it has a band named CATS IN SPACE so i agree
― brimstead, Monday, 27 November 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
they will all turn out to be thuddingly retrograde hard-rock dirge-peddlers fyi
― imago, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
i don't know why they only managed to name 9 live acts btw, have a horrible feeling the tenth act passed on and had to be withdrawn from the list
― damian green is people (NickB), Monday, 27 November 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
for more clues, check out their live acts list
also lol haha yes
― imago, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
Independent list first one that makes some sense
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
yeah it always has been a publication for bourgie dullards
― imago, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
Girlpool conspicuously missing from all these lists
― flappy bird, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
Come on lj, it's the most progressive list on here by far.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
it just kinda looks like the other ones reshuffled
that thundercat record is awful
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 27 November 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
agreed about the thundercat record, was really looking forward to it after that awesome EP he dropped in 2015
― voodoo chili, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
I like "Show You the Way" but was never able to get into the record as a whole
― Simon H., Monday, 27 November 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
(though of course I'd like it better without the winky vocalist intros)
― Simon H., Monday, 27 November 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
flappy bird w/ a good point, re: Girlpool's absence
― alpine static, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
Oh don't worry there's 400 more lists yet to come.
― billstevejim, Monday, 27 November 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
lots more chances for Lorde to come in at #2
― President Keyes, Monday, 27 November 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
I had no idea there was a new Satyricon. Also pumped that the Elder LP is showing up in some of these.
― billstevejim, Monday, 27 November 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
Is the Lorde album even any good? I've not bothered with it yet
― imago, Monday, 27 November 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
it's very good
― Simon H., Monday, 27 November 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
(and I didn't care for the first much at all)
― imago, Monday, November 27, 2017 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
asking this question in a thread highlighting various lists where it's come in at #1. At bear minimum it's probably worth a bother.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 27 November 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
it's not really my thing and i still think it's p impressive
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 27 November 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
Lorde album is great
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 27 November 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
It is. Even though it's not among my faves, it's worth one breath as opposed to a thousand TayTay thinkpieces imo.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 27 November 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
Not much into the whole Lorde album, but Green Light is one my tracks of the year
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 27 November 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
The Ryan Adams record is actually really good, too. Best since Love is Hell. #burningmyreponepostatatime
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 27 November 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
yeah it rules
― brimstead, Monday, 27 November 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
anyone who has the portugal the man album on their list is a cop
― maura, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:00 (six years ago) link
sorry, rules are rules
Lots of the Lorde album is way better than Green Light, which I've come round to a bit, but still doesn't feel like the song matches up to the scale of the production.
― Matt DC, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
Best random thing I've recently discovered off a list is Nadia Reid. Preservation is gorgeous, as is I Come Home to You.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 27 November 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
i've particularly grown to admire "the louvre"
xp
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 27 November 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
lol at the name "Loyle"
― flopson, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
i saw lorde's show on sunday and not that i wasn't already head over heels for the album but it's now cemented itself as a classic album for me
― monotony, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link
― maura, Monday, November 27, 2017 10:00 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Truth.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
did Portugal. The Man have a crossover mainstream breakthrough this year? been seeing their name from a lot of people i didn't expect. feel like it's been ages since i listened to that stuff (circa survive, dredg, the sound of animals fighting)
― flappy bird, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
did portugal. the man ever sound like circa survive. wait don't tell me
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 27 November 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
yeah, i live in the pac nw and the breakthrough of Portugal. The Man into the mainstream - which i didn't even know about until i saw them perform on the AMAs - is def the weirdest musical story of 2017, imo
flappy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feel_It_Still
― alpine static, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:47 (six years ago) link
xp don't they have the same singer?
― flappy bird, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
i didn't realize portugal the man was a thing anyone cared about before their limp crossover hit this year
― dyl, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:59 (six years ago) link
Lorde album is great, and Louvre has one of the years best lyrics in it: 'we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the Louvre / down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre'
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 00:07 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Monday, November 27, 2017 4:54 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no????????????
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
ohhh ok i just looked it up Anthony Green was also in Saosin (and Sound of Animals Fighting, which btw, first ep? amazing, still)
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
This might not qualify as an end of year list, because it's a mix, and also it picks up 2016 favorites. . . But it's as close as Musicophilia will ever get to an end-of-year list:
Various – ‘The Four Ethers‘(2016-2017) Part I: Spring/Life/Earth01 [0:00:00] Moses Sumney – “Doomed” (Aromanticism, 2017)02 [0:04:27] Four Tet – “Scientists” (New Energy, 2017)03 [0:09:12] Ibeyi – “When Will I Learn” (Ash, 2017)04 [0:12:12] Bjork – “Utopia” (Utopia, 2017)05 [0:16:47] Mount Kimbie – “Audition” (Love What Survives, 2017)06 [0:20:57] Thundercat – “A Fan’s Mail” (Drunk, 2017)07 [0:23:27] Sampha – “Reverse Faults” (Process, 2017)08 [0:27:34] Cornelius – “Dear Future Person” (Mellow Waves, 2017) Part II: Summer/Warmth/Fire09 [0:32:11] No Zu – “Spirit Beat” (Afterlife, 2016)10 [0:36:40] Daphni – “Medellin” (Joli Mai, 2017)11 [0:42:50] Anderson Paak – “The Bird” (Malibu, 2016)12 [0:46:23] A Tribe Called Quest – “Whateva Will Be” (We Got It From Here. . ., 2016)13 [0:49:16] !!! – “Our Love (U Can Get)” (Shake The Shudder, 2017)14 [0:53:31] Golden Teacher – “Sauchiehall Withdrawal” (No LUscious Life, 2017)15 [0:58:36] Fujiya & Miyagi – “Synthetic Symphonies” (Fujiya & Miyagi, 2017) Part III: Autumn/Light/Air16 [1:03:24] Frankie Rose – “Dancing Down The Hall” (Cage Tropical, 2017)17 [1:08:45] Solange – “Don’t You Wait” (A Seat At the Table, 2016)18 [1:12:51] Virginia Wing – “Grapefruit” (Forward Constant Motion, 2016)19 [1:16:35] Black Marble – “A Million Billion Stars” (It’s Immaterial, 2016)20 [1:19:46] Kendrick Lamar – “Feel” (Damn, 2017)21 [1:23:17] David Bowie – “No Plan” (No Plan EP, 2017)22 [1:26:52] Jane Weaver – “The Lightning Back” (Modern Kosmology, 2017) Part IV: Winter/Sound/Water23 [1:30:21] Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – “Stranger Things (Extended)” (Stranger Things Vol. 2, 2016)24 [1:35:18] Fever Ray – “Red Trails” (Plunge, 2017)25 [1:39:59] Joana Guerra – “Carpideiras” (Cavalos Vapor, 2016)26 [1:43:40] Andy Stott – “First Night” (Too Many Voices, 2016)27 [1:48:33] Radiohead – “Daydreaming” (A Moon Shaped Pool, 2016)28 [1:54:45] Slowdive – “Falling Ashes” (Slowdive, 2017)29 [2:02:29] Arca – “Reverie” (Arca, 2017)30 [2:05:34] Serpentwithfeet – “Redemption” (Blisters EP, 2016)
Part I: Spring/Life/Earth
01 [0:00:00] Moses Sumney – “Doomed” (Aromanticism, 2017)02 [0:04:27] Four Tet – “Scientists” (New Energy, 2017)03 [0:09:12] Ibeyi – “When Will I Learn” (Ash, 2017)04 [0:12:12] Bjork – “Utopia” (Utopia, 2017)05 [0:16:47] Mount Kimbie – “Audition” (Love What Survives, 2017)06 [0:20:57] Thundercat – “A Fan’s Mail” (Drunk, 2017)07 [0:23:27] Sampha – “Reverse Faults” (Process, 2017)08 [0:27:34] Cornelius – “Dear Future Person” (Mellow Waves, 2017)
Part II: Summer/Warmth/Fire
09 [0:32:11] No Zu – “Spirit Beat” (Afterlife, 2016)10 [0:36:40] Daphni – “Medellin” (Joli Mai, 2017)11 [0:42:50] Anderson Paak – “The Bird” (Malibu, 2016)12 [0:46:23] A Tribe Called Quest – “Whateva Will Be” (We Got It From Here. . ., 2016)13 [0:49:16] !!! – “Our Love (U Can Get)” (Shake The Shudder, 2017)14 [0:53:31] Golden Teacher – “Sauchiehall Withdrawal” (No LUscious Life, 2017)15 [0:58:36] Fujiya & Miyagi – “Synthetic Symphonies” (Fujiya & Miyagi, 2017)
Part III: Autumn/Light/Air
16 [1:03:24] Frankie Rose – “Dancing Down The Hall” (Cage Tropical, 2017)17 [1:08:45] Solange – “Don’t You Wait” (A Seat At the Table, 2016)18 [1:12:51] Virginia Wing – “Grapefruit” (Forward Constant Motion, 2016)19 [1:16:35] Black Marble – “A Million Billion Stars” (It’s Immaterial, 2016)20 [1:19:46] Kendrick Lamar – “Feel” (Damn, 2017)21 [1:23:17] David Bowie – “No Plan” (No Plan EP, 2017)22 [1:26:52] Jane Weaver – “The Lightning Back” (Modern Kosmology, 2017)
Part IV: Winter/Sound/Water
23 [1:30:21] Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – “Stranger Things (Extended)” (Stranger Things Vol. 2, 2016)24 [1:35:18] Fever Ray – “Red Trails” (Plunge, 2017)25 [1:39:59] Joana Guerra – “Carpideiras” (Cavalos Vapor, 2016)26 [1:43:40] Andy Stott – “First Night” (Too Many Voices, 2016)27 [1:48:33] Radiohead – “Daydreaming” (A Moon Shaped Pool, 2016)28 [1:54:45] Slowdive – “Falling Ashes” (Slowdive, 2017)29 [2:02:29] Arca – “Reverie” (Arca, 2017)30 [2:05:34] Serpentwithfeet – “Redemption” (Blisters EP, 2016)
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― Soundslike, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
xxxpost to dyl, re Portugal. The Man - they've been around for 10+ years, first got some attention off being from Sarah Palin's hometown, then moved to Portland. some of their earlier stuff isn't bad. but it was the kinda stuff that appealed to the stoner high school jazz band kids who were also into like Jaga Jazzist and Sigur Ros and the Mars Volta or w/e
i dunno, where i am they have been considered a credible, decent (if not particularly exciting) rock band for a long time. but Cascadia is weird.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
yea i heard them thru the Mars Volta / ATDI / post hardcore connection but that was ages ago. weird to see their name pop up again in unexpected places
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 01:46 (six years ago) link
portugal the man are also utter rockist dicks whose identity crisis over having a shitty “we gave ‘please mr. postman’ xanax - let’s see what happens” crossover hit has led to them proclaiming that writers who mildly rebuke their stupid “hur hur we play REAL INSTRUMENTS BRO” posturing should work under pseudonyms if they don’t want to be swarmed by their idiot illiterate fansnot that i have personal experience with this or anything
― maura, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
Sorry to hear that, they suck
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 03:31 (six years ago) link
thanks. they’re also cowards who deleted everything and posted photos of them flexing instead 😭😭😭😭
― maura, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
yeah that 'real instruments no computers' thing was stupid, sorry that happened to you maura
― alpine static, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 04:07 (six years ago) link
closest i ever got to p.tm was missing their opening set for minus the bear (who were terrible) in front of like 100 people in a place that holds 500.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 04:08 (six years ago) link