Heritage (Roadrunner)9. Imbroglio : Sleep Deprivation (The Path Less Traveled)10. Brutal Truth : End Time (Relapse)11. Graf Orlock : Doombox (Vitriol)12. Black Tusk : Set the Dial (Relapse)13. Helms Alee Weatherhead (Hydra Head)14. Prurient : Bermuda Drain (Hydra Head)15. The Atlas Moth An : Ache for the Distance (Profound Lore)16. Flourishing : The Sum of All Fossils (The Path Less Traveled)17. Retox : Ugly Animals (Ipecac)18. Tombs : Path of Totality (Relapse)
Top Hip-Hop1. Kanye West : My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Roc-A-Fella)2. Jay-Z and Kanye West : Watch The Throne (Roc-A-Fella)3. Shabazz Palaces : Black Up (Sub Pop)4. D-Sisive Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye (Urbnet)5. Big K.R.I.T. : Return of 4eva (mixtape)6. Kendrick Lamar : Section 80 (Top Dawg Entertainment)7. Danny Brown XXX (Fools Gold)8. Tyler, the Creator: Goblin (XL)9. Talib Kweli :Gutter Rainbows (Blacksmith)10. Phonte : Charity Starts at Home (The Foreign Exchange)11. Lil B : I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (mixtape)12. Childish Gambino : EP (mixtape)13. ASAP Rocky : LiveLoveA$AP (mixtape)14. Nicki Minaj : Pink Friday (Cash Money/Universal)15. Stalley : Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music)16. G-Side The One…. Cohesive (mixtape)
Top Punk1. Fucked Up : David Comes to Life (Matador)2. OFF! : The First Four EPs (Vice)3. Iceage : New Brigade (What's Your Rupture?)4. Bomb The Music Industry! : Vacation (Quote Unquote)5. Junior Battles : Idle Ages (Paper + Plastick)6. B-Lines (Deranged)7. Obits : Moody, Standard and Poor (Sub Pop)8. The Wonder : Years Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing (No Sleep)9. Cloud Nothings (Carpark)10. Polar Bear Club : Clash Battle Guilt Pride (Bridge Nine)11. Lemuria Pebble (Bridge Nine)12. The Brains : Drunk Not Dead (Stomp)13. Crusades : The Sun Is Down and the Night Is Riding In (It's Alive)14. Bridge and Tunnel : Rebuilding Year (No Idea)
Top Folk-Country1. The Decemberists : The King Is Dead (Capitol)2. Dan Mangan : Oh Fortune (Arts & Crafts)3. Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know (Domino)4. One Hundred Dollars : Songs of Man (Outside)5. Snailhouse : Sentimental Gentleman (White Whale)6. Gillian Welch : The Harrow & the Harvest (Acony)7. Richard Buckner : Our Blood (Merge)8. The Deep Dark Woods : The Place I Left Behind (Six Shooter)9. Daniel Romano : Sleep Beneath the Willow (You've Changed)10. The Barr Brothers (Secret City)11. Sunparlour Players : Us Little Devils (Outside)12. Nick Lowe : The Old Magic (Yep Roc)13. Ryan Adams : Ashes & Fire (Pax-Am)14. The Jayhawks : Mockingbird Time (Rounder)15. Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) (Lost Highway)16. Jenn Grant : Honeymoon Punch (Six Shooter)
Top World & Soul1. The Weeknd : House of Balloons (OVO)2. tUnE-yArDs : WhoKill (4AD)3. Raphael Saadiq : Stone Rollin' (Columbia)4. Frank Ocean : Nostalgia, ULTRA (Def Jam)5. Charles Bradley : No Time For Dreaming (Dunham)6. Toro Y Moi : Underneath the Pine (Carpark)7. The Stepkids (Stones Throw)8. Mayer Hawthorne : How Do You Do? (Universal Republic)9. Cee Lo Green : The Lady Killer (Elektra)10. Aline Morales : Flores Tambores E Amores (Independent)11. Beyonce : 4 (Columbia)12. Seun Kuti : From Africa with Fury: Rise (Knitting Factory)13. Jill Scott : Light Of the Sun (Warner)14. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX : We're New Here (XL)15. Jazzy Jeff & Ayah : Back For More (Independent)16. Jahdan Blakkamoore : Babylon Nightmare (Lustre Kings)
Top Dance & Electronic1. James Blake (Atlas)2. Nicolas Jaar : Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company)3. SBTRKT (Young Turks)4. Oneohtrix Point Never : Replica (Software)5. Rustie : Glass Swords (Warp)6. Amon Tobin : Isam (Ninja Tune)7. The Field : Looping State of Mind (Kompakt)8. Little Dragon : Ritual Union (Peacefrog)9. Gang Gang Dance : Eye Contact (4AD)10. Africa Hitech : 93 Million Miles (Warp)11. Katy B : On A Mission (Rinse)12. Hudson Mohawke : Satin Panthers (Warp)13. Junior Boys : It's All True (Domino)14. Zomby : Dedication (4AD)15. Babe Rainbow : Endless Path (Warp)16. Ford & Lopatin : Channel Pressure (Software)17. Jamie Woon : Mirrorwriting (Polydor)18. Miracle Fortress : Was I The Wave? (Secret City)19. Azari & III (Turbo)20. Toddla T : Watch Me Dance (Ninja Tune)
― Sanpaku, Monday, 5 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
most of those are garbage
― v-shasty, Monday, 5 December 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
i'm glad the weeknd is being singled out for the 'world & soul' album of the year
― i already regret not just being 'some dude' again (Mr. Stevenson #2), Monday, 5 December 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
it's canadian so
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 5 December 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
also, is there an actual honest to goodness country album on "folk-country"
― v-shasty, Monday, 5 December 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah those lists are pretty pathetic
― k3vin k., Monday, 5 December 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
4. D-Sisive Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye (Urbnet)
wtf is this
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Monday, 5 December 2011 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda pissed that the Sunny Sweeney album didn't make it onto the American Songwriters list tbh.
Xp no idea lol
― the Celtic note (henrietta lacks), Monday, 5 December 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
lol exclaim! is the absolute worst, despite being free i somehow always regret picking up a copy
― wil smif, Monday, 5 December 2011 06:57 (twelve years ago) link
lol at how you can tell the metal list was typed up by someone who has never heard of any of the bands or albums
― Extreme Lifestyle, Monday, 5 December 2011 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
Rumba (FI) EOY 2011
Finnish songs1. Regina: Jos et sä soita2. Rubik: Laws of Gravity3. The New Tigers: Pocketful of Sand4. Regina: Unessa5. Regina: Haluan sinut6. Mirel Wagner: No Death7. Burning Hearts: Into the Wilderness8. Rubik: World Around You9. Sansa: Boys (Summertime Love)10. Chisu: Kohtalon oma11. Suvi Isotalo: Kaikki sanat12. Matti Johannes Koivu: 80-luvun lapset13. Yona: Toisen oma14. Regina: Lepään aalloilla15. Black Twig: Lake Song16. 22-Pistepirkko: UFO Girl17. Chisu: Sabotage18. Stella: Kutsumattomat vieraat jääkää kotiin19. Regina: Mustavalkeaa20. Rubik: Storm in a Glass of Water21. Freeman: Tuhatjalkainen22. Supo: Se tulee olemaan helppoo23. Shine 2009: So Free24. Jätkäjätkät: Uusi moottoritie25. Von Hertzen Brothers: Miracle
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 5 December 2011 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard of one of those bands, go me
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 5 December 2011 10:01 (twelve years ago) link
seriously...y'all know how every EOY list is made? it really is as simple as just balloting writers. no publication can be bothered to rig or fix the results, or craft a list that "espouses" a "hivemind" or "worldview".
― lex pretend, Saturday, December 3, 2011 3:25 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
this is so cute^^
― HUSTLA DA =:3 (dealwithit.gif), Saturday, December 3, 2011 6:49 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Permalink
the thing is that because of the vvv few 'notorious' (used relatively obv) examples of that kind of manipulation, you get rafts of messageboard blowhards thinking they have some sort of 'industry understanding' and that every single publication anywhere crafts its polls to reflect a personal brand
whereas in fact most of them don't even have enough of a defined brand to make it in anyway worthwhile, and even if they did what would flipping around two ho-hum indie records on a list of 40 or whatever actually tell anyone
― Extreme Lifestyle, Monday, 5 December 2011 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
That the magazine wants to 'keep in' with Noel rather than Liam?
― Bela Lugosi's Derrida (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Monday, 5 December 2011 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
Quietus list has gone up:
http://thequietus.com/articles/07520-quietus-albums-of-the-year-2011
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 5 December 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
Really need to hear the Cut Hands record.
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 5 December 2011 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
GORILLA VS. BEAR | Albums of 2011
30 Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise29 Andy Stott | Passed Me By28 The Weeknd | House of Balloons27 Clams Casino | Instrumentals26 Schoolboy Q | Setbacks25 Elite Gymnastics | Ruin 1 + 224 Run DMT | Dreaming23 Burial | Street Halo22 Mina Tindle | Mina Tindle21 Young Galaxy | Shapeshifting20 Toro y Moi | Freaking Out19 Pure X | Pleasure18 Ford & Lopatin | Channel Pressure17 Washed Out | Within and Without16 Darkside | Darkside15 Holy Other | With U14 The Caretaker | An Empty Bliss Beyond This World13 Grouper | A I A12 Sleep ∞ Over | Forever11 The Sandwitches | Mrs. Jones’ Cookies10 Puro Instinct | Headbangers in Ecstasy09 Julianna Barwick | The Magic Place08 Real Estate | Days07 araabMUZIK | Electronic Dream06 Korallreven | An Album By Korallreven05 A$AP Rocky | LIVELOVEA$AP04 White Denim | D03 Panda Bear | Tomboy02 Peaking Lights | 93601 Shabazz Palaces | Black Up
― Number None, Monday, 5 December 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
as much as i absolutely ADORE a couple of sleep over tracks, there's no way that album is top fifteen material.
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 5 December 2011 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
Funny so many places are rating Shabazz Palaces and not Death Grips, IMO.
― dog latin, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
They're totally different though
― Number None, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
That Panda Bear album's really good. Miles better than Merriweather or pretty much any AC album since Feels.
― dog latin, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
NN: Maybe so - I've only really scraped the surface of those but they both fall into the undie-hop (or whatever it is) category afaik and the Death Grips sounds so much more interesting to these ears.
― dog latin, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
undie-hop
please tell me this is a typo. there's a genre called undie-hop now?
;_;
― lebateauivre, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
oh, err.. i think it's an old term that used to get applied to people like Cannibal Ox to mean "underground hiphop". Backpacker hiphop was another, more derogatory term. i know shit all about hiphop on the whole, so i could be talking bull...
― dog latin, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
Well the Shabazz album is a lot less confrontational than the Death Grips so it doesn't surprise me that it's found a wider audience and I suppose coming out on Sub Pop hasn't hurt it's profile either. It's a great record though so who cares really?
― Number None, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
Wasn't shooting the messenger DL :)
― lebateauivre, Monday, 5 December 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
Here's ours for people who don't actually want to visit the site:
1. PJ Harvey Let England Shake2. Azari & III Azari & III3. Tim Hecker Ravedeath 19724. The Haxan Cloak The Haxan Cloak5. Perc Wicker & Steel6. Cut Hands Afro Noise7. Katy B On A Mission8. Wild Beasts Smother9. Death Grips Ex Military10. Prurient Bermuda Drain11. Årabrot Solar Anus12. Laurel Halo Hour Logic13. Sandwell District Feed Forward14. John Maus We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves15. Cold Cave Cherish The Light Years16. Alexander Tucker Dorwytch17. Pinch & Shackleton Pinch & Shackleton18. Mastodon The Hunter19. Oneohtrix Point Never Replica20. Cornershop The Double O Groove21. John Foxx & The Maths Interplay22. My Disco Little Joy23. Frank Ocean Nostalgia/Ultra24. Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats Blood Lust25. Hype Williams One Nation26. Leyland Kirby Eager To Tear Apart The Stars27. EMA Past Life Martyred Saints28. Yob Atma29. Destroyer Kaputt30. Roly Porter Aftertime31. Battles Gloss Drop32. The Fall Ersatz GB33. Zun Zun Egui Katang34. Fucked Up David Comes To Life35. Snowman Absence36. Clams Casino Instrumentals37. Obake Obake38. Elzhi Elmatic39. Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells Everything Is Getting Older40. The Master Musicians Of Bukkake Totem Three41. Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts42. Wolves In The Throne Room Celestial Lineage43. British Sea Power Valhalla Dancehall44. Bjork Biophilia45. Skull Defekts ft. Daniel Higgs Peer Amid46. Maria Minerva Cabaret Cixous47. Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will48. Byetone Symeta49. Amebix Sonic Mass50. Liturgy Aesthetica
― Doran, Monday, 5 December 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
I just finished reading through the Quietus. I've been on vacation without web this past week, so I've got some catching up to do. Glad to see this thread in the sandbox.
With the Quietus post on my FnB FB page I wrote:
'One of the best lists you'll see from any publication, web or print. It's interesting that PJ Harvey topped it. I can't complain, she's one of my favorite artists, but while the uniqueness of her album is an accomplishment, I can't pretend to like her choices such as substituting a twee little-girl voice for her normally thunderous pipes. The switch-up to autoharp and saxophone may keep some people interested, but the music is too demure for my tastes. Nice to see Mastodon and Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats. It's strange that Quietus never got on board for White Denim or TVOTR, but it makes their lists all the more unique, with about a dozen albums I still need to check out.'
Strange is probably not the right word, nor surprised. TVOTR's domination of previous polls makes them clearly not cool to like anymore, heh. That's alright, as long as they kept expanding their audience, I would hope. Not sure that they did though.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 5 December 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
― dog latin, Monday, December 5, 2011 7:10 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
i'd actually heard of shabazz palaces before last week fwiw
― i already regret not just being 'some dude' again (Mr. Stevenson #2), Monday, 5 December 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
not sure that this is the place to ask this but is the new miranda lambert worth hearing? i haven't heard anything about it, or even really realized there was a new one until i saw it on the american songwriter list.
― Mordy, Monday, 5 December 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
yes it is. especially "mama's broken heart" and "dear diamond". mordy did you hear the pistol annies album too?
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 December 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
four the record might well be the worst album title by an artist i like of 2011 though.
I don't see what's so great about TVOTR - they seem like the middle-ground or the centre-point or the culmination between a whole load of acts who grew popular around the time - everything from Oneida to Wilco to Animal Collective. As such I see why they might be popular as a "default" US alterna-band as viewed by those not really invested in that kind of music, but they're just so boring.
― dog latin, Monday, 5 December 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
What are White Denim like? I don't like the name...
― dog latin, Monday, 5 December 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not a massive TVOTR fan (I just bought Dear Science last week) but I stumbled across them doing an outdoor live show in Boston a few years ago and they were captivating, sonically and visually (ie, it was odd and exciting to see close to a thousand people in a plaza watching a mostly black group playing Radioheadish music).
― OH NOES, Monday, 5 December 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
I like TVOTR for the songs, not for what ground or point they supposedly represent. I don't think they sound like any of those other bands.
White Denim change a bit every album, but they are kind of what I wished Meat Puppets would have evolved into in the late 80s. Chaotically psychedelic guitar riffery, occasional sweet melodies, vocals the evolve and improve every record.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 5 December 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link