oh that sounds v promising too ty
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
wow you can buy all 20 records on that label digitally for €32.99
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
Oh I forgot about The Luminous Guitar Craft of Alameda Duo!! Thanks for the reminder.
― Evan, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
From Marc Masters' Twitter:
Here's a thread of some 2017 records that maybe deserved more attention, in no particular order.
1) @woodenwand "Clipper Ship" on @3lobed2) Jack Cooper "Sandgrown" on @trouble_in_mind3) White Poppy "The Pink Haze of Love"4) David First "Civil War Songs for Solo Harmonica" on @FabricaRecords5) @florasninos "Incantations from Yin Valley" on @FortEvilFruit6) World War "Soundsystem" on @HausuMountain7) Lau Nau "Poseidon" on @beaconsound_pdx8) Megabreth "Ultra High Noise" on @fieldhymns9) Billington / Shippy / Wyche "Billington / Shippy / Wyche" on @astspiritsrec10) Reese McHenry w/Spider Bags "Bad Girl" on @sophomorelounge11) @mattjencik "Weird Times" on @hitd_records12) @sofingusa "The Curfew Tower Recordings" on @CrowVersusCrow13) Mark Feehan "M.F. II" on @TestosterTunes14) @TALsounds "Love Sick" on @badabingrecords15) Nate Scheible "Fairfax" on @weareACR16) Ekin Fil "Inflame" on Helen Scarsdale17) Manas "III" on @Feeding_Tube18) Country Florist "Waveland" on @drwngrmrcs19) Mazozma "Heavy Death Head" on @Feeding_Tube20) Headroom "Head in the Clouds" on @trouble_in_mind21) @RossWHammond and Jon Bafus "Masonic Lawn"22) Kate Carr "The Story Surrounds Us" on Helen Scarsdale23) Private Anarchy "Private Anarchy" on Round Bale24) @LXV_audio "Inversion Method" on @PhineryTapes25) @PlatesOfCake "Let's Not Deprive Each Other" on @UnblinkingEar
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link
haven't listened to lau nau for years, will have to check that one
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
agreed
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
The Wire assigns genre-specific charts to individual writers for their year-end issue (the big top 50 is voted on by all the staff and contributors); they gave me the jazz list, so here it is:
1. Yazz Ahmed, La Saboteuse (Naim Audio)2. Jaimie Branch, Fly Or Die (International Anthem)3. Camilla George Quartet, Isang (Ubuntu Music)4. Christian Scott, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)5. Irreversible Entanglements, s/t (International Anthem)6. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)7. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)8. Kamasi Washington, Harmony Of Difference (Young Turks)9. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)10. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
jazz ppl must be feeling a tiny bit of Vijay fatigue at this point, right?
― alpine static, Thursday, 7 December 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
I've never been much of a fan, honestly, despite having written a cover story about him. This is his best album IMO, and it's mostly because of the horn section and Tyshawn Sorey's drumming.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
When I saw that Vijay Ayer had made your list, I immediately thought this might be one Ayer album I should check out. "Never much of a fan" is a bit of an understatement given some of your past comments about him.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 7 December 2017 05:34 (six years ago) link
Circle & Elder riding high in the Rolling Stone 20 best metal albums. Good work.
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 7 December 2017 08:52 (six years ago) link
The Alameda Duo record is glorious. I don't know enough about Polish history or culture to say anything meaningful about the 'return to the pastoral' or the dredging of folk myths, but that's what seems to be going on with the Instant Classic stuff. And they have a song called 'The Grand Mixolydian Cunt Slip' which should win some sort of prize.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 December 2017 09:26 (six years ago) link
Is the Partner record in that Noisey list all as much of a blast as the first two songs?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 December 2017 09:38 (six years ago) link
Oh you're all talking about it in the dogs on skateboards thread. If they're that good, start threads on them!
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 December 2017 09:40 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I'm a huge fan of both Alameda Duo and Zimpel Ziolek.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 December 2017 09:51 (six years ago) link
I haven't heard Far From Over yet but Iyer (and Mahanthappa) play on the Rez Abbasi album, which is great imo. I wouldn't say that I've really loved Iyer's own music in the past but I have enjoyed it, esp Tirtha and the version of "Galang" (which I prefer to the original).
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 December 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
Complex - Best Albumshttp://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-2017/
1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn2. Jay Z - 4:443. SZA - Ctrl4. Future - HNDRXX5. Sampha - Process6. Tyler - the Creator - Flower Boy7. Migos - Culture8. Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 29. Daniel Caesar - Freudian10. Drake - More Life11. Syd - Fin12. Charli XCX - Number One Angel13. Rapsody - Laila’s Wisdom14. Vince Staples - The Big Fish Theory15. Future - FUTURE16. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - The Bigger Artist17. Kelela - Take Me Apart18. Joey Badass - All-Amerikkkan Badass19. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 120. Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me21. Kesha - Rainbow22. Kodak Black - Painting Pictures23. Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 2wice24. Gucci Mane and Metro Boomin - Droptopwop25. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music26. Taylor Swift - Reputation27. G Perico - All Blue28. GoldLink - At What Cost29. Roc Marciano - Rosebudds Revenge30. Thundercat - Drunk31. Sonder - Into32. ASAP Twelvyy - 1233. Harry Styles - Harry Styles34. Meek Mill - Wins & Losses35. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa36. Aminé - Good for You37. 21 Savage - Issa Album38. John Mayer - The Search for Everything39. Young Dolph - Thinking Out Loud40. 21 Savage, Offset, and Metro Boomin - Without Warning41. Smino - blkswn42. Miguel - War And Leisure43. J.I.D - The Never Story44. Lorde - Melodrama45. Cyhi The Prynce - No Dope On Sundays46. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life47. Khalid - American Teen48. Haim - Something to Tell You49. Lil Pump - Lil Pump50. Lil B - Black Ken
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 7 December 2017 10:03 (six years ago) link
The Vinyl Factory - Top 50 Albumshttps://thevinylfactory.com/features/best-albums-2017/
^ always some interesting stuff to be found on their lists imo
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 7 December 2017 10:08 (six years ago) link
Apparently people really hated 'Beautiful Thugger Girls'.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 December 2017 11:21 (six years ago) link
vinyl factory list is great
― nxd, Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
Cool, lots of interesting-sounding things I’d missed there. That number one though...
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:46 (six years ago) link
crunchy green sea-vegetable wins music poll
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:46 (six years ago) link
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― Matt DC, Thursday, December 7, 2017 2:40 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i thought about it! but it was hard to get people to talk about that record even in rolling threads
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
yes the Partner record is v good. more bands w/ a sense of humor, pls
― Simon H., Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
Dutch magazine OOR, not terribly exciting though Mt. Eerie at #7 is quite a surprise
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream2. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.3. The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding4. Thundercat – Drunk5. The xx – I See You6. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism7. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me8. Protomartyr – Relatives In Descent9. The National – Sleep Well Beast10. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
― willem, Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Oranje Oriented Rock
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
AV Club List: https://www.avclub.com/the-a-v-club-s-20-best-albums-of-2017-1820857283
Plus the individual ballots (always more interesting): https://www.avclub.com/the-best-of-music-2017-the-ballots-1820658326
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
here's the full list (heavy on the indie, as you might imagine)
20. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream19. Iron Chic - If You Can't Stay Here18. The Horrors - V17. Lorde - Melodrama16. Charly Bliss - Guppy15. Björk - Utopia14. The National - Sleep Well Beast13. Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper12. Sampha - Process11. Pile - A Hairshirt of Purpose10. Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm9. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory8. Julien Baker - Turn Off The Lights7. Fever Ray - Plunge6. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural5. SZA - Ctrl4. Sylvan Esso - What Now3. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding2. St. Vincent - Masseduction1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
I just wanted to mention that Vijay Iyer was my friend's tenant for a while (actually he still might be, I never asked if he moved out).
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
Someone's going to disappoint me by pointing out that the band Priests aren't actually priests, aren't they?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
i had to listen to that war on drugs album recently and man, men get such a wide berth for '80s pastiche. kitten (who i was also listening to in advance of their boston show) does it so much better
― maura, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
I liked that they put Iron Chic on there. That genre of punk (a weakness of mine) rarely gets much play in these lists
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
Notable that Grizzly Bear is nowhere to be seen on any list.
― paulhw, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
if this year has a GAPDY then SZA would appear to be in it. wonder if it's any good
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
SZA, the white indie rocker that showcases the milquetoast hivemind of pop critics, you dumb stupid motherfucking asshole
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
GAPDY just means 'consensus pick' at this point
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
"SZA is R&B's New Jersey, don't @ me"
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
but fine i'll stop using it
it's a tenuous and unhelpful phrase. i just meant it as 'ubiquitous pick'!
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
also you have strange anger issues. is everything ok at home?
i'm listening to SZA now anyway. it sounds...not bad idk? let's see
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
:(
sorry, imago
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
quite ok. ilm can never lose its eoy fire, that'd be dull
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
"ugh, how apathetic the pens of scribes recommending platitudinous trollop SZA when Yrrrt Grvlakak released an album on Bandcamp"
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, November 20, 2017 5:14 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahaha this particular 'dumb stupid motherfucking asshole' gun was loaded a whole fortnight ago :D
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
I was not aware of the Ibeyi album until Matos mentioned a song on Facebook and holy shit this is gorgeous.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
Ben Ratliff, who used to be at the NY Times, but now freelances, writes books and teaches, made an alphabetical list of 15 for Esquire, while critiquing the whole list-making thing and endorsing sites from Quietus to Norteno Blog and Na Mira da Groove
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a13587928/best-albums-2017-alphabetical-order/
Future-HndrxxGirlpool-PowerplantGrace Sings Sludge-Laurel Halo-DustJLin-Black OrigamiKendrick Lamar-DamnArto Lindsay-Cuidado MadameNkisi-KillProtomartyr-Ryuichi Sakamoto-AsyncSampha-ProcessJay Som-Everybody WorksThundercat-DrunkTyler the Creator-Flower BoyDavid Virelles-Gnosis
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
Tyler the Creator's doing way better on these lists than I would ever have guessed.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
even I like the Ibeyi album
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
i've been tyler agnostic for a very long time, but the new album is really nice
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
Ibeyi is hitting me a little like an updated iteration of Les Nubiens
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
i heard priests album this week
p good
shes tasted maggots
― infinity (∞), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link