(p.s. my token rap album is Bumblebeez 81)
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:14 (nineteen years ago) link
The Arcade Fire -- Funeral -- MergeInterpol -- Antics -- MatadorTV on the Radio -- Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes -- Touch & GoAir -- Talkie Walkie - AstralwerksSonic Youth -- Sonic Nurse -- GeffenBrian Wilson -- Smile - NonesuchRon Sexsmith -- Retriever - NettwerkAnimal Collective -- Sung Tongs -- Fat CatModest Mouse -- Good News For People Who Love Bad News -- EpicKanye West -- The College Dropout -- Rocafella
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― chaki in charge (chaki), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
As far as selling units goes, no one spent more time at the cash registers than Usher, who jumped from the crunk-addled “Yeah!” (formulated with omnipresent party machine Lil Jon) to his considerably creamier duet with Alicia Keys, “My Boo,” with the greatest of ease. He was the toast of R&B in 2004. Naw, make that the toast of all commercial music. His bazillion-selling Confessions even threatened to diminish the impact of Kanye West’s laudably gangsta-free instant hip-hop classic College Dropout. And it did succeed in making the much ballyhooed return of Destiny’s Child seem parochial and unnecessary.
...
Frankly, I have no idea where rock is going, and judging from what happened in 2004, no one else does either. In a perfect world, gifted prog-metal practitioners Coheed and Cambria, genteel strutters the Walkmen and sui generis indie/electronic explorers TV on the Radio would carry the day, while veteran practitioners of melodic weirdness like Modest Mouse and the reconfigured Wilco would keep attracting more and more believers to their sonic cults. What’s really happening, however, is that Dorian Gray wannabes U2 are poised to dominate the rock ’n’ roll conversation once again with their latest glossy-but-well-meaning studio production, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, while Green Day mesmerizes legions of kinda-sorta punky suburban youth with American Idiot (a surprisingly vigorous anti-Bushie screed) and guileless Jay-Z buddies Linkin Park pound whatever rock fans are left into beat-heavy submission.
As for the distressingly influential tween demographic, those kiddies who aren’t lapped up by tattooed pop goths Good Charlotte have either renewed their love affair with oh-so-professional grrrl rocker Avril Lavigne or have been duped by tone-deaf lip-syncher Ashlee Simpson.
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
xxpst
― Huk-L, Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link
I can't believe he missed the chance to mention how pop-music now consists of a simple synthesizer-generated theme repeated ad naseum!
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
laudibly gangsta-free
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Where's my gun?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
In what world is Coheed and Cambria preferable to FUCKING ANYTHING, for that metter?
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
1. The Walkmen, Bows + Arrows 2. Interpol, Antics3. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News 4. Kanye West, The College Dropout 5. The Arcade Fire, Funeral 6. Trashcan Sinatras, Weightlifting 7. Elliott Smith, From A Basement On The Hill 8. Julie Doiron, Goodnight Nobody 9. Snow Patrol, Final Straw 10. Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
(Josh also gives love to Jadakiss's laudibly gangsta-free "Why" in his singles list)
Keith Phipps, Onion A.V. Club1. The Streets, A Grand Don't Come For Free 2. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News 3. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose 4. Kanye West, The College Dropout 5. U2, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb6. Brian Wilson, Smile 7. Nellie McKay, Get Away From Me 8. The Hives, Tyrannosaurus Hives 9. Devendra Banhart, Niño Rojo 10. Wilco, A Ghost Is Born
(Phipps give honorable mentions to the laudibly gangsta-free Madvilliany and Roots releases)
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:34 (nineteen years ago) link
let's see if we can make this an annual ILX tradition!
Not DeRo, though: He lists Kanye AND the Roots!!
he's a drummer! ?uestlove gets love!
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link
that's grime!
Maybe it's reflexive hate against both Depeche and hip-hop. (Stranger has occurred.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:36 (nineteen years ago) link
(X-post)
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
(xp stevie: I really dreaded this, y'know)
― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
STEPHEN DEUSNER, Pitchfork
1. Arcade Fire: Funeral2. Nellie McKay: Get Away from Me3. Loretta Lynn: Van Lear Rose4. Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters5. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Shake the Sheet6. Annie: Anniemal7. Wilson: Brian: SMiLE!8. Kanye West: The College Dropout9. Iron & Wine: Our Endless: Numbered Days10. AC Newman: The Slow Wonder
Ryan Schrieber put Madvillainy on his list WITH Kanye...bastard.
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Here's the full article, but I can't resist posting the coup-de-grace final paragraph:
Think of it this way: Kurt Cobain’s been in the grave for little more than 10 years, and the early-’90s version of the music industry that helped transform him into a global figure now looks like a dusty relic. Don’t know about you, but I find that astonishing. And, to be honest, a little disturbing.
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Dude, Mike Skinner is a minstrel. ;-)
― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:43 (nineteen years ago) link
01. Junior Boys – Last Exit 02. Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide – Good Morning Good Night03. Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender04. Keith Rowe/Burkhard Beins – Erstlive00105. Kanye West – The College Dropout06. Radian – Juxtaposition07. The Blood Brothers – Crimes08. Wolf Eyes – Burned Mind09. Dean Roberts/Radu Malfatti/Mattin/Klaus Filip – Building Excess10. Dion Workman/Mattin – Via Vespucci
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:48 (nineteen years ago) link
I hate *perfect* top tens. I hate all of the above lists because they don't contain any *quirky* choices. Gimme a list that has Junior boys *and* Celine Dion in it!
― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― don, Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Sorry, dude. ;-) Simon Reynolds was the one I first read making the connection, and I think Dan and I were saying the same thing on here a couple of years back.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! and he is kanye. Ask Byron Crawford.
http://ubl.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/721308_kanyewest3_200x200.jpg
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
You'd be surprised. I think, however, their numbers are in some cases quite literally dying off.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link
If the Arcade Fire got one US dollar for every 500 words written about them in newspapers and blogs in 2004, instead of their royalty check, they'd have more than enough money to buy a new accordion and party dress for Regine.
― George Smith, Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― a, Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:03 (nineteen years ago) link
oops. missed this one. sorry.
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Kicks delivered to the body of a dead horse, maybe.
― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― a, Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY!
1. Junior Boys - Last Exit - Kin (16 points)2. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse - Geffen (13 points)3. Phoenix - Alphabetical - Source/Astralwerks (13 points)4. Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker - Fire (13 points)5. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - Drag City (10 points)6. Luomo - The Present Lover - Kinetic (10 points)7. Erlend Oye - DJ Kicks - !K7 (8 points)8. Kanye West - The College Dropout - Roc-A-Fella (7 points)9. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs - Fat Cat (5 points)10. United State of Electronica - United State of Electronica - Sonic Boom (5 points)
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:02 (nineteen years ago) link
I like how you got on this kick just cuz I said Jet had more hits than Blur.
you're like the guy who wants to win the chicken race so bad you fly off the cliff
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
(x-post)
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:24 (nineteen years ago) link
(x-post. thank ESPN)
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:32 (nineteen years ago) link
FACT!
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 04:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 05:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 05:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 05:02 (nineteen years ago) link
mention of analingus = immediate lojack
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 05:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 05:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 06:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 06:07 (nineteen years ago) link
DEAR LORD.
― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 06:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― MV, Wednesday, 12 January 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 15:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Pardon?
― MV, Wednesday, 12 January 2005 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Come Again?, Thursday, 13 January 2005 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link
lol
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 26 November 2015 14:21 (eight years ago) link