That kind of post used to be de rigueur in Rolling Teenpop. Memory... All alone in the moonlight...
― Mordy, Monday, 24 November 2008 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
So wait, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus are different people?
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Monday, 24 November 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
The Metal Edge Top 50 of 2008:
49. TIE: Motörhead, Motörizer/Prostitute Disfigurement, Descendants Of Depravity 48. Belphegor, Bondage Goat Zombie 47. In Flames, A Sense Of Purpose 46. Hate Eternal, Fury And Flames 45. Moonspell, Night Eternal 43. TIE: Iced Earth, The Crucible Of Man/Staind, The Illusion Of Progress 41. TIE: Eluveitie, Slania/Saviours, Into Abaddon 40. DragonForce, Ultra Beatdown 38. TIE: Blessed By A Broken Heart, Pedal To The Metal/Boris, Smile 37. Ayreon, 01011001 36. Into Eternity, The Incurable Tragedy 35. Cynic, Traced In Air 34. Intronaut, Prehistoricisms 33. Disfear, Live The Storm 32. Coffins, Buried Death 31. Gates Of Slumber, Conqueror 28. TIE: Annihilation Time, Annihilation Time III/Melvins, Nude With Boots/Trivium, Shogun 27. Equilibrium, Sagas 26. All That Remains, Overcome 25. Lair Of The Minotaur, War Metal Battle Master 23. TIE: Bleeding Through, Declaration/Mötley Crüe, Saints Of Los Angeles 22. Children Of Bodom, Blooddrunk 21. Made Out Of Babies, The Ruiner 20. GridLink, Amber Gray 19. Disturbed, Indestructible 17. TIE: Genghis Tron, Board Up The House/Wetnurse, Invisible City 16. The Sword, Gods Of The Earth 15. Judas Priest, Nostradamus 14. Neuraxis, The Thin Line Between 13. Krallice, Krallice 11. TIE: Cavalera Conspiracy, Inflikted/Torche, Meanderthal10. Testament, The Formation Of Damnation 9. Enslaved, Vertebrae 8. Nachtmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1 7. Harvey Milk, Life…The Best Game In Town 6. Amon Amarth, Twilight Of The Thunder God 5. Gojira, The Way Of All Flesh 4. Slipknot, All Hope Is Gone 3. Meshuggah, obZen 2. Metallica, Death Magnetic1. Opeth, Watershed
― unperson, Monday, 24 November 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Mojo Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2008 http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/923684
1 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes2 - The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement3 - Paul Weller - 22 Dreams4 - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago [2007]5 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!6 - The Hold Steady - Stay Positive7 - Glasvegas - Glasvegas8 - The Week That Was - The Week That Was9 - The Bug - London Zoo10 - Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark11 - Portishead - Third12 - Don Cavalli - Cryland13 - Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark14 - British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?15 - Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You16 - Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)17 - Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust18 - Pete Molinari - A Virtual Landslide19 - Beck - Modern Guilt20 - TV on the Radio - Dear Science21 - Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali22 - Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight23 - Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid24 - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life25 - Randy Newman - Harps and Angels26 - Peter Broderick - Home27 - M83 - Saturdays=Youth28 - Neon Neon - Stainless Style29 - Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals [2007]30 - The Night Marchers - See You in Magic31 - Duffy - Rockferry32 - Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left33 - Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic34 - Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing35 - Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows36 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular37 - Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - The Sinking of the Titanic [2007]38 - Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree39 - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton40 - The Black Keys - Attack & Release41 - The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent42 - Juana Molina - Un Día43 - Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers44 - Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance45 - Metallica - Death Magnetic46 - James Hunter - The Hard Way47 - Flying Lotus - Los Angeles48 - AC/DC - Black Ice49 - The Neil Cowley Trio - Loud... Louder... Stop50 - Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
― djmartian, Monday, 24 November 2008 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
paste has something I've never heard of @ #1 which is something at least. Is it any good?― BIG HOOS enjoys a cold mindbeer (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, November 24, 2008 9:11 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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(no, it's not good)
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, 24 November 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
literally the only thing on that Mojo list that I don't hate is Fuck Buttons
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, 24 November 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
You must be worn out.
― Enrique (Raw Patrick), Monday, 24 November 2008 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I still haven't listened to Fleet Foxes or the new TV on the Radio tho, and I have a sneaking suspicion that I might like them.
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, 24 November 2008 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
also the one track I've heard off London Zoo wasn't bad
Loooove seeing Torche at #1 on a metal list.
― vampire baseball (call all destroyer), Monday, 24 November 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
these annual reminders of how terrible most critics' taste is are kind of simultaneously depressing and reassuring
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 November 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I quite liked that Late of the Pier album.
No medals though...
― Mark G, Monday, 24 November 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Loooove seeing Torche at #1 on a metal list.― vampire baseball (call all destroyer), Monday, November 24, 2008 3:53 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, 24 November 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
It's blowing my mind that Portishead has only made one list so far.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 24 November 2008 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
exactly how I feel about Deerhunter
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, 24 November 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.insidetennis.com/it_img/0805_tantrums_mcenroe_500.jpg http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_01/victormeldrew0410_468x493.jpg
― Me and Ruth Lorenzo, Rollin' in the Benzo (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 November 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
go torche!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 24 November 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, November 24, 2008 10:40 AM (1 hour ago)
TVOTR = v. goodFF = exalted background music
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 November 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, FF definitely SOUND good, but there's not a lot of substance there.
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 24 November 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
The Blender list is like a list of albums.
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 24 November 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Still no Cut Copy, no Wolf Parade, no Blitzen Trapper, no Jay Reatard.. we have 1 mention of No Age, and 1 mention of The Sword..
These lists can suck a D.
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 November 2008 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Man, people really do get worked up over lists that were compiled back before the year was even three-quarters finished. I've already turned in a couple lists for polls that were two months early, roughly speaking, and am putting some together before the year is up as well; the way "the year in" has dialed back further and further makes me uneasy. I kind of read them with a grain of salt that way.
― Matos W.K., Monday, 24 November 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
there is no excuse for putting that astonishingly bad My Morning Jacket anywhere near a top albums list, even if it's "top albums that came out that week"
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, 24 November 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, I've complained about the She & Him win elsewhere! I'm not making fun at all. I just find it kind of oddly encouraging that people actually care about this stuff.
― Matos W.K., Monday, 24 November 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
(I'm almost certain I've said that before on a previous year-end poll thread, but I've been up all night and am spacey. Onward.)
― Matos W.K., Monday, 24 November 2008 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't really understand why people ever get outraged about their favorite albums not showing up on a particular year-end list (a need to confirm one's subjective opinion, maybe?), but especially when there are zillions of lists these days: no publication really has the authority anymore to single-handedly canonize albums, so why sweat it?
― xpost haha (jaymc), Monday, 24 November 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
be happy you have better taste than these schlubs!
― aaaaa (jergins), Monday, 24 November 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I really like that Cut Copy disc, and I'm glad to see it not turning up on these lists...
― henry s, Monday, 24 November 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
you're right, but I like to see my favorite artists do well, so that's one reason. when p4k (for an obv example) puts you in their top ten, sales and concert tickets are gonna swell, no?
xp jay
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 November 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
xxp:
I am happy! it's just weird I guess -- I haven't really listened to that much new music this year, but most of the stuff from these lists that I've heard is so dull that I wouldn't have even remembered it came out this year.
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Monday, 24 November 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
when p4k (for an obv example) puts you in their top ten, sales and concert tickets are gonna swell, no?
Yeah, I guess I've never really understood why people are invested in their favorite bands getting popular, either. As long as they're doing well enough to keep putting out albums and touring on a semi-regular basis, I don't care how many units they shift.
― xpost haha (jaymc), Monday, 24 November 2008 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone else shocked to see this on the mojo list?...
37 - Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - The Sinking of the Titanic [2007]
was considering this for my list, but who turned those guys on to something like this???
― psychgawsple, Monday, 24 November 2008 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
no Blitzen Trapper
they're #1 on my list of bands who, from reading reviews, i think will be awesome, but are completely disappointing to listen to.
― Moreno, Monday, 24 November 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i think it's entirely depressing that anyone would pick a fifth-wave freak folk act as their #1 album of the year. surely something original happened in 2008?
― psychgawsple, Monday, 24 November 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i think it's entirely depressing that anyone would keep count of how many waves of freak folk there have been now
― dumb pseud (some dude), Monday, 24 November 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
whats the Don Cavalli album like?
― Michael B, Monday, 24 November 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
yes yes, i clearly have a tally on my wall. apparently it's the most relevant form of music in 2008 though, so...
― psychgawsple, Monday, 24 November 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
8 - The Week That Was - The Week That Was
glad this is getting props somewhere, i'm really into it at the moment
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 November 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Do you mean Fleet Foxes psychgawsple?
I don't think they really sound like a freak folk group or even the descendants of freak folk (though they probably listened to the last Grizzly Bear album). Which is not to say they're doing anything new.
I like the album, but I'd be depressed if was number one on my list. Having said that, I think it's far more likely that it'll do well this year not because some people think it's the best thing of the year, but because heaps and heaps of people are ranking it about ten.
I kinda ruined my singles poll list for Pitchfork (in terms of expecting to have any effect on the outcome) by stuffing it with UK funky house tunes.
― Tim F, Monday, 24 November 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
indeed, it is not very 'freaky', but it is folksy psych-pop in that lineage (imo). and it seems to have a weird appeal to the more dance-music oriented set, which i simply don't understand (it looks like this'll be the #1 album over at djhistory!?!?!). it's easy to like but there's nothing exciting going on by any means.
and god bless you sir for bringing more funky UK house to the Pitchfork list
― psychgawsple, Monday, 24 November 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I doubt any will make it into the final list though! This is the problem with these sorts of consensus lists, and exactly why something like Fleet Foxes tends to get overrated. In fact I think I'd say what Fleet Foxes have going for them is that they are a point where people with bad taste and people with good taste converge.
― Tim F, Monday, 24 November 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah but you guys do show individual lists too, right?
that's where you find the real gold
― psychgawsple, Monday, 24 November 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
The inclusion of Staind, Trivium, and Slipknot all make me cringe, but still, Metal Edge's EOY list is better than Decibel's, I think.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 03:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Without my vote I'm pretty sure Belphegor's Bondage Goat Zombie wouldn't have even made the Metal Edge top 50!!! (Also, my #1 vote for Equilibrium must have helped its placing.)
― Dimension 5ive, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Tremendous variety in that Metal Edge list. I didn't vote for Equilibrium, but I sure as hell admire it. That album is nuts.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
21 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Pt. One (4th World War)19 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
― Trik Turner Fan Club President (Tape Store), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
the motherfuckers
― Mikaael Jackson (The Reverend), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yall didnt know matt armstrong was the editor of blender?
― racist (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
was considering this for my list, but who turned (MOJO) on to something like this???
For all the Boomer Rock worship and Beatles covers the MOJO writers have actually been right there in terms of championing great bands early on.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 05:15 (fifteen years ago) link
"One Of The Boys" is an abortion
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 05:30 (fifteen years ago) link
"Stuck on Repeat" I prolly like better than anything off the last Roisin, all the other stuff I've heard is kinda eh.
― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Monday, 5 January 2009 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
poptimists tracks of 08 part one (42-50)
http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/654842.html
― xhuxk, Monday, 5 January 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
poptimists tracks of 08 part two (31-40)
http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/655205.html
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Nashville Scene Country Critics Poll: http://www.nashvillescene.com/2009-01-15/news/the-ninth-annual-nashville-scene-country-music-critics-poll-the-results/
― Matos W.K., Friday, 16 January 2009 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't Christgau in his consumer poll give a 'dud' to the Nashville Scene Critics poll winner Jamey Johnson? Wonder why he hates him so. Maybe he says why in that Slate discussion upthread
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 January 2009 12:45 (fifteen years ago) link
it's probably bcuz he's old
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 January 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Nah, that hasn't stopped him before.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
if that's the sort of thing you're after you may as well just go get the last roisin murphy album instead, next to which little boots is sort of redundant
Little Boots sounds nothing like Roisin Murphy and more like Hot Chip with a female singer.
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
that "stuck on a groove" single is better than anything hot chip's done in a long time
― gr8080, Friday, 16 January 2009 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
lex to thread:
http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/
― Ioannis, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Pazz & Jop 2008
Lex and others to thread
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Not sure how they compiled it but here's the Offbeat, New Orleans magazine, top 10:
1. Theresa Andersson-Hummingbird Go2. Irma Thomas-Simply Grand3. Michael Doucet-From Now On4. Dr. Michael White-Blue Crescent5. Lil' Wayne-Tha Carter III6. The Iguanas-If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times7. Tom McDermott and Connie Jones- Creole Nocturne8. Dr. John-The City That Care Forgot9. David Egan-You Don't know Your Mind10. Porter-Batiste-Stolz-Moodoo
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 25 January 2009 04:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Rock-a-Rolla top 40:
1. Harvey Milk – Life…The Best Game in Town2. Earth – The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull3. Melvins – Nude with Boots4. Dub Trio – Another Sound is Dying5. Asva – What You Don’t know is Frontier6. Grails – Doomsdayer’s Holiday7. Secret Chiefs 3 – Xaphan: Book of Angel8. Kayo Dot – Blue Lambency Downward9. Mike Patton – A Perfect Place10. Racebanon – Acid or Blood11. Torche – Meanderthal12. Portishead – Third13. The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath14. Lustmord – [Other]15. Zach Hill – Astrological Straits16. Steve Von Till – A Grave is a Grim Horse17. Ascend – Ample Fire Within18. Akimbo – Jersey Shores19. Conifer – Corown Fire20. Bohren & Der Club of Gore – Dolores21. Meshuggah – Obzen22. Philip Jeck – Sano23. UFOmammut – Idolum24. Wildildlife – Six25. Moha! – One Way Ticket to Candyland26. Helms Alee – Night Terror27. Mogwai – The Hawk is Howling28. Krallice – Krallice29. Jarboe – Mahakali 30. Hey Colossus – Happy Birthday31. Merzbow – Anicca32. Gnaw Their Tongues – An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood33. Lucky Dragons – Dream Island Laughing Language34. Jucifer – L’Autrichienne35. Mothlite – The Flax of Reverie36. Boris – Smile37. No Age – Nouns38. Black Sun – Paralyser39. Subtle – Exitingarm40. Prurient – And Still Waiting
― m the g, Sunday, 25 January 2009 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link
DJ Premier's top 20 '08
20. Ill Bill - The Hour of Reprisal19. 88-Keys - The Death of Adam18. EPMD - We Mean Business17. Craig G & Marley Marl - Operation Take Back Hip-Hop16. Ice Cube - Raw Footage15. Q-Tip - The Renaissance14. Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto13. Termanology - Politics as Usual12. Big Shug - Otherside of the Game11. Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
10. Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team)09. Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III08. The P Brothers - The Gas07. eMC - The Show06. Jake One - White Van Music05. D.I.T.C. - The Movement04. Scarface - Emeritus03. Statik Selektah - Stick 2 the Script02. Evidence - The Layover EP01. DJ Revolution - King of the Decks
― twitty milk (deej), Sunday, 1 February 2009 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Luda???
― The Reverend, Sunday, 1 February 2009 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link
he had a track on it :-/
― twitty milk (deej), Sunday, 1 February 2009 10:24 (fifteen years ago) link
with a few glaring exceptions, I was surprisingly happy with the results of this year's WXYC DJ poll:
The Top 20 of 2008 (technically the Top 21 b/c the #20 slot was a tie):
1. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (TYPE)2. Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont (Kranky/4AD)3. Tape - Luminarium (Häpna)4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguar)5. Lil Wayne- tha carter 3 (Cash Money)6. Robbie Basho - Bonn Ist Supreme (Bo'Weavil)7. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lions Skull (Southern Lord)7. Fleet Foxes- fleet foxes (Sub Pop)9. 70's Thai Orchestra - 70's Thai Orchestra (MISSISSIPPI/EXILED)10. Lau Nau - Nukkuu (Locust)11. v/a - 1970's algerian proto-rai underground (SUBLIME FREQUENCIES)12. Alan Licht & Aki Onda - Everydays (FAMILY VINEYARD)13. Gang Gang Dance- St. Dymphna (Social Registry)14. Animal Collective - Water Curses EP (Domino/Paw Tracks)14. Man Man - Rabbit Habits (ANTI-)16. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP (Chocolate Industries)17. Girl talk - Feed the animals (Illegal Art)18. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing (ATP Recordings)18. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace (self-released)20. Ponytail- ice cream social (We Are Free)20. Burning Star Core - Challenger (Hospital/Plastic)
― if you like it then you shoulda put a donk on it (bernard snowy), Saturday, 7 February 2009 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link