Rough Trade's stock is a lot broader than that list suggests.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
Here's a Spotify playlist of what's available from the Decibel list (missing are Woods of Desolation, Cult of Fire, Primordial, Teitanblood, Cretin and Midnight):
http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/6r9SerBKJpRR9XDbTKjmS6
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
and the entire Woods of Desolation record is streaming here:
http://www.stereogum.com/1626052/stream-woods-of-desolation-as-the-stars-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/album-stream/
top 3 metal release of 2014 for me
― alpine static, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link
i didn't listen to a ton of metal this year, barely any in fact - wow this is so dope
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
i DID listen to the pallbearer record, tho, and that band does not really impress me much.
That Floor album was disappointing. No room for Crowbar or Nunslaughter. I see how it is, Decibel.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I thought the Floor record was tremendous, too. Also Triptykon, Godflesh and Solstafir, and I'm still pondering Beyond Creation.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
Revolver Magazine:
01 – Slipknot – “.5: The Gray Chapter“02 – At The Gates – “At War With Reality“03 – Of Mice & Men – “Restoring Force“04 – Linkin Park – “The Hunting Party“05 – Motionless In White – “Reincarnate“06 – Behemoth – “The Satanist“07 – Mastodon – “Once More ‘Round The Sun“08 – Judas Priest – “Redeemer Of Souls“09 – Machine Head – “Bloodstone & Diamonds“10 – Every Time I Die – “From Parts Unknown“11 – Godflesh – “A World Lit Only By Fire“12 – The Pretty Reckless – “Going To Hell“13 – Killer Be Killed – “Killer Be Killed“14 – ††† (Crosses) – “†††“15 – Black Label Society – “Catacombs Of The Black Vatican“16 – Black Veil Brides – “Black Veil Brides“17 – Body Count – “Manslaughter“18 – Suicide Silence – “You Can’t Stop Me“19 – Godsmack – “1000hp“20 – Triptykon – “Melana Chasmata“
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
hahahaha wow look at that thing
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
..............revolver knows that like, nu-metal died, right?
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
i listened to that linkin park record, it's pretty all right. guess i'll check out their metalcore picks
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
At least Godflesh beat Godsmack.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
i listened to the slipknot one, fwiw, it was alright just not my bag anymore. a fair chunk of those bands have legit never been good tho
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
slipknot record is way too long and corey taylor's lyrics are way too intelligibly terrible. though iowa has the same problems and it totally rules
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
I like a higher percentage of albums from the Revolver list (6/20) than the Decibel list (10/40).
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
"intelligibly terrible" is a great way to put it.
I'm a huge Deftones fan but that Crosses record was so boring, Team Sleep mk II
― Simon H., Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
oh fuck, i just noticed the every time i die record is on the revolver list, that record kiiiicks
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
i tried with that behemoth record, but it was just too theatrical/gothy i guess
― j., Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
That's a good album. I feel like Bölzer are doing something in the same ballpark (brawny melodic ritualistic spiritualistic) and doing it fresher.
― jmm, Thursday, 20 November 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
Piccadilly Recordshttp://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feature.php?feature=735
1 Jane Weaver - The Silver Globe2 BE (Garth Be) - The Seven Movements3 Horsebeach - Horsebeach4 The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream5 Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine6 Real Estate - Atlas7 Hookworms - The Hum8 Goat - Commune9 Mac DeMarco - Salad Days10 Warpaint - Warpaint
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 21 November 2014 10:27 (nine years ago) link
Lots of things I like on the big Piccadilly list. Jane Weaver is a fun choice for #1, even if it's not one I'd go for myself.
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Friday, 21 November 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
That Piccadilly list is pretty interesting. Gulp's album is in the top 20 and Gruff Rhys's is nowhere to be seen (Gulp is SFA's bass player).
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 21 November 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Horsebeach - Horsebeach
I thought this would have been a much bigger record on ILX than it turned out to be.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 22 November 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link
i don't get the horsebeach album, i wanted to, a lot of people whose taste i like were into it, but it just sounds like generic jangle indie guitar pop stufff to me.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 22 November 2014 06:51 (nine years ago) link
Piccadilly always comes out with one of the more useful lists imo...
― Neil Yup (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 22 November 2014 09:42 (nine years ago) link
Q magazine Top 50.
1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream2. Alt-J - This Is All Yours3. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots4. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology5. Beck - Morning Phase6. St Vincent - St Vincent7. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There8. FKA twigs - LP19. Future Islands - Singles10. Aphex Twin - Syro11. Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything12. Interpol - El Pintor13. Sam Smith - The Loneliest Hour14. Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours15. The Horrors - Luminous16. Royal Blood - Royal Blood17. Mac De Marco - Salad Days18. Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love19. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence20. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit21. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever22. Caribou - Our Love23. Jack White - Lazaretto24. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down25. Ed Sheeran - X26. Neneh Cherry - Blank Project27. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business28. Kasabian - 48:1329. Jamie T - Carry on the Grudge30. Gruff Rhys - American Interior31. Mogwai - The Rave Tapes32. The Bug - Angels & Devils33. Sky Ferreira Night Time, My Time34. Wild Beasts - Present Tense35. Real Estate - Atlas36. Temples - Sun Structures37. Baxter Dury - It's a Pleasure38. Johnny Marr - Playland39. Ty Segall - Manipulator40. Grumbling Fur - Preternaturals41. The Black Keys - Turn Blue42. Robert Plant - Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar43. Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems44. U2 - Songs of Innocence45. Warpaint - Warpaint46. Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes47. Spoon - They Want My Soul48. La Roux - Trouble in Paradise49. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty50. Jungle - Jungle
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Monday, 24 November 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
lol @ the top 5
― charlie h, Monday, 24 November 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link
jesus christ...
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Monday, 24 November 2014 12:49 (nine years ago) link
lol @ the top 50
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 November 2014 13:10 (nine years ago) link
haha
― charlie h, Monday, 24 November 2014 13:20 (nine years ago) link
Mojo:
1. Beck - Morning Phase2. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream3. Sleaford Mods - Divide And Exit4. Jack White - Lazaretto5. St. Vincent - St. Vincent6. Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather7. Julie Byrne - Rooms With Walls And Windows8. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots9. FKA Twigs - LP110. The Bug - Angels & Devils11. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There12. Caribou - Our Love13. Ty Segall - Manipulator14. Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything15. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music16. Wild Beasts - Present Tense17. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness18. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down19. Robert Plant - Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar20. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology21. Aphex Twin - Syro22. Future Islands - Singles23. Scott Walker & Sun O))) - Soused24. Mirel Wagner - When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day25. Pharrell Williams - GIRL26. Sun Kil Moon - Benji27. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever28. Real Estate - Atlas29. Kasai All Stars - Beware The Fetish30. Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems31. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business32. Temples - Sun Structures33. U2 - Songs Of Innocence34. The Black Keys - Turn Blue35. Nick Mulvey - First Mind36. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!37. Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens - Cold World38. Ian William Craig - A Turn Of Breath39. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days40. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence41. Lee Gamble - KOCH42. Swans - To Be Kind43. David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s - End Times Undone44. Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey - Going Back Home45. Neil Young - A Letter Home46. J Mascis - Tied To A Star47. Young Fathers - Dead48. Pixies - Indie Cindy49. King Creosote - From Scotland With Love50. Dr. John - Ske-Dat-De-Dat... The Spirit Of Satch
NB: 27 of the Mojo 50 are also in the Q 50.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 24 November 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
in what world is the Mojo top 50 more interesting than the Q one? (not that there's much in it. must be an extremely lousy year for guitar music if War on Drugs are top 2)
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
24. Mirel Wagner - When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day
whoop whoop!
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 November 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
must be an extremely lousy year for guitar music if War on Drugs are top 2
It isn't, but since when have Mojo and Q stood for 'guitar music' as opposed to 'music that your elderly conservative dad might like'?
― emil.y, Monday, 24 November 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
i think half my own top 10, as it currently stands, is comprised of guitar music this year
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 November 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
xpost I know, I know. Just didn't want to miss an opportunity to dig my elbow into WoD. Still, cool to imagine Mojo readers getting into Lee Gamble. And Sleaford Mods at 3 is pretty surprising.
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:30 (nine years ago) link
they had karen gwyer in their list last year - there's always one or two things you wouldn't necessarily expect
― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
and 48 or 49 you totally would tbf
i think i'm gonna feel disconnected from a lot of critics polls this year. again.
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
"Disconnected" is a few steps better than what musicians call this time of year ("Suicidal Ideation Month")
― mango unchained (fgti), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Seems a lot of people really love that snoozy Beck album
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Monday, 24 November 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
i think the height of hilarity is that mojo managed to squeeze the dogshit pixies album on there - not that one expects anything from them other than "real" guitar music with "integrity," but, that record was actively bad. smacks of desperation.
― search datpiff, you'll find it (slothroprhymes), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
War on Drugs will win P&J, won't they?
― Frederik B, Monday, 24 November 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
good lord
― maura, Monday, 24 November 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
so... many... dudes
― maura, Monday, 24 November 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
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― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
It'll be interesting to see how much love, say, Ex Hex gets on these lists.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
could it win the ilx poll though? xp
― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
hell. no.
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Monday, 24 November 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
:(
― maura, Monday, 24 November 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
god help me, i added that singles playlist to my listening collection.
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 17 January 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
A couple more:
http://thefirenote.com/2014/12/18/the-blazing-top-50-albums-of-2014-2/http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/uncut-editors-diary/the-154-best-albums-of-2014-a-very-personal-list
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link
Not critics but what.cd's users poll:
1 - Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 22 - Aphex Twin - Syro3 - Swans - To Be Kind4 - St. Vincent - St. Vincent5 - Flying Lotus - You're Dead!6 - D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah7 - The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream8 - FKA Twigs - LP19 - Spoon - They Want My Soul10 - Caribou - Our Love11 - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata12 - Todd Terje - It's Album Time13 - Sun Kil Moon - Benji14 - Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness15 - Future Islands - Singles16 - Grouper - Ruins17 - Mac DeMarco - Salad Days18 - Beck - Morning Phase19 - Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers20 - Real Estate - Atlas21 - Jack White - Lazaretto22 - alt-J (∆) - This Is All Yours23 - Sharon Van Etten - Are We There24 - Ben Frost - A U R O R A25 - Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else26 - tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack27 - Taylor Swift - 198928 - BADBADNOTGOOD - III29 - Ty Segall - Manipulator30 - Ariel Pink - pom pom31 - The Antlers - Familiars32 - Perfume Genius - Too Bright33 - Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love34 - Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence35 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything36 - Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams37 - Warpaint - Warpaint38 - Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots39 - Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused40 - Clark - Clark41 - A Winged Victory for the Sullen - ATOMOS42 - Death from Above 1979 - The Physical World43 - Death Grips - niggas on the moon44 - Kiasmos - Kiasmos45 - Wild Beasts - Present Tense46 - Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes47 - White Lung - Deep Fantasy49 - Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty50 - The Black Keys - Turn Blue51 - Clipping - CLPPNG52 - Ought - More Than Any Other Day53 - Behemoth - The Satanist54 - ODESZA - In Return55 - The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There56 - Alvvays - Alvvays57 - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent58 - Jungle - Jungle59 - Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun60 - Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End61 - Ex Hex - Rips62 - Tycho - Awake63 - Wye Oak - Shriek64 - Arca - Xen65 - Röyksopp - The Inevitable End66 - TV on the Radio - Seeds67 - Goat - Commune68 - Have a Nice Life - The Unnatural World69 - Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal70 - The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers71 - Trust - Joyland72 - Phantogram - Voices73 - Owen Pallett - In Conflict74 - Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy75 - Fire! Orchestra - Enter76 - Nothing - Guilty of Everything77 - Liars - Mess78 - La Dispute - Rooms of the House79 - Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE80 - Pink Floyd - The Endless River81 - First Aid Kit - Stay Gold82 - Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited83 - RATKING - So It Goes84 - ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron85 - HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club86 - How to Dress Well - "What Is This Heart?"87 - Sohn - Tremors88 - Alex G - DSU89 - Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams90 - Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso91 - Slow Magic - How to Run Away92 - The Body - I Shall Die Here93 - Glass Animals - Zaba94 - Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues95 - iamamiwhoami - Blue96 - Millie & Andrea - Drop the Vowels97 - Objekt - Flatland98 - Christian Löffler - Young Alaska99 - Thou - Heathen100 - Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
― Dinsdale, Friday, 6 February 2015 07:33 (nine years ago) link
that should read 'users poll', not sure what happened