lex'll be rhde i bet
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 13:23 (ten years ago) link
I loved Black Joe Lewis' last two albums, but Electric Slave sucked. Too blown-out and "garage rock" (read: noisy one-chord riffs, shouting, zero groove). He wants to play arenas opening for the Black Keys, I guess.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 9 December 2013 13:51 (ten years ago) link
FACT - Best albums of 2013http://www.factmag.com/2013/12/09/the-50-best-albums-of-2013/
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link
only 50-41 there btw
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
PopMatters The 75 Best Albums of 2013http://www.popmatters.com/feature/177166-the-75-best-albums-of-2013/P1/
One of the worst lists so far. I'm disappointed because they have some really good writers on staff. But I think they have a lot of freakin' writers, and so any interesting choices fall by the wayside for homogeneous results, particularly in the top 30.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
destroy anyone who uses "game changing" without irony
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
My tastes don't cross paths with Scik Mouthy's as often lately, but I love how thoughtfully, artfully done they are.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
His lists, that is.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
Thank you.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
Truly America is another country.
And Truly Madly Deeply America is yet a third.
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Where were you the first time you heard “Merry Go ‘Round”, the lead single from Kacey Musgraves’ first major label release? I certainly remember. I was at my desk, reading through my Facebook feed
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link
don't personally see what's especially egregious about the Popmatters list, although there was a fair whack of stuff I'd never heard of in there and even with my objectivity hat on most of it... did not sound good
― screaming lord, such opinion (DJ Mencap), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
Every day, you can find a new band that is co-opting the holy altar of ‘90s alternative rock, and often it’s a very, very bad imitation of what came before, bands unsure if they want to be Pavement or Soul Asylum or some terrible iteration in-between.
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
FUCKIN' BANGERZ on the fact list <33333
(even though they seem to have confused its missteps with its highlights)
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
okay no one actually thinks Lorde has a "powerhouse voice", right
I ask this as someone who enjoys the album
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Alice Smith (#41) was somewhat of an exception to that but the writeup told me nothing about her music other than that she's good at singing xp to self
― screaming lord, such opinion (DJ Mencap), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
"The Flaming Lips are almost the Madonna of rock bands at this point."
― some dude, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
this is OTM though: Icona Pop is the hipster’s answer to Katy Perry.
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
woah I was not expecting to like London Grammar at all but "Hey Now" is startlingly beautiful
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
Drowned in Sound - Best Albumshttp://www.drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147268-drowned-in-sounds-favourite-albums-of-2013--top-20
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
The Jesuit Roundup - Best albumshttp://jesuitroundup.org/69275/the-best-albums-of-2013
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
2013, a monumental year indeed. We witnessed the downfall of Blockbuster, the evolution of Miley Cyrus, the craziness of the Harlem Shake, the selection of a new Pope, the Obamacare fiasco, the birth of Prince George of Cambridge, the iPhone 5S/5C release, and the massive typhoon in the Philippines.Aside from these monumental events, 2013 was also a BIG year for music. We witnessed the rise of Imagine Dragons who, in less than a year, grew from a small, unknown band into one of the biggest bands on the planet. We also witnessed the break up of the famous boy band The Jonas Brothers and the untimely death of Lou Reed.
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
the monumental iPhone 5S/5C release, totally worth mentioning in the same space as a massively deadly typhoon
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
Rarely has a record captured my imagination in such a way, with only 'Psychocandy', 'The Holy Bible' and 'Turn On The Bright Lights' being others that would also merit a perfect 10/10. To these ears at any rate.
Not bothering with this DiS dude's album of the year.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 December 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
xp omg
― flopson, Monday, 9 December 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
xp Like Paste and some others, the top of the PopMatters list is populated by pretty consistently blah and overrated albums -- Nick Cave, Okkervil River, Arcade Fire, Phosphorescent, Autre Ne Veut, The National, Haim, Chvrches, Daft Punk, Kanye, Disclosure, The Knife, Neko Case. I feel there's about 200-600 albums better than each of those choices.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 9 December 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
I gave up on the Popmatters list, every time I clicked to advance to the next page of the list it took me instead to the site's main page. Trying to load the entire list with "single page" option just crashes my browser.
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 December 2013 18:08 (ten years ago) link
I couldn't get the Popmatters single page option to work either but I got some random clicked pages to work. The John Wizards album that I just discovered recently via the Wayne & Wax blog, is 15th. That's a South African duo with a guitar and beat-making white South African and a Rawandan immigrant vocalist. Its neither African club dance music nor old-school style African guitar and drums sounds, so its getting some attention.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 December 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
great album
― flopson, Monday, 9 December 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
bit uneven i guess
― flopson, Monday, 9 December 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
the singles from it were 2 of my fav summer jams
― flopson, Monday, 9 December 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
There's some lovely stuff on this Nils Frahm album though, although I prefer the synth/looped/prepared piano stuff to the straightforward piano pieces.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 December 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/2013/top-10-classical-performances/
posting this because I know and have performed with the woman at #7 and she is just ferociously good
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
hey who really loves slideshows?
Complex - Best albumshttp://www.complex.com/music/2013/12/the-50-best-albums-of-2013/
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
hair aside this london grammar is p. decent lifestyle music for the winter months
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 December 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
Complex top ten albums:
1. Kanye West, Yeezus2. Drake, Nothing Was the Same3. Pusha T, My Name is My Name4. Chance the Rapper, Acid Rap5. Danny Brown, Old6. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 27. Haim, Days Are Gone8. A$AP Ferg, Trap Lord9. Blood Orange, Cupid Deluxe10. Childish Gambino, Because The Internet
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
wait waht
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
christ
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 9 December 2013 19:58 (ten years ago) link
yeah there's some unexpected Childish Gambino love coming from Complex. iirc, it was also Complex that ranked one of his radio freestyles as one of the best tracks of the year.
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 December 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
Central Track, an online magazine started by some former Dallas Observer staffers when it was purchased by the Village Voice, just put out a solid and different top 50:
50. Austra -- Olympia49. The Weeknd -- Kiss Land48. My Bloody Valentine -- m b v47. The Men -- New Moon46. Pusha T -- My Name Is My Name45. Fat White Family -- Champagne Holocaust44. Son of Stan -- Divorce Pop43. Local Natives -- Hummingbird42. Grumbling Fur -- Glynnaestra41. Waxahatchee -- Cerulean Salt40. Mikal Cronin -- MCII39. White Denim -- Corsicana Lemonade38. Vampire Weekend -- Modern Vampires of the City37. Odonis Odonis -- Better36. Pond -- Hobo Rocket35. The Joy Formidable -- Wolf's Law34. Why? -- Golden Tickets33. Daft Punk -- Random Access Memories32. Speedy Ortiz -- Major Arcana31. The Baptist Generals -- Jackleg Devotional to the Heart30. Kvelertak -- Meir29. Jamaican Queens -- Wormfood28. Disclosure -- Settle27. Dark Rooms -- s/t26. James Blake -- Overgrown25. Melt Yourself Down -- s/t24. A$AP Rocky -- Long.Live.A$AP23. Autre Ne Veut -- Anxiety22. Comanechi -- You Owe Me Nothing21. Matt Berry -- Kill the Wolf20. A$AP Ferg -- Trap Lord19. Deafheaven -- Sunbather18. Primal Scream -- More Light17. Protomartyr -- No Passion All Technique16. Alice in Chains -- The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here15. Sky Ferreira -- Night Time, My Time14. Suede -- Bloodsports13. Caitlin Rose -- The Stand-In12. Laura Mvula -- Sing to the Moon11. Parquet Courts -- Light Up Gold10. Rhye -- Woman9. CHVRCHES -- The Bones of What You Believe8. HAIM -- Days Are Gone7. Savages -- Silence Yourself6. Chance the Rapper -- Acid Rap5. FIDLAR-- s/t4. Drake -- Nothing Was the Same3. Charli XCX -- True Romance2. Kanye West -- Yeezus1. Janelle Monae -- The Electric Lady
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 December 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
what's your #1 maura?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:50 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
marnie stern
― maura, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:56 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is actually pretty good, only marnie thing i've ever remotely liked, so thx for that.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 December 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
I haven't made through the entire album yet, but I didn't think the Childish Gambino is too bad. Do people have a problem with him having the acting gig on Community? Chance the Rapper seems to respect him enough to guest on "The Worst Guys." Another album that's not mentioned much is ProbCause - The Recipe Volume 2. I've been enjoying that, especially "LSD", which also features Chance the Rapper.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 9 December 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
I haven't listened to that Childish Gambino album because I heard* the first Childish Gambino album
* okay, I bought the first Childish Gambino album; fool me once, etc
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
i mean although literally no critic with a working brain would stan for childish gambino, he has zillions of fans on the internet. But i can't believe complex media would stoop to posting something just for clicks.
― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 9 December 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
So far six of these seven have broken brains then. I wouldn't think of 60 as a positive score, but for example, The Observer says "The results are intriguing, occasionally frustrating, rarely boring." I did get bored myself but I'm not often in the mood for that stuff.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 9 December 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
the fact that childish gambino is allowed to have a career proves that everyone has a broken brain
― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 9 December 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
hahaha
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
"There's some lovely stuff on this Nils Frahm album though, although I prefer the synth/looped/prepared piano stuff to the straightforward piano pieces."
I've got the exact opposite take on Frahm. Whenever I hear him playing synths/loops/prepared piano I wish he'd stop mucking about and just play the piano (whereas, generally, I like synths/loops/prepared piano).
― djh, Monday, 9 December 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
So annoying: every time I read the name Pond I think it's the great alt-rock band from the 90s.
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 9 December 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
me too!!
― sleeve, Monday, 9 December 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link