i think i just wanted some not-boring beats
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I sort of lost interest in Roots Manuva when I realised he was a really plodding MC who happens to have an amazing voice.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Gigwise's Top 50 Albums Of 2008! http://www.gigwise.com/photos/48128/Gigwises-Top-50-Albums-Of-2008
― djmartian, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Spin Magazine - The 40 Best Albums of 2008 http://www.spin.com/articles/40-best-albums-2008?page=0%2C0
― djmartian, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Dear Gigwise,
I can't be fucked to click 'Next' 50 times to see which record you voted as number one. Please make your website less shit or I will assume you voted for MGMT like everyone else.
Yours,
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:32 (fifteen years ago) link
poor Gigwise they just don't understand Information Design
― djmartian, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/930811
Gigwise Top 10
1. Elbow2. Lil' Wayne3. TV On The Radio4. MGMT5. Kanye West6. Neon Neon7. Friendly Fires8. Metallica9. Mogwai10. Sebastien Tellier
― djmartian, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Gigwise need to become WEBwisehttp://www.informationdesign.org/
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I fiddled with the URL - it was Eblow what won it.
x-post durn it
― NickB, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
does anyone on ILM love/care about both the Elbow and Lil Wayne albums to roughly the same degree?
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Probably a fair few who think they're both shit.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
and the faeces
― Seanadams Molloy (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Thursday, 11 December 2008 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
what's up with spin's santogold review? so who actually gets the spot, her or lykki?
― pshrbrn, Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
same goes for elbow
― Trik Turner Fan Club President (Tape Store), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Lykke gets Lykke's spot, clearly.
― Matos W.K., Thursday, 11 December 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Did Spin really compare Hot Chip to Nate Dogg?
― the gov (rod blagojevich ha ha) (The Reverend), Thursday, 11 December 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't understand this comment. Did we read the same review?
SANTOGOLDSANTOGOLDThe M.I.A. comparisons fly as far as surging opener "L.E.S. Artistes." From there, Santi White concocts her own dance-floor ultramodernity, incorporating '80s new wave (the Missing Persons–meets-Devo "You'll Find a Way"), reggae ("Shove It"), and coconut-flavored electro (the buzzing "Unstoppable"). It's a sonic mash as gloriously schizoid as her outfits. Who else could make opening for Coldplay, writing songs for Ashlee Simpson, and collaborating with Spank Rock seem so audaciously natural? J.M.
― jaymc, Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
coconut-flavored electro?
― Yeltsin vs Predalien (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― the gov (rod blagojevich ha ha) (The Reverend), Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:42 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
they're just trying to make us start another poll thread
― Anne Dwutt (some dude), Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
The M.I.A. comparisons fly as far as surging opener "L.E.S. Artistes."
Actually, that's the line that bothers me the most, since "Creator" is clearly the song on the album that's the most M.I.A.-derivative.
― jaymc, Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Drowned In Sound's 50 Albums of 2008
I'm still looking for that Rolo Tomassi album. Finally heard Wild Beasts, and not sure what to think about that singer. Some moments remind me of Long Fin Killie.
The few unique entries are:Hauschka - FerndorfJohnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'Til It Was Light Diamanda Galas - Guilty Guilty Guilty
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 12 December 2008 10:44 (fifteen years ago) link
tbh i'd forgotten that guilty guilty guilty was released, mostly b/c diamanda isn't an artist one exactly listens to regularly, but there's a track in the middle of it called 'time (interlude)' which is just chillingly beautiful.
― lex pretend, Friday, 12 December 2008 10:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Johnny Foreigner only at #38? Heads will roll.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 December 2008 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Next year I'm lobbying for Diamanda Galas Week on X Factor.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 10:50 (fifteen years ago) link
someone tell me about johnny foreigner. ive only heard of them cuz they've toured w/ campesinos lots this year though im assuming that they are irreparably terrible.
― the chef (emeril lagasse ha ha) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 December 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
You'll probably like them if you like Los Campesinos. I think they are largely terrible.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 December 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
lol u gotta be fuckin kidding me with this 500 word intro to the dis list
― the chef (emeril lagasse ha ha) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 December 2008 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Their name is bad enough to prevent my investigating them any further.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
What a pompous pile of pumpkin piss that DiS intro is.
"We decree" - FUCK OFF!
"potent pop" - KILL NOW
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I find their incessant references to "our world" and similar really offputting and I also feel like the extent to which they seem to cling to it as an ethos drags them down as a potentially not bad site
― The Biggest Event In The History Of Ethnic Comedy (DJ Mencap), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i think dis is generally not awful - the writing is only okay if im being generous but they give lots of bands a completely open forum and it usually results in really interesting reads wrt bands that you care about (the track-by-track feature especially)
― the chef (emeril lagasse ha ha) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
DiS is very consciously about creating a sense of community and that community is the modern extension of a ground-level London-centric indie fanzine world. I find this pretty offputting as well but can't really deny it's been a significant factor in their success, despite the site as a whole feeling very cobbled together.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 December 2008 11:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Hang on, I've just read the piece and it's terrible. I'm not sure what 'world' Outkast share with DiS but I haven't seen Andre 3000 down the Monarch of late.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 December 2008 11:23 (fifteen years ago) link
He was there with Cee-Lo. It was groovy.
― Enrique (Raw Patrick), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
DiS reminds me of Jazz Journal - that always goes on about "our" world and OUR music and is equally out of touch.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I've heard Young Jeezy was spotted at the Los Campesinos gig the other day. He likes listening to M83 while dipping into Baudrillard as well.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 December 2008 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 December 2008 11:21 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Success may be too strong a word there.
― Seanadams Molloy (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Bit patronising to suggest that he wouldn't (xp).
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I meant success as in lots of readers, not as in actually making money.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 December 2008 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
They've done more with it than I would have expected, but also not as much as they clearly must have expected at one point
― The Biggest Event In The History Of Ethnic Comedy (DJ Mencap), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:35 (fifteen years ago) link
What, like Hull City?
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link
In 2008 DiS ended their ties with BSKyB http://www.drownedinsound.com/in_depth/3858825...and lost their lead writer (who is now at Clash Magazine / Website)
― djmartian, Friday, 12 December 2008 12:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Granuiad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/critics-poll-2008 1-10http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/12/3 11-50 and two #31's
― Mitchell Stirling, Friday, 12 December 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Seriously, people, TV On The Radio, you're being conned.
"an album that boldly took the guitar where no record had gone before"
Derek Bailey spinning in his grave even as I speak.
Seriously, whoever wrote that should have their hands smashed with concrete blocks, like they did in Mao's China, to teach them not to do it again.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Two words:
Living Colour.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
YES MARCELLO CARLIN, MOST OF THEM HAVE BLACK SKIN AND THEY PLAY GUITARS THEREFORE THEY ARE LIVING COLOUR
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 December 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
You know I'm right.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 12 December 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z214/13LILY_DANIELA03/LiL-Wayne_Guitar-psd4373.png
― Seanadams Molloy (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Friday, 12 December 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
In the storied history of idiotic things said on ILM, Marcello's second post takes the fucking cake. I was with him on his first post re: TVotR, but goddamn man.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 12 December 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
O_O
― uәʇɹɐƃu!әʍ ˙ƃ ʎәu!Ⴁʍ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 December 2008 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link