2017 has been the best year in music I can recall, or at least the year where most of my favorite artists put out quality material:
Tinariwen, Feist, cupcakKe, Mac Demarco, Joan Shelley, Starcrash, Conor Oberst, The National, The Clientele, Four Tet, The Weather Station, St. Vincent, Destroyer and Julien Baker.
Add to that list some great new finds and it's just surreal. There was even a good Coldplay single!
<3 2017
― niels, Saturday, 18 November 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
There's some very good stuff in that Uncut list but there's a sense of desperation about the top 2. The War On Drugs at #2 especially.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 18 November 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
I don't know, A Deeper Understanding is sounding pretty good to me right now
― Dan S, Sunday, 19 November 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
Ugh, both MOJO and Uncut riding LCD-S's jock, really? Having read Lizzy Goodman's Meet Me in the Bathroom, which ended with the ridiculously pompous LCD farewell show, the thought if listening to that album one more time makes me want to puke. Funny thing is I don't think she was trying to paint them in a negative light. But man, Murphy's ecstasy-fueled epiphany about dance music, pure cringe comedy.
At least the Piccadilly list has a few fun ones like L.A. Witch, Duds and Flat Worms.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 20 November 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
P much all the indie record shop lists published so far have LCD in their top two (Brighton's Resident being another). It's fucking repulsive
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 10:35 (six years ago) link
Really liked the LCD Soundsystem record, but it didn't seem that ILM was into it. To forget about the sonic 'retro' aspects of it (surely this has been covered over and over again by now w/ LCD), the record felt very 2017 to me, thematically, lyrically, etc. Even to a certain extent in terms of drawing from a progressive past in an increasingly desperate present... I'm very aware that people will disagree with this. Should also say that I hadn't really been into them at all since the first records and album way back when.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 20 November 2017 10:44 (six years ago) link
It's fucking repulsive
The album itself or its placement on the lists (or both)? Must admit I've never been a big LCD fan and didn't realise the new one had been so well-received. I liked the single.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 20 November 2017 11:09 (six years ago) link
no the album is just kind of dull with one or two good tracks, their status as absolute critical darlings is so unexamined and awful though, they're music by and for boring rock critics
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 11:11 (six years ago) link
I don't think I've heard any of these records, where do you even find stuff like this? I've got a sinking feeling that I'll cross paths with some of them in the end of year poll.
I was curious what would be in the Tow Law Gazettes end of year list but it appears that not only has it gone out of business, it was only ever a prank in the first place
― saer, Monday, 20 November 2017 11:13 (six years ago) link
sorry this has been my own dull hobbyhorse for a decade now and you're all sick of me, i will start a new thread for my bullshit
saer is the right person to be sounding off itt
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 11:13 (six years ago) link
I don't mean to sound off, it disrupts the serenity of the lake!
― saer, Monday, 20 November 2017 11:14 (six years ago) link
I don't think I read any reviews of the LCD album, so tended to avoid encountering "their status as absolute critical darlings" - and maybe the 'dullness' of the record struck me as actually pretty consistent mood... it's not like I'm keen to really go into a full on defence, but criticising LCD as "music by and for boring rock critics" itself strikes me as a fairly obvious point, perhaps interesting in 2001, less so in 2017. I dunno. That kind of culture strikes me as so marginal these days that it's super easy to take in the record and not be worried about what Mojo Magazine journalists think or whatever.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 20 November 2017 11:35 (six years ago) link
sure, but they still have a lot of critical cachet and preferential treatment in terms of exposure, even if the mechanisms of exposure have been diversified. it just seems to be inherently conservative - their reformation, their music, their ethos and the way that they're feted as a Great Band, and maybe that's the right of the music community, but it's not a conservatism i find aesthetically pleasing. ymmv basically
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 11:42 (six years ago) link
The ageing hipster critique makes more sense to me.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 20 November 2017 12:03 (six years ago) link
Which may or may not be the same thing. Music for middle aged, highly educated white people, possibly with small families.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 20 November 2017 12:05 (six years ago) link
LCD allows middle aged balding journo bro's to imagine they're still down with the kids. "It's got those electro beats right dudes?!?"
except the kids are all over 30. along with Jamie XX it's the new dinner party music. i'll just stick to some Steely Dan or Joni, cheers.
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 20 November 2017 12:56 (six years ago) link
jeez guys ease up on the projections, if you don't like LCD fine, that hardly makes you experts on people who do
― niels, Monday, 20 November 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
I have never heard them before but whenever I do a bit of work in Perm, there is a poster of their records in one of the local bars. From what I can tell their fanbase is made up of hunchbacks, strongmen and local government officials. I don't know what your experience with bureaucracy is but its had a net negative effect on my anxiety levels. Music doesn't exist in a vacuum, we know this from reading
― saer, Monday, 20 November 2017 13:17 (six years ago) link
sounds about right
― niels, Monday, 20 November 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
Music doesn't exist in a vacuum, we know this from reading
we know this from acoustics tbh
― damian green is people (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
Yes, thats it! great book, wonderful prose, cheeky font!
― saer, Monday, 20 November 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
Wait why are they publishing lists so early? They should at least wait until December. RT with an album that hasn’t come out yet is so fucking pretentious. I doubt they have advance copies too, the whole thing would have leaked already if they were giving advances.
Ah Kelly Lee Owens on 1 at Piccadilly is cool. Love that one.
Weird to see LCD topping two lists so far, I didn’t remember that album making a huge splash... it seemed to me the response to it was rather lukewarm and people moved on.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 20 November 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
Wait why are they publishing lists so early?
Nothing new here:
Year-End Critics' Polls 2013 (started by Fastnbulbous on board I Love Music on Nov 18, 2013)
Year-End Critics' Polls 2014 (started by Johnny Fever on board I Love Music on Nov 15, 2014)
Year-End Critics' Polls 2015 (started by bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten) on board I Love Music on Nov 16, 2015)Wait why are they publishing lists so early?
― President Keyes, Monday, 20 November 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
I see... dont know why I remember them as starting in December.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 20 November 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
some of the big ones don't drop until later
we're just talking about record shop lists and Mojo right now
― President Keyes, Monday, 20 November 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
It does make sense for stores to do this I guess before people decide on xmas gifts, and black friday around the corner.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 20 November 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
I've given up on anything truly surprising, joyous or devastating ever being a critical consensus fave. I'll try to refrain from further complaints about the overrated entries on the top end. Here's some decent selections from near the ass end of the lists - Daniele Luppi w/ Parquet Courts, The Bug vs. Earth, H.Grimace, Childhood, Damaged Bug, Penguin Cafe, Endless Boogie, Richard Dawson, Andrew Weatherall, Snapped Ankles, Froth, Lowly, Dutch Uncles, Ibibio Sound Machine, Songhoy Blues, Arca, GAS, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. On the fence: Chmmr, Michael Nau, Cigarettes After Sex, King Krule, Michael Chapman, Metz, Susanne Sundfør.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 20 November 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
Pitchfork's overlooked albums of 2017:
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/overlooked-albums-2017/
― damian green is people (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
There was a lot of great music this year but I wasn't aware that anything other than DAMN. was in the running for AOTY. LCD in that slot is pretty ???
― President Keyes, Monday, 20 November 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
xpost That Kelly Lee Owens record was overlooked?
― President Keyes, Monday, 20 November 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
not by Piccadilly obv
― President Keyes, Monday, 20 November 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
didn't really feel like that Syd record was overlooked, but maybe "overlooked" means "came out in February and a lot has happened since then"
― voodoo chili, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
Between "Chuck Johnson" and "Milo" it's a pretty unfortunate year for Pitchfork bands to be using their real names
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
lmao my favorite album of the year made the overlooked albums. solid
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
lists = death
― brimstead, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
Kelly Lee Owens, Actress, DJ Sports and Gaussian Curve all got pretty major props from RA for what it's worth.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, November 20, 2017 10:31 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Milo's real name is Rory Ferreira, maybe he should go back to that
― voodoo chili, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
don't care much about the new lcd album but i haven't read a post this bad in a long time.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
"It's got those electro beats right dudes?!?" is like someone trying to draw the Buscemi meme in MS Paint
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
"you are old and trying to be cool"
"i describe music i dislike as 'dinner party music'"
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
i heard "how do you sleep" out of context and enjoyed it more than any lcd song i've heard since the early singles
the other singles were all right
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
xpost also f u about balding tbh - not sure what having a full head of hair has to do with the vitality of one's musical taste, samson.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
Guys it's only music calm the fuck down
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
quiet slaphead
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, November 20, 2017 10:42 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"i'll just stick to music that never gets played at dinner parties, like Steely Dan or Joni"
― voodoo chili, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
xp"How Do You Sleep" is great. not sure about the album as a whole
― Dan S, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
that and "emotional haircut" were the only songs that stood out (in a good way) for me
― Simon H., Monday, 20 November 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
genuinely enjoyed the baldness of the jamiesummerz post
― nashwan, Monday, 20 November 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
sorry, ribaldness
― nashwan, Monday, 20 November 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
12 bald men solemnly sitting round a long dining table while their host wanders off to the kitchen to fetch some cheese, each of them straining their ears to catch the LCD Soundsystem record quietly playing on the Rega turntable in the corner. each of them lost in their own post-prandial reverie, as the soft electro beats waft from the speakers like a whisper in the breeze: "you are still down with the kids"
― damian green is people (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
Going to check everything from that list because of DRAB MAJESTY NUMBER ONE!
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 26 January 2018 11:39 (six years ago) link
Late, but great RS list Whiney
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 26 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
thx fgti! i hope you like my display name
― somebody toucha my fgti (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 26 January 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
I don't get it but I love it
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 26 January 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
fgti:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE1FrqheQNI
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 26 January 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
Lol yay
“Faghetti”
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 27 January 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2017.cfm
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― curmudgeon, Sunday, 28 January 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link
I randomly came across this blog's 2017 list, seemed ILM-friendly enough to post it here.
50. Dopplereffekt - Cellular Automata (Leisure System)49. Succumb - Succumb (The Flenser)48. Varg - Nordic Flora Series Pt. 3: Gore-Tex City (Northern Electronics)47. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers (Constellation Records)46. Clark - Death Peak (Warp Records)45. F ingers - Awkwardly Blissing Out (Blackest Ever Black)44. Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder (Arts & Crafts)43. GAS - Narkopop (Kompakt)42. White Suns - Psychic Drift (The Flenser)41. Demen - Nektyr (Kranky)40. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket (Domino Records)39. Ariel Pink - Dedicated To Bobby Jameson (Mexican Summer)38. Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent (Domino Records)37. King Krule - The Ooz (True Panther Sounds)36. Chino Amobi - PARADISO (UNO)35. Autumns - Suffocating Brother (Clan Destine Records)34. Ryuichi Sakamoto - async (Milan Records)33. Björk - Utopia (One Little Indian)32. John Maus - Screen Memories (Domino Records)31. Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex (Partisan Records)30. Forest Swords - Compassion (Ninja Tune)29. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (Def Jam)28. Circuit Des Yeux - Reaching For Indigo (Drag City)27. Uniform - Wake In Fright (Sacred Bones Records)26. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun (Sargent House) 25. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (DFA Records) 24. King Woman - Created In The Image Of Suffering (Relapse Records)23. Downtown Boys - Cost Of Living (Sub Pop)22. Perfume Genius - No Shape (Matador Records)21. Big Thief - Capacity (Saddle Creek) 20. Aaron Dilloway - The Gag File (Dais Records)19. Zola Jesus - Okovi (Sacred Bones Records)18. Prurient - Rainbow Mirror (Hospital Productions)17. Kelela - Take Me Apart (Warp Records)16. TOPS - Sugar at The Gate (Arbutus Records)15. Pharmakon - Contact (Sacred Bones Records) 14. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg Entertainment)13. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic (Southern Lord Records)12. Jlin - Black Origami (Planet Mu)11. Pan Daijing - Lack 惊蛰 (PAN)10. Arca - Arca (XL Recordings)9. Damien Dubrovnik - Great Many Arrows (Posh Isolation)8. JASSS - Weightless (IDEAL Recordings)7. Austra - Future Politics (Domino Records)6. Blanck Mass - World Eater (Sacred Bones Records)5. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural (Sister Polygon Records)4. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me (P.W. Elverum & Sun)3. Fever Ray - Plunge (Brille Records)2. Slowdive - Slowdive (Dead Oceans)1. Drab Majesty - The Demonstration (Dais Records)
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
Waah! Drab Majesty again at #1! Why aren't these people on ILM?
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
we're so friendly
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
These lists are coming out earlier every year:https://www.popjustice.com/articles/the-top-33-albums-of-2018/
― President Keyes, Friday, 9 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
lol
― imago, Friday, 9 February 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link