is that rustie album good
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'm pleased to see the rustie album getting lots of EOY love, though it's sliiiightly worn off for me (like from "dead cert top 10" to "dead cert top 20"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Here's the best track. You decidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUEU8nMy5mA
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Lol good trolling on the part of Wire putting that James Ferraro at #1.
― moonbop, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
i'm surprised by the various results so far. i actually thought that let england shake would top many/most of these lists, yet so far it doesn't seem like it.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
you're seeing the same acts though: Destroyer, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, etc.
― Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
track is p dope, number none
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
I forgot about Smile. I'm yet to hear it - holding out for a Xmas present.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Your kidding re: PJ Harvey right? I mean, its not topping every list, but I mean... this is pretty much as universal acclaim as you can get:
5 pj harvey - let england shake06 - LET ENGLAND SHAKE - PJ HARVEY1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake02) PJ Harvey: Let England Shake2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake4.PJ HARVEY - "Let England Shake" (Island)01 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake1: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake3. PJ HARVEY - 'Let England Shake'1 - PJ Harvey - Let England Shake7. P.J Harvey : Let England Shake2) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake01 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake.1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake8. PJ Harvey : Let England Shake (Island)1. PJ Harvey Let England Shake5. PJ Harvey Let England Shake
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
true.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Guess which album is leading the Metacritic list that compiles all the results so far?
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/music-critic-top-ten-lists-best-albums-of-2011
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
hm. okay. i guess i haven't studied the various lists enough. or maybe a few curious choices (e.g., ferraro; the weekend; florence + the machine) threw me off.
(xp)
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
wait, don't tell me. i think i already know.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
Is that Metronomy album any good or is it rubbish indie electro of the highest order like I'm assuming?
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
The Florence album is really, really, REALLY good, like unreasonably so in the face of expectations. Basically, I bought it on a whim because I knew my wife wanted to hear more of her and most of the songs are just above and beyond what I was expecting, particularly "What The Water Gave Me", "No Light, No Light", "Remain Nameless", "Seven Days" and "Strangeness and Charm".
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't gotten around to it yet. reviews were mixed, IIRC.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
pj harvey will top the ilm list obv
― wil smif, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
It's basically a big sweeping gothy pop album, I really love it and I didn't think I was going to (I thought it would be overbearing and try-too-hard).
Of course, I am not a fan of her videos...
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
i've been wondering this - i'm not sure, it didn't actually seem to take with wider ilx beyond the hardcore in her thread.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
would be the first ever rock winner if it does
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
TIME magazine:
10. Black Keys - El Camino9. Civil Wars - Barton Hollow8. The Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee, Part II7. Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now6. tUnE-yArDs - W h o k i l l5. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra4. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake3. Kanye West and Jay-Z - Watch the Throne2. Florence and the Machine - Ceremonials1. Adele - 21
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101364,00.html
― o. nate, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
who is this frank ocean then?
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
he's one of the more talented Odd Future ppl
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
I'll say this now: I wish Adele would just fuck off.
YEAH!
Actually, no, I don't mind that she exists, I just wish people outside of Mondeo drivers would stop trying to convince themselves she's supposed to be good.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
she has a very nice voice!
she seems nice and inoffensive!
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Adele is a weird case. I think she has a fantastic voice but it's clear that she is abusing the hell out of it; every recording of her I've heard has had at least one appearance of serious vocal fray, to the point where my only surprise at her cancelling her tour to have throat surgery is that she made it as long as she did before throwing in the towel. As a result, listing to her singles is this awful seesaw of going "what what a voice"/"yikes that sounds like it hurts, stop that".
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
isn't that the american idol effect?
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
everybody wails all the time, mostly for no good reason.
steve perry used to wail, too, but he chose his spots better.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
I listened to the Frank Ocean album yesterday. I thought some of the production was interesting, especially considering he supposedly recorded it on a shoestring. That bit where he starts playing a Radiohead song and you think it's going to be used as a sample but his girlfriend tells him to switch it off is kind of funny. The lyrics are good, but I think it's his vocal style that lets him down - there's little dynamic or pitch change and that dogs down something that would be otherwise pretty cool. Also (and I'm absolutely not an expert here) but I've noticed a lot of avant-r'n'b producers ripping off Terius's vocal affectations - Frank does this, so does the Weeknd - and I'm not sure that's a good thing.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Adele's making a shitload of money for XL, so maybe that'll go towards financing some riskier stuff?
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
1. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
I'd never even heard of this fellow before but I think I really quite like this
― april wowak, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
"nice and inoffensive" is absolutely Adele. I figured I'd check some out before dismissing her outright, and I guess the songs are pleasant, but they don't do anything. They just sit there for four minutes doing fuck all. It's soundbite music - sounds great in a snatch on TV or radio and convinces people to buy it, but you're left with just extended versions of those snatches.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
Pop singers have been doing that long before "American Idol"; go back and listen to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" for example. And the problem isn't wailing all the time, it's HOW they're wailing.
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
Also in what universe does "Rolling in the Deep" not sit there doing anything?
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
i would like to know what kind of shoestring pays for the services of Tricky Stewart and James Fauntleroy
― sandbox banned socks (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
James "Little Lord" Fauntleroy
― Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
adele's lack of risk-taking and "inoffensiveness" isn't her problem (and neither is the BORING strawman of the boring square mondeo driver who only wants comforting familiarity)
dog latin you are coming out w/some real clichés right now
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
It's difficult to get annoyed about Adele really, I don't actually like her voice that much, I don't here very much emotion in it at all really, it's like she sings like that because that's how soul singers are supposed to sound.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
I don't here very much emotion in it at all really, it's like she sings like that because that's how soul singers are supposed to sound.
Interestingly, I feel that way about pretty much every Adele song I've heard EXCEPT "Rolling in the Deep"; I feel like she connected with that one.
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
well, adele isn't really my regular thing, so excuse cliches (although not entirely sure which bits you're exactly referring to here). can't help feeling that way. Is Rolling In The Deep the one that's just piano accompaniment and the same verse/chorus structure all the way through?
― dog latin, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Is that Loutallica's highest placing so far?
― END BRONY CAPITALISM (sean doily), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
my (lack of) response to adele is along much the same lines as my (lack of) response to frank ocean and the weeknd. you just don't move me guyzzz and none of you are as interesting as you think you are
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
"someone like you" is borderline top 10 track imo
― v-shasty, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
I don't mind her voice or arrangements; it's that I don't find her songs memorable.
― Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not sure if adele finds herself that interesting
"rolling in the deep" is a pretty great song - i agree with dan that that's the one time i've felt she could be as special as her hype says she is. it's been way overplayed this year though, kinda turned me off it - BUT this version of it RULES MY LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idaoG74UKzg
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
(dan especially, watch that!)
It's their first placing outside of SE Asia!
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
LOVE YOU, WIRE
― your voice of treason, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
I think I might love "Rolling in the Deep" if Alison Moyet in '85 had sung it.
― Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link