*Spin
― Simon H., Thursday, 21 December 2017 11:57 (six years ago) link
Prog Magazine list is extremely embarrassing. Paul Draper though! Hahaha
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 21 December 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
9. Errorsmith - Superlative Fatigue10. TQD - UKG
Dunno what's happened to the FACT team over the last couple of years but this confirms they've finally discovered smiling.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 December 2017 13:04 (six years ago) link
DJ Mag - Top 50 tracks of 2017
https://djmag.com/content/top-50-tracks-2017
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 21 December 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
22. Differ-Ent - It's Good to Be Differ-Ent
This is amazing by the way - full length albums from Detroit techno legends (this is DJ Bone fwiw) don't often do it for me but this one bangs and bangs and bangs.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 December 2017 13:13 (six years ago) link
Boomkat lists: https://boomkat.com/charts/2017
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 21 December 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
it's probably not the best look to put a boomkat editions-released record as #1, but it's my aoty so i don't really mind
― stritram, Thursday, 21 December 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
Is this the first year the 'overlooked' lists are so omnipresent? I like it, but can't remember those being around as much as they are right now.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
I noticed that too.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
perhaps you overlooked the overlooked lists
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Might be! :)
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
What are the best overlooked lists I may have missed?
― Evan, Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
Rather, which one is overlooked?
― willem, Thursday, 21 December 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
Yeah, not many people know my favorite overlooked lists. I'm not really into mainstream lists of overlooked artists? Most people wouldn't get them anyway.
― Evan, Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
In the 90s Spin always had an overlooked list (10 Albums You Might Have Missed, or something) on the page after their top 20. I think that's how I found out Possum Dixon had a second album.
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile, Magnet's been rolling out their list. #1 = Waxahatchee
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/category/best-of-2017/
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
xp well he's easily overlooked as he's playing possum
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
Sakro from my hometown at 9 on mixmag! First person I know in an EOY list.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 21 December 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
another slept on selection from okayplayerhttp://www.okayplayer.com/music/most-slept-on-albums-2017-okayplayer.html
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 21 December 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
that magnet magazine list might be the worst so far
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 21 December 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
Brooklyn Vegan's overlooked albums list is hilarious - it includes Vijay Iyer's new one, which has topped or placed highly in just about every jazz poll.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/five-overlooked-albums-of-2017/
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 21 December 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
I hear he dives fully into the avant-garde on that one
― niels, Friday, 22 December 2017 08:22 (six years ago) link
the magnet list stinks, but at least they gave proper shine to that Manchester Orchestra album. some days, i think it might be the best thing i heard all year.
― alpine static, Friday, 22 December 2017 08:44 (six years ago) link
resident advisor albums
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3134
― sophistipop 2 (stritram), Friday, 22 December 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
i made a list
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2017/12/21/maura-johnston-picks-for-best-albums/hC89P5ZRNAxBKwQU1XBrMI/story.html
― maura, Friday, 22 December 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
there are other globe critics' lists at the bottom too
Lex's albums
finally got my EOY lists together, here are 50 albums I enjoyed this year + playlist https://t.co/0ks0whJjZG pic.twitter.com/JpLP6EKvpi— Alex Macpherson (@alex_macpherson) December 21, 2017
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 22 December 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
Sorry about that I don't get links on zing
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 22 December 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
ah, makes sense lex wld like that iamddb, still not sure if it's the right sort of insubstantial but definitely nice enough
― ogmor, Friday, 22 December 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
Phonica (London electronic music shop) - various best of 2017 lists:
http://offtherecord.net/phonica-records-best-of-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Friday, 22 December 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
I don't know who this is (looks like it could easily be someone who posts here, not that I have anyone in mind). Some releases by artists I am vaguely interested in, that I was not aware had come out.
https://optimisticunderground.com/2017/12/13/50-best-albums-of-2017/
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 22 December 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
resident advisor tracks list put me onto s.a.m.’s “pour aisha” which is the best thing in the world
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 22 December 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
I really like Pour Aisha
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 December 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
I'm enjoying the Girl Ray album from Maura's list. A mention of Heavenly and Camera Obscura in the same sentence will always get my antennae up. I definitely hear them, and more than a hint of the Dolly Mixture.
― o. nate, Saturday, 23 December 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
Couple of sleeve/packaging lists:
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/our-12-favourite-record-sleeves-of-2017/
https://acloserlisten.com/2017/12/11/acl-2017-the-years-best-packaging/
― Jeff W, Saturday, 23 December 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
love that Jeff Mills one
― omar little, Saturday, 23 December 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
Dream State Of A Bellmaker is an album of the year contender for me, seems to have been mostly overlooked though.
― toby, Saturday, 23 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
i checked it out the other day and it rapidly ascended my own list
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 December 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
lex's album list, especially past the top end of it, has some surprises and some things I've seen nowhere else. A particular standout for me is Ariwo, which I need to listen to some more before attempting to describe it.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
Kind of "fourth world" actually.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 16:09 (six years ago) link
He's got a bunch of electronic/world fusion sorts of things I am honestly surprised he likes, but they are good. (A bunch, well, maybe a couple at least. Seems there were others.)
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
The rhythms on this first Ariwo track at least seem closer to typical "dance music" (with maybe even the ghost of house) than what you'd find on a Jon Hassell album.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
Opening trumpet lick on "Caldera" awfully close to a specific melodic snippet that appears in Latin music all the time. People (who can tolerate the idea of ethno- jazz electronic music) should check this out.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
The more I listen to it, the more it sounds like standard Latin jazztronica. I appreciate that the trumpet doesn't sound all that much like Miles. It usually does in things like this. And I do like it, I'm just not sure how exceptional it is.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
Listening to the Ariwo album now on Spotify. Their bio (from Bandcamp) is interesting:
Ariwo are a Cuban/Iranian four-piece focused on intersection between electronic and ancestral music.The band brings together Iranian electronic composer Pouya Ehsaei and three of London’s most influential Cuban musicians: Irakere's Latin Grammy-winning “percussion virtuoso”, Hammadi Valdes; Sierra Maestra lead trumpeter, Yeleris Valdes; and godfather of London’s Cuban scene, Oreste Noda.
The band brings together Iranian electronic composer Pouya Ehsaei and three of London’s most influential Cuban musicians: Irakere's Latin Grammy-winning “percussion virtuoso”, Hammadi Valdes; Sierra Maestra lead trumpeter, Yeleris Valdes; and godfather of London’s Cuban scene, Oreste Noda.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 26 December 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
Interesting. I was actually enjoying not knowing anything about them, but that's an impressive lineup. I don't hear anything that sounds Iranian, but perhaps the Iranian electronic composer doesn't particularly draw on Iranian music.
― the which the mother Mary (_Rudipherous_), Tuesday, 26 December 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
He does in some of his other stuff, I think. There's a lot of really cool shit coming out of Iran - I interviewed an Iranian black metal musician, and another guy doing ambient music with field recordings, this year.
Interview with Akvan (black metal)
Interview with Porya Hatami (ambient music)
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 26 December 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
I've always been curious about the Hermes label out of Iran, but have heard very little from it. It's not streaming anywhere that I know, except youtube in a hit or miss way, and I definitely don't have the money these days to take chances on CDs.
― the which the mother Mary (_Rudipherous_), Tuesday, 26 December 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
xp: particularly among expats, cf:Ata Ebtekar (Sote - Sacred Horror in Design)Nima Aghiani & Sara Bigdeli Shamloo (9T Antiope - Isthmus)Sevda Alizadeh (Sevdaliza - Ison)
― Sanpaku, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
I tried that Sote album a while back. I thought it had a good sound, but there wasn't much going on (or what was going on didn't have much emotional impact, for me). Not familiar with the others though.
― the which the mother Mary (_Rudipherous_), Tuesday, 26 December 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link