she has goggly eyes and in every photo contorts her face into a try-hard pout like the most attention-seeking 8-year-old only child you've ever met.
― lex pretend, Monday, 1 December 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the complete absence of Chinese Democracy on these lists.
― abanana, Monday, 1 December 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
katy perry is basically kendley from project runway.
― Gukbe, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
also at the top of my guilty would blap list
― dumb pseud (some dude), Monday, 1 December 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
katy perry is the toyota to zooey deschanel's mercedes
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 December 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
BUT KATY PERRY IS BI-CURIOUS SO YOU COULD PROBABLY GET HER IN A THREESOME RIGHT
nah, Zooey's less hot and her music's even worse.
― dumb pseud (some dude), Monday, 1 December 2008 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I was going to make a "poor woman's Zooey Deschanel" comment, actually.
― jaymc, Monday, 1 December 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
it's encouraging to see a mention of Andrew Coltrane here!
also, new Prurient on Cold Spring is very very good. Might surpass And, Still Wanting. Cocaine Death is extremely good too...so good..man..but it's a compilation really
― rizzx, Monday, 1 December 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
both very boinkable xp
― k3vin k., Monday, 1 December 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
not so much about polls, but back on the avant- digression, i'm surprised not to see lucky dragons anywhere.
― pshrbrn, Monday, 1 December 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks for posting these everyone. The next ones to usually come are:
Clash MagazineDrowned In SoundMuzzle Of BeesGorilla Vs. BearFact MagazineNME
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:49 PM (2 days ago)
GvB's list is up. can't tell if he's going for "20 best albums" or "20 best debut records by up-and-coming indie artists BONUS POINTS IF YR LOCAL." predictably, it's terrible.
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 2 December 2008 05:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Any modern classical lists out there?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 10:01 (fifteen years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, December 1, 2008 8:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
dont say this fyi
― BIG WORLD HOOS. WEBSTEEN. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 11:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Keep it to the Katy Perry "blap or no blap" thread, guyz.
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope you're not suggesting we invite Kevin Keller to 77
― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Like the guy who's sockpuppeting as him isn't already a 77 regular?
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
will plucky The Verve triumph in the Rocktimists poll?
― GSOHSHIT (blueski), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
http://bp3.blogger.com/_yRdvdP7_05I/R8Q5UyW-STI/AAAAAAAAAH4/J_Zl5DxLb2k/s400/Sock_Puppet_3_small.jpg
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Talking about whether or not we want to have sex with Katy Perry is frankly much more interesting than talking about where the Black Kids are going to place in the Top 50 of some minor style magazine that nobody reads.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i think ilxor is a better sock btw
― deej, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
You talkin' to me?
― ilxor, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I mainly use the lists to find music I may have overlooked. The good ones don't start coming for another week or two, so until then:
Favorite Albums You Haven't Seen In The Critics' Polls 08
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 05:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Fact Magazine - Top 20http://tinyurl.com/69ffhp
State Magazine - State’s 25 best albums of 2008http://www.state.ie/blog/states-25-best-albums-of-2008/Ireland's answer to Pitchfork magazine
― djmartian, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Last.fm lists their db top 10 listened to artists, albums and songs from 2008:
http://www.last.fm/bestof/2008
Their top 10 songs feature is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. Should have added a rule not to repeat song from same artists.(Just so you don't waste your time there's 6 coldplay songs, 3 MGMT and Kate Perry)
― Moka, Thursday, 4 December 2008 06:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Seems like the Last.fm lists would favor albums and songs that were released early in the year, thus having had longer to rack up plays.
― ilxor, Thursday, 4 December 2008 07:00 (fifteen years ago) link
One unusual entry in Fact's list:
03. ZOMBY – WHERE WERE U IN 92? (WERK DISCS)
Anyone heard it?
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Haven't heard it but I noticed the eMusic bloggers were talking about it yesterday too.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Thursday, 4 December 2008 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Heard it. Needs less airhorn.
― Enrique (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
when do we usually do our polls around here?
― deviants w. deliriants (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
usually late at night, when there's noone else in the apartment.
― Dumb Assantino (some dude), Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
It's nice to see Opeth placing so high on the metal lists, but I'm curious - do people really rate it higher than "Ghost Reveries" - because I don't remember that one doing as well on the year-end lists, even though to me, it's a much stronger album? Is it that the rest of the field is weaker this year, or is it maybe a case of atoning for overlooking a sleeper by overrating the follow-up?
― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
musicOMH Top 50http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/2008_best-albums-of-intro_1208.htm
Some interesting entries:48 Thomas Tantrum (Sindy Stroker)40 Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets (V2)31 Mystery Jets - Twenty One (sixsevennine)23 Ladyhawke (Island) 18 Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (Roadrunner)15 Johnny Flynn - A Larum (Vertigo)
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 4 December 2008 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Elbow topped musicOMH's poll. It's easy to admire that album but hard to get excited about it enough to crack my top 20. And this album also mad an appearance in State's top 20. I'll have to check it out:
08 Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim (Virgin)
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 5 December 2008 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.afropop.org/multi/feature/ID/855/STOCKING%20STUFFERS:%20Afropop%20Worldwides%20Top%20Ten%20Releases%20for%202008
afropop.org (Banning Eyre & others)
Chiwoniso, "Rebel Woman" (Cumbancha) (Zimbabwe)Aterciopelados “Rio” (Nacional) (Columbia)Toumani Diabaté “The Mandé Variations” (Nonesuch) (Mali)Seprewa Kasa “Seprewa Kasa” (Riverboat) (Ghana)Seun Kuti “Seun Kuti & Egypt 80” (Disorient) (Nigeria)Emmanuel Jal “WARchild” (Sonic360) (Sudan)Orchestra Baobab “Made in Dakar” (Nonesuch) (Senegal)Mayra Andrade “Navega” (Nacional/Sterns Arc Ltd) (Cape Verde)Buena Vista Social Club "Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall(2 CD) [LIVE] " (Nonesuch) (Cuba)Kasai Allstars "Congotronics 3" (Crammed Discs) (Congo
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 7 December 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Theres a Congotronics 3? I must be on that right na na na
― Animal Collector (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 December 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Predictably terrible EoY list from OMM now in.
Why do I keep thinking of Stan Freberg's "Old Payola Roll Blues"?
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Might as well plug the one I put together: http://idolator.com/5103876/80-08-and-heartbreak-announcing-idolators-year+end-extravaganza
― Matos W.K., Monday, 8 December 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
link does not work matos...can't access from idolators front page either :(
― k3vin k., Monday, 8 December 2008 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
works for me.
Time mag's 50 Top 10s: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10Albums: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1864324,00.htmlSongs: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863440,00.html
― Matos W.K., Monday, 8 December 2008 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Resident Advisor's Top 20 labels: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=994
― Matos W.K., Monday, 8 December 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
dear Time, please research concept of 'at a glance'
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
re: Time's Vampire Weekend paragraph
Peter Gabriel would be proud.
No he wouldn't.
Paul Simon would be prouder.
Yes he would. That's what's known as "damning with faint praise."
― Sara Sara Sara, Monday, 8 December 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
PopMatters Top 50 singles (kind of dire).
― jaymc, Monday, 8 December 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Time's list is quite ILXy.
― M.V., Monday, 8 December 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
no point ILM doing a list then
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
how did Trentemøller become the go-to token techno act?
― Popper, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Jim DeRogatis
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!" (Anti-)2. David Byrne and Brian Eno, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" 3. Vivian Girls, "The Vivian Girls" (In the Red)4. The Knux, "Remind Me in 3 Days" (Interscope)5. Brazilian Girls, "New York City" (Verve)6. Local H, "12 Angry Months" (Shout Factory)7. Saul Williams, "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!" (niggytardust.com/Fader)8. Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes" (Sub Pop)9. Kanye West, "808s & Heartbreak" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)10. Erykah Badu, "New AmErykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War" (Motown)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2008/12/the_best_albums_of_2008.html
― Andrew Sandwich, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Derogatis's next 40:
11. TV on the Radio, "Dear Science" (DGC/Interscope)
12. Parts & Labor, "Receivers" (Jagjaguwar)
13. Jenny Lewis, "Acid Tongue" (Warner Bros.)
14. Spiritualized "Songs in A&E" (Fontana)
15. Sigur Ros, "Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust" (XL)
16. The Black Angels, "Directions to See a Ghost" (Light in the Attic)
17. Girl Talk, "Feed the Animals" (Illegal Art)
18. Gnarls Barkley, "The Odd Couple" (Atlantic)
19. Weezer, "Weezer" (Geffen)
20. Lou Reed, "Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse" (Matador)
21. Portishead, "Third" (Mercury)
22. Q-Tip, "The Renaissance" (Universal/Motown)
23. Rise Against, "Appeal to Reason" (DGC/Interscope)
24. Flight of the Conchords, "Flight of the Conchords" (Sub Pop)
25. Ladytron, "Velocifero" (Nettwerk)
26. Bob Dylan, "Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased, 1989-2006" (Columbia)
27. Moby, "Last Night" (Mute/EMI)
28. Lykke Li, "Youth Novels" (Atlantic)
29. The Gutter Twins, "Saturnalia" (Sub Pop)
30. Wire, "Object 47" (Pink Flag)
31. Randy Newman, "Harps and Angels" (Nonesuch)
32. Sons and Daughters, "This Gift" (Domino)
33. Death Cab for Cutie, "Narrow Stairs" (Atlantic)
34. Beck, "Modern Guilt" (Interscope)
35. Tim Fite, "Fair Ain't Fair" (Anti-)
36. Deerhunter, "Microcastle" (Kranky)
37. Shot Baker, "Take Control" (Riot Fest)
38. Tokyo Police Club, "Elephant Shell" (Saddle Creek)
39. Nine Inch Nails, "The Slip" (nin.com)
40. Alejandro Escovedo, "Real Animal" (Back Porch)
41. Sia, "Some People Have Real Problems" (Hear Music)
42. Joan as Police Woman, "To Survive" (Cheap Lullaby)
43. Darker My Love, "2" (Dangerbird)
44. AC/DC, "Black Ice" (Columbia)
45. King Khan and the Shrines, "The Supreme Genius of King Khan" (Vice)
46. Disfear, "Live the Storm" (Relapse)
47. Super Furry Animals, "Hey Venus!" (Rough Trade)
48. Black Mountain, "In the Future" (Jagjaguwar)
49. Amy Ray, "Didn't It Feel Kinder" (Daemon)
50. Madonna, "Hard Candy" (Warner Bros.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 01:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Not sure what this comment is in reference to, but Trentemøller is one of the few artists that made Cologne/Berlin minimal sounds accessable to listeners not steeped in a decade of house/progressive trance. I think well selected compilation drawn from his 2003-2006 remix work would be my album of the decade.
― derelict, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link