Yeah, it's pretty unexpected. Kind of pleasing, though. I have no idea how they compile this list, whether it's based off sales, or if they invite people to contribute, or if it's just the guy who runs the shop and his staff coming up with it.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal SpiritsOmni - Multi - taskChris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - Dreaming In The Non-DreamProper Ornaments - FoxholeAlgiers - The Underside Of PowerWALL - UntitledAntibalas - Where The Gods Are In Peace
A list good enough to choose these is a sign that it may be worth investigating some of the unfamiliar titles. And while I admire Protomartyr a lot, I like the Algiers album 100x more, and don't understand why they're being dismissed. At least it made this list. The Rolling Blackouts CS EP is spotty, and the Real Estate album is weak compared to the album by the masters, The Feelies.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
that Protomartyr is real good if yer into post-punk
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
and yeah the failure of Algiers to catch on critically the way it should have is vexing to me as well
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
I am into post-punk and will arbitrate
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
I'm sure there's loads of good stuff on the list but I dunno, it's so uniform, taken altogether you can just see the annoying neckbeard a mile off. I mean, it's a record shop in Totnes so who really cares, but I don't find myself compelled to investigate any of the unfamiliar records.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
that Bing & Ruth record is fine but what's the story behind it becoming the ambient album du jour
― crüt, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
xp guys i need confirmation over what hairstyles i'm allowed to invoke in my withering dismissals of eoy material
― ogmor, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
Looking at a photo of people queuing up outside there seems to be an equal distribution of baldies and neckbeards so you're on safe ground with either.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
a photo of a queue outside a record shop has to be for RSD therefore probably full of chancers who never visit otherwise
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
If you needed solo accordian minimalism in your life, the Mario Batkovic is the best option to date.
― Sanpaku, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
^^very cool album
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
No mention of Chelsea Wolfe thus far? :(
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
Or Wolf Alice for that matter.
― how's life, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
i don't really know but it's on a big indie (4AD), there were no new records from some of the more well-known names in that whole boomkat classical area (nils frahm, olafur arnalds, winged victory for the sullen etc) and also it's pretty good (if you like that sort of thing)
― damian green is people (NickB), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
Wolf Alice will clean up in UK lists for sure
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
Wolf Alice appear to have slipped into that category of rock music that gets daytime Radio 1 play but gets ignored by 6music and that sort of stuff tends to also get ignored by yr more image-conscious publications. I like that album a lot but they might as well be the Foo Fighters or Enter Shikari at this stage.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
what even are the important crit lists in the uk anymore?
― damian green is people (NickB), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
listy wisties
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
'old on chums
― damian green is people (NickB), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
Wolf Alice is #3 on the Q list. I haven't read that mag in 20+ yrs but the list is about exactly what I'd expect.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Q magazine’s Top 10 albums of 2017:Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.LCD Soundsystem – American DreamWolf Alice – Visions Of A LifeLorde – MelodramaGorillaz – HumanzSt. Vincent – MasseductionFather John Misty – Pure ComedyBaxter Dury – Prince Of TearsQueens Of The Stone Age – VillainsThe National – Sleep Well Beast
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.LCD Soundsystem – American DreamWolf Alice – Visions Of A LifeLorde – MelodramaGorillaz – HumanzSt. Vincent – MasseductionFather John Misty – Pure ComedyBaxter Dury – Prince Of TearsQueens Of The Stone Age – VillainsThe National – Sleep Well Beast
They've got Queens of the Stone Age too!
― how's life, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
I v much like The National but in no way does that album belong in a top 10
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
I can see a bigger problem than The National in there lol
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
Father Fucking John Misty
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
I wasn't even talking about that haha!
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
Gorillaz? I couldn't get through one sitting with that one
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
I completely failed to notice that there was a Gorillaz album this year.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
it's so peaceful here in my concrete bunker where I have no idea half of these dorks are still making records
― faked potato (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
I find it quite hard to understand how Albarn could have fallen this far
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
from such a low step? I know
― faked potato (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
aw
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
i love Protomartyr but how are they a curveball on that list up there? indie rock band, strong PR game, tons of hype/postiive reviews from the usual suspects, etc.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
CBC's 100 Best Canadian Songs of 2017
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
― alpine static, Tuesday, November 21
Pitchfork gave Relatives in Descent a 6.9.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
nice
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
lol
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
Steve Earle, the godfather of alt-country, said it best: Colter Wall is "the best young singer-songwriter I've seen in 20 years."
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
metacritic has Protomartyr at an avg of 8.5
but really, i'm talking more in terms of general chatter...i can't see them as a curveball on a list that includes Thundercat, Mt. Eerie, Morby, GYBE, Segall, KAS, Oh Sees, FJM, Fleek Foxes, etc. all acts that soak up plenty of pixels.
and again i like them! a lot!
― alpine static, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
a curveball would be, like ... Colter Wall or Cindy Wilson or Stabscotch or w/e
― alpine static, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
that's gotta sting for Justin Townes Earle
I don't get the impression they're real close.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
alpine static otmalthough i feel like i should note colter wall is a bit controversial bc his dad is the super conservative saskatchewan premieralso lolhttp://www.rollingstone.com/country/features/how-folk-singer-colter-wall-got-a-boost-from-brock-lesnar-w484131
― maura, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:47 (six years ago) link
Colter wall's dad is brad wall?!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:32 (six years ago) link
yep!
― maura, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
Alpine - fair enough, but their profile in the UK is minimal compared to much of the rest of the list, so it felt like a curveball.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
I like that this discussion tries to include everything, but really I only care about Cosmopolitan's 50 Best Songs and Fact's 50 Best Albums.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
Mojo..http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/797-mojos-top-50-albums-of-2017/
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Thursday, 23 November 2017 08:14 (six years ago) link
Kate Bush and ATCQ are from 2016?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 November 2017 08:21 (six years ago) link
Drowned In Sound's is odd. Not in content (far from it) but in methodology, or explanation thereof: Sean appears to have written it himself rather than polled contributors, because.... dunno.
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151506-drowned-in-sounds-favourite-albums-of-2017
Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2017Editor's Cut1) Wolf Alice - Visions of Life 2) Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens 3) EMA - Exile in the Outer Ring 4) St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 5) Noveller - A Pink Sunset For No One 6) Austra - Future Politics 7) Feist - Pleasure 8) Jane Weaver - Modern Cosmology 9) Laura Marling - Semper Femina 10) Juana Molina - Halo 11) Soulwax - From Deewee 12) Thundercat - Drunk 13) Paramore - After Laughter 14) Jean Michel-Blais & CFCF - Cascades 15) Bjork - Utopia 16) Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun 17) Zola Jesus - Okovi 18) Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 19) Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent 20) Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins 21) Hannah Peel - Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiotopia 22) Slowdive - Slowdive 23) Loyle Carner - Yesterday’s Gone 24) Eyre Llew - Atelo 25) Perfume Genius - No Shape 26) Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination 27) LCD Soundsystem - american dream 28) Lorde - Melodrama 29) Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator 30) The Big Moon - Love In the 4th Dimension 31) Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe 32) Colin Stetson - All This I Do For Glory 33) The Horrors - V 34) Queens of the Stone Age - Villains 35) RIDE - Weather Diaries 36) Sylvan Esso - What Now 37) IDLES - Brutalism 38) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Before The Flood 39) Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 40) Girl Ray - Earl Grey 41) The Mynabirds - Be Here Now 42) SZA - Ctrl 43) Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Fatal Gift 44) Johnny Jewel - Windswept 45) Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now 46) Katy Perry - Witness 47) Clark - Death Peak 48) Grandaddy - Last Place 49) Tired Lion - Dumb Days 50) William Basinski - A Shadow in Time 51) Four Tet - New Energy 52) Sløtface - Try Not to Freak Out 53) Beck - Colors 54) Bicep - Bicep 55) Alvvays - Antisocialites 56) Juanita Stein - America 57) Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 58) Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder 59) Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun 60) Liars - TFCF 61) Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference 62) Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet 63) Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapes 64) Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest 65) The National - Sleep Well Beast 66) Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher 67) Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Delusions 68) Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives 69) Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life 70) Wiley - Godfather 71) Father John Misty - Pure Comedy 72) Max Richter - Three Worlds: Music from Wolf Works 73) Molly Burch - Please Be Mine 74) Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular 75) Big Thief - Capacity 76) Casey Dienel - Imitation of a Women To Love 77) The Shins - Heartworms 78) Destroyer - Ken 79) Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer 80) Cherry Glazerr - Apocolipstick 81) Mura Masa - Mura Masa 82) Fever Ray - Plunge 83) Ryan Adams - Prisoner 84) Depeche Mode - Spirit 85) Laurel Halo - Dust 86) Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Whole Lotta Sea Lice 87) King Krule - The Ooz 88) Kelela - Take Me Apart 89) This Is The Kit - Moonshine Kingdom 90) Sampha - Process 91) Lapalux - Ruinism 92) Afghan Whigs - In Spades 93) Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound 94) Circuit des Yeux - Reaching For Indigo 95) Rapsody - Laila’s Wisdom 96) The War on Drugs - Deeper Understanding 97) Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley 98) Future Islands - Far Field 99) Blanck Mass - World Eater 100) Arcade Fire - Everything Now
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 23 November 2017 08:23 (six years ago) link
he really is a prize twat
― imago, Thursday, 23 November 2017 08:26 (six years ago) link