Magazine/website/record store BEST OF 2011 end-of-year list pile-up

i guess everyone was listening to Peaking Lights all year and loving it, but i'm just now listening over the course of the last two days and this is shit is so rad. "Birds of Paradise dub version" might be my favorite song so far, but every song has merit. the distorted drums buried in the bg of "Summertime" are funky as hell if you concentrate on them.

yeah great album

lex you do realize that not every publication is general interest and lots of them have a slant towards specific genres or demographics? like TOTAL GUITAR magazine probably tells their writers "give us your top ten guitar albums of the year" the same way my paper in baltimore just had me tell them my top ten baltimore albums. that's not 'dishonest' or 'manipulative.'

obviously that becomes a little more complicated with something like pitchfork or the wire that kind of positions itself as being 'open-minded about the best music of any genre' or whatever but i think people reading their lists understand implicitly that there is a lot of conscious and unconscious branding going on

of course i get that, in explicit cases. but i would be interested to see a list of albums that would be considered unsuitable for the p4k or wire brands, and explicit reasoning why.

i imagine it's much milder and more ambiguous than that -- individual voters strategizing, editors looking at stuff with similar numbers of votes toward the bottom of the list and making judgment calls about what makes the cut and what doesn't.

I think the appeal of Pitiless Censors, musically, is the combination of echoey minor key vocals (which kind of remind me of some of the melodic content of late 60s garage rock and psychy with the specific synth arrangements

I feel like its the ascetic counterpart to the more libertine 1999

(xp to Doran)

I feel like Lamp's problem mostly is that the superficial inclusion of its token indie choices/blogsoul sit incongruously with what is usually a discernible deeper purpose within FACT, ...? But I've spent a lot of this thread misreading Lamp so

haha i just agree w/ you since your take always ends up more coherent :/

i guess my 'problem' with dorian and lex's take on the eoy list process is:

- we are all operating with an (unstated?) set of values that informs how we respond to music
- pop music is essentially experiential in nature
- for almost any publication their big eoy list will be one of the most viewed/widely talked abt pieces they run
- its intensely disingenuous to pretend this piece doesnt communicate something abt that underlying set of values, regardless of intent
- taking that into account why not knowingly craft a list that makes explicit these values and 'says something' abt what music is like in 2011 from yr pov
- to me 'branding' isnt really negative it helps the reader understand the context w/in which the music is generally being heard/understood

my problem with that is that any EOY list might communicate something about an individual's set of values - hopefully unconsciously! consciously doing it is nagl! - but publications can't unless they're REALLY EXPLICITLY genre-specific like kerrang or total guitar or whatever. because the value sets of all the individual critics are necessarily different.

in short - damned if you're going to extrapolate anything about MY value set from the guardian's EOY list.

Well the Guardian is a generalist publication

lex do you tend to prefer generalist music mags or specialist mags?

well p4k or the wire or w/e operates editorially w/in a sort of guiding set of values tho too which is greater than just the sum of their writers values. a newspaper is slightly different in that it exists for different reasons & in some ways for different readers but like, FACT certainly has an overarching set of aesthetic and cultural values

I feel like you could probably extrapolate something about Lex's values from the ILX EoY tbh

xp generalist

fwiw I feel like FACT has always done the indie tokenism thing and are p decent at separating wheat from chaff when it comes to buzz albums. Like I don't think Is this It? was the second-best album from the past decade or anything but the indie albums they tout are usually the ones I end up enjoying.

Of course that's purely subjective and hardly unbiased I mean, as one of ILX's few vocal proponents for the Weeknd surely Lamp you get what I'm saying...?

Some more EOY lists from around the world:

Rumore (Italia) EOY 2011

RUMORE TOP ALBUM 2011

1) James Blake - s/t
2) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
3) Bon Iver - s/t
4) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
5) Verdena - Wow
6) Radio Moscow - The Great Escape Of Leslie Magnafuzz
7) I Cani - Il Sorprendente Album D'esordio
8) The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love
9) Saviours - Death's Procession
10) Danava - Emisphere Of Shadows
11) Orchid - Capricorn
12) The Might Could - s/t
13) The Horrors - Skying
14) The Peoples Temple - Sons Of Stone
15) Paolo Benvegnù - Hermann
16) Obrero - Mortui Vivos Docent
17) tUnE-yArDs - Whokill
18) Devil - Time To Repent
19) Blood Ceremony - Living With The Ancients
20) Rival Sons - Pressure And Time

Fasterlouder (AUS) EOY 2011

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/gallery/snapshot/25641/The-Best-Albums-of-2011

50 Radiohead - King of Limbs.
49 Wagons – Rumble, Tumble and Shake.
48 Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming.
47 The Kills – Blood Pressures.
46 The Strokes – Angles.
45 My Morning Jacket – Circuital.
44 The Vasco Era – The Vasco Era.
43 Eagle and the Worm – Good Times.
42 Foster The People. Torches.
41 EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints.
40 Wilco – The Whole Love.
39 The Grates - Secret Rituals.
38 Teeth and Tongue – Tambourine.
37 tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L.
36 Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean.
35 The Black Keys – El Camino.
34 Gotye – Making Mirrors.
33 Kimbra – Vows.
32 The Panics – Rain on the Humming Wire.
31 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
30 Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See.
29 Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams.
28 Metronomy - The English Riviera.
27 Battles – Gloss Drop.
26 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo.
25 Wild Beasts – Smother
24 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues.
23 Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest.
22 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic.
21 Feist – Metals.
20 Cut Copy – Zonoscope.
19 Jay- Z And Kanye West – Watch The Throne.
18 Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know.
17 Liam Finn – FOMO.
16 Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
15 Lanie Lane – To the Horses.
14 SBTRKT – SBTRKT.
13 Wild Flag – Wild Flag.
12 Mastodon – The Hunter.
11 James Blake – James Blake.
10 TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light.
09 Royal Headache – Royal Headache.
08 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver.
07 Harmony – Harmony.
06 Yuck - Yuck.
05 Fucked Up – David Comes To Life.
04 Adalita – Adalita.
03 Tom Waits – Bad As Me.
02 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
01 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake.

Blitz EOY 2011 (Portugal) albums

50 - The Dodos: No color
49 - Mastodon: The Hunter
48 - Bill Callahan: Apocalypse
47 - Zomby: Dedication
46 - Wild Flag: Wild Flag
45 - TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light
44 - Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine
43 - Patrick Wolf: Lupercalia
42 - David Sylvian: Died In Wool
41 - SBTRKT: SBTRKT
40 - Jessica Lea Mayfield: Tell Me
39 - Radiohead: The King of Limbs
38 - Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact
37 - The Weeknd: House of Balloons
36 - Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde
35 - Friendly Fires: Pala
34 - Florence and the Machine: Ceremonials
33 - The Field: Looping State Of Mind
32 - tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l
31 - Tinariwen: Tassili
30 - Justice: Audio, Video, Disco
29 - Metronomy: The English Riviera
28 - Afrocubism: Afrocubism
27 - Trap Them: Darker Handcarft
26 - Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto
25 - Chico Buarque: Chico
24 - Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes
23 - Feist: Metals
22 - Wild Beasts: Smother
21 - Low: C'mon
20 - Jamie Won: Mirrorwriting
19 - Diddy Dirty Money: Last Train To Paris
18 - Jonathan Wilson: Gentle Spirit
17 - Britney Spears: Femme Fatale
16 - Beyoncé: 4
15 - Tyler, the Creator: Goblin
14 - Katy B: On a Mission
13 - Anna Calvi: Anna Calvi
12 - Destroyer: Kaputt
11 - WU LYF: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
10 - Adele: 21
9 - Tom Waits: Bad As Me
8 - Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know
7 - Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo
6 - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Mirror Traffic
5 - Bon Iver: Bon Iver
4 - Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
3 - Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise
2 - PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
1 - James Blake: James Blake

Sonic EOY 2011 (Sweden)

1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
2. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest
3. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
4. Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
5. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
6. James Blake - James Blake
7. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
8. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
9. Tinariwen - Tassili
10. Feist - Metals
11. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
12. The Weeknd - House of Baloons
13. Shabazz Palace - Black Up
14. Wilco - The Whole Love
15. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
16. A. A. Bondy - Believers
17. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
18. Adele - 21
19. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
20. Tyler, The Creator - Goblin
21. Deportees - Islands & Shores
22. Zomby - Dedication
23. Ison & Fille - För evigt
24. Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost!
25. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren

American Songwriter (USA) EOY 2011

American Songwriter

50 - Centro-matic: Candidate Waltz
49 - Beirut: The Rip Tide
48 - Abigail Washburn: City of Refuge
47 - Caitlin Rose: Own Side Now
46 - Loney Dear: Hall Music
45 - JEFF The Brotherhood: We Are The Champions
44 - Tristen: Charlatans At The Garden Gate
43 - Jonny Corndawg: Down On The Bikini Line
42 - Noel Gallagher: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
41 - Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo
40 - Middle Brother: Middle Brother
39 - Those Darlins: Screws Get Loose
38 - Real Estate: Days
37 - Steve Earle: I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
36 - Old 97′s: The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2
35 - KORT: Invariable Heartache
34 - Joe Henry - Reverie
33 - Honeyhoney: Billy Jack
32 - The Decemberists: The King Is Dead
31 - Robert Ellis: Photographs
30 - The Felice Brothers: Celebration, Florida
29 - A. A. Bondy: Believers
28 - St. Vincent: Strange Mercy
27 - Deer Tick: Divine Providence
26 - Pieta Brown: Mercury
25 - Sarah Jarosz: Follow Me Down
24 - The War On Drugs: Slave Ambient
23 - Civil Wars: Barton Hollow
22 - Bright Eyes: The People’s Key
21 - Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
20 - Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know
19 - Radiohead: The King of Limbs
18 - Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire
17 - Jessica Lea Mayfield: Tell Me
16 - Miranda Lambert: Four The Record
15 - Bon Iver: Bon Iver
14 - My Morning Jacket: Circuital
13 - Lucinda Williams: Blessed
12 - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Here We Rest
11 - Tom Waits: Bad As Me
10 - Feist: Metals
9 - The Black Keys: El Camino
8 - Pistol Annies: Hell on Heels
7 - Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What
6 - Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO
5 - Dawes: Nothing Is Wrong
4 - Drive-By Truckers: Go-Go Boots
3 - Adele: 21
2 - Gillian Welch: The Harrow And The Harvest
1 - Wilco: The Whole Love

lot of people like fleet foxes and bon iver huh

ugh, this Psychic Paramount is PAINFUL it's so good!

by "this" i just mean the song ("N5") that's streaming on the NPR list: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/11/30/142900901/the-best-outer-sound-albums-of-2011?sc=tw&cc=share

i'm gonna have to check the rest of this out.

put this on while you do your dishes and you will scrub the coffee mugs with an inappropriate level of unbridled passion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlV8GQWStSA

Awesome record.

Hey Z S since you already dig the J barwick and Peaking Lights album, you could probably do worse than to check out the Belong album from this year; its on Spotify. It's imo a really solid dreampop/drone album

oh, glad you reminded me of that! i actually had downloaded it earlier this year and loved it (certain tracks more than others, but i definitely had a few key favorites), and then when my computer melted down a few months ago, i lost everything and forgot to redownload it.

Yeah, that entire Psychic Paramount record is so great.

cltrl-F "hatchback" = :(

destroyer v v underrepresented thus far as well

there's always the ilm eoy poll. Maybe the first ever rock winner?

ugggh that Deer Tick record that has popped up a few times is such shit.

Some decent breakout lists from Exclaim (CA) EOY 2011

http://exclaim.ca/Features/YearInReview

Top Pop Rock
1. Bon Iver : Bon Iver, Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
2. St. Vincent : Strange Mercy (4AD)
3. Feist : Metals (Arts and Crafts)
4. M83 : Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute)
5. Destroyer : Kaputt (Merge)
6. Braids : Native Speaker (Flemish Eye)
7. Austra : Feel it Break (Domino)
8. PJ Harvey : Let England Shake (Island)
9. Timber Timbre : Creep On Creepin' On (Arts & Crafts)
10. Sandro Perri : Impossible Spaces (Constellation)
11. Wild Flag (Merge)
12. Shotgun Jimmie : Transistor Sister (You've Changed)
13. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart : Belong (Slumberland)
14. Beirut : The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
15. Girls : Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)
16. Bill Callahan : Apocalypse (Drag City)
17. Yuck (Fat Possum)
18. Rich Aucoin : We're All Dying To Live (Sonic)
19. Tom Waits : Bad As Me (Anti-)
20. Battles : Gloss Drop (Warp)
21. Ty Segall : Goodbye Bread (Drag City)
22. Lykke Li : Wounded Rhymes (LL)
23. Adele : 21 (Columbia)
24. Handsome Furs : Sound Kapital (Sub Pop)
25. Cults (Columbia)
26. EMA : Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions)
27. Dog Day : Deformer (Fun Dog)
28. Kurt Vile : Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador)
29. Wilco The Whole Love (dbpm)
30. The Rural Alberta Advantage Departing (Paper Bag)

Top Metal
1. KEN : Mode Venerable (Profound Lore)
2. Mastodon : The Hunter (Reprise)
3. Fuck the Facts : Die Miserable (Relapse)
4. Wolves In The Throne : Room Celestial Lineage (Southern Lord)
5. Today is the Day : Pain is a Warning (Black Market Activities)
6. Liturgy : Aesthethica (Thrill Jockey)
7. Hammers of Misfortune : 17th Street (Metal Blade)
8. Opeth : Heritage (Roadrunner)
9. Imbroglio : Sleep Deprivation (The Path Less Traveled)
10. Brutal Truth : End Time (Relapse)
11. Graf Orlock : Doombox (Vitriol)
12. Black Tusk : Set the Dial (Relapse)
13. Helms Alee Weatherhead (Hydra Head)
14. Prurient : Bermuda Drain (Hydra Head)
15. The Atlas Moth An : Ache for the Distance (Profound Lore)
16. Flourishing : The Sum of All Fossils (The Path Less Traveled)
17. Retox : Ugly Animals (Ipecac)
18. Tombs : Path of Totality (Relapse)

Top Hip-Hop
1. Kanye West : My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Roc-A-Fella)
2. Jay-Z and Kanye West : Watch The Throne (Roc-A-Fella)
3. Shabazz Palaces : Black Up (Sub Pop)
4. D-Sisive Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye (Urbnet)
5. Big K.R.I.T. : Return of 4eva (mixtape)
6. Kendrick Lamar : Section 80 (Top Dawg Entertainment)
7. Danny Brown XXX (Fools Gold)
8. Tyler, the Creator: Goblin (XL)
9. Talib Kweli :Gutter Rainbows (Blacksmith)
10. Phonte : Charity Starts at Home (The Foreign Exchange)
11. Lil B : I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (mixtape)
12. Childish Gambino : EP (mixtape)
13. ASAP Rocky : LiveLoveA$AP (mixtape)
14. Nicki Minaj : Pink Friday (Cash Money/Universal)
15. Stalley : Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music)
16. G-Side The One…. Cohesive (mixtape)

Top Punk
1. Fucked Up : David Comes to Life (Matador)
2. OFF! : The First Four EPs (Vice)
3. Iceage : New Brigade (What's Your Rupture?)
4. Bomb The Music Industry! : Vacation (Quote Unquote)
5. Junior Battles : Idle Ages (Paper + Plastick)
6. B-Lines (Deranged)
7. Obits : Moody, Standard and Poor (Sub Pop)
8. The Wonder : Years Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing (No Sleep)
9. Cloud Nothings (Carpark)
10. Polar Bear Club : Clash Battle Guilt Pride (Bridge Nine)
11. Lemuria Pebble (Bridge Nine)
12. The Brains : Drunk Not Dead (Stomp)
13. Crusades : The Sun Is Down and the Night Is Riding In (It's Alive)
14. Bridge and Tunnel : Rebuilding Year (No Idea)

Top Folk-Country
1. The Decemberists : The King Is Dead (Capitol)
2. Dan Mangan : Oh Fortune (Arts & Crafts)
3. Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know (Domino)
4. One Hundred Dollars : Songs of Man (Outside)
5. Snailhouse : Sentimental Gentleman (White Whale)
6. Gillian Welch : The Harrow & the Harvest (Acony)
7. Richard Buckner : Our Blood (Merge)
8. The Deep Dark Woods : The Place I Left Behind (Six Shooter)
9. Daniel Romano : Sleep Beneath the Willow (You've Changed)
10. The Barr Brothers (Secret City)
11. Sunparlour Players : Us Little Devils (Outside)
12. Nick Lowe : The Old Magic (Yep Roc)
13. Ryan Adams : Ashes & Fire (Pax-Am)
14. The Jayhawks : Mockingbird Time (Rounder)
15. Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) (Lost Highway)
16. Jenn Grant : Honeymoon Punch (Six Shooter)

Top World & Soul
1. The Weeknd : House of Balloons (OVO)
2. tUnE-yArDs : WhoKill (4AD)
3. Raphael Saadiq : Stone Rollin' (Columbia)
4. Frank Ocean : Nostalgia, ULTRA (Def Jam)
5. Charles Bradley : No Time For Dreaming (Dunham)
6. Toro Y Moi : Underneath the Pine (Carpark)
7. The Stepkids (Stones Throw)
8. Mayer Hawthorne : How Do You Do? (Universal Republic)
9. Cee Lo Green : The Lady Killer (Elektra)
10. Aline Morales : Flores Tambores E Amores (Independent)
11. Beyonce : 4 (Columbia)
12. Seun Kuti : From Africa with Fury: Rise (Knitting Factory)
13. Jill Scott : Light Of the Sun (Warner)
14. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX : We're New Here (XL)
15. Jazzy Jeff & Ayah : Back For More (Independent)
16. Jahdan Blakkamoore : Babylon Nightmare (Lustre Kings)

Top Dance & Electronic
1. James Blake (Atlas)
2. Nicolas Jaar : Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company)
3. SBTRKT (Young Turks)
4. Oneohtrix Point Never : Replica (Software)
5. Rustie : Glass Swords (Warp)
6. Amon Tobin : Isam (Ninja Tune)
7. The Field : Looping State of Mind (Kompakt)
8. Little Dragon : Ritual Union (Peacefrog)
9. Gang Gang Dance : Eye Contact (4AD)
10. Africa Hitech : 93 Million Miles (Warp)
11. Katy B : On A Mission (Rinse)
12. Hudson Mohawke : Satin Panthers (Warp)
13. Junior Boys : It's All True (Domino)
14. Zomby : Dedication (4AD)
15. Babe Rainbow : Endless Path (Warp)
16. Ford & Lopatin : Channel Pressure (Software)
17. Jamie Woon : Mirrorwriting (Polydor)
18. Miracle Fortress : Was I The Wave? (Secret City)
19. Azari & III (Turbo)
20. Toddla T : Watch Me Dance (Ninja Tune)

most of those are garbage

i'm glad the weeknd is being singled out for the 'world & soul' album of the year

it's canadian so

also, is there an actual honest to goodness country album on "folk-country"

yeah those lists are pretty pathetic

4. D-Sisive Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye (Urbnet)

wtf is this

Kinda pissed that the Sunny Sweeney album didn't make it onto the American Songwriters list tbh.

Xp no idea lol

lol exclaim! is the absolute worst, despite being free i somehow always regret picking up a copy

lol at how you can tell the metal list was typed up by someone who has never heard of any of the bands or albums

Rumba (FI) EOY 2011

Finnish songs
1. Regina: Jos et sä soita
2. Rubik: Laws of Gravity
3. The New Tigers: Pocketful of Sand
4. Regina: Unessa
5. Regina: Haluan sinut
6. Mirel Wagner: No Death
7. Burning Hearts: Into the Wilderness
8. Rubik: World Around You
9. Sansa: Boys (Summertime Love)
10. Chisu: Kohtalon oma
11. Suvi Isotalo: Kaikki sanat
12. Matti Johannes Koivu: 80-luvun lapset
13. Yona: Toisen oma
14. Regina: Lepään aalloilla
15. Black Twig: Lake Song
16. 22-Pistepirkko: UFO Girl
17. Chisu: Sabotage
18. Stella: Kutsumattomat vieraat jääkää kotiin
19. Regina: Mustavalkeaa
20. Rubik: Storm in a Glass of Water
21. Freeman: Tuhatjalkainen
22. Supo: Se tulee olemaan helppoo
23. Shine 2009: So Free
24. Jätkäjätkät: Uusi moottoritie
25. Von Hertzen Brothers: Miracle

I've heard of one of those bands, go me

seriously...y'all know how every EOY list is made? it really is as simple as just balloting writers. no publication can be bothered to rig or fix the results, or craft a list that "espouses" a "hivemind" or "worldview".

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this is so cute^^

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the thing is that because of the vvv few 'notorious' (used relatively obv) examples of that kind of manipulation, you get rafts of messageboard blowhards thinking they have some sort of 'industry understanding' and that every single publication anywhere crafts its polls to reflect a personal brand

whereas in fact most of them don't even have enough of a defined brand to make it in anyway worthwhile, and even if they did what would flipping around two ho-hum indie records on a list of 40 or whatever actually tell anyone

That the magazine wants to 'keep in' with Noel rather than Liam?

Quietus list has gone up:

http://thequietus.com/articles/07520-quietus-albums-of-the-year-2011

Really need to hear the Cut Hands record.

GORILLA VS. BEAR | Albums of 2011

30 Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise
29 Andy Stott | Passed Me By
28 The Weeknd | House of Balloons
27 Clams Casino | Instrumentals
26 Schoolboy Q | Setbacks
25 Elite Gymnastics | Ruin 1 + 2
24 Run DMT | Dreaming
23 Burial | Street Halo
22 Mina Tindle | Mina Tindle
21 Young Galaxy | Shapeshifting
20 Toro y Moi | Freaking Out
19 Pure X | Pleasure
18 Ford & Lopatin | Channel Pressure
17 Washed Out | Within and Without
16 Darkside | Darkside
15 Holy Other | With U
14 The Caretaker | An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
13 Grouper | A I A
12 Sleep ∞ Over | Forever
11 The Sandwitches | Mrs. Jones’ Cookies
10 Puro Instinct | Headbangers in Ecstasy
09 Julianna Barwick | The Magic Place
08 Real Estate | Days
07 araabMUZIK | Electronic Dream
06 Korallreven | An Album By Korallreven
05 A$AP Rocky | LIVELOVEA$AP
04 White Denim | D
03 Panda Bear | Tomboy
02 Peaking Lights | 936
01 Shabazz Palaces | Black Up

as much as i absolutely ADORE a couple of sleep over tracks, there's no way that album is top fifteen material.

Funny so many places are rating Shabazz Palaces and not Death Grips, IMO.

They're totally different though

That Panda Bear album's really good. Miles better than Merriweather or pretty much any AC album since Feels.

NN: Maybe so - I've only really scraped the surface of those but they both fall into the undie-hop (or whatever it is) category afaik and the Death Grips sounds so much more interesting to these ears.

undie-hop

please tell me this is a typo. there's a genre called undie-hop now?

;_;