lol
― wil smif, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
it's downtime in the office today...
― dog latin, but cool (dog latin), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
amazing lex
― gucc_ebooks (tpp), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
> 17. PHAEDRA - The Sea
^ this beautiful thing really came into its own in the autumn - good shout Lex! Also great to see Frivolous getting more love.
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
so my day off tmrw will be spent copy/pasting lex's trax list into youtube. Cool! Thx Lex :) Sure beats xmas shopping.
― pandemic, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i didn't think the phaedra album was a contender and then bam, autumn happened
i actually started a youtube playlist including both album standout tracks and standalone tracks but it was taking aaaaages and i got bored http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65FDD501BC4A3CA8
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
great lists lex - surprised there's no Jhene though!
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
Tom Waits??
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
uh oh...
― dog latin, but cool (dog latin), Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
thx BW - i like jhené but as i was putting the lists together i kinda realised i don't love her yet? i did not feel compelled to return to her music as much as i expected to. if i wanted to be a bit mean i'd say i preferred cassie the first time round and w/o the slight drake taint.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ + no kandi either?
― bayou goo, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
jaymx use ur xls! i am not explaining my love of tom waits for the 93085034th time in my years in ilx.
re: this album specifically - i'd actually given up on him, he seemed to finally lurch into self-parody about a decade ago, but i like the casualness of the affair - it's tom happily doing what tom does w/o trying too hard about it but enjoying himself and getting some good shots at the outside world in, and several moments of resonant emotional truth
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
kandi = 2010 even if i didn't hear it til 2011 and thus never got to rep for it in any EOY list ;_;
I've had the same disinterest in Waits for years, and this album broke through for the same reasons.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
dreadful year-end list from popjustice as to be expected:
1. Lady Gaga - Born This Way2. Will Young - Echoes3. The Sound of Arrows - Voyage4. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Make A Scene5. Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over 6. Pnau - Soft Universe 7. Nicola Roberts - Cinderella’s Eyes8. Rihanna - Talk That Talk9. Britney Spears - Femme Fatale10. Nicole Scherzinger - Killer Love11. Jennifer Lopez - Love?12. Cut Copy - Zonoscope13. Adele - 2114. Monarchy - Around The Sun15. Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia16. Christophe Willem - Prismophonic17. Cher Lloyd - Sticks + Stones18. Nerina Pallot - Year Of The Wolf19. Example - Playing In The Shadows20. The Saturdays - On Your Radar21. Beyonce - 422. Frankmusik - Do It In The AM23. Vanbot - Vanbot24. Patrick Stump - Soul Punk25. Jessie J - Who You Are26. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger27. Natalia Kills - The Perfectionist28. Katy B - On A Mission29. Lights - Siberia30. One Direction - Up All Night31. Same Difference - The Rest Is History32. CocknBullKid - Adulthood33. David Guetta - Nothing But the Beat
― bayou goo, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
lack of Jhene in Lex's track list is redeemed by his #79 track...
― suggest biffa (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
Susan Boyle????
― skip, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't really want to start a new thread for this, but last night I picked up some 2011 albums based on praise from various ilxors in their personal year-end wrap-ups.
So, Ned and Adrien, I am holding each of you personally responsible if the Active Child and Cold Cave albums, respectively, suck. ;)
In all seriousness, the write ups you guys did for those two inspired me to pick up on some stuff I skipped over this past year.
― shakur rump (I left my login in El Sandboxo), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
boomkat charts are making my head spin
― nuhnuhnuh, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
i want all of peter rehberg's list and him too
― nuhnuhnuh, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck yeah, I was hoping they were going to do their guest list thing again this year...http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-charts-2011
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
nice to see the rene hell record getting some mentions itl
lots and lots of good stuff in the dude from digitalis' list
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 22 December 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
For you, Lamp:
SPIN's top 20 Avant albums! http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-20-best-avant-albums-2011
― miranda lambo (dealwithit.gif), Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Libération - 2011, sélection super hottehttp://next.liberation.fr/culture/01012378598-2011-selection-super-hotte
RockThe Kills - Blood PressuresSallie Ford (& The Sound Outside) - Dirty RadioJeff Bridges - s/t
Hi-fiHanni El Khatib - Will The Guns Come OutDanger Mouse et Daniele Luppi - RomeTimber Timbre - Creep On Creepin’ On
Pop folkJosh T. Pearson. - Last of the Country GentlemenJames Blake - s/tFránçois & The Atlas Mountains - O Volo Love
LarsenCrystal Fighters - Star of LoveBlack Lips - Arabia MountainReal Estate - Days
PlatinesDJ Rashad - Just a TasteAfrica Hitech - 93 Million MilesKourosh Yaghmaei - Back From the Brink
SlowcoreLow - C’monWye Oak - CivilianEma Past Life - Martyred Saints
JazzAnthony Joseph and The Spasm Band - Rubber OrchestrasAmbrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges GlisteningTigran Hamasyan - A Fable
ChamaniqueThe Rapture - In the Grace of Your LoveMirel Wagner - s/tLykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
WorldLucas Santtana - Sem NostalgiaMagnifico - MagnificationDebademba - s/t
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know whether I'm lolling more about Jeff Bridges being their third best rock record of the year or them having a Slowcore chart in 2011
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Whiney, you have some nice picks in there. Out of the ones I don't know, Shinji Masuko sounds pretty interesting.
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
thanx for the list dealwithit.gif. have heard just over half of the stuff you listed with 'summvs' and 'owl splinters' being partic standouts to me
i tried listening to the 'garden of the forking paths' record but it was too much for me tbh
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, owl splinters is a huge standout for the year. what a cool record
― miranda lambo (dealwithit.gif), Thursday, 22 December 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
Trying to be a big boy and not resent lex for rendering my own list redundant.
Excellent lists obv!
― Tim F, Thursday, 22 December 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
ha, I doubt it will be redundant. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me which Denyque track is best
― rob (night house), Thursday, 22 December 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
I loved Garden Of Forking Ways when I first heard it but I've developed tinnitus since and can't go near it now. Good list though.
― Doran, Friday, 23 December 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
whiney as much shit as ive given you on ilx honest thanx for recommending the hauschka record this is like tailor made for me
― ~*~ (є(٥_ ٥)э), Friday, 23 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
haha here is a weird thing http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/12/nba_preview_miami_heat_bon_iver.php
― Cibuloid, Friday, 23 December 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
haha awesome
― fireman princess (furnace mane), Friday, 23 December 2011 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
I have that Shinji Masuko album; I keep forgetting to listen to it...
― suggest biffa (henrietta lacks), Friday, 23 December 2011 06:20 (twelve years ago) link
I just found it on eMusic for £0.84 (!) so yeah, will definitely give it a go.
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 23 December 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
masuko record is ~lovely~
― cutehound, Friday, 23 December 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
any music tailor made for me this year?
― CaptainBurlapSax, Friday, 23 December 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
just kidding. I don't want people to recommend indie shit
― CaptainBurlapSax, Friday, 23 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
juno's singles list is interesting and good.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 23 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
really special tracks dot this list, like those from cosmin-TRG; factory-floor; ital; and auntie flo.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 23 December 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
Phew! Just now finished listening to all the tracks in Lex's Top 120 that I hadn't previously heard (shamefully enough this was about 80 of 'em)
Lots and lots of good stuff as to be expected, but I especially loved Vibe Kartel 'Colouring Book', Aisha Davis 'My Loving', Tiffany Evans 'Won't Find Me' and Lloyd 'Private Dancer' which reminded me very much of Scritti Politti for some reason.
The track that absolutely blew me away however, and ensured that I had a smile on my face for all of yesterday afternoon, was the fantastic Cherry V 'I'm In Love'
Thx for the tunes Lex!
― pandemic, Saturday, 24 December 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
So, Ned and Adrien, I am holding each of you personally responsible if the Active Child and Cold Cave albums, respectively, suck. ;)In all seriousness, the write ups you guys did for those two inspired me to pick up on some stuff I skipped over this past year.
Too kind! And that album of course does not suck but I would say that. (Those interested can check my list via the blog as desired .)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 December 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
Massive list of ambient and experimental from Fluid Radio
http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/12/50-for-2011/
1: Paul Jebanasam – Music For The Church Of St. John The Baptist2: Lawrence English – The Peregrine3: Willamette – Echo Park4: Humble Bee / The, E And I – The Indescribable Brightness Shone / Projected Images5: Daniel Thomas Freeman – The Beauty of Doubting Yourself6: Petrels – Haeligewielle7: Grouper – AIA Dream Loss/Alien Observer8: Daniel W J Mackenzie – Teeth Sleep Under Winking Black Eyelid9: Talvihorros – Descent into Delta10: Jasper TX – The Black Sun Transmissions11: Hallock Hill – The Union12: Danny Paul Grody – In Search Of Light13: Tape Loop Orchestra – Maybe I Told A Small Lie14: Bitchin Bajas – Water Wrackets15: Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Luminaries & Synastry16: AR – Wolf Notes17: Steven Hess & Christopher McFall – The Inescapable Fox18: bvdub & Ian Hawgood – The Truth Hurts19: The Haxan Cloak – The Haxan Cloak20: Félicia Atkinson – The Driver21: Jon Porras – Undercurrent22: The Boats – The Ballad of the Eagle23: Richard Knox & Frédéric D. Oberland – The Rustle of the Stars24: Mountains – Air Museum25: Fabio Orsi – Stand Before Me, Oh My Soul26: The Humble Bee – The Royal Game27: Richard Moult – Celestial King For A Year28: A Winged Victory For The Sullen – S/T29: Kyle Bobby Dunn – Ways Of Meaning30: Illuha – Shizuku31: Dustin O’Halloran – Lumiere32: Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place33: Efrim Manuel Menuck – Plays High Gospel34: Deaf Center – Owl Splinters35: Nils Frahm – Felt36: Isnaj Dui – Circle Of Sleep37: Antonymes – The Licence to Interpret Dreams38: Nicholas Szczepanik – Please Stop Loving Me39: Jacaszek – Glimmer40: Machinefabriek & Gareth Davis – Grower41: Offthesky – The Beautiful Nowhere42: Isidore Ducasse: S/T43: Farewell Poetry – Hoping for the Invisible to Ignite44: Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 197245: The A. Lords – S/T46: Simon Scott – Bunny47: Christina Vantzou – No 148: Damian Valles – Skeleton Taxa49: Natural Snow Buildings – Waves of the Random Sea50: Hakobune – I Discover I’m Missing
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Saturday, 24 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Still need to hear that Lawrence English album, just release the thing online already
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Saturday, 24 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Similar lists also up on these two sites:
http://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/#!/page/1
http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2011/12/the-2011-review/
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Saturday, 24 December 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
check her mixtape out! it's really very good - http://www.facebook.com/CherriV (plus elsewhere on the internet probably)
(v glad you liked the tunes!)
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Saturday, 24 December 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
i've never heard wu lyf, but i do know that yuck and girls are among the worst music i've heard, like, ever― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:43 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Permalink
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:43 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Permalink
Lex, you're a critic whom I love reading more than most - due mainly because you open my ears to pop-r&b (pathetic as it may be to rely on criticism to listen to pop-music) - but if you think Girls and Yuck is some of the worst music you've ever heard, then please remove the shit from your ears. Give me a break with the hyperbole; these are at least competent ripoffs of their antecedents!
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 25 December 2011 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
the idea of lex listening to wu lyf, girls and yuck gives me so much joy
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Sunday, 25 December 2011 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
haven't heard the others but Girls is definitely a plausible candidate for worst shit you've ever heard from any angle
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Sunday, 25 December 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link