that p4k blurb about "do you" is horrible
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
srs
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
plus so obv that miggy is really more into hugs and stuntin with the drug talk
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I felt Mr. Blurbwriter was listening to a completely different song to me, or maybe just not listening. There was also that long Spin article (I think?) that ripped on Pussy is Mine because it's supermisogynistic and Miguel obviously just cares about controlling women.
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
there was a (positive) review in the Irish Times that described Pussy Is Mine as "loverman bragging". I despair
― Number None, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
once again, the key to understanding "Pussy Is Mine":
https://twitter.com/venusxGG/status/265880111960711169
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
i love "pussy is mine" because it's so vulnerable and is miggy being insecure in a genre that prizes surefooted machismo
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah exactly.
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
honestly one of my favourite songs on the record
― Number None, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Monday, December 17, 2012 6:23 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
Great song, but the reason I cannot feel comfortable playing the album at work.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
The big clue is he singing it over the barest of guitar accompaniment. It's weird that Nick Drake-loving indie dudes don't immediately want to make the allusion.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
maybe after they're done working out all the striking parallels with Christopher Owens, formerly of Girls
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_173/118651963590Ane2.jpg
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
Christopher Owens, formerly of Girls, now a cat
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
which explains his feline grace and the way his songs stick their claws into your heart
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
pussy is unimpressed xxp
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
lol i didn't even realize this is the current issue of Fader
http://cdn.thefader.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/F83_COVER_620.jpg
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:44 (eleven years ago) link
would be more effective if Owens photo were on the other side so Miguel can be all "tell me that the pussy is over there."
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
they're good at shit/not shit juxtapositions but that may be the most dramatic to date
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
"the fader: we know some cool black people, and the worst white people"
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
I got a light skinned friend looks like Michael Jackson, etc
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't even realize that pickler had an album out this year!
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
hey i have an article in that issue of the fader, pick it up
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 06:43 (eleven years ago) link
nah i think the drugs talk is serious - it's not in a stuntin way at all, it's about how doing drugs w/someone can be really intimate and nice. drugs as homely and sorta romantic rather than cool or glamorous. that feels like a novel angle in a great way.
otoh this has become a massive cliché this year - i'm not even sure whether it was ever true but this narrative has been ongoing for bloody ages now and it's totally cringe to see indie audiences fetishising awkwardness and insecurity as somehow more "real", and acting like r&b had hitherto been a completely one-dimensional genre, as if it wasn't RIVEN with uncertainty and complexity before our current crop of sad reverby dudes came along.
i mean, that is the appeal of "pussy is mine" specifically, yeah, but it's more about how unguarded it is - from the sentiments expressed to also the vulgarity of the language that miguel avoids elsewhere to the way he tries to play it off as a joke at the end (i don't mind that it's obv staged).
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 08:15 (eleven years ago) link
Pitchfork - Top 100 trackshttp://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9015-the-top-100-tracks-of-2012/
Just posting the top 50:
1. Grimes - Oblivion2. Frank Ocean - Pyramids3. Usher - Climax4. Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe5. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built6. Bat for Lashes - Laura7. Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards8. Beach House - Myth9. Fiona Apple - Werewolf10. Jai Paul - Jasmine11. Frank Ocean - Thinkin About You12. Miguel - Adorn13. Chromatics - Kill For Love14. M.I.A. - Bad Girls15. Andy Stott - Numb16. Solange - Losing You17. Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms18. Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap [ft. 2 Chainz]19. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Only In My Dreams20. Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)21. Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments22. Death Grips - I've Seen Footage23. Dirty Projectors - Dance For You24. Chief Keef - I Don't Like [ft. Lil Reese]25. Grimes - Genesis26. TNGHT - Higher Ground27. Grizzly Bear - Yet Again28. Cat Power - Nothin But Time29. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe30. Kanye West - Mercy [ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz]31. Frank Ocean - Bad Religion32. Sky Ferreira - Everything Is Embarrassing33. Danny Brown - Grown Up34. Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless35. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night36. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse37. Killer Mike - Reagan38. Hot Chip - ''Flutes''39. Schoolboy Q - Hands On The Wheel [ft. A$AP Rocky]40. The Men - Open Your Heart41. El-P - The Full Retard42. Gunplay - Jump Out43. Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows44. AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It45. Spiritualized - Hey Jane46. Ty Segall Band - I Bought My Eyes47. Grizzly Bear - Sleeping Ute48. Burial/Four Tet - Nova49. Future - Turn On The Lights50. Icona Pop - I Love It
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:42 (eleven years ago) link
4. Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe9. Fiona Apple - Werewolf15. Andy Stott - Numb18. Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap [ft. 2 Chainz]
^^completely bizarre choices off albums i love
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:45 (eleven years ago) link
Resident Advisor - Top 50 tracks of 2012http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1705
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
5 of the RA top 10 tally with my own favourite dance trax this year
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I concur with the Fiona on the list, only direct overlap (on the last 50) was w death grips
Did people really rate "Bad Girls" that much?
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't expect much of what i've bought this year to place in the RA poll but didn't expect it to be quite so divergent
― coal, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:36 (eleven years ago) link
"Those strings. It was impossible to escape those strings in 2012."
This is the line that makes sense of the Andres record for me. I used to be part of the clubbing world and now I'm not so I can't get a handle on why that record is #1 from hearing it at my computer but I can when I imagine it as a feature of so many nights out. I love how the dance press's EOTY lists address a specific subculture where this is ubiquitous as Call Me Maybe is for everyone else.
― Deafening silence (DL), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, but danceworld is so fragmented that it was completely possible to go clubbing fairly frequently throughout the year and not hear it if you weren't going to house nights.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah but RA is predominantly centred around a certain type of European house and techno night, although it's covered more post-dubstep in recent years, there's still a sense that it's addressing a particular defined community.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:11 (eleven years ago) link
I mean I'm sure I'd have heard the Andres record if I'd been proper clubbing more than twice this year. It could well have been as ubiquitous as a Mouth To Mouth or a Rej for all I know.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
4. Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe
Really? This seems like the most portable, single-y track from the Kendrick album. Not a bizarre choice in a consensus vote, imo.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
was gonna say itt that i was happy at so few tracks lists this year having "Swimming Pools" on it, as a hit single from an acclaimed album it's really kind of shit.
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
i just really fucking hate "bitch don't kill my vibe"
always loved "swimming pools", though not necessarily as a single
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
one would think tracks lists are the ideal places to recognise "cartoon & cereal"
two months ago I skipped it, now I play it all the time.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen Backseat Freestyle popping up in a few lists but it's not really an album with proper singles on it. So yeah Cartoon & Cereal or even The Recipe would be fine but I get the feeling people just want to throw out a vaguely pointless shout to the album.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
lex honestly you've stated your case about "vibe" and i think now you can just let that song be mentioned without making a big deal about it every. fucking. time.
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not going to be lectured about posting habits by anyone who pulled the shit you did in the shanell thread
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:37 (eleven years ago) link
Tim F's write-up for 'Turn On The Lights' on th pfk countdown is great! This bit in particular "His lyrics simultaneously raised and lowered the bar for spur of the moment profundity as his hook-laden yet tone-deaf emphysemic mutterings nestled into the cracks between rap and R&B, while Auto-Tune choruses left him sounding like gloriously damaged goods." kinda nails a big part of why I love Future so much.
― pandemic, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:37 (eleven years ago) link
ha i barely posted in the shanell thread, and only obnoxiously half the time, and then left it alone compared to the several people openly trolling it
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
xpost yeah i loved that write up
― just sayin, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
noz on keef is fire also
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
Asking here cuz somebody should know: will there even be a Best Muscle Writing 2012 ?
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link