It was the greatest year since 1965--I made up a Top 250 easily...It was a year like all the others. There are usually 10 songs I really like each year; this year there were 11 or 12.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit, I forgot; I liked that Cage the Elephant album
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
JF--scmindie album of the year for me was Belong's Common Era, though I def also count the Peaking Lights album, which wqas fantastic...
― iagree (henrietta lacks), Friday, 2 December 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
Is this for real? Genuinely curious, because I liked a couple tracks on the debut album but there was enough crap filler on that to scare me away from the new one.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
That is for real! http://open.spotify.com/album/3eGL4oa233BAecE9cGZI4k
They incorporate a lot more Pixies into their music on this one.
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
was listening to that walls album again just now while i was walking the dog. maybe it was just the starry sky, but i hadnt noticed how kosmische/krauty some of it was. i take back my mention of underworld, i think i had had just lapsed into some sort of embarrassing old-man-indie-kid-talks-about-dance-music moment. anyhow, i don't think i'd recommend that anyone rushes out and actually buys the thing cos it does lack a bit of excitement imho, but it's definitely worth taping off a mate to play in the car.
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
how good is an 'average' year for music?
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
VERY GOOD
― smh, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
probably going to rate this year as pretty good, cos although i haven't found anything that i was into as much as the emeralds and oneohtrix albums from last year, there have been too many excellent things around for me to remember even half of them - pinch & shackleton, julianna barwick, patten, nils frahm, roman flugel, andy stott...
one psych rock record that not enough people have been repping for: skull defekts with daniel higgs
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
otm, that Skull Defekts is great!
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
indie-rock-wise, wild beasts is probably my favourite thing
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 2 December 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't found that much to like from this year, but I've been happy to enjoy some music from unexpected directions: Boy Better Know, some Ill Blu (though I still haven't found a full mix that doesn't have too much annoying chatter on it), some other UK funky in general. I like Emeli Sande and look forward to her album next year. All kinds of current Latin music genres that interest me have been disappointing, to the extent that I've heard them.
There is maybe more fringe sort of stuff around right now that I am okay with than usual, but I'm not getting past just being okay with it. Something like Oneohtrix Point Never, which sounds like a continuation of several strands of music I listened to a lot in the 80s, is a good example.
― Occidental Rudipherous, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
Which genre has had the best year? Not really seen anyone saying its been a classic year for 'insert genre here' anywhere.
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Friday, 2 December 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
pretty good year for psychedelic doom and this tops the lothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfNHX5k9N-A
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Friday, 2 December 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Although I doubt the lex will like it
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Friday, 2 December 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Which genre has had the best year?
GOP debates.
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 December 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
^ this
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 December 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
if i saw this, i would have given the third-vote to "above average year."
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
I'm on my phone: did you embed an Uncle Acid vid Jimmy R?
Bcz Windhand > Uncle Acid
― dism-al-isms (henrietta lacks), Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
i did
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Saturday, 3 December 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
now do 1997 for comparison obv
― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Saturday, 3 December 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
oh! i missed the poll?
― dism-al-isms (henrietta lacks), Saturday, 3 December 2011 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Saturday, 3 December 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Why I think 2011 was a good year for music
― dog latin, but cool (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 09:37 (twelve years ago) link
“In the early '70s there were at least ten albums released every week that were fantastic. Now you're lucky to find ten albums a year of that quality. And there are more albums released each week now than there were then.” - Elton John, 2007
elton nailed it, end of the story
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
pity elton didnt name some of these weeks and list the albums out those weeks to back up his 'theory'
― Anyone need a (Jimmy Riddle), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair, Drake wasn't around in the 70s
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
elton otm but i think he meant 1997 not 'the 70's'
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
The variation of music that young people are listening to now… it's just the same beat with a different melody on top...I think it's getting a bit samey-samey… it needs a bit of a change-up again.” – Geir Hongro (ILM), 2011
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
i remember when rock was young
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
^^^hah!
― dog latin, but cool (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
darraghmac otm
― suggest biffa (henrietta lacks), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link