Somehow I can't imagine anything called 'Magikal Cloudz' ever being good, except maybe an NES platform game, and if that was the aesthetic they were going for then God help us if there's a war.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:10 (ten years ago) link
Majical Cloudz, plz
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:18 (ten years ago) link
I like Random Access Memories a little less every day, but DL makes a hell of a case for it right here:http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/dec/18/best-albums-2013-daft-punk-random-access-memories
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:37 (ten years ago) link
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― wantaway strikers make money working from home (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:45 (ten years ago) link
yeesh, pitchfork top 10 is....not good.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:47 (ten years ago) link
enjoying how every time I click on a different story on the Guardian music section today that popup appears. that's sure to prove a hit with the readership
― wantaway strikers make money working from home (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:47 (ten years ago) link
I hadn't read that comment by S/FJ before on Daft Punk - "The duo has become so good at making records that I replay parts of Random Access Memories repeatedly while simultaneously thinking it is some of the worst music I've ever heard … This record raises a radical question: does good music need to be good?" lol
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
sasha go hard
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:56 (ten years ago) link
Blowhard morelike
― deeja entendu (wins), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
Quietus Writers' Tracks: http://thequietus.com/articles/14160-quietus-writers-tracks-of-the-year-2013
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 13:57 (ten years ago) link
It is clearly the work of two unusual individuals who love these sounds, even the desperately unfashionable ones that have so far eluded revival even in this retro-maniac era
This is kind of how I felt about the Aeroplane album which flopped a couple of years back. I wonder what that album sounds like in context of RAM.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
The problem with the Aeroplane album was not the aesthetic they went for, but that the songwriting was just utter dogshit.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
I like "Game of Love"!
― #illuminati (crüt), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link
Game of Love is nice but it's a really weird choice for second track after the big showy intro of 'Give Life Back To Music'.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/metal-hammer-top-50-albums-of-2013-10-1/
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
anyone post this one already? here it is: www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/12/17/aquarium-drunkard-2013-year-in-review
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
That Aquarium Drunkard list:
Bill Callahan – Dream RiverSteve Gunn – Time OffBob Dylan – Another Self PortraitNick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky AwayDavid Bowie – The Next DayBrigitte Fontaine – Comme a la radioDeerhunter – MonomaniaEndless Boogie – Long IslandChris Forsyth – Solar MotelHiss Golden MessengerTy Segall – SleeperMarisa Anderson – MercuryMatthew E. White – Outer FaceWilliam Tyler – Impossible TruthPhosphorescent – MuchachoPurple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis SoundWho Is William Onyeabor?Apple and the Three Oranges – Free and EasyChuck Johnson – Crows In The BasilicaRobbie Basho – Visions of the CountryDanny Paul Grody – Between Two WorldsHenry Flynt – GraduationNathan Salsburg – Hard For To Win & Can’t Be WonCian Nugent & The Cosmos – Born With The CaulDaughn Gibson – Me MoanMikal Cronin – MCIIDarkside – PsychicPsychic Ills – One Track MindJohn Grant – Pale Green GhostsArnold Dreyblatt & Megafaun – Appalachian ExcitationHowe Gelb – The CoincidentalistWooden Wand & the World War IVWooden Wand – Blood Oaths of the New BluesKurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty DazeFoxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & MagicYo La Tengo – FadeCate Le Bon – Mug MuseumVeronica Falls – Waiting for Something to HappenTorres – TorresTownes Van Zandt – Sunshine BoyImaginational Anthem, Vol 6: Origins of American Primitive GuitarSorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Black Religious MusicChris Darrow – Artist ProofEnjoy the Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992Peter Walker – Has Anybody Seen Our FreedomsBombino – NomadDawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – What The Brothers SangCourtney Barnett – The Double EPGene Clark – White Light DemosMatana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi MoonchileLet Me Play This For You: Rare Cajun RecordingsPolvo – SiberiaCalifone – StitchesKing Khan & The Shrines – Idle No MoreOneohtrix Point Never – R Plus SevenTim Hecker – VirginsMy Bloody Valentine – mbvMagik Markers – Surrender to the FantasyTwin Peaks – SunkenThee Oh Sees – Floating CoffinI Am the Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America, 1950-1990Songs: Ohia – Magnolia Electric Company (Tenth Anniversary Deluxe Edition)I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983Mavis Staples – One True VineGood God: Apocryphal HymnsLee Hazlewood Industries: There’s a Dream I’ve Been SavingNeko Case – The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love YouDaniel Bachman – Jesus I’m A SinnerJason Isbell – Southeastern
― willem, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
Lots of stuff I don't know/haven't heard. Some of the blurbs really make me want to - anyone heard that Chris Forsyth album?
― willem, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
yes! it is amazing.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
*scribbles the name in his virtual pocket notebook*
― willem, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
it's like a droney version of television meets richard thompson-era fairport. that guy should do an album of guitar duels w/ michio kurihara
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
I am not fucking with your list if you put Foxygen on it
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:05 (ten years ago) link
From The Guardian Daft Punk piece:
Within makes me think of a chastened Wall-E regretting his first coke binge
I'd totally watch this film
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2013http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1972
20. Daniel Avery - Drone Logic [Phantasy Sound]19. Moderat - II [Monkeytown Records]18. Jon Hopkins - Immunity [Domino]17. James Blake - Overgrown [Polydor]16. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories [Columbia]15. Axel Boman - Family Vacation [Studio Barnhus]14. The Haxan Cloak - Excavation [Tri Angle]13. Laurel Halo - Chance Of Rain [Hyperdub]12. Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest [Warp Records]11. Nils Frahm - Spaces [Erased Tapes]
10. Kyle Hall - The Boat Party [Wild Oats]09. Special Request - Soul Music [Houndstooth]08. Miles - Faint Hearted [Modern Love]07. Logos - Cold Mission [Keysound Recordings]06. DJ Rashad - Double Cup [Hyperdub]05. Segue - Pacifica [Silent Season]04. Jessy Lanza - Pull My Hair Back [Hyperdub]03. Donato Dozzy - Plays Bee Mask [Spectrum Spools]02. DJ Koze - Amygdala [Pampa]01. James Holden - The Inheritors [Border Community]
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Is that James Holden album any good?
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
Nils Frahm above Jon Hopkins = justice served
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
XLR8R's Best disappointing releases of 2013http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2013/12/xlr8rs-best-2013-disappointing-r
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
i only heard the nils frahm record this week, it's amazing
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
I loved her song w/ Ikonika but was really kinda bored by the Jessy Lanza album. Should i go back and try again?
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
yes, it's amazing
same, and no; plenty better r&b 2013 releases for your attention
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
jessy lanza is alright but there are at least three or four other albums doing the same thing this year but better. love that donato dozzy ALOT but feel weird about it being that high on a best albums list. i'd say kudos on no disclosure but i'd have it over daniel avery or jon hopkins tbh. no the knife either.
― balls, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
Nils frahm has been my default comedown album in December; I like it best when it sounds like the music for a 2- or 3-part drama on ITV1 or BBC1
― deeja entendu (wins), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that Nils Frahm album is lovely but I think I prefer the synthier or more abstract tracks to the straightforward piano pieces.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
Glad to see that Segue album place so highly as well, so lush!
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Glad to see the Dozzy/Bee Mask album there, too, that's very high for me.
― toby, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
Old improves the more I listen to it but I feel lame about voting for it on any level (it's nowhere close to top 10 let alone top 20) because seriously - SERIOUSLY - Danny needs to be dissuaded from making more records like this. W/ XXX it was novel , with Old it grew rote, a third time? No way.
By "this" I mean meta rap concept albums that indict the audience. XXX did this in a way that felt new, exciting, etc - Old complicated things and threw in addl sonic ideas. I mean, I bought the record, don't regret it, still am impressed with the guy, but PLEASR DONT DO THIS AGAIN
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
Really enjoying that James Holden record right now. Decided to check it out.
― Evan, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
The thing with Old is that whatever it offered me, I find both Acid Rap and Doris offered it way better.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
The 11-20 positions on the Pitchfork's list is a series of great albums, in my humble opinion. Probably much better than the top 10 itself.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
agreed
― Number None, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
I need to give Acid Rap a third listen and try to grasp the appeal - it's just eluding me.
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
i found the Pitchfork top-10 baffling.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
Pitchfork's list is sad & embarrassing.
― nakamura, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
I was sorta surprised that Juicy J and 2Chainz didn't make it
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
The Chris Forsyth album reminds me a bit of Voice of the Seven Thunders.
― MV, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:27 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm at this stage too. don't hate it just don't really get it
(ditto paramore)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
Simon Reynolds' lists are up: http://blissout.blogspot.com/
― Dan S, Thursday, 19 December 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
You're either down with his voice or you're forever on the fence. It took me a long while to get over his babytalk.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:14 (ten years ago) link
i thought noz lightweight killed it in his pitchfork blurb of the album
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:14 (ten years ago) link
for their year end list