yes we have enthused about them on the emo thread already, they'll be on my ballot and I might make a (futile) push for "Misery" or Riding With Boys" in the tracks poll
― Simon H., Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
Kendrick Lamar was certainly not d**king around
Censoring even words like that? Was the NME always this prudish?
― nashwan, Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
maybe had to tighten up now they foist it on randomers rather than sell it
― who says no to mentals? (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
NME started censoring 'fuck' etc at some point in the 1980s (mark s may well have been there at the time this happened). SWells not amused, iirc.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
If you’re going to use a word and then censor it yourself, why not choose another word instead? Like say
Kendrick Lamar was certainly not exhibiting his genitalia around
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 November 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
i don't think that's what donk means
― damian green is people (NickB), Thursday, 23 November 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
Songlines best albums of 2017:
http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2017/11/songlines-best-albums-of-2017/
― damian green is people (NickB), Thursday, 23 November 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
Only album I know from that list is Orchestra Baobab (cool artwork btw). Might need to find some time to listen to the rest.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 November 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
I've long suspected that traditional Albanian music is underexploited by the world music scene. Will have to check out that file title.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 23 November 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
(Second to last.)
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 23 November 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
you really should, it's great and the group are even better live
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
Lmfao
Made a list of albums. Thought it would be “fun” to open it up to conversation about the records people are passionate about. Allow for revisions to the list. Instead I’ve misjudged and offended people for a variety of reasons. I’m truly sorry. https://t.co/jPZiboYFMT— Sean Adams (@seaninsound) November 23, 2017
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
Apology not accepted. I can never, ever forgive him.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
People got offended? Out of the loop here.
― Evan, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
ahahaha
― imago, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
in the replies below that tweet, he demonstrates his complete disconnection from reality by claiming the new mogwai 'might be their best'
― imago, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
I was just happy to see the Paramore album high up on the Drowned In Sound list.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
he demonstrates his complete disconnection from reality by claiming the new mogwai 'might be their best'
Yeah, i was beginning to feel sympathy for him, but he lost me there
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
This whole argument is flawed, because there's no such thing as a "best" Mogwai album. They're all terrible.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 23 November 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
Hey now, some of them are passably mediocre
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 23 November 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
I quite liked the one they did for Les Revenants TV show
― groovypanda, Thursday, 23 November 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Just been streaming that Saz'iso album, excellent stuff!
― calzino, Thursday, 23 November 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
to be fair i have no issue re such a groove by the so called Evil Overlord (his avatar description) of DiS.DiS is no longer the commercial money chasing behemoth it once was.it's his site, he can do whatever he feels like as far as i am concerned.i guess he just got fed up with having to sort all the crap out and came up with a wordy way to basically say : "fuck you, this is my list."
― mark e, Thursday, 23 November 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
Made a list of albums.Thought it would be “fun” STOP RIGHT THERE
― who says no to mentals? (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 November 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
haha. well, there is that.but i have been guilty of such indulgence, and will be again.so who am i to judge.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 November 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
glad to see the Kelly Lee Owens album do so well on these lists so far
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 23 November 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
Absolutely.
Can already see happening what I'd imagined: the Microphones record is so *painfully* good it's not gonna place anywhere.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 23 November 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
The Mount Eerie record? I doubt that.
― President Keyes, Friday, 24 November 2017 00:19 (six years ago) link
Soz yeah, meant Mt Eerie. Doubt what though? It's not popped up in some places where one could expect it to.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 24 November 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
I like it and admire that it was made. And I feel for the guy. Wouldn't call it a killer album though
― imago, Friday, 24 November 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
I wouldn't call it "killer" either (npi). It's a heck of an album though. If some douche bag at DiS can put Arcade fucking Fire at 100, you'd expect this one to be in the low 80s at least.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 24 November 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
it's a great album imo, and not as hard to listen to as many make it out to be
― Simon H., Friday, 24 November 2017 00:59 (six years ago) link
(though of course that could vary wildly depending on personal history)
― Simon H., Friday, 24 November 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
I wonder what The Horrors have done to piss the NME off. Again.
― piscesx, Friday, 24 November 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
Xpost It's the 2nd highest rated album of the year on Metacritic. Of course it will show up on some lists.
― President Keyes, Friday, 24 November 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
Apology not accepted. I can never, ever forgive him.to be fair i have no issue re such a groove by the so called Evil Overlord (his avatar description) of DiS.Haha I’m just being a troll. I have never seen that site, and really don’t have a vested interest in his polling methodology or lack thereof.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 24 November 2017 02:46 (six years ago) link
I can see why ppl would think the mount eerie album is too real to be contained within the artifice of a numbered list. it feels too obviously ridiculous to rank it against other things
― ogmor, Friday, 24 November 2017 08:42 (six years ago) link
SA's just not very bright.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 24 November 2017 08:57 (six years ago) link
He put Wolf Alice at the number one, so this seems to be the sole non-failure of music criticism so far.
― how's life, Friday, 24 November 2017 10:30 (six years ago) link
xps highly recommend that saz’iso album! check it out if you haven't :)
― nxd, Friday, 24 November 2017 11:00 (six years ago) link
Not into the Saz'iso album. I do like Justin Adams' Ribbons from the Songlines list.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 24 November 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
no consensus in 2017
― billstevejim, Friday, 24 November 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
Was hoping for Albanian sounds more like this (even if more traditionally orchestrated). Or this or this. (I don't know this stuff, just pulling videos by artists who recorded the handful of Albanian mp3s I have and like.)
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 24 November 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
i don't know much about albanian music but i like the gjirokaster vocal ensemble's "albanie, polyphonies vocales du pays lab".
also "don't trust your neighbors" is a good archival albanian comp if you like the old stuff.
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 November 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
Probably too classic and hardcore for me in this case. Maybe I could get to appreciate it, but I tend to like the more contemporary beat-heavy Albanian music I've heard, with sinuous electric/electronic sounds (but not the perhaps still more contemporary things that imitate western pop almost totally).
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 25 November 2017 03:24 (six years ago) link
it's all good, thanks for the links rudipherous I'll check them out next week!
― nxd, Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
I have an Albanian coworker I should really ask for tips on this stuff.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 27 November 2017 07:03 (six years ago) link
glad to see the Kelly Lee Owens album do so well on these lists so far― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, November 23, 2017 6:19 PM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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I've been going down the Drowned in Sound list, one by one. This one was great! Expected her to be country pop or something with that name though.
Really liked the EMA album too.
― how's life, Monday, 27 November 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
Consequence of Sound
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 27 November 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
well, there you go: Mt. Eerie at #8
― President Keyes, Monday, 27 November 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link