Truly!
I’m crying a lot,tiredness.I feel like I’m banging my head against the wall.I make good and surprising records,I kill myself to make visual,in which I prove it’s about ideas and soul because god forbid anyone should give me a budget.But I get indifference in the industry.— Roisin Murphy (@roisinmurphy) July 4, 2018
― jaymc, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
production on the roisin is wonderful - so much fun listening to the various synth lines and then those drums just swing like hell. and then roisin bossing it on top, it's just fucking majestic
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
Plaything always makes cute babes dance extra hard
― davey, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
I couldn't decide which Róisín track to vote for, so I voted for none lol
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
I like that she is online pals with Limmy
― imago, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
i had trouble deciding between róisín tracks too but imo this is the one xp
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
so not only could i not find an ilx thread to the #50 song or artist, I couldn't even find mention of the song anywhere! Somebody want to show me where the discussion is happening?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/pBo9Aj1.jpg
50: Die Wilde Jagd – “2000 Elefanten” – 192 points – 8 votes – 1 first place votevideo
Voted for Plaything although it could easily have been something from her ten years ago really. The tracks with Koze were both his and her best work last year.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
what the hell i come back from lunch and my fuckin number one placed in the 50s
geyser is indeed colossal i agree with me
― suggest boban (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
also it isn't vote splitting if you vote for more thna one mitski song *guy tapping head dot jpg*
― suggest boban (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
Haha yesssssss, this was almost in my top ten. Monstrous. Gets better every time I play it. Feels like a classic
― imago, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
poll is definitely a lot wilder today. this autechre means I might actually get some work done now too
― rob, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
(xp i admit, i assumed his HAD to be an LJ thing)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
what is THIS
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
my first place!
i think
― nxd, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
clearly this is lj's day
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
really can't remember whether i voted for this or not but i v much approve
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
oh I remember this record now. this stuff is cool
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
instant classic, a true testament to the 70s german scene
― nxd, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
Didn't get much out of the album as a whole but this is def a highlight.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
i hast not heard this
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
it's appealingly creepy tho
who'd have thought the band featuring Professor Snape and Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun would be creepy
― suggest boban (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
I could take or leave the rest of the album but this song is alchemy
― imago, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
haha
xp
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
rare moment when my taste intersects with imago's. it works better in the context of the album imo but i voted for it
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
It was a triumph for the time travel thread I think? tt alerted me to its excellence
― imago, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/REKeY4q.jpg
49: Hop Along – “How Simple” – 195 points – 5 votesvideo
hop along: bark your head off, dog
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=25047
I feel like it’s almost a music critic rite-of-passage to describe Frances Quinlan’s voice — usually something like “Janis Joplin and [other artist] thrown into a blender,” but she sounds like the choppy, whirring blender itself. At this point, much like Sam Herring around the time Future Islands broke through, she’s not only established her voice, she’s manipulated it to switch between different modes. Herring has the Tom Jones / Tom Waits dichotomy, but Frances goes between typical scratchiness and a beautiful, rarely-deployed falsetto in the chorus. She’s definitely a focal point of the song, but also farther back in the mix than expected; Mark Quinlan’s steady drums are in the front. It seems like a strange choice, but towards the end, when the band is chanting “We will both find out / just not together,” the focus on rhythm suddenly makes sense. By the time the acoustic guitar comes in during that extended outro, the song reveals itself as the three-and-a-half-minute pop song it’s been the whole time. They snuck a minor masterpiece right under our noses. – Joshua Copperman
A lot of slacker indie rock from the ’90s provides a sort of headspace that reminds me of the frustrations I have with all my aspirations being thwarted by my own laziness or lack of ability. It can leave me paralyzed, wavering between embittered anger and complete numbness. “How Simple” fills me with those exact feelings. Even worse, I find many of the song’s parts incongruous and think the whole thing is poorly structured. And yet, hearing Quinlan repeat that one line — “Don’t worry, we will both find out, just not together” — snaps everything into place. More accurately, it leaves everything as is and posits that I needn’t stress out so much. I don’t know if I can, but that line makes me believe it’s possible. – Joshua Minsoo Kim
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
i came across die wilde jagd thanks to the ralf beck/offen music label connection
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
is roisin only getting one placement? for some reason felt like 'all my dreams' would be the consensus choice
was worried hop along would be a victim of vote-splitting. love this song, love this album, voted for a different track.
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
don't worry, we will both find out, just not together
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
we will find out.here i am again.at the reserve to drink.
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
My #2, Hop Along were the only people to make both my tracks and albums ballot, there was no way I could leave this song off.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
I would have voted for 2000 Elefanten. feel a bit like ILM played a small part in contributing to these guys' success. Their album is perfect and their live act formidable.
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
this was not my hop along vote but 'tis a fine thing
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
"all end" is reminding me of my brother's college radio show "Is That Music or the Vacuum Cleaner?"
― rob, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
I knew 2000 Elefanten from Andrew Weatherall playing it on his NTS show
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0YMchAW.jpg
48: The 1975 – “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)” – 196 points – 6 votesvideo
the 1975
I immediately burst into tears at the chorus. – BradNelson
That chorus is incredible. It's a kind of power ballad meets some Britpop album closer from the late 90s… I feel bad saying this, but I get Mansun vibes from his falsetto. – kitchen person
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
lol what's up!!!!
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
Ain't mad at this
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
I voted for this! glad it made it.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
How Simple ended up as my number two. Incredible song by a band that just seems to be getting better and better.
Oh wow! I really didn't know which 1975 tracks would make it. This is definitely up there with the best. So glad they got the ending to the album right this time round.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
I went from thinking this was ill-advised to brilliant over the course of just a few listens
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
strings are very nice, and i love the subtle minor-chord substitutions throughout. it's not living was my 75 jam of choice this year, but this one was close behind (along with inside your mind)
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
all end is fine in a monolithic way but as a lot of people said, absolutely not what I come to Autechre for.
Impressed that Smoko did so well. I kicked off the summer jams thread with it, expecting it to be ripped to shreds but instead it was roundly ignored (at least in terms of follow up posts). I like it enough but maybe wouldn't have voted for it. Novelty punk treads a fine line mind
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
Are dudes from the 1975 still working with that girl aka The Japanese House (sry, can't remember her name). I have high expectations for the album and hope it blows up when it comes out.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
amber bain and yes
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
:)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link