Year-End Critics' Polls 2014

XP: Great track innit.

for sure!! you probably wouldn't know this but that's emil.y's band btw

We're into the top 10 now - finishes today

2014 POLL RESULTS COUNTDOWN - ILM Metal Albums of the Year

I liked the Mariah album a lot more than i did the Kelis album. Cry, faded, dedicated, Camoflage, money and (really shoulda been a hit) thirsty are all great.
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--a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu)

"make it look good" is also a hell of a jam

Need a Spotify playlist of that Quietus list!

Whoa Emily your track is great, had no idea!

Wait, emil.y has a new band!? Gotta hear this!

really ILM should have a thread for Ilxors' bands. I know we have I Make Music, but non-musicians don't really read that board.

what's her track?

Slum Of Legs - 'Begin To Dissolve'

super choice!

― Ottbot jr (NickB), Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:53 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OMG

― emil.y, Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:54 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice one!

― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:59 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

an ilxor's list

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/603-the-most-essential-nigerian-afropop-tracks-of-2014/

― curmudgeon, Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:32 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

XP: Great track innit.

― Doran, Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:38 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for sure!! you probably wouldn't know this but that's emil.y's band btw

― Ottbot jr (NickB), Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:43 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm actually listening to that now. it's really good!

me too and yes!

I blush. I am the one on synths and weird noises, if anyone is wondering. Thanks loads, Doran, this has totally made my day (and hopefully it doesn't put you off us knowing an obnoxious ilx0r is in the band, heh).

PopMatters' jazz list is alphabetical/unranked:

Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint
The Bad Plus, The Rite of Spring
Battle Trance, Palace of Wind
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Landmarks
Henry Butler/Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, Viper's Drag
Chat Noir, Elec3cities
Marc de Clive-Lowe, Church
Doctor Magnum, Magnum Carta Holy Grail
Dave Douglas and Uri Caine, Present Joys
Darius Jones and Matthew Shipp, Cosmic Lieder: The Darkseid Recital
John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, The Boston Record
Jason Moran, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller
PRISM Quartet, People's Emergency Center
Marc Ribot Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard
Louis Sclavis Quartet, Silk and Salt Melodies
Mark Turner Quartet, Lathe of Heaven

More Rhapsody.

Top 25 Classical Albums of 2014
1) Seattle Symphony Orchestra, John Luther Adams: Become Ocean
2) Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Anthony Davis: Notes from the Underground
3) Kate Soper, Voices from the Killing Jar
4) Unsuk Chin, Unsuk Chin: 3 Concertos
5) Jefferson Friedman, On In Love
6) Far Cry, The Law Of Mosaics
7) John Adams, City Noir
8) Jenny Lin, J. Lin: Stravinsky (Solo Piano Works)
9) Louis Andriessen, La Commedia
10) Mahan Esfahani, Byrd / Bach / Ligeti - Wigmore Hall Live
11) Peter Hill, La Fauvette Passirenette: A Messiaen Premiere, With Birds, Landscapes & Homages
12) Erin Gee, Mouthpieces
13) Ralph van Raat, Frederic Rzewski: 4 Pieces, Hard Cuts & The Housewife's Lament
14) Darius Jones, The Oversoul Manual
15) Maurizio Pollini, Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
16) Leon Fleisher, All the Things You Are
17) Vicky Chow, Tristan Perich: Surface Image
18) Lisa Batiashvili, Bach
19) A.Pe.Ri.Od.Ic, Jürg Frey: More or Less
20) yMusic, Balance Problems
21) Cornelius Dufallo Anna Clyne, The Violin
22) Mitsuko Uchida, Mozart: Piano Concerto No..18, K.456 & No.19, K.459
23) Copenhagen Phil, Bryce Dessner: St. Carolyn By The Sea / Jonny Greenwood: Suite From "There Will Be Blood"
24) Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates and Anna Clyne
25) Glenn Kotche, Adventureland

Top 20 Country Albums of 2014
1) Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
2) Johnny Cash, Out Among the Stars
3) Miranda Lambert, Platinum
4) Tim McGraw, Sundown Heaven Town
5) Little Big Town, Pain Killer
6) Lee Ann Womack, The Way I'm Livin'
7) Stoney LaRue, Aviator
8) Blake Shelton, Bringing Back The Sunshine
9) Wade Bowen, Wade Bowen
10) Brad Paisley, Moonshine in the Trunk
11) Jon Pardi, Write You a Song
12) Nikki Lane, All or Nothin'
13) Jason Eady, Daylight & Dark
14) The Swon Brothers, The Swon Brothers
15) Drive-By Truckers, English Oceans
16) Marty Stuart, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning
17) Dierks Bentley, Riser
18) Eric Church, The Outsiders
19) Josh Thompson, Turn It Up
20) Sunny Sweeney, Provoked

Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2014
1) Y.G., My Krazy Life
2) Flying Lotus, You're Dead!
3) Azealia Banks, Broke with Expensive Taste
4) Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2
5) Future, Honest
6) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Piñata
7) Big K.R.I.T., Cadillactica
8) Serengeti, Kenny Dennis III
9) Shabazz Palaces, Lese Majesty
10) NehruvianDOOM
11) Lecrae, Anomaly
12) Ghostface Killah, 36 Seasons
13) Kevin Gates, By Any Means
14) Common, Nobody's Smiling
15) Open Mike Eagle, Dark Comedy
16) Ratking, So It Goes
17) The Underachievers, Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium
18) Busdriver, Perfect Hair
19) Isaiah Rashad, Cilvia Demo
20) Logic, Under Pressure

Whoa, did not know that Kate Soper released an album this year.

Thanks for the Nigerian Afropop list btw!

2) Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Anthony Davis: Notes from the Underground
6) Far Cry, The Law Of Mosaics

always good to see friends/acquaintances doing well

The John Luther Adams is a top five record for me this year. Good to see CPH:Phil on there as well.

I blush. I am the one on synths and weird noises, if anyone is wondering. Thanks loads, Doran, this has totally made my day (and hopefully it doesn't put you off us knowing an obnoxious ilx0r is in the band, heh).

"Luke! There's a track we've got to take out of the chart IMMEDIATELY or I quit!"

Not at all - it's a great track and FWIW, it was in my personal top tracks of the year poll when I voted. I'm only sorry I only bought the single the week after Supernormal because otherwise I would have seen your set. My mates in Teeth Of The Sea, Sex Swing and various other sorts on the noise rock scene were raving about you.

Oh god, one of Sex Swing liked us? I have a friend in TotS so it's less surprising, but Sex Swing were one of my absolute favourites that weekend (and if it was Tim PC I will literally be dead).

"OMG

― emil.y, Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:54 PM (2 hours ago)
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brilliant brilliant brilliant.

things like this is why i love ILM.

nice track!

Sex Swing are fucking amazing aren't they? We promoted a gig by them last night which I couldn't attend for personal reasons but apparently they were amazing. It may have been an ex-member of Dethscalator who hipped me to Slum Of Legs rather than one of Sex Swing… my memory is not what it once was and members of UK noise rock royalty all start blurring into one person (in my head he's 100ft tall, wearing a Killdozer T-shirt with pot burns in it and saying something amusing about cheese) in my head after a while. Anyway, I'm done hijacking the thread, apologies.

ILM Metal Poll results

102 The Cosmic Dead - Easterfaust 143 Points, 4 votes
tie
100 Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves 143 Points, 5 votes
100 Lantlos - Melting Sun 143 Points, 5 votes
99 Ulaan Markhor - Spiral Horns, Black Onions, et al 144 Points, 4 votes, One #1
98 Seven that Spells - The Death and Resurrection of Krautrock: IO 146 Votes, 3 voters , One #1
97 Death Penalty - Death Penalty 146 Points, 5 votes
96 Ambergris - Ambergris 147 Points, 3 votes, One #1
95 Body Count - Manslaughter 147 Points,6 votes
94 Monarch - Sabbracadaver 148 Points, 6 votes
93 Truckfighters - Universe 152 Points, 5 votes, One #1
Tie
91 Raspberry Bulbs - Privacy 155 Points, 6 votes
91 Coffinworm - IV.I.VIII 155 Points, 6 votes

90 A Pregnant Light - My Game Doesn't Have A Name 156 Points, 4 votes, 1 #1
89 Conan - Blood Eagle 157 Points, 5 votes
88 Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestite 157 Points, 6 votes
87 Wo Fat - The Conjuring 158 Points, 5 votes
86 Karma To Burn - Arch Stanton 160 Points, 4 votes
85 Monster Magnet - Milking the Stars: A Re-Imagining of Last Patrol 160 Points, 5 votes
84 At The Gates - At War With Reality 161 Points, 5 votes
83 Rigor Mortis - Slaves To The Grave 161 Points, 6 votes
82 Hands Of Orlac - Figli Del Crepuscolo 162 Points, 5 votes

TIE
80 Saor - Aura 163 Points , 5 votes
80 The Great Old Ones - TEKELI-LI 163 Points, 5 votes
79 Bongripper - Miserable 163 Points, 6 votes
78 The Flight of Sleipnir - V. 168 Points, 4 votes
77 Skull Fist - Chasing the Dream 171 Points, 5 votes
76 Myrkur - Myrkur 173 Points, 6 votes
75 Opeth - Pale Communion 177 Points, 7 votes
74 Mournful Congregation - Concrescence Of The Sophia 186 Points, 6 votes
73 Petrychor - Makrokosmos 189 Points, 5 votes
72 Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails 190 Points, 6 votes
71 Inter Arma - The Cavern 190 Points, 7 votes

70 Towers - II 193 Points, 7 votes
69 Comet Control - s/t 194 Points, 5 votes , One #1
Tie
67 AEvangelist - Writhes in the Murk 205 Points, 6 votes
67 Shooting Guns - Street Rock 205.0 6 votes
66 Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls 209 Points, 8 votes
65 Wizard Rifle - Here In The Deadlights 210 Points, 6 votes
64 Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel 214 Points, 7 votes
63 Nadja - Queller 223 Points, 6 votes, One #1
62 Atlas Moth - The Old Believer 234 Points, 8 votes
61 Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io 236 Points, 6 votes

60 The Wounded Kings - Consolamentum 251 Points, 7 votes
59 Stargazer - A Merging to the Boundless 255 Points, 7 votes
58 Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate 262 Points, 7 votes
57 Woods of Desolation - As the Stars 267 Points, 10 votes
56 Teitanblood - Death 270 Points, 9 votes
55 Dead Congregation - Promulgation Of The Fall 272 Points, 8 votes
54 Fen - Carrion Skies 274 Points, 8 votes
53 The Oath - The Oath 274 Points, 9 votes
52 Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi 282 Points, 9 votes
51 Midnight - No Mercy for Mayhem 290 Points, 8 votes

50 Nachtmystium - The World We Left Behind 297 Points, 9 votes
49 Goat - Commune 301 Points, 9 votes
48 Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith 311 Points, 9 votes
47 Horseback - Piedmont Apocrypha 329 Points, 9 votes
46 Indian - From All Purity 329 Points, 10 votes
45 Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen 333 Points, 11 votes
44 The Body - I Shall Die Here 335 Points 10 votes
43 Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise 337 Points, 9 votes
42 Eyehategod - Eyehategod 339 Points, 11 votes
41 Horrendous - Ecdysis 349 Points, 9 votes

40 Boris - Noise 353 Points, 11 votes
39 Dawnbringer - Night of the Hammer 356 Points, 11 votes
38 Morbus Chron - Sweven 358 Points , 10 votes, One #1
37 Spectral Lore - III 360 Points, 12 votes, One #1
36 Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica 366 Points, 11 votes
35 Have A Nice Life - The Unnatural World 373 Points, 11 votes
34 Gridlink - Longhena 376 Points, 10 votes , TWO #1s
33 Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels 378 Points, 15 votes
32 Thou - Heathen 392 Points, 12 votes
31 Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God I 406 Points, 11 votes

30 Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God II 415 Points, 11 votes
29 Apostle Of Solitude - Of Woe And Wounds 422 Points, 11 votes
28 Menace Ruine - Venus Armata 432 Points, 12 votes
27 Floor - Oblation 434 Points, 14 votes
26 Swans - To Be Kind 441 Point, 13 votes
25 Today is the Day - Animal Mother 460 Points, 11 Votes, TWO #1s
24 Solstafir - Otta 465 Points, 14 votes
23 The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep 489 Points, 13 votes
22 BABYMETAL - BABYMETAL 500 Points, 14 votes One #1
21 Behemoth - Jolly Christian Singalongsongs 537 Points, 18 votes

20 Blues Pills - Blues Pills 557 Points, 13 votes
19 Jute Gyte - Vast Chains 599 Points, 15votes , THREE #1s
18 Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry 609 Points, 17 votes
17 Alcest - Shelter 612 Points, 18 votes, One #1
16 Botanist - Vi: Flora 619 Points, 18 votes, One #1
15 Sunn O))) & Ulver - Terrestrials 621 Points, 17 votes, One #1
14 Panopticon - Roads to the North 654 Points, 18 votes , One #1
13 Slough Feg - Digital Resistance 662 Points, 19 votes, One #1
12 Bölzer - Soma EP 666 Points, 18 votes , One #1
11 Mastodon - Once More Round the Sun 680 Points, 19 votes, One #1

10 Jute Gyte - Ressentiment 697 Points, 18 votes
9 Earth - Primitive and Deadly 738 Points, 21 votes , ONE #1
8 Scott Walker & SunnO))) - Soused 799 Points, 21 votes, TWO #1s
7 Darkspace - Dark Space III I 813 Points, 22 votes , ONE #1
6 Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire 876 Points, 23 votes, THREE #1s
5 Triptykon - Melana Chasmata 1078 Points, 27 votes FIVE #1's
4 Electric Wizard - Time to Die 1130 Points, 27 votes THREE #1's
3 Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere 1165 Points, 31 votes, Three #1s
2 Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden 1233 Points, 33 votes, One #1

1 YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend 1240 Points, 32 votes , THREE #1s

is it just me or does holly herndon's 'chorus' sound a lot like ellen allien's 'sehnsucht'?

have been dipping in and out of the metal pole all week, have enjoyed quite a bit of the new-to-me stuff: wovenhand, dead congragation, inter arma, great old ones, some other stuff i can't remember

Here's a Spotify playlist with what I could find from the Quietus songlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/2LvhhDHrN93f8ZtCWFzzuX

Thanks, Glenn. The "Acclaimed Songs of 2014" playlist has now been updated:
http://open.spotify.com/user/seaworthyset/playlist/6gv4ng5XkJQQrTSkr7OzEH

The playlist includes all songs (on Spotify) that appear on lists by Rolling Stone, Spin, NME, Pitchfork, Paste, Wondering Sound, Drowned in Sound, Consequence of Sound, Pretty Much Amazing, Complex, Quietus, Time, Billboard, PopMatters, Slant, FACT, maybe one or two others I'm forgetting. (I'm not including any genre-specific lists or lists by individuals.)

xp: "Chorus" owes as much to Paul Lansky, whom Herndon has paid tribute to, as to Allien, really.

http://www.largeup.com/2014/12/16/toppa-top-10-the-ten-best-caribbean-albums-of-2014/
Hollie Cook, Popcaan and Chronixx are all legit top ten for the year period imo

TERRORIZER ALBUMS OF 2014

50. NACHTMYSTIUM ‘The World We Left Behind’ CENTURY MEDIA
49. At The Gates49. AT THE GATES ‘At War With Reality’ CENTURY MEDIA
48. DEATH PENALTY ‘Death Penalty’ RISE ABOVE
47. MARTYRDÖD ‘Elddop’ SOUTHERN LORD
46. ESBEN AND THE WITCH ‘A New Nature’ NOSTROMO
45. 11 PARANOIAS ‘Stealing Fire From Heaven’ RITUAL PRODUCTIONS
44. PRONG ‘Ruining Lives’ STEAMHAMMER/SPV
43. Lord Mantis43. LORD MANTIS ‘Death Mask’ PROFOUND LORE
42. WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM ‘Celestite’ ARTEMISIA
41. DECAPITATED ‘Blood Mantra’ NUCLEAR BLAST

40. CONAN ‘Blood Eagle’ NAPALM
39. ACxDC ‘Antichrist Demoncore’ MELOTOVE
38. INSOMNIUM ‘Shadows Of A Dying Sun’ CENTURY MEDIA
37. OPETH ‘Pale Communion’ ROADRUNNER
36. MAYHEM ‘Esoteric Warfare’ SEASON OF MIST
35. MASTODON ‘Once More ‘Round The Sun’ WARNER
34. THE BODY ‘I Shall Die Here’ RVNG
33. TOMBS ‘Savage Gold’ RELAPSE
32. ORANGE GOBLIN ‘Back From The Abyss’ CANDLELIGHT
31. SCHAMMASCH ‘Contradiction’ PROSTHETIC

30. TRAP THEM ‘Blissfucker’ PROSTHETIC
29. TEITANBLOOD ‘Death’ NORMA EVANGELIUM DIABOLI
28. SUNN O))) & ULVER ‘Terrestrials’ SOUTHERN LORD
27. PYRRHON ‘The Mother Of Virtues’ RELAPSE
26. TODAY IS THE DAY ‘Animal Mother’ SOUTHERN LORD
25. EARTH ‘Primitive And Deadly’ SOUTHERN LORD
24. VALLENFYRE ‘Splinters’ CENTURY MEDIA
23. AUTOPSY ‘Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves’ PEACEVILLE
22. BLUT AUS NORD ‘Memoria Vetusta III – Saturnian Poetry’ DEBERMUR MORTI
21. WOVENHAND ‘Refractory Obdurate’ DEATHWISH

20. DEAD CONGREGATION ‘Promulgation Of The Fall’ MARTYRDOOM
19. PANOPTICON ‘Roads To The North’ BINDRUNE
18. THOU ‘Heathen’ GILEAD MEDIA
17. AGALLOCH ‘The Serpent And The Sphere’ PROFOUND LORE
16. SWALLOWED ‘Lunarterial’ DARK DESCENT
15. VOICES ‘London’ CANDLELIGHT
14. JUDAS PRIEST ‘Redeemer Of Souls’ EPIC
13. WINTERFYLLETH ‘The Divination Of Antiquity’ CANDLELIGHT
12. MORBUS CHRON ‘Sweven’ CENTURY MEDIA
11. MIDNIGHT ‘No Mercy For Mayhem’ HELLS HEADBANGERS

10. ELECTRIC WIZARD ‘Time To Die’ SPINEFARM
9. PALLBEARER ‘Foundations Of Burden’ PROFOUND LORE
8. SÓLSTAFIR ‘Otta’ SEASON OF MIST
7. PRIMORDIAL ‘Where Greater Men Have Fallen’ METAL BLADE
6. EYEHATEGOD ‘Eyehategod’ HOUSECORE/CENTURY MEDIA
5. TRIPTYKON ‘Melana Chasmata’ CENTURY MEDIA
4. YOB ‘Clearing The Path To Ascend’ NEUROT
3. BEHEMOTH ‘The Satanist’ NUCLEAR BLAST
2. SWANS ‘To Be Kind’ YOUNG GOD/MUTE

1. GODFLESH ‘A World Lit Only By Fire’ AVALANCHE

https://twitter.com/IdeologicOrgan/status/545907089412210688

^ I want to see the rest of the Daily Mirror's list now

State’s Albums of 2014
http://state.ie/features/states-albums-of-2014

50. Mogwai – Rave Tapes
49. Hookworms – The Hum
48. Clark – Clark
47. Banks – Goddess
46. Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste
45. iamamiwhoami – Blue
44. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
43. THE GOASTT – Midnight Sun
42. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
41. Royksopp – The Inevitable End
40. Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
39. Caribou – Our Love
38. Delorentos – Night Becomes Light
37. The Minutes – Live Well, Change Often
36. Lykke Li – I Never Learn
35. Wye Oak – Shriek
34. Lucius – Wildewoman
33. The Hot Sprockets – Brother Nature
32. Royal Blood – Royal Blood
31. Catfish & The Bottlemen – The Balcony
30. Hamilton Leithauser – Black Hours
29. Kormac – Doorsteps
28. Warpaint – Warpaint
27. Taylor Swift – 1969
26. Malibu Shark Attack! – Malibu Shark Attack!
25. Mø – No Mythologies to Follow
24. Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
23. The Gloaming – The Gloaming
22. Wonder Villains – Rocky
21. God Knows & mynameisjOhn – Rusango/Family
20. Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
19. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
18. Adebisi Shank – This Is The Third Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank
17. Perfume Genius – Too Bright
16. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata
15. Run The Jewels – RTJ2
14. We Cut Corners – Think Nothing
13. James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical
12. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
11. FKA Twigs – LP1
10. Wild Beasts – Present Tense
9. Tune-Yards - Nikki Nack
8. Aphex Twin - Syro
7. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
6. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
5. Future Islands - Singles
4. Beck - Morning Phase
3. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
2. Hozier - Hozier
1. Sun Kil Moon - Benji

THE GOASTT
The Hot Sprockets
Catfish & The Bottlemen
Malibu Shark Attack!
God Knows & mynameisjOhn

i know i'm going to sound like my dad here but are there really no more good band names left in the barrel?

Catfish & the Bottlemen not only have a terrible name and play terrible music, but are also some of the most vile misogynists to plague shitrock for some time.

now i have misogynist in a bottle stuck in my head

I hope that no one gets my
I hope that no one gets my
I hope that no one gets my

Boomkat - Albums
http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-100-favourite-albums-2014-chart

Boomkat - Singles
http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-100-favourite-singles-2014-chart

Always worth looking at the musicians' lists they have there too

album list is one to warm imago's little heart btw

Dow posted this one on the jazz thread:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2014/12/19/371282561/the-2014-npr-music-jazz-critics-poll

That's a poll of 140 folks who write about jazz. It used to be in the Village Voice but now NPR sponsors it

You'll find a list of the entire Top 50 in the voting for Jazz Album of the Year, with the top finishers in Latin Jazz, Vocal, Debut and Reissue/Historical categories as well.

Latin Jazz list from NPR sponsored jazz critics poll

1. Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Offense of the Drum (Motéma) 19

2. Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music) 16

3. Yosvany Terry, New Throned King (5Passion) 11

4. Danilo Pérez, Panama 500 (Mack Avenue) 8

5. David Virelles, Mbókò (ECM) 6

6. Alfredo Rodriguez, The Invasion Parade (Mack Avenue) 5

Resident Advisor - Top 50 tracks
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2333

] 39. Lnrdcroy Sunrise Market (Extended Version)

only record ive heard on any of these lists so far! (though i bookmarked the shiniche atobe to listened to later).

(2nd track on this 12" is really good)

so, i'm really curious, saer: what styles of music, generally, do you listen to? for someone to have heard one record on all these lists is stunning to me. i get that there's a whole big wide world of music out there, interested to hear what your corner of it is.

no black messiah in any of these sorry lists lol

yeah, npr's latin jazz team really dropped the ball on that one, huh?

i know ppl hate on war on drugs, but the beck album appearing so often and so highly is way weirder to me....like WoD does have a unique sound/feel, or at least a brand of retro that hasn't been done often..but many i'm not a beck hater and how can you see this current one as anything but a way weaker sequel to "sea change" w/o any memorable tunes?

so, i'm really curious, saer: what styles of music, generally, do you listen to? for someone to have heard one record on all these lists is stunning to me. i get that there's a whole big wide world of music out there, interested to hear what your corner of it is.

― alpine static, Friday, December 19, 2014 5:43 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good question!, well i guess this is what ive posted about

http://ilxor.com/ILX/FullTextSearchControllerServlet?terms=saer&offset=20&searchtype=id&startdate=&enddate=&artefact=messages&idtype=displayname&sortorder=Relevance&boardid=41