xp I tried to buy/listen again to the Quadron album this week, but it's been deleted pending a 2014 re-release. Nothing on ITunes, Amazon, Spotify...
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:05 (ten years ago) link
More Guardian albums:http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/dec/05/best-albums-2013-30-to-21
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
!!!!
how completely bizarre
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:11 (ten years ago) link
“A beautiful reminder that we’re all doomed.”
It’s writing like this that got Fulham whacked 2-1 by Spurs last night.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
Well at least they reviewed that entry.
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
Well Jai Paul was a leak and Sky Ferreira's not out in the UK yet so there are only two omissions but yes it looks bad.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:29 (ten years ago) link
I'm sure all the Guardian readers angry about Bangerz at #34 have heard it and have informed critiques.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:32 (ten years ago) link
I'm sure they're all intelligent and interesting people.
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:33 (ten years ago) link
personally i think ignoring autre ne veut was a sound decision
i don't think it looks bad, it shows critics are still listening to music beyond what they have an advance copy or foreknowledge of.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
Some people's inability to understand the difference between one reviewer's opinion and a poll of dozens of writers is an annual disappointment. It's not advanced maths.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:36 (ten years ago) link
i always wonder whether if they knew its placing genuinely wasn't some SEO-hungry diktat from on high but genuinely just the result of critics' votes, would that make them more or less angry
tbh though i think guardian commenters' EOY list outrage is never going to top the year beyoncé was at no. 4, that kind of high is impossible to replicate
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:36 (ten years ago) link
Some people's inability to understand the difference between one reviewer's opinion and a poll of dozens of writers is an annual disappointment
it's always so patiently explained every year and that doesn't seem to permeate ANYONE's brain, quite remarkable
oh yeah, it's nice to see julia holter in there. she didn't make my top 10 but after several albums that i found admirable but impenetrable, it was reassuring to genuinely get into this one. yes i need pop hooks what of it
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:38 (ten years ago) link
The problem is that some people are so utterly convinced there is no value in mainstream pop that the cynical clickbait theory makes more sense to them than the mundane truth that a bunch of people voted for Bangerz. Tbh if I was tasked with whipping up some SEO good times I'd try harder than putting Miley Cyrus at #34.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:40 (ten years ago) link
WHERE OH WHERE IS JAKE BUGG
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
kid at work just said "god this video's boring" re: Mr Bugg
― Noodzilla (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:45 (ten years ago) link
Do people really rate "black skinhead" higher than "on site"?
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:34 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i know, nobody really seems to love "Black Skinhead" but it being a nominal 'single' i guess has made it the default year-end list pick, even over "New Slaves," which surprised me.
― deez the season (some dude), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
the snubbing of 20/20 Experience and Magna Carta Holy Grail almost across the board is pretty fun to see
― deez the season (some dude), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:50 (ten years ago) link
SPIN's 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2013http://www.spin.com/articles/best-rap-albums-2013/
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
Black Skinhead came on my playlist in the office yesterday, and a colleague said "how is Kanye West so big? He's rubbish". I have to agree, by and large. His continued success baffles me, both critically and commercially.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
There are one or two more to come in the Guardian list that didn't get reviewed - one's a mixtape.
I'd rather we were honest and owned up to what we didn't review – because no one covers everything.
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
LA Weekly - The 10 Best Metal Albums of 2013http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/12/best_metal_albums_2013.php
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 12:54 (ten years ago) link
'black skinhead's been in a ton of ads plus that great scorsese trailer so it's got the highest profile (well, before the mystery of kim nipples at least). plus it has the added benefit of letting ppl think 'wow kanye's really breaking ground in new sounds for hip-hop/music/humanity' while actually giving them just another schaffel track to jam to. 20/20 snubbing is interesting since i think it's still the top selling album of the year right? then again there's fucking 'mirrors' somehow at #7 on rolling stone's list. pretty cool ciara made it though.
― balls, Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:01 (ten years ago) link
while actually giving them just another schaffel track to jam to.
i been sayin this while the blog narrative was "He """""sampled""""" Marilyn Manson"
― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:08 (ten years ago) link
the funniest thing about the Motorola ad with "Black Skinhead" in it is that 50% of the time i see it on TV they have "Little Green Bag" sync'd to the exact same visuals. so weird to think of those 2 songs being interchangeable in any context.
― deez the season (some dude), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:15 (ten years ago) link
We should discuss the art of the grudging #50 slot: Lorde for Complex, Blurred Lines for Rolling Stone, James Blake for NME. It always feels driven by a need to recognise something significant that nobody at the mag is crazy about.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:24 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://www.spin.com/articles/best-albums-2013/?slide=1
― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:20 (ten years ago) link
One year at Stylus we failed to review our eventual AOTY at all, never mind things that placed further down.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:34 (ten years ago) link
One year at Stylus I put a flute in my Stosuy
― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:36 (ten years ago) link
We did that too.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:36 (ten years ago) link
Juno Plus - Best of 2013: Top 25 Albumshttp://www.junodownload.com/plus/2013/12/05/best-of-2013-top-25-albums/
25. Egyptrixx – A/B til Infinity (Night Slugs)24. Function – Incubation (Ostgut Ton)23. Special Request – Soul Music (Houndstooth)22. Prince Of Denmark – The Body (Giegling)21. Luke Wyatt – Teen Hawk (Emotional Response)20. Felix K – Flowers Of Destruction (Hidden Hawaii)19. Streetwalker – Future Fusion (Cititrax)18. Karen Gwyer – Needs Continuum (No Pain In Pop)17. Donato Dozzy – Plays Bee Mask (Spectrum Spools)16. KWC 92 – Dreams Of The Walled City (L.I.E.S.)15. Tropic of Cancer – Restless Idylls (Blackest Ever Black)14. Charles Manier – Charles Manier (Nation)13. Rashad Becker - Traditional Music Of Notional Species Vol. I (PAN)12. Miles - Faint Hearted (Modern Love)11. The Haxan Cloak – Excavation (Tri Angle Records)10. DVA Damas – Nightshade (Downwards America)9. Holden – The Inheritors (Border Community)8. Metasplice - Infratracts (Morphine Records)7. Logos – Cold Mission (Keysound Recordings)6. Maxmillion Dunbar – House of Woo (RVNG Intl)5. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (Warp)4. Huerco S. – Colonial Patterns (Software)3. RP Boo – Legacy (Planet Mu)2. Laurel Halo – Chance Of Rain (Hyperdub)1. Stellar OM Source – Joy One Mile (RVNG Intl)
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
bought that stellar om source just now, i've meant to check it out a few times and it was 4 quid on bandcamp so WHY NOT
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
Need to spend more time with that, does have some amazing moments though.
Out of the rest of them I love the Karen Gwyer, Rashad Becker and Holden records, think the Dozzy, Function, Miles and Haxan Cloak ones are decent enough, still haven't quite clicked with the Laurel Halo, bit disappointed with the OPN, couldn't fucking stand the Tropic Of Cancer.
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link
Really happy to see Stellar Om Source at #1, such a great album.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
what is the Miles like?
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
i am spotify-binging on this list, seems close to my tastes. i did a play in august and it distracted me from buying or paying any attention to new music for the last 3 months, after buying a lot of new records in the first half of the year.
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
that rashad becker album is off the hook. it could be its own genre.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
bit more straightforward than any of the demdike stuff iirc, kind of dark clanky techno in the same sort of vein as sandwell district
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:12 (ten years ago) link
feel like i should check out the haxan cloak at some point
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
i liked the stellar om source album when i listened but i couldn't hear what really made it special
nice to see a list headed by two female artists btw, even if one of them is laurel halo
haxan cloak is good. bit more straightforward than any of the demdike stuff iirc, kind of dark ambient dub in the same sort of vein as errr.... help me out here?
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
haxan cloak is basically getting all the attention that deaf center should have had in previous years
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
That RP Boo album is winning a lot of cool points but i'd argue it's not the most exciting footwork release of recent days. many of the tracks are reprised from other places and while he might be footwork's originator i find his stuff a bit too random and scattered to really enjoy much in 2013. 'double cup' is a much better example of where it's at right now. can't remember if there were many other footwork albums released this year?
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:21 (ten years ago) link
It's just really good bleepy techno. Mind you I was similarly nonplussed by the Maximilion Dunbar album.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
the last track on the haxan cloak album, "the drop", is really incredible. the rest kind of pales in comparison to it imo.
― mums go off when i enter the building (monotony), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I think the Haxan Cloak is good screwfacing ambiance but not much more but that final track is fantastic./
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Thinking about it, I wouldn't be all that surprised if Stellar Om Source won the Wire poll
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
assuming I don't hear anything else that supersedes it RP Boo is my #2 album of the year. just completely love his whole deal. didn't really get the impression it made a big splash tho 'communities' like Juno are p much totally unknown to me (much as their list is lookin good)
― screaming lord, such opinion (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
ah now i'm interested. those deaf centre records are incredible. only discovered them this year.
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah, as far as creepy slowburn horror-movie-in-yr-head ambience goes, those guys are pretty untouchable
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah, i love all that kind of thing. i think spotify actually recommended them to me after listening to bohren und der club of gore.
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link