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

Yeah, that Earth album was a snooze.

I liked it, though admittedly it was more of the same. The Wooden Shjips album is really good too, as is the WITTR record.

eh I really liked the first track of the Wooden Shjips album but it kinda devolved from there into twee Doors imo

(still like it better than Mazes tho; props on Rockarolla for ranking it better than that)

lol at "Twee Doors". Not to be mistaken for "Twee Doors Down"!

That Beyonce blurb makes it sound much duller than it actually is though - "refined" and "mature" aren't words I'd used to describe it.

okay I just went back and listened to 'Lazy Bones' again and it was a lot better than I remembered, though it still has a bit of the cheesy late-Doors album filler feel to it

hey kerr does you new issue of Rockarolla have the big AMT feature in it?

let me have a look george

AMT are on the cover

5 page feature (though 2 are just photos)

ha I am friends with Kawabata on Fbook and he just posted a picture of that!

Awesome!

4.5 pages of it is their discography

nah just studio discography..

Rock-A-Rolla is always my favorite list!

have you heard that new Obake record, dealwithit? I've only heard one song from whats been played on outloud but I think it might be a monster!

its very good

the rock-a-rolla list is always different to all the other lists out there.

I've never heard of Obake, but I'm going to right that wrong today.

Rock-A-Rolla is the Whineyest list, and if I lived in the UK, I could see me and Lou Jag trading CDs of the ones we're missing.

I seriously wish i could run/invent an American version but I think it would sell like six copies monthly

yes, like with the RA compilations list, it makes me want to check out all of the records I haven't already heard.

I can't imagine rock-a-rolla sells a lot but its been running for 5 or 6 years now I think. It's bi-monthly (like Zero Tolerance) and both are surviving. You can at least get ZT in Smiths. I need to subscribe to get rock-a-rolla. Otherwise i think you can only get it in record shops.

xp totally. Quietus list does this too tbh, but there's def some overlap between the two

also lol Kerr I was gonna ask you to send me a copy of the AMT issue for Christmas

I'm kinda curious about the Book of Knots album; I dont think I'd heard of them tbh

aQ usually sells it George. Buy it from them

ok thx

the problem with rock-a-rolla is the patton/ipecac worship, which puts me off checking that album george. It does feel like they do this every year.

xxxp Neither had I, sounds like they're along For Carnation lines perhaps?
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Book+of+Knots

album's on Spotify

the problem with rock-a-rolla is the patton/ipecac worship, which puts me off checking that album george. It does feel like they do this every year.

― Minga Frump (Jimmy Riddle), Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:00 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

They really do love Patton (hey, so do i); but I think they could stand to be a little more selective about it. That Book Of Knots album is not the move and that Patton solo album is like maybe the fourth best Patton solo album.

But I'm right in line when they're championing Zu, Dalek, Secret Chiefs, etc...

And I'm aware my Patton love is just a little more annoying than some dude polling the SYR series or whatever

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have you heard that new Obake record, dealwithit? I've only heard one song from whats been played on outloud but I think it might be a monster!

― massachusetts_capricorns_cru (henrietta lacks), Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:48 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

its very good

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I liked it, but where's the Zu? I wanted more Zu.

eh i don't think anyone here has any problem with patton really

(full confession i did not listen to the whole thing)

i would prob read and enjoy Rock-A-Rolla if given the chance but man that name

http://cdn0.hark.com/images/000/003/590/3590/original.jpg

http://www.mysoti.com/img/user/arw0001/product/web/392167/392167_show_default.png

dying

i like patton too but its a bit much in that mag!

xps
I assume the name comes from the judas priest album.

yeah but that's like deej saying yesterday that 'so many shrimp' is an unimpeachable name because it was a pimp c lyric

The Obake is some of the Zu guys, right?

at least one

http://www.last.fm/music/Obake

from a review i saw

Been a lot of coverage of ‘rock’ music here at LTW, serious discussion questioning why The Mercury Prize chooses to ignore the entire genre, and also more lighthearted fun from our kitchen guru Vegan Black Metal Chef – as such I thought I had better take look at rock, but I like my tunes a little darker than most so was intrigued by the first release from Obake – I had no knowledge of this band, a four piece consisting of Massimoo Pupillo (Bass), Eraldo Bernocchi (Guitars), Lorenzo Fornasari (Vocals/FX), and Bales Pandi (Drums) however a little research revealed that its members have variously been members of or worked with Zu, Faith No More, The Melvins, Merzbow, Bill Laswell, Justin Broadwick, and Thomas Fehlmann; some serious names in the sphere of cutting edge and experimental music.

bassist from Zu http://thequietus.com/articles/06997-obake

however a little research revealed that its members have variously been members of or worked with Zu, Faith No More, The Melvins, Merzbow, Bill Laswell, Justin Broadwick, and Thomas Fehlmann;

so "has a member of Zu"

i dunno why you're harping on that, its probably the only good self-branding i've ever done. xps to al the professional hater

http://static3.thaitable.com/images/ingredient/5dried-shrimp.jpg

keys open doors

nah having the same name as the most popular Canadian rapper of all time was pretty brilliant self-branding, may have been accidental but you should still give yourself some credit for that

This Obake is basically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdj8iRSh9wI

the band

I wasn't feeling the Earth and Mogwai, but will re-listen. I got Obake a couple weeks ago and it is definitely impressive. Still listening to figure out how much I'll like it for continued listening. I'm excited to check out Book Of Knots, Loss, Alva Noto, Asva, Enablers, Killl, etc.

I always appreciate Rock-A-Rolla's aesthetic focus, even if some of the albums are just interesting, but I have no interest in hearing much more. For me, they'd be the perfect mag if they expanded coverage a bit and added some writers who are less dismissive of stoner/doom/psych, stuff that may be less innovative and experimental, but often has more staying power, at least in my playlists. I'm just happy I can now get an electronic subscription for a fraction of the price of a U.S. subscription where you get the issues a month and a half after publication.

The Loss and Asva albums are brilliant