After last year's ILM tracks poll I don't think anyone should doubt Lex's powers.
― sean doily, Monday, 12 December 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
I guess I should mention that P&J ballots sent this weekend.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think Beyonce is a lock for the Graun's top five actually.
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
Like there's an unexploded Adele-bomb in there still and given the rest of the list I wouldn't be surprised to see something like the Girls album pop up in the top five. Obviously Let England Shake is a lock and Katy B is more likely to appear then Beyonce.
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Actually I probably mean the Elbow album rather than the Girls album.
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
ElbowFlorenceAdelePJ HarveyBeyonceKaty B
^ pick two that aren't going to make it
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 12 December 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Goblin will be top 4, surely?
― ShariVari, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Florence is out, so straight fite for two places between Adele, Elbow & Beyonce.
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
You know, I listened to the Florence album and the Austra album back to back and I'm a little nonplussed/bemused that people would ride hard for one and not the other since they are verging on identical aside from the guitar on Florence's album.
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Austra don't make intolerably racist videos for a start?
― rekeningopnemer (Fotherington Thomas), Monday, 12 December 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
well okay, there is that
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Florence is pissing me off to a huge extreme with that actually, because I really fell hard for her album and then she completely fucked up one of the best songs on the album with that video
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
TBH, I had taken against FATM long before that but I can't really give you any quantifiable reason why apart from, "I just took against her" - I could not even tell you what the missing ingredient is in Austra that make me take to them, either. I'm useless as a critic.
― rekeningopnemer (Fotherington Thomas), Monday, 12 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
Actually I totally get why one would not go for her Lungs material; from what I've heard, there's a lot of inappropriate bellowing happening throughout the album that gets reigned in a lot on Ceremonials, making it more effective when it does barrel into your ears.
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
LWE 30-21
30. EQD, Equalized#005-B29. RNDM, Hideaway (Dub)28. Tin Man, Nonneo (Donato Dozzy Remix)27. Protect-U, World Music26. Roman Flügel, Iron Curtain25. Crystal Maze, Crystal Maze (Chicago Skyway Remix)24. Martyn, Masks23. Burial, Stolen Dog22. The Citizen’s Band, West 42nd21. Machinedrum, Come1
― april wowak, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
haha what the fuck is "Tiger & Woods"
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
house music ppl I believe
― Extreme Lifestyle, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://redbullmusicacademyradio.com/uploads/show_pics/tiger_woods_456_003.jpg
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
grady was hyping them to me a while back, which should give you an idea of what kinda music it is
― v-shasty, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
tiger & woods is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXKK21bHJ_4
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah they sort of flit between house and nu-disco, they've released at least one free album this year that I've totally failed to listen to.
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
i think they're pretty middle of the road as these producers go, none of their tracks hit for me like say the revenge or mark e or the better edit-creators or w/e, and 'gin nation' which is their big acclaimed single is way too close to the original -- a track off one of my favorite albums -- for me to feel like its earned its year end list spots personally.
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
there are a couple tracks of theres i think are v. good songs but 'gin nation' is too close to 'dj tool' for me to love it i guess
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
holla
http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-50-best-albums-2011
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
man, I was almost totally unmoved by that Rapture album, it is really surprising to me that it is appearing on so many lists
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
haha the fact that yr tim hecker write up also mentions deaf center (my album of the year!) made me incredibly happy
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
:)
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
o_O why is the Weeknd blurb three times as long as every other blurb
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Because the album felt three times as long as every other one?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
well its also for two albums
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
i remember when whiney used to rail against sites that made you click through 93404833 times per list
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Monday, 12 December 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
haha the fact that yr tim hecker write up also mentions stephan mathieu (a static place is one of my albums of the year!) made me incredibly happy
― sisilafami, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Monday, December 12, 2011 2:35 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink
remember when lex pissed his pants because he's a drooling idiot and we all pointed and laughed at him
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Real talk tho, I think there's a huge, huge, huge difference between a 50-entry list with 10 clickthroughs and a 50-entry list with 50 clickthroughs but YMMV \O_o/
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
what was the one page after the number one album? i didn't click it. did i miss anything good?
― v-shasty, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
A full-page color ad of whiney doing a handstand on his 50 albums.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
planking on them actually
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
What's your opinion on your #1, WGW? I've not heard it - Fucked Up have never struck me as the most interesting band in the world, but I'd be willing to give it a try. Or are you about to start your own 'most regrettable Spin #1 albums' thread?
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Monday, 12 December 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's fairly well documented what SPIN's most regrettable #1 was
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
That being said, Fucked Up is def on my P&J ballot, and is easily one of the best records I've heard all year in any genre
― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Monday, 12 December 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, I'll see if I can find some tracks about, then. Worth a go. Though I think this year might actually be pretty chock full of albums I've loved already.
???
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Monday, 12 December 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
1991: 1. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
"Your hard drive"
― Number None, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha or that one
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit, yeah. Bwahahahahaaaaa.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Monday, 12 December 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
― Number None, Monday, December 12, 2011
Their debut album was pretty slow iirc
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Dunno it's due for a reappraisal
― sean doily, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
Pitchfork Top 100 Tracks of 2011 (50-1)
50. Atlas Sound – Mona Lisa49. Katy B – Broken Record48. Kreayshawn – Gucci Gucci47. Battles [ft. Matias Aguayo] – Ice Cream46. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread45. Drake – Headlines44. Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise If You Can See43. Panda Bear – Last Night at the Jetty42. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis41. Frank Ocean- Novacane40. Burial – Street Halo39. Shabazz Palaces – Swerve...the reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)38. Purity Ring – Ungirthed37. A$AP Rocky – Peso36. Jamie xx – Far Nearer35. Charli XCX – Stay Away34. Cut Copy – Need You Now33. AraabMuzik – Streetz Tonight32. Cold Cave – The Great Pan Is Dead31. The Field – Then It's White30. Clams Casino – Motivation29. Jai Paul – BTSTU (Edit)28. Danny Brown – Monopoly27. The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?26. Beyonce – 1 + 125. Soulja Boy – Zan With That Lean24. Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever23. Adele – Rolling in the Deep22. Bill Callahan – Riding For the Feeling21. Drake – Marvins Room20. Gang Gang Dance – Glass Jar19. Lana Del Rey – Video Games18. St. Vincent – Cruel17. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica16. Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers15. The Weeknd – The Morning14. Girls – Vomit13. tUnE-yArDs – Bizness12. Jay-Z/Kanye West – Niggas in Paris11. James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream10. DJ Khaled [ft. Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne] – I'm on One9. Azealia Banks – 2128. Cass McCombs – County Line7. Beyonce – Countdown6. Destroyer – Kaputt5. Real Estate – It's Real4. Nicki Minaj – Super Bass3. EMA – California2. Bon Iver – Holocene1. M83 – Midnight City
― Dan S, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ the punchline of the top 3 #icanteven
tim f, or anyone else who is attempting to put together a personal tracks of the year, how do you do it? doing an albums list is fun cuz it's EASIER, mine is pretty much done. doing a tracks one, i'm just looking at this mass of 200+ amazing songs and flapping my hands cuz i don't know how to start
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link
apropos of little, because there isn't a kate bush thread over here, people talk about the elton john song being the one that breaks the spell and they're not wrong, but i think i actually resent the final track more - it's so nothingy, but doesn't have that sense of heaviness or mood that the first three songs do, and essentially means the second half of the album is near-useless for me.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 09:23 (twelve years ago) link