SZA, the white indie rocker that showcases the milquetoast hivemind of pop critics, you dumb stupid motherfucking asshole
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
GAPDY just means 'consensus pick' at this point
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
"SZA is R&B's New Jersey, don't @ me"
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
but fine i'll stop using it
it's a tenuous and unhelpful phrase. i just meant it as 'ubiquitous pick'!
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
also you have strange anger issues. is everything ok at home?
i'm listening to SZA now anyway. it sounds...not bad idk? let's see
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
:(
sorry, imago
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
quite ok. ilm can never lose its eoy fire, that'd be dull
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
"ugh, how apathetic the pens of scribes recommending platitudinous trollop SZA when Yrrrt Grvlakak released an album on Bandcamp"
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, November 20, 2017 5:14 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahaha this particular 'dumb stupid motherfucking asshole' gun was loaded a whole fortnight ago :D
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
I was not aware of the Ibeyi album until Matos mentioned a song on Facebook and holy shit this is gorgeous.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
Ben Ratliff, who used to be at the NY Times, but now freelances, writes books and teaches, made an alphabetical list of 15 for Esquire, while critiquing the whole list-making thing and endorsing sites from Quietus to Norteno Blog and Na Mira da Groove
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a13587928/best-albums-2017-alphabetical-order/
Future-HndrxxGirlpool-PowerplantGrace Sings Sludge-Laurel Halo-DustJLin-Black OrigamiKendrick Lamar-DamnArto Lindsay-Cuidado MadameNkisi-KillProtomartyr-Ryuichi Sakamoto-AsyncSampha-ProcessJay Som-Everybody WorksThundercat-DrunkTyler the Creator-Flower BoyDavid Virelles-Gnosis
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
Tyler the Creator's doing way better on these lists than I would ever have guessed.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
even I like the Ibeyi album
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
i've been tyler agnostic for a very long time, but the new album is really nice
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
Ibeyi is hitting me a little like an updated iteration of Les Nubiens
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
i heard priests album this week
p good
shes tasted maggots
― infinity (∞), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
SZA album has some real highlights but they're not the big singles (imo) - e.g. Pretty Little Birds is *lovely*
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
ok on second listen the opening track is quite something
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
i don't know why the sza album got basically no attention on here really
― ufo, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
ibeyi album is absolutely a top ten for meSZA is great, prob top fifteen or so
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
lex/rtc selfban pact iirc xp
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
the sza album is awesome
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
iirc i talked about it in the r&b thread a little but like... ilx is different this year lol
i'm kinda upset that the kehlani record isn't getting as much traction but i would be
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:45 (six years ago) link
cosigning all the Ibeyi love, really beautiful and powerful
― rob, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
I'm surprised by the Kehlani absence. That record seemed to immediate to me.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
I'm not surprised that it's not been mentioned anywhere given their career arc, but this year's Cut Copy record was really really good. I had totally given up on them.
― evol j, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
xp the curse of a January release date? (re: Kehlani)
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
i only like half believe in that curse
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
If you’re listening to Ibeyi for the first time please listen to their previous album too. It’s amazing.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
i had to listen to that war on drugs album recently and man, men get such a wide berth for '80s pastiche. kitten (who i was also listening to in advance of their boston show) does it so much better
kitten don't really do tunnel of love era bruce / dire straits pastiches tho?
― niels, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
― evol j, Thursday, December 7, 2017 1:11 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought I was listening to a new song by them until someone pointed out that it was actually a new Beck song. I was confused.
― Evan, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
that james holden record that's making some lists is fun
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
tremendous album that. don’t know if it got much traction in actual psych rock circles, but it’s my favourite psych record this year
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
noted!
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
You might like it sleeve! Has the ritualistic feeling of something like the Master Musicians of Bukkake but played with something approaching a Boredoms-ish energy in places. Also lots of synth.
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
Song Exploder had a good episode on Ibeyi's "Deathless":http://songexploder.net/ibeyi
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
oh my god how had I not heard this James Holden record yet
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
if it's as all as good as 'spinning dance' then...damn
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
james holden is definitely my favourite find from lists so far, it's fantastic
the cut copy album was quite good and better than their last one
kehlani not getting much traction is definitely confusing + a shame
― ufo, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:33 (six years ago) link
thanks for that songexploder, i had been wondering about the story behind deathless
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:33 (six years ago) link
xps kitten rule
james holden record is super good
― nxd, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
cool list from Stranded Records, gotta check out that new Bill Orcutt and the Alan Vega
https://www.strandedrecords.com/collections/stranded-favorites?mc_cid=25b6891673&mc_eid=4d62f33c41
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
i'm no War On Drugs super-fan, but maura piqued my interest in Kitten ... what album is a good starting point with them?
― alpine static, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
they have one album iirc. in terms of '80s pastiche they mainly survey dance pop and freestyle (sorta); they're simultaneously an early '90s britpop pastiche
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
one of the coolest bands going imo
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
they have a similar identity crisis to wolf alice but the poles they travel between are more interesting (for me) (wolf alice is great don't get me wrong)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
― evol j
Yeah, I thought this album was really great too. I still don't know how In Ghost Colours seemed to pass all the critics by (excluding Pitchfork) back in 2008. I would have thought they had all the right ingredients to get there. Same goes for The Juan Maclean's last couple of albums.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
I liked some of the stuff off that ambient tape they put out last year
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
January tape