Masada Chamber Ensemble's Bar Kokhba and Eyvind Kang's Theater Of Mineral NADEs are my faves
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
Can someone post the FACT magazine albums in here?
― Moka, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
bar kokhba is older right?
― Mordy , Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah, late 90's I think? I really love it.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
So someone explain to me how Hookworms have managed to get quite so much traction this year. I don't dislike that record but it doesn't seem all that much better than loads of other psych from this year - Pinkunoizu, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Vision Fortune etc. They kind of remind me of Wooden Shjips both in their meat-and-potatoes dronerock sound and the mystifying level of approbation they get from Mojo etc. Or am I just old and deaf?
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
xpost
was grooving out to the Bar Kokhba Sextet recording from the 50th birthday series the other night. I think that may be my favorite of all his discs (at least the ones I've heard).
Does anyone know if this is any good?
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
Can someone post the FACT magazine albums
not been published yet!
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
oh i really want to hear that. also he has another disc coming out this month of shir hashirim related material that i am very excited to hear (the last artist to do shir hashirim stuff was ayelet rose gottleib on her fantastic mayim rabim) xp
― Mordy , Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
Nick, they're way better than Wooden Shjips (they don't ruin their motorik with Doors bits, for one), and they're also an amazingly good live band.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
Drawing upon traditions from plainchant, mediaeval ars nova, Renaissance madrigals, 20th century vocal techniques and minimalism, Zorn’s music for a cappella voice is some of his most personal and beloved creations. This is the definitive recording of his sublime, transcendent and radiant work inspired by the seductive lyricism of the world’s oldest known erotic verse. Recorded by The Sapphites, the same all-star quintet that recorded Zorn’s first a cappella masterwork Frammenti del Sappho in 2004, and the soon to be released Holy Visions, this is a sensual evocation of King Solomon’s poetic aphrodisiac “The Song of Songs,” bathed in a gorgeous package replete with erotic drawings by Auguste Rodin.
which sounds amazing to me but which descs in their catalog don't sound amazing tbph
― Mordy , Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
― sleeve, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 2:14 PM (9 minutes ago)
since this appears to be a tangent w legs, bar kokhba is one of my straight favorite albums
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
And how come nobody is raving about After Dark 2?Because it's a comp containing material that IDIB was leaking out track by track going back to fall 2012?― Johnny Fever, mercredi 4 décembre 2013 18:56 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Because it's a comp containing material that IDIB was leaking out track by track going back to fall 2012?
― Johnny Fever, mercredi 4 décembre 2013 18:56 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Glass Candy's "Warm In The Winter" even came out in 2011.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
I made a point of listening to Tap, but I wasn't into it. I guess I just don't like BoA that much, especially in its more jazz rock fusion representations. My favorite installments are by Uri Caine, Erik Friedlander, maybe Feldman/Courvoisier (in the right mood?), and to Koby Israelite (even though his is mostly in the fusion vein). The Caine recording doesn't quite sustain the same quality for the entire CD, but parts of it are fantastic.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
Holy shit Mordy, Deveykus are awesome, fucking awesome.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
(And I wanted to like Mycale, but didn't.)
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
i'm really happy u like it! i love it so much
― Mordy , Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:42 (ten years ago) link
Metacritic has started agregating various year end lists:http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-ten-albums-of-2013
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
for my money the Hookworms album is a solid-not-remarkable 7/10 effort but there's a lot more to latch on to, from an orthodox/rockist/etc pov, than Pinkunoizu, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Vision Fortune etc and yeah they are really good live. interviewed them a fortnight or so ago and asked them basically this question and their answer was "we had a better PR campaign"
― screaming lord, such opinion (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
That Metheny disc is really good - I reviewed it for Jazziz - but it's the only Book of Angels disc I've heard.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 5 December 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
That Metheny disc is really good
Wrong.
but it's the only Book of Angels disc I've heard
Shame!
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 5 December 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Beg to differ, heartily agree!
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 5 December 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
that metacritic list so far:
1 Yeezus by Kanye West 3 2 3 162 Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend 1 3 6 153 AM by Arctic Monkeys 2 0 6 124 Random Access Memories by Daft Punk 1 1 6 115 …Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age 1 1 4 96 Push the Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 0 2 4 8Silence Yourself by Savages 1 1 3 88 Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant 1 0 4 79 Immunity by Jon Hopkins 1 0 3 6Dream River by Bill Callahan 1 0 3 6Light Up Gold by Parquet Courts 1 0 3 6The Next Day by David Bowie 0 1 4 613 Soul Music by Special Request 1 1 0 5m b v by My Bloody Valentine 1 0 2 5Pearl Mystic by Hookworms 0 1 3 5Pure Heroine by Lorde 1 0 2 5R Plus Seven by Oneohtrix Point Never 1 0 2 518 Field Of Reeds by These New Puritans 0 1 2 4Wakin on a Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile 0 0 4 4Sunbather by Deafheaven 0 2 0 4Trouble Will Find Me by The National 0 0 4 4Surgical Steel by Carcass 1 0 1 4Days Are Gone by HAIM 0 0 4 4Big Inner by Matthew E. White 1 0 1 4
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 December 2013 03:32 (ten years ago) link
So, people really like that Kanye album huh? It felt incredibly mediocre to me.
― Moka, Thursday, 5 December 2013 04:31 (ten years ago) link
have seen some critics talk about putting Yeezus at #1 on their year-end lists as an act of 'bravery' and i'm like wow Kanye actually convinced critics he's an underdog this time, amazing
― deez the season (some dude), Thursday, 5 December 2013 04:52 (ten years ago) link
Tabs Out Cassette Podcast Top 200 Tapes of 2013: http://www.tabsout.com/?p=4078
if u can ramp down from Kanye to hand-dubbed editions of fifty, this is a v. cool resource f/ lovingly smashed shards of noise/electronic/industrial/experimental/skronk + general freaknik ventures.
― Hellhouse, Thursday, 5 December 2013 05:17 (ten years ago) link
smh
― dyl, Thursday, 5 December 2013 05:27 (ten years ago) link
lovingly smashed shards of noise/electronic/industrial/experimental/skronk + general freaknik ventures
did u not listen 2 teh kanye??
― j., Thursday, 5 December 2013 05:32 (ten years ago) link
Not trolling here, serious question: What is it that is so brave or avant about Yeezus? The few people who have recommended it all try to sell it as such and the few times I gave it a try it just sounded like undercooked demos to me.
― Moka, Thursday, 5 December 2013 05:36 (ten years ago) link
xp
i did listen 2 teh kanye but this is unvarnished horrible noise as opposed to immaculate horrible noise do u see
― Hellhouse, Thursday, 5 December 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
yeezus is a good album but i am disappointed that i somehow convinced myself that it wouldn't be hilariously overpraised come year-end :|
― dyl, Thursday, 5 December 2013 05:41 (ten years ago) link
j. bruh I don't want u 2 sell out + fuk up yr hardman cred but if u can spare a little luv f/ some dreamy soft serenades then check my list
― Hellhouse, Thursday, 5 December 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link
Haha I've just noticed that apparently everyone passed on the 1975 album.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:01 (ten years ago) link
Kanye's ability to write his own narrative and sell it to critics is remarkable - see also MBDTF: "This is a masterpiece!" "OK, it's a masterpiece."
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:10 (ten years ago) link
v true. it fits in with what was touched on earlier, how the idea of [your ideal kanye] almost seems to replace the actual reality of kanye for many
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:11 (ten years ago) link
i'm not really a fan of dismissing underperforming albums as flops but despite that being ludicrously commonplace nowadays it's telling that no one has lobbed that accusation at yeezus. because he's an ~artist
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:12 (ten years ago) link
I like Daft Punk and VW but the Metacritic top six looks very drab in terms of new blood. Luckily some newer names taking up the rest of the list.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:13 (ten years ago) link
Drowned in Sound top tracks:http://www.drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147252-dis-does-singles--our-teams-top-40-tracks-of-2013
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link
some weird writing there
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:40 (ten years ago) link
In these days of the digital download storm musical careers are never certain. The investment in musicians and their development is not so much there. Arguably it makes for a free for all where the bestest will rear their head, eventually. And then there is Foals, almost 10 years into their career, with their 3rd album and suddenly they just went and got their greatest hit to date. Who knew they had it in them to run the gauntlet and push themselves to the front of the British guitar queue? The key seems to be their syncopated bust a move rhythms featuring almost electronic sounds, awash with dreamy vocals and lyrics of entropy.
The writing on DiS is almost always dreadful. New design is awful too.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:48 (ten years ago) link
British guitar queue
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:52 (ten years ago) link
those crazy anarchists nominating every song on The National album
― Number None, Thursday, 5 December 2013 10:57 (ten years ago) link
This year I followed the Lex line when it came to voting for tracks and didn't include any that featured on my Top 10 albums, otherwise it would have been GMF, Get Lucky, Step/Ya Hey, etc. It's an artifical distinction but it did allow me to mention more stand-alone tracks, or highlights from less-than-great albums. I like most of the DiS list but it feels like there are no surprises when almost everything is drawn from an acclaimed album.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:01 (ten years ago) link
Alternative Press - 10 Essential albums of 2013http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/10_essential_albums_of_2013
10. Jimmy Eat World - Damage9. Bring Me the Horizon - Sepiternal8. Fall Out Boy - Save Rock and Roll7. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks6. Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart5. Panic! At The Disco - Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!4. The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation3. Touche Amore - Is Survived By2. Paramore - Paramore1. Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:02 (ten years ago) link
we have a winner!
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:03 (ten years ago) link
Frank Turner has been plucking away at his acoustic guitar since 2006, and this year quite a few more people caught on—including Interscope Records. Like his past work, the songs of Tape Deck Heart are about playing shows, drinking with friends and getting your heart broken, but it’s a little darker and more personal—and still just as poignant. Plus, who else used the word “fractious” in a song this year?
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:03 (ten years ago) link
Drowninedsound is such a wasted opportunity given how prominent it is/was but the writing is usually appalling and as far as I'm aware no one outside the music industry takes it seriously at all. It's still after all these years a poorly cobbled-together fanzine with pretensions of being a proper music site.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:04 (ten years ago) link
Okay my jaw did drop a bit when I saw what DiS had put at #1. I don't know what I was expecting but certainly not THAT.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:06 (ten years ago) link
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, December 5, 2013 11:01 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it never feels more artificial as when i end up thinking things like "is the quadron album gonna make my list because if it isn't i have to put hey love in the tracks list"
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:17 (ten years ago) link
Rolling Stone Songs:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-2013-20131204
50 Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell - Blurred Lines49 Lucius - Tempest48 Caitlin Rose - I Was Cruel47 Yo La Tengo - Ohm46 Britney Spears - Work Bitch45 Young Thug - Picachu44 Prince - Breakfast Can Wait43 Superchunk - Me and You and Jackie Mittoo42 Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers41 M.I.A. - Sexodus40 Kevin Gates - Wylin'39 Natalie Maines - Free Life38 Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Day37 J. Cole - Crooked Smile36 TNGHT - Acrylics35 Jim James - A New Life34 Kings of Leon - Supersoaker33 Kelly Rowland - Dirty Laundry32 Katy B - 5 AM31 Wavves - Demon to Lean On30 Beck - Don’t Act Like Your Heart Isn’t Hard29 Thundercat - Oh Sheit It's X28 Ashley Monroe - Two Weeks Late27 Lonely Island feat. Adam Levine - YOLO26 Avicii - Wake Me Up25 Washed Out - All I Know24 The Julie Ruin - Oh Come On23 Elvis Costello and the Roots - Walk Us Uptown22 Ciara - Body Party21 Jake Bugg - Broken20 Kanye West - Blood on the Leaves19 Jay Z - Picasso Baby18 Katy Perry - Roar17 Lady Gaga feat R. Kelly - Do What U Want16 HAIM - The Wire15 Eminem - Rap God14 Miley Cyrus - We Can’t Stop13 Big Sean Feat. Kendrick Lamar - Control12 Tegan and Sara - Closer11 Arcade Fire - Reflektor10 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?9 Drake - Started From the Bottom8 James Blake - Retrograde7 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors6 Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving5 Disclosure - When a Fire Starts to Burn4 Vampire Weekend - Hannah Hunt3 Kanye West - Black Skinhead2 Lorde - Royals1 Daft Punk feat. Pharrell and Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky
― prolego, Thursday, 5 December 2013 11:20 (ten years ago) link