the last band i liked a lot that could be called radio rock was gaslight anthem
this reminds me that i had the thought the other day that some dude might like this year's taking back sunday record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 5 December 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
i think the midnight album is interesting because it's open and riffy and hooky enough somehow, even with a nice and regular vocalist-over-the-top frontman, and not much in the way of noisy/irritating technique from the band, that it hits just the right buttons for your typical rock-listener-requirements. in a way that, say, the obliterations album from this year, or the oozing wound album, don't. but his vocals are juuuuust snarling/tortured enough to seem a little OTT / affected / playacty / indecorous if you're thinking that rock music should, like, be ok to have on at your independent coffeeshop. too many customers would be, 'it felt… disturbing'.
― j., Friday, 5 December 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
play where, slothrop? that album did get some critical play, and some ilm play. i actually listened to it quite a bit! but something about it made it too much of a sell/chore.
― j., Friday, 5 December 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
(and i think maybe it didn't stick enough with enough critics for the same sort of reason. lots wanted to like it, but didn't in the end?)
― j., Friday, 5 December 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
oh i mean on rock radio. thats what i was talking about - that baroness has songs that are still unquestionably baroness but could in theory be liked by rock radio audiences & yet don't get airply. it got oodles of critic love and although i was not on ILX then i'm sure it was adored here
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
*airplay. personally i fucking love that album, it was my #5 of 2012
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
Shellac album is only on two of these lists, speaking of rock music that this noise fan can tolerate. new Six Organs is too late in this dumb spin cycle to get counted but it rocks too.
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
chances of "Yellow & Green" producing some sort of rock radio hit were probably slim from the jump BUT whatever chance it might've had probably ended when they crashed their van in Europe a month after it came out, effectively shutting down the band for a year and a half. touring stopped (they didn't do a post-"Y&G" tour of America until late 2013!) and promotional efforts were scaled back considerably. again, it's not like you could say "that cost them a hit" but it certainly didn't help matters.
(it was my #1 album of '12, btw)
― alpine static, Friday, 5 December 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
"board up the house" tho??
totally true about the auto accident. & its 1,000x better that they're alive to make new music sometime in the future than dead while their first radio hit surfaces.
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the Midnight album makes me smile. They were always a great band, but the way they glammed up the new songs in that sleazy Hanoi Rocks/Turbonegro way turned out to be a perfect fit.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 5 December 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
modern rock music in the popular arena = country― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Friday, December 5, 2014
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Friday, December 5, 2014
there's a little truth to this, and shame on us as a community-of-nations for not nipping-this-in-the-bud earlier.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 5 December 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Friday, December 5, 2014 3:09 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This makes me sad in regards to the Exploding Hearts. Probably since I don't think they got anywhere near the radio either.
― Evan, Friday, 5 December 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
Naomi Punk isn't on nearly enough of these lists
― example (crüt), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
PC music and deep tech suspiciously absent from these lists too, track lists at least
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
oh fuck off with that snob act xxxp
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, December 5, 2014 2:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah? i feel like i still have to do my homework and eventually appreciate their old stuff
― Bro With Extensive Taint (some dude), Friday, 5 December 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
xp what act? I genuinely believe at least 90% of contemporary country is puerile horseshit.
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
ILM metal poll voting is open til next friday~~~ ILM METAL POLL 2014 - ALBUMS - VOTING & CAMPAIGN THREAD~~~ (VOTING ENDS FRIDAY December 12th 11.59pm UK time/6.59pm EST) ALL ILXORS inc LURKERS WELCOME
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
xp was responding to Daniel not you, DJP, extending the dislike to "we have all failed" is what got me riled up
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
your analogy seems spot on, esp. considering I don't like much of either
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link
some dude can vote for terrible idm with guitars if he wishes
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link
if by which you mean extreme metal then no thanks
― Bro With Extensive Taint (some dude), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
Didn't Squarepusher do a terrible idm album with guitars a couple of years ago?
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
A really good rock band from this year that I just discovered through the Quietus list are Ought. Very Televisiony, a little bit of early Radiohead in there but not as prissy and moany - tougher and hungrier sounding. Check em.
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link
i mean their old stuff is kind of a direct antecedent to fob and mcr getting huge, so maybe you'd like it, but it's very, very emo, especially tell all your friends which imo was a template that everyone else refined. the new one is probably their least emo and most straightforward modern rock record, feels like a bunch of dudes who've written together for years just really locking into each other and crafting great songs
i am also literally the only person who feels this way about this record so idk
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
but i think you'd also like louder now which is one of the more expensive sounding mainstream emo records out there
where you want to be was always my fave
― Mordy, Saturday, 6 December 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
http://antigravitybunny.com/?p=9868#more-9868
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 6 December 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
If by "with guitars" you mean "solo bass" and by "terrible" you mean "amazing" then yes.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Saturday, 6 December 2014 02:19 (nine years ago) link
TBS are no brand new, imo, but where you want to be is aight
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 6 December 2014 02:55 (nine years ago) link
brad I do agree with you about that new TBS album tho. I didn't love it but sonically it's as you describe
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 6 December 2014 02:56 (nine years ago) link
tbf deja entendu is the apex of the form
― Mordy, Saturday, 6 December 2014 03:03 (nine years ago) link
Long-time veterans have accounted for a lot of my favorite rock singles/tracks over the last few years. This year, I've got Yes ("Believe Again"), the new McCartney single, and that Jackson Browne song (plus Beck - I really like "Blue Moon"). Last year, I have Dot Wiggin Band, the Dirtbombs (that great bubblegum record they did), Eric Carmen, and Camper Van Beethoven. Year before, I have a ton - Peter Daltrey, Dylan, Asia, Susanna Hoffs, and Lee Ranaldo.
― timellison, Saturday, 6 December 2014 05:13 (nine years ago) link
Yes, Ought is good. On this thread Rolling Post-Punk Thread my first impressions of them reminded me of Raincoats and early Clinic a bit. Have A Nice Life and Total Control seem to be favorites this year too. I'm also partial to The Sea Kings, The New Christs and Dark Blue.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 6 December 2014 05:46 (nine years ago) link
Pretty Much Amazing Albums
60 ScHoolboy Q, OxyMoron59 Chromeo, White Women58 Trust, Joyland57 Lykke Li, I Never Learn56 Ariana Grande, My Everything55 Death From Above 1979, The Physical World54 Perfect Pussy, Say Yes To Love53 YG, My Krazy Life52 Liars, Mess51 Ratking, So It Goes50 Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear49 Ariel Pink, pom pom48 MØ, No Mythologies to Follow47 The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers46 Shamir, Northtown45 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything44 Hundred Waters, The Moon Rang Like A Bell43 Real Estate, Atlas42 White Lung, Deep Fantasy41 Röyksopp & Robyn, Do It Again40 Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues39 BADBADNOTGOOD, III38 Azealia Banks, Broke With Expensive Taste37 Caribou, Our Love36 Grouper, Ruins35 Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal34 How To Dress Well, “What Is This Heart?”33 Ben Frost, A U R O R A32 Owen Pallet, In Conflict31 Strand of Oaks, HEAL30 Beck, Morning Phase 29 Neneh Cherry, Blank Project28 Ought, More Than Any Other Day27 Ty Segall, Manipulator26 The Antlers, Familiars 25 Mr Twin Sister, Mr Twin Sister24 tUnE-yArDs, nikki nack23 Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire For No Witness22 Cloud Nothings, Here and Nowhere21 Future Islands, Singles20 Wild Beasts, Present Tense19 Iceage, Plowing Into A Field of Love18 Shabazz Palaces, Lese Majesty17 Taylor Swift, 198916 Freddie Gibbs / Madlib, Piñata 15 Todd Terje, It’s Album Time14 Mac DeMarco, Salad Days13 Spoon, They Want My Soul12 Flying Lotus, You’re Dead!11 Sharon Van Etten, Are We There10 Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence09 Aphex Twin, SYRO08 Swans, To Be Kind07 Perfume Genius, Too Bright06 FKA Twigs, LP105 Run The Jewels, Run the Jewels 204 Sun Kil Moon, Benji03 St Vincent, St Vincent02 War on Drugs, Lost In The Dream01 Beyoncé, BEYONCÉ
I'm surprised that the Hundred Waters album hasn't been on more lists.
― monster_xero, Saturday, 6 December 2014 06:36 (nine years ago) link
It's ironic how frequently Lost in the Dream is finishing above Benji. I wonder if Kozalek is happy for them?
― yugi ex, Saturday, 6 December 2014 07:49 (nine years ago) link
I've no doubt the same will occur on the ILX albums poll
― Simon H., Saturday, 6 December 2014 09:14 (nine years ago) link
How ironic
― why do I hate that thing (excluding imago, marcos) (wins), Saturday, 6 December 2014 09:16 (nine years ago) link
I wondered when someone would go fuck it, let's pretend Beyonce came out in 2014.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Saturday, 6 December 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
Good to see the Jo Johnson lp make the Juno Plus list.
― millmeister, Saturday, 6 December 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
Sleaford Mods #20 on the Quietus' "2014 so far" list, but nowhere on the final list. That's a mighty big fall from favour in the space of about five months.
― Position Position, Saturday, 6 December 2014 12:14 (nine years ago) link
Deep tech is still a largely localised scene with zero breakout anthems, even internet breakout anthems. PC Music is obviously all internet breakout music but is largely terrible - there'll probably be a couple of them in the FACT list though.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 6 December 2014 12:21 (nine years ago) link
I'm seeing quite a lot of country on these lists but not much that's folky (I mean actual folk rather than Brooklyn folk), kinda wondering where to go for beautiful/creepy folk vibes in 2014.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 6 December 2014 12:22 (nine years ago) link
Top 20 Drone albumshttp://antigravitybunny.com/?p=9868
― VOTE in metal poll. Voting ends Friday 12th December (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, 6 December 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
I'm seeing quite a lot of country on these lists but not much that's folky (I mean actual folk rather than Brooklyn folk), kinda wondering where to go for beautiful/creepy folk vibes in 2014. --Matt DC
try Jess Williamson, she's from Austin (or is that not "real" enough for reasons similar to BK)
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 6 December 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
Mirel Wagner?
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Saturday, 6 December 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
Richard Dawson.
― emil.y, Saturday, 6 December 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
i really like the marissa nadler album that came out this year, but one beautiful, beautiful record that everybody should hear which is kind of in the same vague ballpark is melanie de biasio' 'no deal', a gorgeous, spacious jazz album which has had reviewers invoking both billie holiday and talk talk
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Saturday, 6 December 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
Metal Assaulthttp://metalassault.com/articles/2014/12/05/best-albums-of-2014/
20. Obliterations – Poison Everything19. Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire18. Ancient VVisdom – Sacrificial17. Lazer/Wülf - The Beast Of Left And Right16. Philm – Fire From The Evening Sun15. Eyehategod – Eyehategod14. Witch Mountain – Mobile Of Angels13. Earth – Primitive And Deadly12. Revocation – Deathless11. Kobra And The Lotus – High Priestess10. Tombs – Savage Gold9. Yob – Clearing The Path To Ascend8. Grand Magus – Triumph And Power7. The Skull – For Those Which Are Asleep6. Pallbearer – Foundations Of Burden5. Dawnbringer – Night Of The Hammer4. Wolf – Devil Seed3. Goatwhore – Constricting Rage Of The Merciless2. Accept – Blind Rage1. Riot V – Unleash The Fire
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 6 December 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
― VOTE in metal poll. Voting ends Friday 12th December (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, December 6, 2014 5:29 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://thefunyears.bandcamp.com/album/one-quarter-descent
wasn't aware of a new The Fun Years album.. thanks for the heads up
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 6 December 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link