i could've made lists of EPs for the past several years but i was too lazy. i'm not sure why i decided to go ahead with it this year.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 16 December 2016 23:18 (seven years ago) link
Dedication - Let Me Rock You
*clapping emoji*
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 December 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
Albums:
Vanishing Twin - Choose Your Own AdventureSolange - A Seat at the TableEmiliana Torrini - The Colorist & Emiliana Torrini (live)Pye Corner Audio - StasisCavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats\Invocation TrexRoisin Murphy - Take Her Up To MontoCate Le Bon - Crab DayWarpaint - Heads Up Jenny Hval - Blood BitchWeyes Blood - Front Row Seat To The EarthDawn Richard - RedemptionMica Levi/Oliver Coates - Remain CalmHope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Until The HunterKatie Gately - ColorAngel Olsen - My WomanThe Pattern Forms - Peel Away The IvyBeyonce - LemonadeDavid Bowie - BlackstarRadio Dept - Running Out of LoveEsperanza Spalding - Emilys D+evolutionJessy Lanza - Oh NoKaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EarsMarissa Nadler - Stranger
EPs:
Melodies Echo Chamber - From Pink They Fell Into Blue
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Saturday, 17 December 2016 01:51 (seven years ago) link
Oh and that Lapsley/DJ KOZE "Operator" single is wonderful
Really feeling that Sky Girl mix. I checked it out earlier in the year, but didn't really click with me until now.
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 17 December 2016 12:34 (seven years ago) link
what's the deal with EPs this year? is this normally a thing bc i feel like it hasn't been in the past and this year every one has an EP list they're circulating.
― Mordy
i've just been listening to more eps lately myself. when i was younger eps seemed like a niche format for tracks that weren't good enough to put on an album proper, but lately there's some perception that music doesn't need to be either three or 45 minutes to be worth listening to.
i've just been lumping them in with albums this year, though. something like gorguts' "pleiades dust"- so it's 33 minutes and, what, an album is 35? not worth differentiating.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Saturday, 17 December 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
Some less-hyped albums I really loved this year:
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty YearsShearwater - Jet Plane & OxbowField Music - CommontimeUltimate Painting - DuskSaba - Bucket List ProjectBig Thief - MasterpieceUltimate Painting - DuskDinosaur Jr. - Give A Glimpse of What You Got
― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Saturday, 17 December 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Also:
Terrace Martin - Velvet Portraits
― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Saturday, 17 December 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
karl - your picks are top notch.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 18 December 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
yeah karl's post has become my listening for the rest of the month
― ciderpress, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
That DJ Wave release is dope.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 19 December 2016 07:52 (seven years ago) link
― MikoMcha, Saturday, December 17, 2016 12:34 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this is top 5 for me
― just sayin, Monday, 19 December 2016 08:37 (seven years ago) link
I think the You're Me releases would make a fine addition to karl's list, esp to round out the Vancouver sounds.
Stuck between deciding on their 1080p album and the Isla tape, both were great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=822jL7Q4GKo
― MikoMcha, Monday, 19 December 2016 09:31 (seven years ago) link
― MikoMcha, Monday, December 19, 2016 12:52 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol @ this miyazaki sample
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 19 December 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
glad you guys like my list. looking forward to checking out You're Me
the sky girl comp is sooooo good. some other really good comps this year:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Midnite-Spares/release/8898464https://www.discogs.com/Various-La-Torre-Volumen-Uno/master/1059191
and psychemagik's huge three disc ritual chants
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 19 December 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
that La Torre compilation is really good, I've played it a lot more than Mark Barrott's own albums
― boxedjoy, Monday, 19 December 2016 22:48 (seven years ago) link
karl did you hear the copenhagen comp on music for dreams? probably one of my favorite releases this year
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Monday, 19 December 2016 22:52 (seven years ago) link
no, i need to hear it. i liked the one from last year
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 20 December 2016 04:59 (seven years ago) link
ok, here's my 2016 faves list to date. still not sure which of these i'm going to wind up picking as my noms!
albums/eps:
king - we are kingdavid bowie - blackstaroranssi pazuzu - varahtelijasolange - a seat at the tablelaura mvula - the dreaming roomgesu no kiwami otome - ryoseibaikaitlyn aurelia smith - earsmelanie de biasio - blackened citiesvan der graaf generator - do not disturbfloating points - kuiperbob drake - arx pilosalume - cf371/xabregas 10katie gately - coloremma ruth rundle - marked for deathbeyonce - lemonadenoura mint seymali - arbinav/a - typical girlsshabaka and the ancestors - wisdom of eldersmetafive - metahalfoddisee - the odd tapebookworms - xenophobedalek - asphalt for edenmaxwell - blacksummers'nightaziza brahim - abbar el hamadahieroglyphic being - the disco's of imhotepleonard cohen - you want it darkermeta meta - mm3sote - hardcore sounds from tehrannorteno 4.5 - vole, sone, y la amepun collins - circa 2061glintshake - s/tvnutrennee sgoranie - sebyaboyaznnicolas jaar - sirensthe comet is coming - channel the spiritsexploded view - s/tjakub simanky - face to face against american primitivism in eastern europe vol. 1alexander obhukov - concerto for synthesizer & sequencerjosefin ohrn & the liberation - miragethe frightnrs - nothing more to saymoor mother - fetish boneslaura cannell - simultaneous flight movementichicko aoba - mahoroboshiyayndi halda - under summersteve lehman - selebeyonejack o the clock - repetitions of the old citylogan richardson - shiftthe winstons - s/tbehold the arctopus - cognitive emancipationcomet control - center of the mazehome - falling into placethe cosmic range - new latitudesla femme - mysterejute gyte - funereal like a life in wait (split w/ecferus)psychic lemon - s/tkhun narin - iilenguas largas - abba daddypedro soler & gaspar claus - al vientomary lattimore - at the damclipping - splendor & miseryschoolboy q - blank facetamer abu ghazaleh - thultheuglossine - canopy storiesbent knee - say sofree salamander exhibit - undestroyedgoat - requiemjute gyte - perduranceukandanz - awomile me deaf - the runradiohead - a moon shaped poolmukqs - walkthroughthor and friends - s/tdecorum - vailjames chance & the contortions - the flesh is weakalsarah & the nubatones - manarajiboia - masalavapors of morphine - a new lowtest pattern - final transmission
tracks:
wednesday campanella - aladdintricot - blue habitmetafive - chemicalred velvet - russian roulettenv - katalinafornia - rargroovslaura mvula - phenomenal womankrallice - hyperionjodie abacus - i'll be that friendthe veldt - in a quiet roomfreescha - what in the radequiknoxx - porridge should be brown not greendecorum - near goneboyboy - boyavalon emerson - the frontiersolange - cranes in the skya tribe called quest - the space programmarkus sommer - fucked up dinosaurimega bog - 192014rangda - to melt the moonwaclaw zimpel - linesfantastic man - galactic ecstacy
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 01:26 (seven years ago) link
nv - kata is such an odd little song, i like it
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 21 December 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
The albums I anticipate nominating and voting for in the EOY:
ГШ (Glintshake) - ОЭЩ МАГЗИУ (Moscow post punk)Nik Bärtsch's Mobile - Continuum (Zurich minimal jazz)LAM - LAM (Wacław Zimpel's minimal jazz trio)Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (gothic confessional songwriter)Katie Gately - ColorKaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - FRKWYS Vol. 13: SunergyMetá Metá - MM3 (Sao Paulo post-punk)Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EarsKing - We Are KING65daysofstatic - No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe (outstanding game soundtrack)Wacław Zimpel - LinesGoGo Penguin - Man Made ObjectWardruna - Runaljod – Ragnarok (Nordic dark folk)Autechre - elseq 1–5Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter (comfort brooding music)Shura - Nothing's RealLOTTO - Elite Feline (Warsaw spaghetti Western Necks)Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling BodyMelt Yourself Down - Last Evenings on EarthClassixx - Faraway ReachKristin Kontrol - X-Communicate
― Brace for impact (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
I keep going back to that Nik Bärtsch's Mobile one, it's completely awesome.
― calzino, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
The NV album is pretty cool. "Kata" is great. Also discovered she's in "ГШ (Glintshake)," whichh Brace just posted. I need to listen to them.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
lamp, which volume were you referring to?
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 22 December 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
30 favourite records, chosen for the radio show I run. 14 made it into our year-end episode: https://www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten/sterrenplaten-23-december-2016-best-of-2016 75 Dollar Bill – WOOD/METAL/PLASTIC/PATTERN/RHYTHM/ROCK (Thin Wrist) A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic) Babyfather – “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow (Hyperdub) Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition (Warp) El Yunque – Baskenland (Stabwaf) Equiknoxx – Bird Sound Power (DDS) Foodman – Ez Minzoku (Orange Milk) Form a Log/Moth Cock – Split LP (Hausu Mountain) Frank Ocean – Blonde Ignatz – The Drain (Kraak)
Alain Pierre – Jan Zonder Vrees OST (Stroom) Julius Eastman – Femenine (Frozen Reeds) Kaitlyn Auriela Smith – EARS (Western Vinyl) Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo (Def Jam) Koen Holtkamp – Voice Model (Umor Rex) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree (Mute) Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina (Glitterbeat Records) Puce Mary – The Spiral (Posh Isolation) Rangda – The Heretics Bargain (Drag City) Razen – Endryhmes (Kraak)
Rick Parker / Li Daiguo – Free World Music Sarah Davachi – Dominions (Jaz) Seekersinternational – LoversDedicationStation (Bokeh Versions)/ RaggaPreservationSociety (Diskotopia) Solange – A Seat at the Table (Saint) The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Bes (Nawa Recordings) V/A – Mambos Levis D’Outro Mundo (Principe) V/A – Space Echo (Analog Africa) Wadada Leo Smith – America’s National Parks (Cuneiform) Washington Phillips – Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams (Dust-to-Digital) Yves De Mey – Drawn With Shadow Pens (Spectrum Spools) / Sendai – Ground And Figure (Editions Mego)
― maarten, Monday, 26 December 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
My list: http://cancatervation.tumblr.com/post/155149428462/2016-music
― monotony, Friday, 30 December 2016 12:59 (seven years ago) link
My list: https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/best-albums-of-2016-2/
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 December 2016 13:13 (seven years ago) link
Another 33: favourite albums and EPs heard since my post itt on 29th July.
D∆WN - RedemptionKishi Bashi - SonderlustKaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - FRKWYS Vol.13: SunergyBeyoncé - LemonadeAdrian Younge - The Electronique Void: Black NoiseBritney Spears - GloryThe Pattern Forms - Peel Away The IvyThe Hardy Tree - Through Passages of TimeThe Bongolian - Moog MaximusPlaid - The Digging RemedyTinashe - NightrideOval - PoppSam Beam and Jesca Hoop - Love Letter For FireNoname - TelefoneVenetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer MusicKero Kero Bonito - Bonito GenerationMachinedrum - Human Energykiiara - low kii savageFantasia - The Definition Of…Jean-Michel Jarre - Electronica 2: The Heart of NoiseKate Tempest - Let Them Eat ChaosHyuna - A’wesomeVanishing Twin - Choose Your Own AdventureNatalie Beredze - GuliagavaMarit Larsen - Joni Was Right Part IIEmma Pollock - In Search of HarperfieldHologram Teen - MarsangstSolange - A Seat At The Table Prins Thomas - Principe del Norte / I + J + K A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your serviceBridgit Mendler - NemesisRubin Steiner - Vive l'electricité de la pensée humaineIzzie Gibbs - Jutsu
― Jeff W, Friday, 30 December 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
I cobbled together a list that looks like this (my ILM ballot may resemble it, or it may not)
THE BEST ALBUMS:A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your ServiceKelsey Waldon - I've Got a WayNoname - TelefoneBeyoncé - LemonadeMitski - Puberty 2Miranda Lee Richards - Echoes of the DreamtimeSidibe - You Got the LuckLaura Mvula - The Dreaming RoomDavid Bowie - BlackstarAnohni - HopelessnessBlaue Blume - SyzygyJordan Rakei - Cloak
THE REST:Shura - Nothing's RealMaxwell - blackSUMMERS'nightLydia Loveless - RealBasia Bulat - Good AdviceThe Cactus Blossoms - You're DreamingPr0files - Jurassic TechnologieYohuna - PatientnessSuede - Night Thoughts
THE BEST TRACK:Sam Trump ft. Add-2 - "Brother" (https://youtu.be/UWpxnPhHzik)
THE REST:Beyoncé - "All Night"Empress Of - "Woman Is a Word"Barli - "Insignificunts"Nao - "Girlfriend"Fantasia - "No Time For It"Mitski - "Your Best American Girl"Babaganouj - "Would You Like Me"Charly Bliss - "Ruby"
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 1 January 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
Blurbed my 20 favorite songs, fwiw: http://bigtakeover.com/top-ten/Geoffrey-Stueven-170102
― geoffreyess, Monday, 2 January 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Shauf's "To You" is the new "new slang"
― calstars, Monday, 13 February 2017 02:06 (seven years ago) link
as it tends to do, this thread kinda broke me. anyways, i reformed and then finalized this playlist in belated and laborious fashion.
ILM's Rolling Favorite Tracks Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link