#2 placing is hilarious but I really like half of High Hopes: Down in the Hole, The Wall, Dream Baby Dream, Hunter of Invisible Game and the new versions of American Skin and Tom Joad. I like eerie Springsteen.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Monday, 1 December 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
i'm absolutely not on board with everything on the list but the popmatters singles seems closest to my sensibilities thus far
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
its good some good picks thus far (on like page 3) and i will try not to consider it blasphemous that "move that dope" is only #75
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link
*got some
For whatever reason I decided to read the blurb for "Water Fountain" and this:
Merrill Garbus’ opening hook sets the tone for the playful jungle bass
um
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
Also the fact that the writer thinks w h o k i l l was her debut record. Where's fact checkin' cuz?
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
no Run the Jewels on that Magnet hip-hop list is dumber than U2 at the top of the Rolling Stone list. YG, too, but I don't expect Magnet to list YG.
― alpine static, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
it's still better than most music released this year, being "surprising" is irrelevant
Sure, I'm just saying that I probably underrate it for that reason.
― jaymc, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
pretty into the washington post list
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
EIGHT: Manic Street Preachers - Futurology (Sony)
oh yeah i got to check this out. singles were dispiriting but uh green gartside guests
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
yeah, washington post list also has some smart moves
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
there are some truly perplexing picks on the popmatters list tbh
― dyl, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
that Rolling Stone list really reshapes what we thought we knew about whiney, doesn't it
― alpine static, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
still seems incredible to me that the washington post pay the guy from q and not u to enthuse about rae sremmurd. what a world.
― ogmor, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
Post list is good/inspiring. "Young Thug -- singles and mixtapes" at #1 makes so much more sense than putting Black Portland in at #37 or whatever.
― rob, Monday, 1 December 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
For whatever it's worth, all the MAGNET lists are due in in mid-October. When did RTJ2 come out?
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
So which will be the first list with BABYMETAL?
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Soon, Fastnbulbous. Very soon. ;-)
― A. Begrand, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
*opens Popmatters, sees "All About That Bass", closes tab*
― boxedjoy, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
i was thinking that suuuurely the U2 and springsteen albums this year were too shitty to warrant the usual automatic top of the list billing for RS, but apparently not.
Charli XCX - not released for 2 weeks - in its top 10 is pretty odd.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Monday, 1 December 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
Maybe the label took out a lot of advertising?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
i'm sure they have an advanced copy and liked it
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 December 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
It was originally supposed to be out in September, so advance copies have been out there for forever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
then why cant i find a leak of sucker :[
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
(i'm sure its somewhere but havent had the time for a deep dive)
Oh, I don't think it's leaked anywhere. People with copies have held on tightly it appears.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
so no succour for you
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
ugh whatever ill wait two weeks like a normal person
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
I've been enjoying the Kemper Norton and Maruice Louca albums recently, glad to see them hit the big time on the (vmic) Quietus list.
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/uncut-editors-diary/the-154-best-albums-of-2014-a-very-personal-list
Huge list of stuff. I usually look up a lot of the things on Mulvey's lists, but I'm noticing a fair bit of shit I know I don't like.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
The only uncut is Robbie unkut
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
Consensus watch:
14 polls:The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
13 polls:Caribou - Our LoveFKA Twigs - LP1
12 polls:Mac De Marco - Salad Days
11 polls:Future Islands - SinglesSharon Van Etten - Are We ThereSt Vincent - St VincentAphex Twin - Syro
10 polls:Swans - To Be KindJack White - LazarettoDamon Albarn - Everyday Robots
9 polls:Temples - Sun StructuresReal Estate - AtlasAngel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No WitnessBeck - Morning Phase
8 polls:East India Youth - Total Strife ForeverSun Kil Moon - BenjiTy Segall - Manipulator
(poll placings below #50 are discounted, as are single-voter polls)
― mike t-diva, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
the consensus list is the worst of the lot!
― lex pretend, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
You forgot U2... It's album of the year?
― Evan, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
i have listened to and enjoyed three albums on the consensus list (aphex and twigs and beck) and need to get around to caribou and new swans.i tried and disliked the jack white album.i tried and had little interest in the van etten album.The rest is all stuff that i haven't even cracked.
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link
Of the ones you didn't mention, I'd probably steer you towards the St. Vincent...but even that is an "if you get around it" recommendation.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
is it substantially different than her earlier work?
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
i'm listening to war on drugs now and it's agreeable i-am-indie-i-am-sad stuff; not entirely clear why this gets to be standard bearer but whatever
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
cuz it sounds like 80s stuff that hasn't been updated before.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
(don't get me wrong; i like the record)
Substantially? Nah. There's a bigger interest in cold robotic-ness, though, which surprisingly works in her favor.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
The internet was a fun place to be after her SNL performance last May. "WTF was THAT?" said people who weren't expecting it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
lol, i just found the kozelek beef for WOD
i'm unlikely to ever connect with annie's work i think
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
That Horse Lords track on the WaPo list is pretty great.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
Stereogum: http://www.stereogum.com/1721100/the-50-best-albums-of-2014/list/
50. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal (What's Your Rupture?)49. St. Vincent - St. Vincent48. TOPS - Picture You Staring47. Thou - Heathen46. Spoon - They Want My Soul45. You Blew It! - Keep Doing What You're Doing44. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music43. LVL Up - Hoodwink'd42. Triptykon - Melana Chasmata41. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait40. Tinashe - Aquarius39. Caribou - Our Love38. Horrendous - Ecdysis37. Mitski - Bury Me At Makeout Creek36. The Men - Tomorrow's Hits35. Flying Lotus - You're Dead34. How To Dress Well - "What Is This Heart?"33. Aphex Twin - SYRO32. Future Islands - Singles31. Ty Segall - Manipulator30. Todd Terje - It's Album Time29. Ariel Pink - pom pom28. Fucked Up - Glass Boys27. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else26. Jessie Ware - Tough Love25. Woods Of Desolation - As The Stars24. Chumped - Teenage Retirement23. Perfume Genius - Too Bright22. Taylor Swift - 198921. Young Thug, Birdman, & Rich Homie Quan - Rich Gang: Tha Tour Part 120. Strand Of Oaks - Heal19. Real Estate - Atlas18. Eric Church - The Outsiders17. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager16. EMA - The Future's Void15. YG - My Krazy Life14. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues13. Swans - To Be Kind12. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence11. YOB - Clearing The Path To Ascend10. Merchandise - After The End09. FKA Twigs - LP108. Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica07. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There06. White Lung - Deep Fantasy05. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness04. Wye Oak - Shriek03. Sun Kil Moon - Benji02. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream01. Run The Jewels - RTJ2
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
20. Strand Of Oaks - Heal
^don't really know this band but i heard one song on the radio and it really irritated me because the song COMPLETELY bit the "ah ha ha ha ha ha" end riff from "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" by Morrissey
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
Nice to see the Wye Oak album so high. That was in my Top 10 for a while.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
also nice to see another Against Me placing, the RS list is LOL but at least they had AM at #15
― sleeve, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
noticeable dearth of britishes on that list
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
why does stereogum hate bloodsausage