Year-End Critics' Polls 2014

it'll be back around, say, 2025.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/27865379/Pop+Is+Dead+Pop.jpg

looolllllllllll

rock is dead has been said since before anyone on ilx was born. Unless anyone was born before buddy holly died

where did Aimless go

to create the happy days stageshow

I saw an "ART IS DEAD" sign in someones window. I don't know what that means either, though I bet that person is pretty edgy.

― Evan, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:56 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Not Art guy sounds like a complete tool. He was doing this to people's houses? http://wgbhnews.org/post/meet-man-behind-not-art

I'd be in favor of it if he started spraypainting that on people.

"We're so sick of seeing Picassos sell for millions of dollars just because they say Picasso. You know, people aren't looking at the art any more, they're looking at the signature. And "Not Art" in itself is a signature."
- bob marley

This sounds like a neutered version of yellowism

If he posted "not art" on a famous work, say starry night or even better the mona lisa he would be on to something (something = footnote mention in art history books)

NME

50 | Julian Casablancas + The Voidz | Tyranny
49 | Interpol | El Pintor
48 | Temples | Sun Structure
47 | Gruff Rhys | American Interior
46 | Twin Peaks | Wild Onion
45 | Honeyblood | Honeyblood
44 | Perfect Pussy | Say Yes To Love
43 | Freddie Gibbs and Madlib | Pinata
42 | Hookworms | The Hum
41 | Manic Street Preachers | Futurology
40 | Bombay Bicylce Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow
39 | Protomartyr | Under Color of Offical Right
38 | Alt-J | This Is All Yours
37 | Thom Yorke | Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
36 | Goat | Commune
35 | Parquet Courts | Sunbathing Animal
34 | Sun Kil Moon | Benji
33 | Wild Beasts | Present Tense
32 | Childhood | Lacuna
31 | Sharon Van Etten | Are We There
30 | Warpaint | Warpaint
29 | Alvvays | Alvvays
28 | Morrissey | World Peace Is None Of Your Beeswax
27 | Jungle | Jungle
26 | Perfume Genuis | Too Bright
25 | Lana Del Ray | Ultraviolence
24 | Angel Olsen | Burn Your Fire For No Witness
23 | Kasabian | 48:13
22 | Swans | To be Kind
21 | FKA Twigs | LP1
20 | Jack White | Lazaretto
19 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood
18 | Kate Tempest | Everybody Down
17 | Todd Terje | It's Album Time
16 | Iceage | Plowing Into The Field Of Love
15 | Eagulls | Eagulls
14 | Run The Jewels | RTJ2
13 | Damon Albarn | Everyday Robots
12 | DFA 1979 | The Physical World
11 | Future Islands | Singles
10 | Ex Hex | Rips
09 | Sleaford Mods | Divide and Exit
08 | Jamie T | Carry On The Grudge
07 | Merchandise | After The End
06 | La Roux | Trouble In Paradise
05 | Caribou | Our Love
04 | Aphex Twin | Syro
03 | The War On Drugs | Lost In the Dream
02 | Mac DeMarco | Salad Days
01 | St. Vincent | St. Vincent

Uncut

75 RICHARD THOMPSON : Acoustic Classics
74 TEMPLES : Sun Structures
73 DAVE & PHIL ALVIN : Common Ground
72 DAN MICHAELSON : Distance
71 BOB MOULD : Beauty & Ruin
70 FIRST AID KIT : Stay Gold
69 GULP : Season Sun
68 LYDIA LOVELESS : Somewhere Else
67 PERFUME GENIUS : Too Bright
66 THURSTON MOORE : The Best Day
65 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS : Brill Bruisers
64 KING CREOSOTE : From Scotland With Love
63 GAZELLE TWIN : Unflesh
62 PAOLO NUTINI : Caustic Love
61 AFGHAN WHIGS : Do To The Beast
60 FRAZEY FORD : Indian Ocean
59 RODDY FRAME : Seven Dials
58 JAMIE T : Carry On The Grudge
57 THE DELINES : Colfax
56 ANGEL OLSEN : Burn Your Fire For No Witness
55 SCOTT WALKER AND SUNN O))) : Soused
54 TOM PETTY : Hypnotic Eye
53 GOAT : Commune
52 LIARS : Mess
51 JENNY LEWIS : The Voyager
50 WILD BEASTS : Present Tense
49 ROBYN HITCHCOCK : The Man Upstairs
48 MORRISSEY : World Peace Is None Of Your Business
47 ALLAH-LAS : Worship The Sun
46 WILLIE WATSON : Folk Singer, Vol. 1
45 KATE TEMPEST : Everybody Down
44 THOM YORKE : Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
43 EAST INDIA YOUTH : Total Strife Forever
42 MOGWAI : Rave Tapes
41 MARK LANEGAN BAND : Phantom Radio
40 LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES : Dereconstructed
39 FUTURE ISLANDS : Singles
38 FENNESZ : Bécs
37 WILLIE NELSON : Band Of Brothers
36 LA ROUX : Trouble In Paradise
35 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS : English Oceans
34 CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND : Intensity Ghost
33 STURGILL SIMPSON : Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
32 MERCHANDISE : After The End
31 TUNE-YARDS : Nikki Nack
30 SPOON : They Want My Soul
29 JACK WHITE : Lazaretto
28 THE BLACK KEYS : Turn Blue
27 BEN WATT : Hendra
26 STEVE GUNN : Way Out Weather
25 SLEAFORD MODS : Divide And Exit
24 TWEEDY : Sukierae
23 ARIEL PINK : Pom Pom
22 BECK : Morning Phase
21 EARTH : Primitive And Deadly
20 STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS : Wig Out At Jagbags
19 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF : Small Town Heroes
18 SWANS : To Be Kind
17 LUCINDA WILLIAMS : Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
16 GRUFF RHYS : American Interior
15 ROSANNE CASH : The River & The Thread
14 REAL ESTATE : Atlas
13 TY SEGALL : Manipulator
12 CARIBOU : Our Love
11 TOUMANI DIABATÉ & SIDIKI DIABATÉ : Toumani & Sidiki
10 SUN KIL MOON : Benji
09 ST VINCENT : St Vincent
08 DAMON ALBARN : Everyday Robots
07 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER : Lateness Of Dancers
06 ROBERT PLANT lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
05 SHARON VAN ETTEN : Are We There
04 FKA TWIGS : LP1
03 APHEX TWIN : Syro
02 LEONARD COHEN : Popular Problems
01 THE WAR ON DRUGS : Lost In The Dream

I always enjoy the obligatory, core-pandering placements at the tail-end of the NME list - Interpol and Casablancas this year.

like the tail-end splatters of a comet of shit

Also Thom Yorke at #37 with an album precisely no one was enthusiastic about.

'Syro' has been near the top of virtually every list.

at least the NME picked a decent number 1, I'll give them credit for that.

i don't know who Mac Demarco is. Think there was a guy who used to work in my office called M4tt Demarco so maybe that's why?

Can we now have the obligatory bit where people complain about the lack of hip-hop and R&B in the Uncut list?

Actually, Twigs at 4 in he Uncut list is pretty jaw dropping. Related to the departure of Allan Jones?

Only one mention of Mercury Award winners Young Fathers in this whole thread.

It's because no one cares about them.

NME Tracks

50 | Alt-J | Hunger Of The Pine
49 | David Bowie | Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)
48 | Ariel Pink | Put Your Number In My Phone
47 | Gruff Rhys | American Interior
46 | Flying Lotus | Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
45 | Sun Kil Moon | Ben's My Friend
44 | Juce | Call You Out
43 | SBTRKT | New Dorp New York (feat. Erza Koenig)
42 | Ex Hex | Hot and Cold
41 | La Roux | Uptight Downtown
40 | Sleater-Kinney | Bury Our Friends
39 | Protomartyr | Scum, Rise!
38 | Morrissey | Kiss Me A Lot
37 | Sharon Van Etten | Every Time The Sun Comes Up
36 | Noel Gallagher's Flying Birds | In The Heat of The Moment
35 | Manic Street Preachers | Futurology
34 | The War On Drugs | Under The Pressure
33 | Death From Above 1979 | White Is Red
32 | Lana Del Ray | Ultraviolence
31 | Cherry Glazerr | Had Ten Dollaz
30 | Perfume Genuis | Queen
29 | Slaves | Where's Your Car Debbie?
28 | Interpol | All The Rage Back Home
27 | Taylor Swift | Shake It Off
26 | Mac DeMarco | Passing Out Pieces
25 | Warpaint | Disco//Very
24 | St. Vincent | Prince Johnny
23 | Damon Albarn | The Selfish Giant
22 | Run The Jewels | Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)
21 | Jamie T | Love Is Only A Heartbeat Away
20 | Honeyblood | Super Rat
19 | Alvvays | Archie, Marry Me
18 | Aphex Twin | minipops 67 (Source field remix)
17 | Iceage | The Lord's Favourite
16 | Shamir | I Know It's A Good Thing
15 | Kate Tempest | Marshall Law
14 | Jack White | Lazaretto
13 | Jungle | Busy Earnin'
12 | Merchandise | Little Killer
11 | Lana Del Ray | West Coast
10 | Mac DeMarco | Chamber of Reflection
09 | Royal Blood | Little Monster
08 | Jamie T | Zombie
07 | St. Vincent | Digital Witness
06 | Kasabian | Eez-eh
05 | Run The Jewels | Blockbuster Night Pt. 1
04 | The War On Drugs | Red Eyes
03 | Fat White Family | Touch The Leather
02 | Caribou | Can't Do Without You
01 | Future Islands | Seasons (Waiting On You)

^^^ Rock is dead.

And they come good with their number one single too.

11 | Lana Del Ray | West Coast

how is it that even now no professional publication seems able to spell this woman's name right

the new missy elliott

no Horrors album in the NME list? baffling.

boy am i missing something re that Caribou album/ band.

no horrors - that is weird... it's a good album!

11 | Lana Del Ray | West Coast

how is it that even now no professional publication seems able to spell this woman's name right

I think this is probably just one spelling mistake that is being replicated by the autofill of my spreadsheet.

Erza Koenig
Perfume Genuis

I think you do it on purpose.

so much empty music AARRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGhhhhhhhhhh

UK consensus picks - there are 12 albums which appear in the Q, Mojo, Uncut and NME Top 50s:
Aphex Twin, Caribou, FKA Twigs, Future Islands, Jack White, Kate Tempest, Morrissey, Sharon Van Etten, Sleaford Mods, St. Vincent, The War On Drugs, Wild Beasts.

When people look back in 20 years time at these lists they will have the same reaction for Sleaford Mods as we do now at 90s lists with Carter USM.

Carter USM had a number one album and headlined Glastonbury, that's the bit that makes them baffling. Sleaford Mods is more like some random Fall album placing.

In the absence of a consensus rap pick, Aphex Twin easily wins the genre tokenism award this year

what genre is that?

EDM

feel like the gibbs/madlib album is the consensus rap pick thus far as it's def on the lists that historically have paid lip service at best to the genre, so it'll prob be on the more wide-ranging lists as well

I'm with NehruvianDOOM all the way as rap album of the year.

the guardian list begins...
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/26/-sp-the-best-albums-of-2014

40. Tricky - Adrian Thaws
39. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
38. Toumani Diabate and Sidiki Diabate - Toumani & Sidiki
37. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
36. Ex Hex - Rips
35. Peggy Seeger - Everything Changes
34. Jamie T - Carry on the Grudge
33. Scott Walker and Sunn O))) - Soused
32. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
31. Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems

kinda promising but they should learn how to spell sunn though for real

When is THE WIRE playlist coming out?

Amazed at the NME having such great number ones on both their lists.

Agree that it's pretty shocking they didn't find room for The Horrors. Especially when they got Interpol and Julian Casablancas in there.

I know it's too easy to mock the NME these days but they really should be ashamed for having that Kasabian single so high. I saw them dong it on Jools Holland and it reminded me of something from Nathan Barley.

Always annoys me how these lists come out earlier and earlier every year. Each publication wants their list to be the first one, so that readers/clickers won't bother reading any others. But there's a whole month to go.

Any major lists left to declare?

Kasabian sound and look like what would happen if Noel Fielding and Robbie Williams formed a band.