Mask Off, Passionfruit and Slide are three very enjoyable tracks, showing on a lot of these lists, that could've imo been great if they'd had more than placeholder lyrics
― niels, Thursday, 14 December 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Love to see the one from The Danish String Quartet on there. My dad played it for me, and the sound of it is absolutely striking. Also, I went to school with a couple of the guys :) Will check out that Barbara Hannigan disc, that sounds pretty incredible.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 14 December 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
i saw hannigan conduct and sing mozart and stravinsky a couple of years ago and she was fantastic
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 12:18 (six years ago) link
She is an absolute superstar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFpzip-SZk
Let Me Tell You, where she sings Hans Abrahamsen, is amazing as well, but this is afaict the first disc in her own name.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 14 December 2017 12:29 (six years ago) link
nice to see the new york times pimping for the hartke - i liked it a lot. probably doesn't mean as much as if pitchfork reviewed it, but at least _somebody_ will hear it...
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Thursday, 14 December 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
The Benjamin Clementine track on that NPR list is really good fyi
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 14 December 2017 13:59 (six years ago) link
This is a good jazz list (except for the #1 pick - that Thundercat album suuuuucks) and the intro is interesting.
https://www.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/10-best-jazz-albums-2017/
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
Mixmag - The Top 50 Albums of 2017
http://mixmag.net/feature/50-albums-12-months
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
That Sinjin Hawke album sounded amazing on my first listen and unbearable on my second (but maybe I just wasn't in the right mood)
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
Ann Powers' Top 10 Underheard Albums Of 2017
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/12/14/570576493/ann-powers-top-10-underheard-albums-of-2017
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
the "Cat Person" of pop songs is Laura Marling's "My Manic and I"
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
I thought that was "Wild Fire"
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
that anna tivel song/album are great though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
Just out of idle curiosity: that last Rolling Stones album, Blue and Lonesome, came out in December 2016, too late for a lot of last year's lists. Has it showed up anywhere this year?
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
not according to this aggregator http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/63124-the-rolling-stones-blue-lonesome.php
have to say I'd find it a weird, or at least very surprising, inclusion
― niels, Thursday, 14 December 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
the 2 best rap lists
https://themartorialist.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-obligatory-best-rap-songs-of-2017_14.html
http://noz.agency/2017/12/14/best-rap-2017/
― JB, Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
xxxpost Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin are two Portland folk singers who should be much more widely known, imo. they tour together, play on each others' songs (and I assume they are in a relationship, tho I'm not positive). Martin put out an incredible album this year, too:
https://jeffreymartinportland.bandcamp.com/
listen to "Poor Man" at least
― alpine static, Thursday, 14 December 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link
lol @ 11 on the noz list
― ||||||||, Thursday, 14 December 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
aside from his cosign of t shirt which i still find 'ok' lol i find it vindicating to see in the comments hes basically in agreement w me about migos/future/thug burnout
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 15 December 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
xxxpost Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin are two Portland folk singers who should be much more widely known, imo. they tour together, play on each others' songs (and I assume they are in a relationship, tho I'm not positive).
― alpine static
read that as "they are in a relationship, tho it's not positive" and thought that was a pretty harsh zing
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, 15 December 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link
anna tivel is a perfect fit for anybody who actually gives a shit about short stories which appear in the new yorker
i'm more interested in the "cat people" of pop songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdHMaccjw4
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, 15 December 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
My list is here: https://2012yearinmusic.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-favorite-new-albums-of-2017.html
― o. nate, Friday, 15 December 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
damn, the Quietus, NPR and RS EDM lists are quite awesome.
SW rules, btw. Untitled A2 is gonna make my tracks ballot.
― octobeard, Friday, 15 December 2017 06:56 (six years ago) link
Pitchfork - The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-experimental-albums-of-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Friday, 15 December 2017 06:56 (six years ago) link
^
1. Arca - Arca2. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid3. Various Artists - Mono No Aware4. Ryuichi Sakamoto - async5. GAS - Narkopop6. Blanck Mass - World Eater7. William Basinski - A Shadow in Time8. Joni Void - Selfless9. Lushloss - Asking/Bearing10. Mhysa - fantasii11. Forest Swords - Compassion12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers13. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - On the Echoing Green14. Ben Frost - The Centre Cannot Hold15. Yves Tumor - Experiencing the Deposit of Faith16. Eluvium - Shuffle Drones17. L’Rain - L’Rain18. Amnesia Scanner - AS TRUTH19. Klein - Tommy EP20. Pharmakon - Contact
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 15 December 2017 07:07 (six years ago) link
cheers haven't heard l'rain - will check that out this morning
― nxd, Friday, 15 December 2017 09:54 (six years ago) link
*slow clap for pitchfork*
― Cardi Acs (imago), Friday, 15 December 2017 09:56 (six years ago) link
Slow Hand Clap For Pitchfork's drone album is excellent and should definitely be on that list.
― Matt DC, Friday, 15 December 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link
is it painfully cool boring rubbish, cos if so yeah
― Cardi Acs (imago), Friday, 15 December 2017 10:46 (six years ago) link
No results found for "that fraud basinski".
― Cardi Acs (imago), Friday, 15 December 2017 10:47 (six years ago) link
Mind you, as said above, Mhysa album worth a listen
― Cardi Acs (imago), Friday, 15 December 2017 10:52 (six years ago) link
Great list from the Blackest Ever Black shop in London:https://lowcompany.co.uk/collections/best-of-2017
― Barnaby, Hardly, Friday, 15 December 2017 13:15 (six years ago) link
Nathan Rabin's Top 10
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 15 December 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
(oops, meant to post that in the year-end film thread)
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 15 December 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
Complex UK’s Best Albums Of 2017
http://www.complex.com/music/2017/12/complex-uk-best-albums-of-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Friday, 15 December 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
― Cardi Acs (imago)
wtf is the matter with you, stop it
― sleeve, Friday, 15 December 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
― Barnaby, Hardly
i don't think i'm hip enough to listen to any of this! nothing i had heard of until page 5
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, 15 December 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
Lists like that don't make me feel un-hip. They make me grateful there's people out there curating stuff I wouldn't have heard otherwise. Thanks for the list.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
cool stuff on that list, thanks, need to hear SUED 16 and the Christoph de Babalon right off the bat
― sleeve, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
i don't think i'm hip enough to listen to any of this! nothing i had heard of until page 5― bob lefse (rushomancy)
― bob lefse (rushomancy)
A lot of it was only familiar from being on their mailing list (which is well worth signing up for). Though plenty was completely new to me.
Lists like that don't make me feel un-hip. They make me grateful there's people out there curating stuff I wouldn't have heard otherwise. Thanks for the list.― afriendlypioneer
― afriendlypioneer
Yeah, that's my take on it as well. I enjoy investigating lists like this.
― Barnaby, Hardly, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGE7q0oDlEI
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 15 December 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
haha Paul F. Tompkins is hilarious
― Evan, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, December 15, 2017 7:00 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is just the worst attitude, i mean, really??
― brimstead, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
Listening to the Heavy Metal band off that list. Shades of Earl Brutus/The Pre New, but we'll see if it takes
― Cardi Acs (imago), Friday, 15 December 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
I am kind of getting Nathan Barley vibes off that list tbh
― Cardi Acs (imago), Friday, 15 December 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
don't you have a thread for this, my friend, do you need another one?
― brimstead, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
everybody be nice to blackest ever black!!!
otm
― sleeve, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
dig the stuff i know off that list, will be checking the other 99% out haha
― nxd, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
the 154 reissue is a must, if you're into super gauzy ambient with muted kick drums
― brimstead, Friday, 15 December 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link