DODGY
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
(that wasn't me using the secret bat signal for Geir btw)
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
so my takeaway here is that I should be paying attention to funky?
dan your takeaway here is to pay attention to threads I start.
I think I might be the only person favourably inclined towards funky who doesn't love Sensitivity. Or more to the point, I like it more as a vehicle for riotous MCs to jump all over than I do as a song in its own right.
Feel you on this matt but I think this is true of 99.9% of funky, it's a legacy of the particular way that it fuses impulses from house, grime and dancehall that even the best songs can feel incomplete on their own - even when it doesn't seem like the tune was designed with MCs and DJ mixing in mind the very structure of the music seems to demand that interplay.
I would say this is even true of say, "Do You Mind", though not true of "It's What You Do" or Ill Blu's Roll Deep mixes.
Dancehall in particular is the same for me: it's rare for a tune to sound better on its own than in the context of a mix of several tracks on the one riddim.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
NME tracks list 2011
1 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES 2 TYLER, THE CREATOR - YONKERS 3 THE HORRORS - STILL LIFE 4 PJ HARVEY - THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER 5 WILD BEASTS - BED OF NAILS 6 BATTLES - ICE CREAM 7 METRONOMY - THE BAY 8 TUNE - BIZNESS 9 HOWLER - I TOLD YOU ONCE 10 M83 - MIDNIGHT CITY
11 METRONOMY - THE LOOK 12 KURT VILE - BABY'S ARMS 13 NIKI 6 THE DOVE - THE FOX 14 THE VACCINES - IF YOU WANNA 15 SPECTOR - NEVER FADE AWAY 16 SUMMER CAMP - I WANT YOU 17 KATY B - BROKEN RECORD 18 AZEALIA BANKS - 21219 ANNA CALVI - BLACKOUT 20 MILK MUSIC - BEYOND LIVING
21 FOSTER THE PEOPLE - PUMPED UP KICKS 22 ARCTIC MONKEYS - THE HELLCAT SPANGLED SHALALALA 23 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - SHAKE IT OUT 24 GLASVEGAS - THE WORLD IS YOURS 25 THE STROKES - UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS 26 RIHANNA - WE FOUND LOVE 27 LITTLE DRAGON - RITUAL UNION 28 THE VACCINES - POST BREAK UP SEX 29 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - SHUFFLE 30 ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP ( JAMIE XX SHUFFLE )
31 THE DRUMS - MONEY 32 GHOSTPOET - LIIINES 33 ALEX TURNER - PILEDRIVER WALTZ 34 AUSTRA - BEAT AND THE PULSE 35 SBTRKT FEAT. LITTLE DRAGON - WILDFIRE 36 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - MY HOUSE 37 MARINA & THE DIAMONDS - RADIOACTIVE 38 BEYONCE - RUN THE WORLD 39 FRIENDS - I'M HIS GIRL 40 JUSTICE - CIVILIZATION
41 METRONOMY - SHE WANTS 42 FACTORY FLOOR - REAL LOVE 43 AZARI & III - RECKLESS WITH YOUR LOVE 44 JOE GODDARD FEAT. VALENTINA - GABRIEL 45 ICEAGE - BROKEN BONE 46 AUSTRA - LOSE IT 47 DANANANANAYKROYD - MUSCLE MEMORY 48 COLD CAVE - THE GREAT PAN IS DEAD 49 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - IF I HAD A GUN 50 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - AKA...WHAT A LIFE!
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
Noel's double placement right at the end is odd
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
i thought it was a joke!
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
49 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - IF I HAD A GUN 50 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - AKA...THE STEENDRIVER!
Little White Earbuds EPs of the year
01 Sepalcure - Fleur02 Levon Vincent - Impression of a Rainstorm03 Conforce - Dystopian Elements04 Ital - Ital’s Theme05 Kassem Mosse - Workshop 12
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
lol dog latin
― furnace mane, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty good metal list - http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/151868-the-best-metal-of-2011/
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
LOL av club listing that saigon album
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
kinda weird that they list the points/albums w/ so little people? "coming in at number four, with a whole FOUR votes..."
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
Look, Nathan Rabin had been waiting a damn long time for that album and he was damned if he wasn't going to enjoy it
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
haha all i cld think was 'why did the av club change their eoy list format to match an ilx ballot poll?'. i was disappointed they didnt list the no. of #1 voters as well
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
i have been a Wye Oak superfan since before they were Wye Oak and was at one of their very first shows and love any success they get, but the latest album was really not their best work, the EP from last year slays it
― sandbox banned socks (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
43 AZARI & III - RECKLESS WITH YOUR LOVE
I thought that was 2009 ? Cause if we're allowed to vote for it again because the album came out in 2011 I will !
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
i wouldn't base anything you do on an NME editorial decision
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
That NME albums list isn't that bad actually, although I may be influenced by Let England Shake at #1 and Katy B in the top 10. Singles list is a bore though.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
That said there's something a bit scraping-the-barrel about the NME albums list, like they were really running out of ideas by #45 or so and couldn't have put together a top 60 if they tried.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
not enough shit uk indie acts. had to start using their brains.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
FACT mag #30-#21http://www.factmag.com/2011/12/05/50-best-tracks-of-2011-50-41/3/
30: PEARSON SOUND ‘DEEP INSIDE’ (NIGHT SLUGS WHITE LABEL)29: WASHED OUT ‘AMOR FATI’ (WEIRD WORLD / SUB POP)28: GROUPER ‘ALIEN OBSERVER’ (from A I A, YELLOW ELECTRIC)27: LOOPS HAUNT ‘ARK’ (BLACK ACRE)26: SBTRKT feat. ROSES GABOR ‘PHARAOHS’ (from SBTRKT, YOUNG TURKS)25: HUXLEY ‘SHOWER SCENE’ (ACT NATURAL)24: KAHN ‘LIKE WE USED TO’ (PUNCH DRUNK)23: NEW YORK TRANSIT AUTHORITY ‘OFF THE TRAXX’ (LOBSTER BOY)22: KREAYSHAWN ‘GUCCI GUCCI’ (SONY)21: DYLAN ETTINGER ‘LION OF JUDAH’ (NOT NOT FUN)
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
LAMP mag
― regional pug (dealwithit.gif), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
The Loops Haunt track is apparently "the biggest, baddest record you’ll hear anywhere this year with a guitar solo".
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
(it's IDM-ish post-dubstep btw)
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
YES to "deep inside" and "pharaohs"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
― Matt DC, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 5:37 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
i think they ran out of ideas by #6 when they continued repping for Arctic Monkeys
― sandbox banned socks (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Not to play cap'n save the NME here, but this year's Arctic Monkeys album is actually better than their last couple. Still nowhere near top-ten worthy though.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
They put Alex Turner's Submarine soundtrack on there as well though. Which was actually quite pleasant in the film but having it as an album of the year is indicative of a dearth of ideas.
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
i guess they're still actually popular in the uk, it'd just been like 3 years since i'd even been reminded they exist
― sandbox banned socks (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Oh I'm not arguing that the NME doesn't have a dearth of ideas, just saying that the Arctic Monkeys album appearance probably isn't the worst offense on the list. Actually I'm kind of surprised they didn't toss in the other Gallagher bro's album too.
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― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised because lol NME, not because it is any good or anything.
yeah I quite like the Monkeys record.
― Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
I thought those Alex Turner songs had the effect of killing the emotional moments in Submarine stone dead actually.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
from a personal aversion to Turner? his voice?
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
Nah while I'm not particularly into him I don't have much of a problem with Turner or his voice either. It's just that it was an emotional enough movie anyway, and it really didn't need sensitive acoustic busker ballads indicating when the viewer should feel sad.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it was a good movie, but when he started singing it suddenly killed it because y'know, "oh, it's the Arctic Monkeys guy singing". So many US indie films have been guilty of doing this - crowbarring music from some indie act and it feels like you're being force-fed these acts in a kind of "Of course you like Moldy Peaches, don't you?" kind of way. I felt similar about Submarine, so I hope it's not a trend the UKers will continue.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
Wire put Lulu at #9
― Ralph Molina, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
James Ferraro at #1 apparently.
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Is it out today?
― END BRONY CAPITALISM (sean doily), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
I have to say that, despite FACT's best attempts to make it seem horrible, that Loops Haunt track is outstanding
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like it, Sean xp
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah i got my digital edition today. Will try to type some of it out when I can.
― Ralph Molina, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Oh damn, we don't have a Wire thread on the sandbox, do we? I'm excited as they should be using my photos for the CooS review.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
even with Kreayshawn, this section of the FACT list is so so sooooooo much better than what they posted yesterday
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'm excited as they should be using my photos for the CooS review
Aw, congrats on that!
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm...I thought that all print subscribers could now access the digital edition but I can't see how to make it work (I don't have an exact editions account). I guess I'll have to wait and see if it has been delivered at home.
― END BRONY CAPITALISM (sean doily), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Complete lack of love for the DJ Quik album in these lists. Should we be surprised?
― millmeister, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
No. With the exception of Jeff Weiss, the only people who've loved that record post here.
― Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
was there much love for blaqkout in that year's non-ILM lists?
this applies to like...at least 3/4 of all my favourite albums this year. i don't know whether people didn't like them or just didn't bother hearing them despite all my repping.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link