Crack, not Cracked. I wonder what a Cracked list would look like, lol
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
oh yes of course, my bad haha. And I knew he was a house hold name in Wire, but scoring both top two in BOTH of the most idiosyncratic lists is pretty impressive.
― damosuzuki, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
sometimes an album is so obviously, screamingly great that it cannot be downplayed
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
that mono no aware album is so so good
Having a first listen to this just now and yeah, it's quite wonderful
― doug watson, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
74. Kara-Lis Coverdale - Grafts
it deserves far, far better but lately this has become my go-to soundtrack for blankly staring at a spreadsheet in a post-lunch torpor.
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
didn't realise she had a new record out - will check itshe had one a couple of years ago that was great
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
i think it's missing from a few lists because it's one of those is it an album, is it an ep, or is it a single jobs? it's just one 22 minute track
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
it's very soft and lovely btw
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
(listening now)it is :)
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
John Mulvey's annual list of a zillion albums for Uncut:http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/favourite-albums-2017-102550
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
have held a comically petty grudge against that guy for years since he gave Life Without Buildings a one-star review in the NME but there are a few good records among all the plaid shirt stuff
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
baja fresh is a cool record
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
Kara-Lis Coverdale - Grafts
This is lush. Would fit really well in a playlist after Colleen's latest album (not seen her on any list yet iirc)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
can't lie, i was a bit disappointed with the colleen album after loving captain of none so much. i just didn't find the sounds that she was getting from her new synth to be very compelling
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
I can see that. To me, soundwise, it harkens back to her first couple of records, the sound of the music boxes on 'The Golden Morning Breaks' and 'Les Ondes Silencieuzes' that make it sounds very familiar. Do you know those?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
I don't know those I'm afraid, I somehow leapfrogged from Everyone Alive Wants Answers to The Weighing of the Heart. I like the way she keeps changing though, kind of like Richard Youngs but with a slower work rate
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
I guess I'm lazy, but it would be nice if Mulvey could've written a few quick snippets for his top choices. I find a long list like that a little too intimidating to bother with without any text.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
I like the new Colleen record though it's not my favorite of hers. There's a simplicity to it - not a lot layers. At times that achieves a really awesome, hypnotic effect. But other times it drags.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
That Upper Wilds album is worth a listen (it's from the Parts & Labor guy)
https://upperwilds.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-module-2017
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
Richard Dawson makes me feel a certain way where this particular kind of annoyingness will in five years either be thought upon fondly (like Los Campesinos) or with a what-the-hell-were-we-thinking facepalm (like Moldy Peaches, Akron Family)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
lol
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
somehow everything I type in response to that is insufficient
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:45 (six years ago) link
imagine a bearded, 30-year-old man walking through Victoria Station, empurpling
i'll pass thanks
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
fgti should be forced to listen to 'downloading porn with davo' on repeat for like a week, then given the sweet release of 'ogre'. it's the only way
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
I'm listening to "Ogre" right now and this is basically a music major's junior tutorial project, right?
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
Yeah I'm getting a little tired of Dawson. During my previous year-end binges, he's served as a nice palate cleanser, but not doing it for me this time. Stuff from that Mutant Standard was more like a sandblast to the brain. It shook something loose, most likely some upcoming nightmares about body horror and the apocalypse.
Man Forever is good, John Colpitts (aka Kid Millions of Oneida), collaborates with Laurie Anderson on one track.
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society did a cool collaboration with Bitchin Bajas in 2015 called Automaginary. The new one is without BB, but continues to explore that territory.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
psherb’s top 50 electronic tracks:
http://www.the-dowsers.com/playlist/best-electronic-music-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C is some solid Hindustani Classical. They also did a Coltrane tribute that isn't getting as much attention. I forgot about Arbouretum, solid psych with a bit of folk/Americana. I'm not as enthusiastic about folk as Mulvey, but everything he lists sounds pretty good.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
Old-school West African faves ---Oumou Sangaré, Orchesta Baobab, & the Trio da Kali w/ Kronos Quartet album, from the Songlines list. The Trio da Kali w/ Kronos one has also made Uncut and the fRoots lists
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
http://www.frootsmag.com/content/critpoll/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
F Roots list-
Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band- Big MachineRhiannon Giddens-Freedom HighwayLisa Knapp-Til April Is DeadLankum-Between The Earth And SkyLeveret-InventionsOffa Rex-Queen of HeartsOrchestra Baobab-Tribute To Ndiouga DiengOumou Sangare-MogoyaSaz’iso-At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At MeTrio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet-Ladilikan
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
http://remezcla.com/lists/music/best-latin-songs-of-2017/
#2. "Tú y Yo" - La Favi
#3"Mi Gente" - J Balvin, Willy William
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
BBC 6 Music
1. Thundercat – Drunk2. alt-J – RELAXER3. Sampha – Process4. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy5. Idles – Brutalism6. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice7. Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination8. Big Thief – Capacity9. Tom Williams - All Change10. Phoebe Bridges - Stranger in the Alps
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
that IDLES is sheer garbage
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
nah it's fun
― niels, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
if by 'fun' you mean 'future of the left with literally every single positive feature removed'. i get suspicious of conversations where the appropriation of genre by hipsters is decried but this comes off precisely as the sort of punk that a record company dreamt up to sell units
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
I dunno, saw them at a festival show and it was definitely fun, can't say I've spent much time with the record
― niels, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
Are they the ones responsible for that atrocious 'Mary Berry likes reggae' song? Fuck that shit.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
fastnbulbous can you post a top 10 most overrated albums of the year, seems like it'd be worth checking out
― ogmor, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
haha yes please
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
I didn't know about the Kara-Lis Coverdale record either and this is marvellous.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
I tried out IDLES this morning and while my intrest was piqued by the first few songs, it quickly stopped doing anything for me.
― how's life, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2017/
Stereogum usually do great lists imo and this one delivers. Charly Bliss and Waxahatchee in the top 10 is exactly my kind of list
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
I love Thundercat so much I'm glad BBC6 put it on top
The Richard Dawkins/Moldy Peaches comparison is not as good as the Akron Family comparison
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
*furiously listens to akron/family*
(maybe)
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
...I still listen to stuff from the first two A/F releases
― Simon H., Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:38 (six years ago) link
fastnbulbous can you post a top 10 most overrated albums of the year, seems like it'd be worth checking out― omgomadik
I'm sure you don't need any help with that. I see A Crow has risen to 14 in the aggregate list. Did you know AOTY has a deal with Apple that the final top 10 will be placed on your iPhones and Pads? They've thoughtfully set it up so certain tracks will automatically be made into your ring tones and alarms...
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
"You should definitely write this out so a better singer can perform it (but I like Jethro Tull too!)" - what I imagine my composition prof would have said if I submitted "Ogre" in my third-year portfolio. (I like Dawson and his voice, ftr.)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
I would agree with your composition prof. idk? Dawson is kind of a composite of a tonne of freak-folk stuff. I like his chord/melody left-turns but Josephine Foster/Born Heller does the same. I don't have a taste for groups of people mewling but when I do it's mid-period Cerberus Shoal or some recent Big Blood stuff. There isn't a lot of music that I'd leave the shop if it came on but I think he's one of them. Curious as to why people like him so much!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link