Year-End Critics' Polls 2013

in what world was lady marmalade a hit for 2 weeks

probably the world of hilarious hyperbole

"hilarious"

Flavorwire - The 10 Most Overrated Albums of 2013
http://flavorwire.com/428360/the-10-most-overrated-albums-of-2013/

^ bit of a feeble effort

does the world really need three sisters who sound like Belinda Carlisle?

uh yes

Also, none of them actually sound much like Belinda Carlisle.

Arcade Fire used to make you feel something, sure

if you're a lame maybe

i'm sick of bitches lyin i'm sick of tom hawking, matter fact i'm sick of talkin

*blam*

Only time Arcade Fire ever made me feel something was a few laughs when the Who The Fuck Is Arcade Fire? meme rolled on for a week after they won their Grammy.

Some bizarre page layout on this one...

Washington Post - Best (& worst) albums
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2013/12/06/best-music-of-2013/

flavorwire -absolutely OTM , my thoughts exactly.

Magnet Magazine - best albums of 2013 o_O
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2013/12/06/magnets-top-25-albums-of-2013/

1. Okkervil River | The Silver Gymnasium (ATO)
2. Neko Case | The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (Anti-)
3. Yo La Tengo | Fade (Matador)
4. Atoms For Peace | Amok (XL)
5. The National | Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)
6. Deerhunter | Monomania (4AD)
7. Superchunk | I Hate Music (Merge)
8. Daft Punk | Random Access Memories (Daft Life/Columbia)
9. David Yow | Tonight You Look Like A Spider (Joyful Noise)
10. Foxygen | We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)

hahahahahaha

the boulder-sized beanbag it takes to make a list with Vampire Weekend and Daft Punk but zero actual African-Americans is amazing

That Yow album has some valiant attempts of experimentation, but a rough listen for sure.

it's magnet

i mean, yeah, but it's magnet

Jeanne Fury on Savages FTW

http://peelslowlynsee.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/joe-mantell-as-walsh.jpg?w=500&h=271

Thanks for the doom recommendations guys! Will try to check out some of them. I think I heard Pallbearer last year, but they didn't make much of an impression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JxkeV8hIVQ

DeRogatis' top 30. Chance the Rapper at #3 for Whiney approval. Only mention of The Warlocks so far.

http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derogatis/2013-12/30-best-albums-2013-30-21-109291
http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derogatis/2013-12/best-albums-2013-20-11-109292
http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derogatis/2013-12/best-albums-2013-top-10-109293

Cool, be sure to remind us once or 500 times as it gets closer to deadline

― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten)

And we will have 500 click-throughs until you can see who won it too.

man people keep trotting out the click-through zing as if that was anything i'm in any position to have control over with the exception of going full ott and just quitting

you'd make a great vlogger.

Bcz you gave Doran flak for tQ's clickthru list that year. Its forever a reminder of howyour takedowns and gripes can turn against you, Whiney.

fwiw, I'm starting a new thread for each of ilm's 77 favorite tracks next month.

i know everyone hates idolator still (and websites that are narrowly focused on this brand of pop) but here it is anyway

Idolator: 2013's Best Albums

10. M.I.A. - Matangi
9. Selena Gomez - Stars Dance
8. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
7. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob
6. Charli XCX - True Romance
5. Pet Shop Boys - Electric
4. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Lorde - Pure Heroine
2. Haim - Days Are Gone
1. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time

Ha -- about five of those albums will appear on my list.

I don't hate that list at all (except for Lorde, perhaps). nu-Idolator still makes me bitter, though.

Some bizarre page layout on this one...

Washington Post - Best (& worst) albums
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2013/12/06/best-music-of-2013/

― rp boo bryson (NickB), Friday, December 6, 2013 12:11 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

props to chris richards for putting that lonnie holley album in as big of a publication as the washington post, that's rad

We may hate Idolator since the revamp (honestly had forgotten that they existed until just now) but aren't we all about this brand of pop?

And 3 of these records are definitely list-bound for me, and I haven't even had time to listen to Matangi yet.

is that idolator list so much about a genre as just, like, the mainstream? selena gomez is an odd one to rep for. and yeah people hate nu-idolator because of its idiocy not because of its taste

7. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob

My most recent CD purchase. "I Couldn't Be Your Friend" is the highlight so far.

I've enjoyed the Tegan & Sara album a lot this year. Half of that Idolator list could well be in my top 10 when it comes to voting in the ILM end of year poll.

man peopleshut-ins keep trotting out the click-through zing as if that was anything i'm in any position to have control over with the exception of going full ott and just quitting

― tuostprophets (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, December 6, 2013 11:00 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ew @ calling the music on 'pure heroine' sexy

w.w.k.d. there ahem

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/12/06/the-best-pop-singles-of-2013/

beautiful number 1

not that it matters, but "Blurred Lines" WAS in the top 10 roughly twice as long as the "Lady Marmalade" cover /chartpedant

ew @ calling the music on 'pure heroine' sexy - hahaha jesus christ

the "lady marmalade" cover prob would have been improved had it ACTUALLY had cowbell removed, but of course it didn't /generalpedant

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/12/06/the-best-pop-singles-of-2013/

beautiful number 1

― prolego, Friday, 6 December 2013 23:36 (Yesterday) Bookmark

cool list. should i have been aware of chris richards before now?

he's written good stuff about kacey musgraves and brandy clark this year, i've been rather taken by his lists (and phrasing) too

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2013/12/06/best-music-of-2013/

yeah this is excellently adept

TimeOut best albums:
http://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-40-best-albums-of-2013

^ at last some love for the Pantha du Prince record

And MYD at 10!

Another vote for Sleaford Mods from this critic

Forgot to mention earlier during Paramore discussion that there's a good cover story/interview with Hayley Williams in Bust.

http://www.bust.com/components/images/myblog/62/528a5a5669df5.jpg

Weird seeing three NZ albums within four places in that TimeOut list - had no idea Connan Mockasin had traction in the UK aside from that Erol Alkan remix, but I suppose "tractable Ariel Pink" as a niche was inevitable.