rs songs list is not nearly as terrible as their albums list ("drunk in love" at #1 is cool) but i swear they have like 5 songs that were released as singles last year and had long since peaked
― dyl, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Shabazz Palaces album is awesome. not sure I've heard anything better than it this year
― Dan S, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 18:15 (nine years ago) link
The Skinny (UK) have released their top 10. Runnerups 11-50 forthcoming.
1 - Warpaint: Warpaint2 - The Twilight Sad: Nobody Wants To Be Here & Nobody Wants To Leave3 - The War On Drugs: Lost in the Dream4 - St. Vincent: St. Vincent5 - Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness6 - Mogwai: Rave Tapes7 - FKA Twigs: LP18 - The Afghan Whigs: Do to the Beast9 - The Phantom Band: Strange Friend10 - Young Fathers: Dead
― TTAGGGTTAGGG (Sanpaku), Thursday, 4 December 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
Angel Olson is great
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link
I'm tight with the Juno Plus list of best reissues. Also agreeing with their comment re Gigi Masin's Talk To The Sea
wasn’t just the best reissue project of the year – it was better than most albums of new music released in 2014― doug watson, Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:17 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes. i posted on the balearic revival thread that it might be my favorite album of the year, at this point there's no doubt. i feel like it's gonna become an all-time favorite album for me.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 4 December 2014 01:32 (nine years ago) link
From AV Club's Least Essential Albums list:
Least essential Christmas album, Internet-famous cat-egory:Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever: Official SoundtrackThe idea of adult-contemporary singers and cutesy indie duos recording well-trodden Christmas standards is already an inessential addition to the world’s library of music. Doing that for the album accompaniment to a Lifetime movie that’s based on an Internet meme makes Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever: Official Soundtrack so ephemeral, physical copies may as well be shoved directly into the ground as a giant “fuck you” to the Earth.
The idea of adult-contemporary singers and cutesy indie duos recording well-trodden Christmas standards is already an inessential addition to the world’s library of music. Doing that for the album accompaniment to a Lifetime movie that’s based on an Internet meme makes Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever: Official Soundtrack so ephemeral, physical copies may as well be shoved directly into the ground as a giant “fuck you” to the Earth.
I do kinda feel like once all of the music stores that exist mainly to sell CDs are gone, these will be among the only CDs that are mass produced, just to sell on the impulse rack at Wal Mart or whereever.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Thursday, 4 December 2014 01:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah there will always be a carousel for them at the drug store next to the one holding 30 $5 copies of Ecks vs. Sever and Sum of All Fears on dvd
― anonanon, Thursday, 4 December 2014 01:49 (nine years ago) link
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2014/12/03/best-of-2014-world-music/
world music top 10
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 4 December 2014 01:54 (nine years ago) link
wannabe boomer confession: i like the jackson browne album. won't be on my EOY list though.
― Bro With Extensive Taint (some dude), Thursday, 4 December 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
Rolling Stone - Best songs of 2014https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2014-20141203
1. Beyonce feat. Jay -Z - Drunk In Love2. DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon - Turn Down for What3. U2 - Every Breaking Wave4. Future feat. Pusha T, Pharrell, Casino - Move that Dope5. Jenny Lewis - Just One of the Guys6. Taylor Swift - Blank Space7. Bruce Springsteen - Frankie Fell In Love8. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up9. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)10. Kendrick Lamar - i11. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me12. Sam Smith - Stay With Me13. Foo Fighters - Outside14. Grimes - Go15. Sia - Chandelier16. Beck - Blue Moon17. Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone18. Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better19. Iggy Azealia feat. Charli XCX - Fancy20. Old Crow Medicine Show - Sweet Amarillo21. Weezer - Back to the Shack22. Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby23. Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High)24. The Black Keys - Gotta Get Away25. Caribou - Can't Do Without You26. Drake - 0 to 100/The Catch Up27. Thurston Moore - Grace Lake28. Prince - This Could Be Us29. Miranda Lambert - Smokin' and Drinkin'30. Coldplay - Magic31. EMA - So Blonde32. Maroon 5 - Animals33. Jackson Browne - The Birds of St. Marks34. Sylvan Esso - Coffee35. First Aid Kit - Master Pretender36. Beverly - Honey Do37. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Faultlines38. YG feat. Jeezy, Rich Homie Quan - My Hitta39. Priests - Doctor40. Sleater-Kinney - Bury Our Friends41. Ought - Habit42. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks43. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers44. St. Vincent - Prince Johnny45. Hospitality - I Need Your Bones46. Katy B - 5 AM47. Real Estate - Talking Backwards48. Alex G. - Harvey49. Old 97s - Longer Than You've Been Alive50. Counting Crows - Dislocation
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Thursday, 4 December 2014 06:46 (nine years ago) link
Treble zine - Top 10 Metal Albumshttp://www.treblezine.com/20342-top-10-metal-albums-of-2014/
1. Pallbearer – Foundations of Burden2. Tombs – Savage Gold3. Yob – Clearing the Path to Ascend4. Mutilation Rites – Harbinger5. Triptykon – Melana Chasmata6. Atriarch – An Unending Pathway7. Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen8. Thou – Heathen9. Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire10. Nux Vomica – Nux Vomica
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Thursday, 4 December 2014 06:53 (nine years ago) link
glad to see somebody rep for Grimes -Go, thought that song was generally hated, but it's the first time a track of hers has genuinely thrilled me.
― Dan S, Thursday, 4 December 2014 06:56 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I've actually heard 'Chandelier' but I'm assuming the chorus is just Sia hollering 'CHANDELIER! CHANDELIER!' while playing four straight piano chords really loudly.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 December 2014 11:45 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I've actually heard 'Chandelier' but I'm assuming the chorus is just Sia hollering 'CHANDELIER! CHANDELIER!' while playing four straight piano chords really loudly. --Matt DC
no, the production sounds like rihanna bc it was written for rihanna, but the lyrics are v sad sia stuff about alcoholism
it's good tho!!
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 11:50 (nine years ago) link
sia being considered a songwriter of quality completely mystifies me
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 December 2014 11:53 (nine years ago) link
never cared for her much until this latest record, based on her matching assumptions like Matt DCs above. however, thought putting her against actual current pop production worked. really like "elastic heart," "big girls cry" & "fire meet gasoline," as well as chandelier
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 12:12 (nine years ago) link
her lyrics often leave something to be desired, although I did like how raw they are on 1,000 forms of fear.
btw lex I tried some of those k michelle songs (you were championing her here I believe, correct me if wrong), and really enjoyed them. will check the whole album soon. thanks!
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 12:16 (nine years ago) link
awesome, the k michelle album is incredible
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 December 2014 12:59 (nine years ago) link
The Music Exchange (Nottingham vinyl shop):
1. St. Vincent - s/t2. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness3. Swans - To Be Kind4. Goat - Commune5. Bremen - Second Launch6. Hookworms - The Hum7. Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit8. Alvvays - s/t9. Grumbling Fur - Preternaturals10. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Reissues, Soundtracks & Compilations:
1. Lee Hazlewood - Love And Other Crimes2. Patrick Cowley - School Daze3. Laraaji - Celestial Music 1978-20114. V/A - Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles5. Arthur Russell - World Of Echo6. The Fates - Furia7. William Onyeabor - Vinyl Boxset 1 & 28. Craig Leon - Anthology Of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 1: Nommos/Visiting9. Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 110. Sinoia Caves - Beyond The Black Rainbow OST
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 4 December 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
Cannot get into St. Vincent at all.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
It's pretty sad to see any even remotely classic roch-ish album get props over Intensity Ghost by Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel band which is so godlike in imagining some amazing hybrid of Crazy Horse, Physical Graffiti, and Television, while feeling wholly fresh
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
And I like War on Drugs fine but see Solar Motel live and they would eat their fucking lunch
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
They're instrumental though so it's a different enough category, no?
Either way still got to pick that one up.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
What I heard of that record was amazing and I liked the last record just fine. Their live album kills, too.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
evan - you mean st. vincent on a whole or this album? bc it stripped away some of the stuff that i didnt love about previous albums of hers (less twee/chamber-pop touches)
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
looking at this thread is like looking at pictures of that garbage island in the north pacific
― ≖_≖ (Lamp), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
sloth- yeah her albums have always been a bit too busy but I'm still not feeling any of her melodies. All a bit too stiff for me too.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link
Evan yeah obv instrumental but I think the core of the appeal is a certain post punk/indie update on classic rock jamminess
Either way I thought maybe the record had gotten a little more notice outside of the ilx brigade crowd
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Hopefully! They're a great band.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
is zis solar motel album on ze spotify
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
i didn't even know there was another forsyth record
brigade thread way too big to load, way too many youtubes, you're doing yourselves in
― j., Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
ya. but gigi masin tho!
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
garbage island is endlessly fascinating tbh
― gr8080, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
OK, I've loaded up the NME, Paste, Rolling Stone, PopMatters, and TIME song/track lists onto a single Spotify playlist (deleting duplicates):http://open.spotify.com/user/seaworthyset/playlist/6gv4ng5XkJQQrTSkr7OzEH
Will add others as they come out.
― jaymc, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
Sloth there are 2 songs from the album, one is really long, they are both standouts and give you a good idea of what Intensity Ghost is like
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
x-post
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year. 1 Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 A Long Way To The Beginning (Knitting Factory) 2 Toumani & Sidiki Diabate Toumani & Sidiki (World Circuit) 3 Jamie Dubberly & Orquesta Dharma La Clave Del Gumbo (Dubberly) 4 Zongo Junction No Discount (Electric Cowbell) 5 Anansy Cissé Mali Overdrive (Riverboat) 6 Lo’Jo 310 Lunes (World Village) 7 Boris Kovač & La Campanella Eastern Moon Rising (Riverboat) 8 Da Cruz Disco E Progresso (Boom Jah) 9 Banda Magda Yerakina (Ground UP) 10 Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca La Rumba SoYo (Cumbancha
Oh, forgot Ricardo Lemvo had a new release out. Have liked his Congolese meets Cuban grooves in the past.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
Alvvays at 11 on the RS tracks list makes me happy
― Simon H., Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
xxp they are "the ballad of freer hollow" and "i aint waiting" correct?
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Yep
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
33. Jackson Browne - The Birds of St. Marks
lol
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown),
WOD lunch = moldy kale + sprouts iirc
bc of brooklyn and beer commercial rock amirite???????? TRUTH 2 POWER
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
btw evan & shakedown i very much like these chris forsyth/solar motel songs
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Nice! Yeah it's goof stuff sloth
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
good...
goof stuff also sounds interesting imo but forsyth is def not goofy
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
toumani & sidiki is probably my #1 album from this year
― Lorde 2Pac Beck Mashup (crüt), Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
i'm a sucker for the stereo thing
― Lorde 2Pac Beck Mashup (crüt), Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Sidmani & Tanooki
― alpine static, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Don't say it three times or he'll appear.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link