the HAIM record is killer imo, no idea why no one liked it or talked about it. peters out in the last third i suppose. 'little of your love' is my jam
― flopson, Friday, 1 December 2017 07:00 (six years ago) link
like the haim record a lot ^ but yeah seems underrated
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Friday, 1 December 2017 07:04 (six years ago) link
Cool, my partner is the chorus manager for bk youth chorus. That album is great!
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 December 2017 07:26 (six years ago) link
(Dayme too)
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 December 2017 07:27 (six years ago) link
(Cool album i mean, not that my partner is dayme )
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 December 2017 07:31 (six years ago) link
from what I've seen so far the following albums are generally missing in these lists:
Destroyer - KenJulien Baker - Turn Out the LightsThe Weather Station - s/tFour Tet - New EnergyMac Demarco - This Old DogJoan Shelley - Joan ShelleyThe Clientele - Music for the Age of Miracles
― niels, Friday, 1 December 2017 08:34 (six years ago) link
Seems Haim had 3 singles off the album and the last 2 of those didn't even make it into the uk Top 75. All of their previous singles were Top 30/40/50. The bottom kinda dropped out of the whole campaign somehow.
― piscesx, Friday, 1 December 2017 09:11 (six years ago) link
I've seen Julien Baker here and there xp
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 1 December 2017 09:28 (six years ago) link
Top 25 Classic Rock Albums of 2017http://ultimateclassicrock.com/2017-best-rock-albums/
1. Robert Plant - Carry Fire2. Roger Waters - Is This the Life We Really Want?3. Gregg Allman - Southern Blood4. Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie - Buckingham/McVie5. Neil Young - Hitchhiker6. Chuck Berry - Chuck7. Styx - The Mission8. Randy Newman - Dark Matter9. Ray Davies - Americana10. Alice Cooper - Paranormal11. Cheap Trick - Were All Alright12. David Bowie - No Plan13. Govt Mule - Revolution Come Revolution Go14. Bob Dylan - Triplicate15. U2 - Songs of Experience16. Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Barefoot in the Head17. Todd Rundgren - White Knight18. John Mellencamp - Sad Clowns and Hillbillies19. Chris Hillman - Bidin My Time20. Van Morrison - Roll With the Punches21. Blondie - Pollinator22. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression Live at Royal Albert Hall23. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live From The Fox Oakland24. Deep Purple - Infinite25. Mike Nesmith - Infinite Tuesday Autobiographical Riffs
― damian green is people (NickB), Friday, 1 December 2017 09:53 (six years ago) link
maybe i should listen to that Buckingham/McVie record
― damian green is people (NickB), Friday, 1 December 2017 09:54 (six years ago) link
Capital XTRA Albums Of The Year List 2017http://www.capitalxtra.com/features/lists/albums-of-the-year-list-2017/
20. Lil Uzi Vert - 'Luv Is Rage II'19. Bryson Tiller - 'True To Self'18. Jhene Aiko - 'Trip'17. Wiley - 'Godfather'16. Loyle Carner - 'Yesterday's Gone'15. Big Sean - 'I Decided'14. J. Cole - '4 Your Eyez Only'13. Future - 'Future'12. Chris Brown - 'Heartbreak On A Full Moon'11. DJ Khaled - 'Grateful'10. Mura Masa - 'Mura Masa'9. Post Malone - 'Stoney'8. Khalid - 'American Teen'7. SZA - 'CTRL'6. Migos - 'CULTURE'5. Sampha - 'Process'4. Stormzy - 'Gang Signs & Prayer'3. JAY-Z - '4:44'2. J Hus - 'Common Sense'1. Kendrick Lamar - 'DAMN.'
― damian green is people (NickB), Friday, 1 December 2017 10:02 (six years ago) link
seems like huge male bias there. how is that Jhene Aiko?
― damian green is people (NickB), Friday, 1 December 2017 10:06 (six years ago) link
Jlin - Black Origami - Percussion-Driven Multicultural Dance Music
bless you ted g
― ogmor, Friday, 1 December 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
Feist too. I liked that album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 1 December 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
Feist was in the Drowned in Sound top 10.
― how's life, Friday, 1 December 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
not seeing Mark Eitzel either, but that's the usual
― President Keyes, Friday, 1 December 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
really loving this Brooklyn Youth Chorus album, dang
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
that list is a goldmine, thx curmudgeon
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
If Ted Gioia listened to more metal, I think my tastes in contemporary music might be about as close to his as they could be to any critic's. (Hudson is my #1 atm, though.) Guess I should actually shell out for the JLA.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 1 December 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
Somehow, I didn't know there was a Theo Bleckmann album this year. Sounding p good so far.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 1 December 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
xp yeah Feist album was really good, a grower
― niels, Friday, 1 December 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
Hold on. Have The Courtneys had any recognition yet???
― Evan, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
they showed up on Pitchfork's Overlooked Albums list iirc
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Pitchfork sadly otm. That album is loads of fun
― Evan, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link
tour is such a jam
― nxd, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
how is that Jhene Aiko?― damian green is people (NickB)
Very, very long. First few tracks are awesome but the second half (disc?) felt increasingly self-indulgent.
― Jeff W, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
Evan otm
― brimstead, Friday, 1 December 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
rom what I've seen so far the following albums are generally missing in these lists:
― niels
Yeah noticed that too! Another one which I thought would be the indie rock record pick in almost every list is
Alvvays - Antisocialites
Other artists which I thought would appear in several lists but I also haven’t seen mentioned that much: Jens Lekman, War on Drugs, Ariel Pink, Spoon, Broken Social Scene, Fleet Foxes, Sun Kill Moon, Vince Staples, Big Krit
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 1 December 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
not that it matters in any real way but here's my first very fast pass on favorite albums of the year thus far:
2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music21 Savage - Issa AlbumA-Wax - Rx LordAlash Ensemble - AchaiAlice Coltrane - World Spirituality ClassicsAndrew Bird - Echolocations: RiverAngaleena Presley - WrangledBargou 08 - TargBicep - BicepBig Boi - GoomiverseBjork - UtopiaBlanck Mass - World EaterBola - D.E.G.Brooklyn Rider - Spontaneous SymbolsCanzoniere Grecanico Salentino - CanzoniereCecile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and DaggersChloe x Halle - The Two of UsColin Stetson - All This I Do for GloryDaniel Caesar - FreudianDawn Richard - Infrared DELUXEDBH - MassDeem Spencer - We Think We AloneDevin the Dude - Acoustic LevitationDJ Quik - RosecransDJ Raff - MovimientoDua Lipa - Dua LipaEfrén López Trio - TaosFat Joe - Plata O PlomoFatima Yamaha - ArayaFever Ray - PlungeFloating Points - Reflections-Mojave DesertFloor Plan - Let the Church Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Vol 16Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live twiceGabriel Garzò-Montano - JardinGeorge Michael - Listen Without Prejudice / MTV Unplugged DeluxeGoapele - DreamseekerGunplay - The PlugHAIM - Something to Tell YouHauschka - What If***Ibeyi - AshIron and Wine - Beast EpicJamila Woods - HEAVNJuana Molina - Halo***Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.Kronos Quartet - Folk SongsLecrae - All Things Work TogetherMark McGuire - Ideas of BeginningsMatt Martians - The Drum Chord TheoryMigos - CulutreMount Eerie - A Crow Looked At MeOddisee - The IcebergParamore - After LaughterPrince - Purple Rain DeluxeQuelle Chris - Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More OftenRun the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3Sevyn Streeter - Girl DisruptedSnoop Dogg - Neva LeftSomi - Petite AfriqueStokley - Introducing StokleyStormzy - Gang Signs and PrayerSyd - FinSZA - CtrlTHEY. - Nu Religion: HYENATony Allen - The SourceTQD - UKGTrad.Attack! - KullakarvaVince Staples - Big Fish TheoryWeaves - Wide OpenWiley - Godfather
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
lol at "goomiverse"
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
what do the *** signify?
― rob, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
oh, heh, that was a "things likely to be in the top ten" signifier; this is rough draft stuff. I would tentatively call this a top 11 but things are moving around... I'm sure I've forgotten at least twenty other albums that should be in there and i've got a backlog of another hundred "i should listen to this first"
***Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics***Bicep - Bicep***Daniel Caesar - Freudian***Gabriel Garzò-Montano - Jardin***Ibeyi - Ash***Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.***Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me***Prince - Purple Rain Deluxe***Stokley - Introducing Stokley***Syd - Fin***SZA - Ctrl
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
one album i haven't seen in any of these is the jonny nash record, passive aggressive. prob one of my favourites this year.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
that was the collab with suzanne kraft right? still haven't got round to getting that but his other album, eden, is really good. also gaussian curve obviously! that guy's been a regular brian ebow this year
― damian green is people (NickB), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
there's a couple tacks on that i really love but it's not a patch on his album Eden from this year, imo
― brimstead, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
xp ha yes
― brimstead, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
I know it's niche music pandering directly to my musical interests but I hope The Demonstration by Drab Majesty makes an appearance somewhere
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
Good luck with that. As I was ranting in the psych thread, it appears, not necessarily ILMers, but the yobs making most of these lists, have settled into very limited range of genres and rarely venture outside of their comfort zones. All I'll say here is it's unhealthy in a variety of ways.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 1 December 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
i would like to see more ibeyi in these lists! second album was a quantum leap forward imo
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 1 December 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
Folks are pigpiling on Pop Matters, but this is one of the best metal lists I've seen so far:
https://www.popmatters.com/the-best-metal-of-2017-2513310213.html
New to me:5. Rebirth of Nefast: Tabernaculum (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)6. Endon: Through the Mirror (Hydra Head)13. Aosoth: V: The Inside Scriptures (Agonia)18. Succumb: Succumb (The Flenser)
Listening to the Best of episode of Sound Opinions, and while there a few okay choices, probably the best recommendation was from their producer Ayana Conteras (39 minutes into podcast):http://www.soundopinions.org/show/627
Bottle Tree - Bottle Tree (International Anthem)https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/bottle-tree
"Bottle Tree is a new collaboration conjured from the Southside Chicago storefront chapel of singer/scholar A.M. Frison and composer/cornetist Ben Lamar Gay (AACM). With Italian expat Tommaso Moretti on traps, the sound-rendered folklore of Bottle Tree embodies a heart beating to West African mutated funk with the spirit of avant-garde jazz and a Motown-molded melodic mind — like a futuristic fantasy of Stevie Wonder backed by Don Cherry and Novos Baianos in the early 1970s."
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 1 December 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
Listened to the Daniel Brandt album that was listed in, I think, the Norman Records list (or was it the Bleep list?) - it's terrific. Now I've gone back to discover his group Brandt Bauer Frick. All of which has a strong Dawn of Midi vibe.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 1 December 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
Nearly every year there's an album that's grossly overrated because it's an uncomfortably personal moment of oversharing by someone who is grieving. The untimely loss of a loved one is an experience many of us will unfortunately have to endure much sooner than others. I listened to A Crow Looked at Me, and it's a plodding, maudlin, terrible album. I can't imagine listening to this again in any circumstance. It doesn't seem like it would be cathartic while going through a similar experience, just soul-crushing. Perhaps some masochists would choose to wallow in this. I'm not saying it shouldn't have been released, as it was apparently therapeutic for the artist, who I empathize with. But perhaps even his wife might have preferred he made something that had a least a little joy and humor in tribute to her, and would have preferred this had stayed in the vault.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
well that is a take
― Simon H., Friday, 1 December 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
i feel like the straight-forward rawness would def appeal to ppl but i personally feel the same way that it's just too much for me.
― Mordy, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
I can see why one can't stomach it, but this:
But perhaps even his wife might have preferred he made something that had a least a little joy and humor in tribute to her, and would have preferred this had stayed in the vault.
is in extremely poor taste.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
"I, the person who did not know the deceased, think her husband should have put more humor in his tribute to her. I'm sure she'd agree with me."
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah, your wording is so much better. Go with that.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
It bothers you that much, huh?
― Evan, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
I thought it was an excellent evocation of grief and a decent album, in that order. I've heard his subsequent material is sounding better
― imago, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
Maybe feeling the intensity of it is a legitimate reason to be moved enough to rate it highly, despite how boring the songs might be without that context? Whether or not your cynicism is correct just doesn't seem worth the energy putting sad artists in their place because you're angry at the reception they get. And maybe you seem angrier than you are. It's the internet so I'm not sure.
― Evan, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link