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

hoped you were all talking about for a second
http://www.matteobologna.it/blog/post_012/TheGirls_GirlTalk_1981.jpg

haha that girls album is pretty good.

one song sounds surprisingly like black-sabbath!

so I guess there is no point in talking about the long tension in Brazil between those who righteously represent the old guard and the concept of "canibalismo," no point in talking about how Maria Rita's mother was one of the greatest synthesists in Brazilian music, no point at all in talking about how Tropicalia was a huge revolution in Braz. music that itself still has to be revolted against in order to keep things fresh, etc., all that stuff.

What are you getting all pretend upset about here? I didn't like the sound of what you were saying, since it seems to preclude the possibility of good Brazilian music that sounds like what people think good Brazilian music should sound like. By all means, talk about it. Your initial comment left me guessing what you had in mind.

by the way the best salsa I heard this year was from Victor Waill. You could tell me who's better out there now if you wanted to.

I'm not familiar with the name, will check it out. I don't like to say entire genres are dead, but salsa music is in pretty bad shape at this point, so I have absolutely zero salsa albums to recommend from 2011 (though the Michael Stuart collection of Louie Ramirez covers would be my pick if I had to pick one).

My question for the Lex is that if Girls and Yuck are literally some of the worst shit he's ever heard, what does he think other people see in them?

guessing he'd say the people that like them are deluded or have bad taste?

i don't know, what do you think people see in music you hate? xp

themselves:D

anyway! i finished my massive youtube playlist which takes in 99% of my albums and trax lists, plus a couple of sundry important things that i tacked on to the end

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65FDD501BC4A3CA8

http://scarygoround.com/scare/strips/20111226.png

i don't know, what do you think people see in music you hate? xp

I don't outright ~hate~ a lot of music.

But for instance: I am not a big Bob Dylan fan. I think this is because I'm less interested in lyrics than I am in interesting sounds, and I also don't find much appeal in traditional folk/blues structures. I suspect that Dylan partisans are, generally, the kind of people who sit down and pay attention to words and who not only aren't bored by the trad structures but find strength and emotional depth in them. It's not my cup of tea, but I can see how he appeals to people who listen to music differently than I do.

about some artists i (uncharitably) think that the only thing ppl are getting out of listening to them is getting to be the kind of person who would like that artist

See, I think that's as true or untrue for people with good taste as for people with bad taste. There's cachet attached to nearly every aesthetic bandwagon.

I'm fairly used to people not hearing what I hear in music (even if we both like the same stuff) so it's fairly easy to concede that when people like something I dislike they are literally hearing something I'm not.

http://latinmusic.about.com/od/cdtoppicks/tp/The-Best-Latin-Music-Albums-Of-2011.htm

The Calle 13 is a 2010 release, but I guess for some its impact was this year

'Sterrenplaten', small Belgian radio show, added its end of yearlist. [A-Z] this is.

http://www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten/sterrenplaten-eindejaar-23-december-2011/

Beach Boys - Smile Sessions
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Clams Casino - Instrumentals LP/Rainforest EP
Dirty Beaches - Badlands
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
James Blake - James Blake
Julianna Barwick - The Magic place
Kuedo - Severant
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
The Psychic Paramount - II
Rustie - Glass Swords

I'm a rock/heavy metal fan of long standing and Lex is entirely right about Yuck and Girls.

Also this: "Beatles

HATE HATE HATE WITH A MILLION KNIVES I HATE THEM. merry xmas!"

is the most righteous tidings for Winterval.

All the best.

Richard Florida mapping Pitchfork's top tracks by geography:

Greater New York (including the five boroughs and immediately surrounding suburbs) took the top spot, generating more than one in four of all 2011 Pitchfork hits. Three of them come from my home state of New Jersey – two from Jersey City’s Real Estate and one from Nutley’s Clams Casino (also the birthplace of Martha Stewart). London is next with 16 hits and Los Angeles is third with 10. In fact, these three super-star pop culture capitals account for just about half of all of Pitchfork's 2011 hits.

My adopted hometown of Toronto is close behind with seven (including one for nearby Hamilton), followed by the San Francisco Bay Area with six (four for San Fran and two for Oakland). Atlanta has four, and Vancouver, three.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2011/12/geography-top-music-hits/750/

So yes, we're starting with a subjective assessment, one that is heavily skewed toward English language acts in the indie, alternative, and hip-hop genres. It's also admittedly one that's on occasion been mocked as out of touch or overly snobby. Still, it’s as useful a barometer of what’s hot at the leading edges of popular music as any. And for our purposes, it turns out to be quite amenable to locational analysis, too.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_music_club/features/2011/music_club_2011/best_music_2011_the_year_when_indie_music_and_r_b_made_nice_.html

The emails between Nabisco, Ann Powers, Jody Rosen, Jonah Weiner, et. al. continue.

The Spin top 20 pop albums list is kind of interesting to me, mainly due to the presence of the Perfume album as well as two kpop picks.

http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-20-best-pop-albums-2011

think they might've wanted to cut that one at 19

haha for real

jessie j's latest appearance on british tv was so execrable that it's actually full-on amazing in a sort of spectacle-of-true-horror way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pym1_N1q74

as pete said on freaktrig, it's like she's trying to sing the lead vox and the backing vox at the same time

My dad would love that - I heard him coming upstairs while that was playing and had to race to mute it before he heard

this woman is a scourge

omg I wanna lol @ her so bad but I suspect that's exactly what she wants...

still:

"we need to take it back in time/when music made us all u-NITE!"

What self-respecting pop star in '11 wants to look like both of Shakespeare's Sister genetically fused together?

or mystic meg

haha doran

LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH

*holds microphone out benevolently to session guitarist*

Lol, I remember when Jessie J was on SNL early in the year, I was convinced she was going to be HUGE.

this was the woman at the MTV awards doing the between-awards music from a chair, right (I think she had crutches...?) god that was awful

on which subject, jessie j's thoughts on the crutches episode:

"I'm back in the swing, getting my cast off after nine weeks of this awful Smurf shoe. But it's put everything in perspective. I have a different respect now for people who don't have legs."

...

lmao

lolol

is she one of those graduates from the posh Brits School?

yeah but it's not particularly posh (common misconception of it) - it's free to attend

my year end mixtapes if anyone wants em: bit.ly/1000times2011

http://bit.ly/1000times2011

the picture of britney and the little dog made me think of this CLASSIC MOVIE SCENE

of course, i'm sure britney would never engage in that type of behavior.

(and no, the clip isn't NSFW)

My Top 40 is here if anyone wants to see it, although not that interesting.

SFJ from the New Yorker 2011 tracks in his Spotify list

http://www.myplaylistisbetterthanyours.com/spotify/playlist/27081/

lol @ token

ooooops. meant 2 say lol @ token hipsterism

http://www.jlcauvin.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/token.jpg

http://www.jlcauvin.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/token.jpg

I give up.

wait is there supposed to be ONE token hipster track on that playlist? that's what that means, right?

yeah some dude otm i didnt really notice any

oneohtrix stuck out to me, but shrug. there are definitely things on that playlist i have not heard & am not interested in hearing so maybe i don't know what i'm talkin about.