http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/26498/181/
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
Not a single record I've bought has made it onto any of the EOY lists yet - and looking at the last installment of the FACT list it doesn't look like it will (one of the few where that might have happened)
― april wowak, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
you know, I have said this about a bazillion times but really fuck Chris Brown forever
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ this Inc. track, is this 2011 or 1988?
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know, i think it's one of his better songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMKX22BHeE (xpost)
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
P.A.S.S.I.O.N. got him in a jam again
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
This Objekt track would be fantastic if the beat would commit to something
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know if this version of "Sicko Cell" on Spotify is the same one they picked but, if it is, GOOD JOB FACT, this gets really really creepy and tense once the beat drops out; it does a good job of making me want to hear the entire mix I pulled it out of.
This XXXY song is kind of generic but simply having a driving house beat puts it above most of the other tracks FACT picked, lol
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
did you like the blawan track dan?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
Suburbanite: You might be overestimating the magazine's "wide range of coverage" -- it's mostly just me writing about pop records, someone else profiling local indie bands, and a classical critic. Aventura's probably "pop" enough to fall inside my purview (i.e., you could write about it as a pop thing, without any big background in Latin/Caribbean music), but I rarely feel like I have time to do that sort of thing justice; I'd want to take a while to really learn what I'm talking about! It'd be great if we had a regular freelancer with the background to cover that stuff quickly. (Also, I should get better at pitching.)
― nabiscothing, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
i felt sure the wire top ten would include the grouper recs
― w33d fowler, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Blawan wasn't on Spotify so I haven't tracked it down yet.
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Has anyone mentioned Anthony David as yet?
― cybele, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Bleep's top ten albums:
1. Byetone - SyMeta (raster-noton)2. Rustie - Glass Swords (Warp)3. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (Upset The Rhythm)4. patten - GLAQJO XAACSSO (No Pain In Pop)5. Martyn - Ghost People (Brainfeeder)6. Peaking Lights - 936 (WW / NNF)7. Surgeon - Breaking The Frame (Dynamic Tension Records)8. Roll The Dice - In Dust (The Leaf Label)9. Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise (Circus Company)10. Roly Porter - Aftertime (Subtext)
http://bleep.com/?page=podcast&module=EOYBuy
― Neil S, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
x-post to Nabisco--what's pop sometimes depends on how it is pitched and who is your editor I guess.
― Another Suburbanite, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
hmm this Blawan track is basically just a Brandy remix; it's good but not really killing me (tho headphones might be letting me down again)
again though, the presence of an actual beat elevates it above most of the other selections on the list
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
I have a top ten to write and I one have 9 records--AND I'm worried that one won't even count. Argh.
― cybele, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry--"only have".
in my experience at different publications, writers have a much bigger hand in coverage than editors. yes, sometimes you're assigned a story, but much more often you make a strong case for something new's inclusion
― Mordy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
That Bleep top ten is decent, would be interested to hear the record at #1.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 December 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Also Dan you'd better do this when the RA list turns up rather than wasting your 2011 dance listening on this FACT list.
byetone are p good iirc
still surprised to see a noton record at #1 of anything
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 December 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
On first listen I though the Byetone would be top ten of the year for me but I dunno, it didn't hit me as hard on subsequent listens. Still great though. Needs to be played very loud.
― Number None, Thursday, 8 December 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol, I honestly thought the FACT list would tie into my sensibilities; this really says more about how little I actually pay attention to FACT than anything else
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
Byetoncé
― jaymc, Thursday, 8 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
Three women in the Wire to ten: Eliane Radigue, Laurel Halo and half of Hype Williams iirc
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:37 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
and cindytalk
― nuhnuhnuh, Thursday, 8 December 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/3329667/Cindytalk+SecretsFalling_PressRelease.jpg
― Sanpaku, Thursday, 8 December 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
Cindytalk weren't even in the top 10, anyway. Which is what we were considering.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Thursday, 8 December 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
SPIN top 40 rap albums list, starring blurbs by at least three goons: http://bit.ly/amilliondollars
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Thursday, 8 December 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
when did fact become a parody of themselves?
― furnace mane, Thursday, 8 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
it is kind of hilarious to see pubs that at the beginning of the year would've been CLAMORING to have an odd future release to put in their top 10 just quietly shuffling goblin in the middle of their lists
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Thursday, 8 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
lots of stuff i haven't heard in that spin list, must investigate
― upper mississippi 2: still shakin, Thursday, 8 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah very useful list for sure
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Thursday, 8 December 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know if it's that have become a parody of themselves, more that their brief has become easier to parody now that it's so familiar and entrenched.
Probably part of the life cycle of every publication with a really clear aesthetic.
― Tim F, Thursday, 8 December 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah lots i haven't heard in the spin list, good blurbs for the most part too. though most of the rap albums/mixtapes i was most excited by weren't ther ;_;
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
nice to see the serengeti album on the spin list (albeit at the bottom of the list) - one of my favorite underrated albums of the year
― n/a, Thursday, 8 December 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
also re: the spin list: is it weird that they frame death grips as zach hill's project? i thought he just played drums on some of the stuff but wasn't really the creative force behind it, but also i don't really know much about how they operate so i could be wrong.
― n/a, Thursday, 8 December 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
i don't normally point to specific pieces of my writing on here but i'm making an exception to point out that I totally used the best possible quote for my Gunplay blurb
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 8 December 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
Am I missing out on Das Racist? I have been ignoring them for a couple years now.
― Scotty Magee, Thursday, 8 December 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
they aren't necessarily going to be everyone's type of thing but they have gone some way past "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" on their album this year
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
setting the bar high there
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
they aren't necessarily going to be everyone's type of thing
Lex, if you suddenly start digging Das Racist I will shocked, amazed and somewhat baffled!
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
i would be surprised if scotty magee liked das racist
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Checked a few jams out, no go for me.
― Scotty Magee, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
Magnet - Best Of 2011: Electronichttp://www.magnetmagazine.com/2011/12/07/best-of-2011-electronic/
1. AÉREA NEGROT Arabxilla (B-Pitch)2. THUNDERCAT The Golden Age Of Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)3. MACHINEDRUM Room(s) (Planet µ)4. DOG LEATHER Greezy Man And Stinky Man Meets Smutty Ranks On Tarantula Hill (Ehse)5. WASHED OUT Within And Without (Sub Pop)6. HUDSON MOHAWKE Satin Panthers (Warp)7. PANDA BEAR Tomboy (Paw Tracks)8. SBTRKT SBTRKT (Young Turks)9. SEBASTIAN Total (Ed Banger)10. JAMES BLAKE James Blake (Universal Republic)
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
Magnet - Best Of 2011: Noisehttp://www.magnetmagazine.com/2011/12/08/best-of-2011-noise/
1. CHRISTINA KUBISCH Magnetic Flights (Important)2. TELECUT POWERS Zion Traveler (Baked Tapes)3. PETER J. WOODS Songs For Nothing (After Music)4. SKIN GRAFT Dystrophy (Hanson)5. YELLOW TEARS The Cult Of Yellow Tears (Hospital)6. PETE SWANSON I Don’t Rock At All (Three-Lobed)7. BLOOD STEREO Tape Hiss For Brainwash (Feeding Tube)8. WHITE SUNS Waking In The Reservoir (ugEXPLODE)9. C. SPENCER YEH 1975 (Intransitive)10. SIGHTINGS Future Accidents (Our Mouth)
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
that electronic list is terrible imo
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Magnet - Best Of 2011: Hip Hophttp://www.magnetmagazine.com/2011/12/04/best-of-2011-hip-hop/
1. CURREN$Y Weekend At Burnie’s (Warner Bros.)2. STALLEY Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music) (SMC)3. JAY-Z + KANYE WEST Watch The Throne (Def Jam)4. SHABAZZ PALACES Black Up (Sub Pop)5. MAIN ATTRAKIONZ 808s & Dark Grapes II (self-released)6. BIG K.R.I.T. Return Of 4Eva (self-released)7. RICK ROSS God Forgives, I Don’t (Maybach)8. EVIDENCE Cats & Dogs (Rhymesayers)9. TYLER, THE CREATOR Goblin (XL)10. ACTION BRONSON Dr. Lecter (Fine Fabric Delegates)
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
More Magnet lists here:http://www.magnetmagazine.com/category/best-of-2011/