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
Nux Vomica is a cool pick for the top 10.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
this is the first list that i have few quibbles with throughout, def gotta check out the metal albums i overlooked & glad vince got some love
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
I salute them for having a top 50 list that's at least more interesting than most of the others so far.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
(Thus far LDR is the only album in my Top Ten that shows up on any lists whatsoever)
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
LDR is 40% tolerable, 60% abominable though
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
stereogum list has more albums i like on it than most but it's hardly interesting, it just skews indie and indie-friendly versions of other genres. it's got a bit of pop and a bit of r&b and a bit of rap but you KNOW the sort of pop, r&b and rap that would never show up there in a million years, it's all preset values
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
my entire use of LDR these days is as raw material for amazing house remixes
<i>Broke With Expensive Taste</i> needs more love
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
lex could you give some examples? i def can see what you mean, am just curious
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
pop - one direction, cher lloyd (in the same way the equivalent list a few years ago would never have countenanced t-swift; the reason she's there isn't because she's magically improved but because her popularity and positioning have changed)
r&b - toni braxton, mjb, k michelle (yes i know it's only just out but it's the type of r&b not specific albums as such)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
But is Eric Church appearing at 18 a typical Indie-friendly choice? I haven't been paying enough attention to his stuff to know.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
basically when indie sites throw a sop to other genres it's less about quality and more how examples of those genres are positioned vis-à-vis the indie audience and as such very boring and mildly offensive
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
i would push back a bit on tay - red made some best-of lists that you wouldn't expect IIRC - but can def agree re: their treatment of r&b. eric church is an interesting case as well tho. i haven't listened to the whole album but listened to the singles; happened to like them but did not expect him to be the critics' darling he's become outside of nashville
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
that eric church album sucks. any list that includes it especially as the highest placing country record is suspect/playing catch-up imo
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
cool to see nux vomica in a top 10 but weird to see it place several orders higher than triptykon
Yeah, the Church album is terrible. (I admit, my experience with him is limited to that one and the one before it, but holy shit what a dropoff in quality between the two.)
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Stereogum has strong feelings about Deafheaven and Marrow of the Spirit, I can see how Nux Vomica would appeal.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
i don't see a connection beyond long-ass songs
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
I don't honestly see the difference between the stereogum list and most of the other lists in this thread.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― emil.y, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
glad someone said it.
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
keepin it 100, truth 2 power
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
The Babyface-Braxton album hasn't left rotation in my place; I'm tempted to put it at the top thanks to overplay.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
I'm way more interested in singles/tracks list. Albums lists are pretty much always going to resemble each other unless it's from a specialty publication (even our ILM list will have a ton of what's in this thread). Song lists are where you can get into some real differences.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
would like to see J-Hud's album on a few lists.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
preset values, imagine
― why do I hate that thing (excluding imago, marcos) (wins), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
I wouldn't bother reading it but the headline made me laugh:
9 albums from 2014 that blow U2's Songs of Innocence out of the waterhttp://www.vox.com/2014/12/2/7319253/best-music-2014
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
9 whole albums!
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
one of them is the Foo Fighters though so it's technically only 8
I would rather listen to Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever: Official Soundtrack than the new U2 album
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
Metacritic aggregates the EOY lists: http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-albums-of-2014
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
just realized you were talking about the post-rockiness of these records, so yeah, otm. haven't listened to the nux vomica in a few months and it's considerably grindier in memory
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
Textura Top 40 http://www.textura.org/reviews/2104top10s.htm
01. Julia Wolfe: Steel Hammer (Cantaloupe Music)02. Maria Schneider Featuring Dawn Upshaw: Winter Morning Walks (Artistshare)03. Lenzman: Looking At The Stars (Metalheadz)04. Brooklyn Rider: The Brooklyn Rider Almanac (Mercury Classics)05. CYNE: All My Angles Are Right (Hometapes)06. Vicky Chow: Tristan Perich: Surface Image (New Amsterdam Records)07. David Lang: Love Fail (Cantaloupe Music)08. yMusic: Balance Problems (New Amsterdam Records)09. Maya Beiser: Uncovered (Innova Records)10. Wadada Leo Smith: The Great Lakes Suites (Tum Records)11. Michael Nyman: Symphony No 11: Hillsborough Memorial (Mn Records)12. Christopher Tignor: Thunder Lay Down In The Heart (Western Vinyl)13. Michael Robinson: Lucknow Shimmer / Hummingbird Canyon (Azure Miles Records)14. Alexander Turnquist: Flying Fantasy (Western Vinyl)15. Jane Ira Bloom: Sixteen Sunsets (Outline)16. Marvin Ayres: Ultraradian Rhythms (Wall Of Waves / Market Square)17. Brock Van Wey: Home (Echospace Detroit)18. Octet Ensemble: Scatter My Ashes (Belarca Records)19. Hammock: Oblivion Hymns (Hammock Music)20. Emilia Martensson: Ana (Babel)21. Stein Urheim: Stein Urheim (Hubro)22. Death Blues: Ensemble ( Rhythmplex )23. Ken Thomson: Thaw (Cantaloupe Music)24. Bruno Sanfilippo: ClarOscuro (Ad21)25. Mary Halvorson: Reverse Blue (Relative Pitch Records)26. Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Intergalactic Beings (FPE Records)27. 36: Dream Tempest (3six Recordings)28. Maxwell August Croy And Sean Mccann: I (Students Of Decay)29. Robert Hood: M-Print: 20 Years Of M-Plant Music (M-Plant)30. Ken Thomson And Slow/Fast: Settle (NCM East Records)31. Dday One: Dialogue With Life (The Content (L)Abel)32. Mark Lomax Trio: Isis And Osiris (Inarhyme Records)33. P.J. Philipson: Peaks (Little Cracked Rabbit)34. Ian William Craig: A Turn Of Breath (Recital)35. Mark Templeton + Kyle Armstrong: Extensions (Graphical)36. Grouper: Ruins (Kranky)37. Neil Leonard: For Kounellis (Gasp Records)38. Girma Yifrashewa: Love And Peace (Unseen Worlds)39. Carl Hultgren: Tomorrow (Blue Flea)40. David Pritchard: Among The Missing (Morphic Resonance)
― millmeister, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
...and compilations
01. VA: Platinumbreaks Vol 4 (Metalheadz)02. VA: Emerging Organisms Vol 5 (Tympanik Audio)03. VA: Aphelion (Token)04. VA: Total 14 (Kompakt)05. Maya Jane Coles: Fabric 75 (Fabric)06. VA: Future Disco 7 (Needwant)07. VA: 7 Years Of Outcross Records (Outcross Records)08. VA: Anomalie3 (Gravite)09. VA: 15 Shades Of White (Dronarivm)10. VA: The Silence Was Warm Vol. 5 (Symbolic Interaction)
that Hammock album is great but I never listen to it
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
I think part of the clickbait strategy is picking a random number (9, 13, 28) so it feels less like a curated list and more like a conversation.
xposts
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
I thought Spoon would be much higher on all the indie leaning lists.
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link