^^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
that Bing & Ruth record is fine but what's the story behind it becoming the ambient album du jour
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
all-female top ten is a nice if a bit weird & overreaching gesture i suppose
― imago, Thursday, 23 November 2017 08:29 (six years ago) link
I love the inclusion of Arcade Fire at 100. That seems like a really lovely gesture.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:23 (six years ago) link
almost an all female top 10 from DiS
― niels, Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:23 (six years ago) link
Bjork album that hasn't been released or leaked yet at #15.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:42 (six years ago) link
The NME one is actually pretty good until you get to Liam Gallagher at #10. Props for putting J-Hus at #6 though.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 23 November 2017 10:14 (six years ago) link
as you were LG x
― niels, Thursday, 23 November 2017 10:42 (six years ago) link
Sean on the forum: "Was surprised to see how many people who read the site like it (can’t stand it, hence its positioning)"
― groovypanda, Thursday, 23 November 2017 11:53 (six years ago) link
How fortunate then that there were only 100 albums released in 2017.
― doug watson, Thursday, 23 November 2017 11:55 (six years ago) link
Some very good records on Picadilly's Compilations of the Year:
https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feature.php?feature=853
― groovypanda, Thursday, 23 November 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
― Matt DC, Thursday, November 23, 2017 9:42 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The leak's been out there for over a week now tbh
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 23 November 2017 12:22 (six years ago) link
Really surprised by that, because in The Guardian last week-
She has been working on this album for two and a half years. I have heard it exactly once. Seventy-five minutes ago, in the room next door, I plugged earphones into a laptop and listened to Utopia all the way through. Straight afterwards, I walked into this room to talk to Björk about what I’d just heard. I can’t hear Utopia any other way because Björk’s last album, Vulnicura, was leaked online three months before its release date.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 23 November 2017 12:42 (six years ago) link