p sure they've always done very well on ILX polls? how would this signal a decline? xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Cannot restate 'you're not listening to the right indie rock' enough. Also, if there are literally hundreds of albums like that Comet Control song, um, can I please hear them? I mean, I've heard as much 90's space rock as anyone should, and this feels more glorious than p much all of it, but maybe I missed a few hundred albums here and there?
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:58 AM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm sure you and emil.y are right about that and I'm sorry for writing off the entire "genre." idk what a better shorthand would be, acclaimed indie? the random indie that crosses my radar? as a lapsed indie listener, I remain surprised at how lots of it these days has turned into a kind of ritualized folk music, reproducing the same touchstones over and over
I wasn't really exaggerating about "hundreds of albums"--dude bought 10-20 records per week and while his tastes weren't entirely narrow, he did buy anything that could even remotely be described as space rock. those bands have all dissolved in my memory into a stew of astronomical references. idk, have you heard 7% Solution's first album?
― rob, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard a Röyksopp song that I've liked more than "Poor Leno"
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
there is nothing wrong with hating radiohead, can't they just fuck off, finally.
― calzino, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
LOL Lex is that Radiohead's font?
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.),
This was my thought too. Doesn't this logic mean the board has been in decline pretty much since it started?
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
this doesnt even seem good for radiohead
iirc there was a fake david axelrod one on the album that sounded okay idk
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mVyJq3N.jpg 33 RIHANNA ”Kiss It Better” [264 points, 10 votes]https://youtu.be/49lY0HqqUVc
― gr8080, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
Yes! The highlight of Anti. One of the best songs she's ever done.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
*heart eyes emoji*
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
Like but do wish that had been the duet with Miguel it seemed to be screaming out to be.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
LOLZ at predictable fury that some people like a track by Radiohead. I'm not a fan, but have to admit that this & Burn The Witch are both pretty good, though I'd say Daydreaming doesn't get really good until about four minutes in.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
love the beginning of this song so much, a chintzy sounding drum machine out of which lushness blooms, etc.
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
ft tuomas on lead guitar
― nxd, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
lol
this rih is great and emblematic of the album as impulsive engrossing hot mess - never clear who is rly dealer or drugged and whose pride is at stake, and then the 2nd verse is just the 1st again lolz
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
lolz or repeated to underscore its ambiguity, whatever
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
catching up still but both "cry" and "no problem" are fantastic
i love how joyful "no problem" is
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
even wayne's verse is good
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
I like Radiohead and both this song and album but honestly who can be even remotely fucked to defend them against anyone in 2017?
Rihanna tune is great, maybe I should actually listen to the album - everyone had pretty much written it off by the time I even got round to thinking about it but it appears there's a reappraisal going on now?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:41 (seven years ago) link
man fuck your pride!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
it is easily her best album as personal statement
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
oh my god broccoli is so good
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
who can be even remotely fucked to defend them against anyone in 2017?
yeah really, not like they're going to win new converts
as a liker of some rih things idrg "Kiss it Better" tbh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
the rihanna album is a real mess, very high highs and very low lows. kiss it better one of the highs obv
i love the way the sped-up gospel choir on no problem feels constantly on the verge of explosion
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
i still would love to hear a version of "kiss it better" that had..... better taste wrt to the guitar, but i recognize it mostly as a minor classic and w/in the context of anti it's great
the four tet remix is also wonderful
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:49 (seven years ago) link
and then the 2nd verse is just the 1st again lolz
― r|t|c, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:35 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is the kind of thing that made me rub my eyes in disbelief that the album got talked up as High Art because of its Tortured Perfectionist Gestation. they literally didn't bother writing a second verse!
it's great anyway obv, who cares when it feels like crack
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:49 (seven years ago) link
'i miss the old kanye' >>>>>>>>>>>> 'no problem'
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
i never noticed that they repeated the verses...
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
BTW, in case anyone didn't catch it, the playlist is updated and running
ILM's Top 77 Singles for 2016
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
i still would love to hear a version of "kiss it better" that had..... better taste wrt to the guitar
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:49 Bookmark
ahhhh this is so wronnnnnnng
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
yeah the guitar squalling away really elevates it, since when would tastefulness suit rihanna anyway
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:52 (seven years ago) link
fuck your pride!
"work from home" has that same feel as 2014's "post to be" and i'm kind of tired of that sound
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
i love "no problem" ... as far as chance making his first genuine attempt at a radio hit it turned out about as good as anyone could have hoped, it stays true to his art and was also very successful on commercial terms which feels pretty rare
that said his parts on it are rather inessential aside from the concept of the song hewing close to his own personal mission -- it's a showcase for 2 chainz & wayne and luckily they both turned two of their best verses in several years. wayne in particular is a revelation on that song imo.
the ellen performance was also one of the best live tv things i saw all year
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
his art his personal mission yuh huh okay
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
i'm guessing it's definitely not placing but i love 2 chainz and wayne on the "key to the streets" remix
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
never really heard angel olsen before but this tune "sister" is great, kind of spaced out mazzy star country rock kind of vibe. is the rest of her stuff this good?
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
― marcos, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 8:57 AM (thirty-nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the rest of her stuff is definitely that stuff
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
ha
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
lol the second verse in kiss it better is different but only by two words, maybe stranger than if it was identical
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
Daydreaming was my number 2. The moment I heard it I knew my waning faith in this band was restored. The album is spectacular. Haters be fucked.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
― ufo, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 4:00 PM (eighteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and not even a "do u see" kind of change that alters the meaning substantially. it is quite strange! she sings it as if she doesn't notice she's already sung it
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
She sings everything like that in fairness.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
I thought that Kiss It Better was generally the most popular Anti track on here. Is there a chance that Work is going to miss out?
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
no
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
"uh rihanna, you just sang the same verse again but with a couple different words?"rihanna glances expressionlessly while holding a giant joint
"hmm it's good"
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
way too much happening in this royksopp/sundor tune, it's v annoying
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
*sundfor
that's what i love about it personally
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:24 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm this song is on its face basically unobjectionable, but serving up another watered down version of Roy Orbison feels p inessential in 2016. I don't think I'll ever wrap my head around how conservative indie/rock is now, and nostalgia for the late 80s /early 90s version of 50s music is partic baffling. that space rock song on the first day too: my roommate in the 90s had literally hundreds of albums like that and it was fairly derivative then. maybe I'm kidding myself but I feel like Bardo Pond at least had a little more grit
― rob, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:39 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i agree w/ you but i love that first sound you describe, i have a weakness for it. the space rock tune though yea i've heard that a million times and zzzzzz if it's good it's good but yes bardo pond is better
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link