The People Are Wrong - worst record from the RYM Top 40 that didn't make the ILM top 77

honestly a "neo-psych" record called Sleep Cycle by him out of animal collective doesn't sound like the worst thing anyone's tried to sell me lately

nonagon infinity is really fun

things young rym types fucking love: swans, animal collective, frank ocean

For anyone who hasn't heard it, Worry is a free download and is really worth checking out. http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com/qur088.htm

frank ocean is the one that gets me. if you're between 15 and 25 and on RYM you have to think it's the most profound, affecting music in the world. it's the law. but why

Can anyone explain why Wardruna is on this list? Very niche-y to have such a following; it sounds like medieval swords&sorcery video game music (many top comments are jokes about playing Skyrim) - - predictably, anything to do with norse paganism draws the interest & ire of the white nationalist contingent (in the words of one particularly toxic youtube commenter, "Only Faggot LARPers listen to music like this without being an Ethno-Centrist") but I can't imagine that's a very large market ... although perhaps a very vocal one that is over-represented on RYM?

oh apparently I was listening to the old Wardruna record -- the new one seems more song-oriented, there's a weird whispery chorus of very robed-sounding people singing lyrics (in Norwegian) and now I guess some children are chanting a poem? (again, in Norwegian)

the multiple layers of irony coating Car Seat Headrest's "Drunk Drivers" are almost refreshing after the deathly earnestness of the Wardruna comments section rune feuds

when he sings "It doesn't have to be like this," I nod my exaggerated agreement and then, like the singer's parents, fall asleep on the floor, which I think was intentional

the better albums seem diminished by being included in this list, which overall seems like the thanatos to the ilm shambhala eros

I'm looking at the ratings on that Warduna album, and lot of them seem to be coming from RYM's strong Polish contingent. I'm not sure if that explains things more, or confuses them.

The Fantanotos

This Rosenstock stuff...

These are the Amazon days.
We are the binge watching age
and we’ll be stuck in a screen
until our phones fall asleep.

This list is fine, quite a few things I like on there. Worst is either Car Seat Head Rest or Swans, DEP are a decent band that I don't really feel the need to listen to any more (I was a big fan from ages 17-24 or thereabouts).

Tempted to vote for King Gizzard etc because of the name but I haven't actually listened to them so probably shouldn't.

I blame the Fantano/4Chan crowd for stuff like Death Grips, Swans, and Car Seat Headrest, but I'm not sure if they are to blame for some of RYM's obsessions with Prog, Metal, and Nordic Folk music. I think that's a different crowd in RYM's userbase.

And then there's the small but vocal group of AOR fans, that boost up middling albums from time to time.

I'm not gonna go on a quoting rampage but Rosentock's lyrics are largely excellent

The Fantanotos

― jmm, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:09 (twelve minutes ago)

kudos

Are we looking at different lists? I see two King Crimson albums and one Frank Zappa in RYM's top albums of 2016.

Be'lakor and Trees of Eternity didn't make the ILM list, did they?

Anyway, there's as much or more that I'd want to check out from the RYM list as from the ILM one.

A new Keith Rowe!

Trees of Eternity weren't even nominated on the ILM metal poll (great album I discovered too late)

Car Seat Headrest no contest. It will go down as one of the most overrated records of the decade in 3 years.

Swans is also terrible to my ears but the average rym user always seems to give them good scores whenever they release anything.

Oops, I like King Gizzard.

Car Seat Headrest no contest. It will go down as one of the most overrated records of the decade in 3 years.

Swans is also terrible to my ears but the average rym user always seems to give them good scores whenever they release anything.

Oops, I like King Gizzard.

I must point out that the Niechęć album's a really good jazz-rock sort of thing

Meta Meta and Shabaka are the two I'd recommend not on the ilm list, they're not perfect but they have some interesting moments.

There are way more albums I like in this list than in the whole ILM 77, so...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

This lost is really intriguing to me. That Death Spell Omega is super tight and I didn't hate what I heard from Sleep Cycle. Plus that Shambaka guy was behind one of my favorite albums of the year. Lots of stuff to check out. Is the RTJ worth the trouble though?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I'm going to assume/hope at least 2 of the JR voters misread the read title

Ok I'm loving this Niechec album.

The strange thing about the RYM charts is that you could look at the charts from the 1960s up to the 2000s and think "hmm, that's pretty accurate", but the 2010s charts are bizarr

*bizarre