inspired by some of the chatter on the Titus Andronicus thread (titus andronicus - the monitor) . . .
what does everyone think the best indie records of the year so far are?
― ksh, Friday, 30 April 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Nina Nastasia - OutlasterThe Mynabirds - What We Lose blah blahTallest Man on Earth - The Wild HuntQuasi - American GongAnais Mitchell - HadestownGigi - Maintenant
― Simon H., Friday, 30 April 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lucky soul 'a coming of age'jj 'no 3'sambassadeur 'european'moto boy 'lost in the call'i like the gigi album a lot but had to cleave three of the tracks that were pretty annoying. oh and electric pop group's record isn't probably great but i still like it a bunch since it sounds like a brighter album.
― keythhtyek, Saturday, 1 May 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
'icarus' is this year's 'tunnelvision'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ4fYlsf-Es
― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I think that White Hinterland album is pretty great but I guess the boat has already sailed wrt their chances of breaking out this year a la The XX
― Charged TBH (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
reserving judgment of the rest of the album til i'm done crushing so hard on this song.
― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Sunday, 2 May 2010 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
So far, pretty smitten with these, in descending order:
Spoon - TransferenceNina Nastasia - OutlasterWhite Hinterland - KairosCaribou - SwimFrog Eyes - Paul's Tomb/A TriumphJoanna Newsom - Have One On MeOwen Pallett - Heartland
The new Pat Jordache and Land of Talk albums deserve to be listed too, but I will wait to evangelize until they are closer to release.
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 2 May 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
cinema verite 'postcards' is very good, really very pretty.
― keythhtyek, Sunday, 2 May 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
samosa OTM. i've now heard that WH song once, via the YouTube embed in this thread, and it's great -- that repeating vocal melody is insane
― ksh, Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Who's Pat Jordache? Not familiar with the name at all. (Guess I'll go to the googles.)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 May 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Pat Jordache = solo Patrick Gregoire = of the late Sister Suvi, and a former side-man in Islands, and also a member of Tune-Yards' touring band.
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 2 May 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
this Caribou isn't doing much for me -_-
― ksh, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
u crazy
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i turn on "Odessa" and zzzzzzzzzzz
― ksh, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
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― ksh, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Kinda strange definition of "indie" tbh -- I'd classify Caribou under some weird dance/pop/psych umbrella of loveliness, and the jj album isn't really "indie" -- more Saint Etienne-influenced breezy pop music than anything else. Spoon I guess are borderline "indie" but they've been doing their thing since the mid-'90s, so I classify them more as a damn good rock band, less as an "indie" band, in the sense that "indie" means "reviewed on Pfork/related sites," which seems to be the definition thus far.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
That said, here are the albums I've bought this year that are sorta "indie"-ish:
Beach House - Teen Dream (zzzzzzzzzzz... selling this soon)Liars - Sisterworld (I guess to some this is "indie rock"? I'd say it's more a continuation, these days, of Jesus Lizard-style noise-rock... haven't had enough time with this album to cast judgment, but their live show is still great!)MGMT - Congratulations (a mixed bag... kinda cool in parts, though)Mount Eerie - Black Wooden (haven't listened closely)The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme (this one's really ace!)Spoon - Transference (again, borderline indie... this is growing on me, though, regardless)Yeasayer - Odd Blood (MPP-influenced indie psych-pop, I like it well enough)
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
in the sense that "indie" means "reviewed on Pfork/related sites"
^ more or less what i was going for by saying indie
― ksh, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i kinda thought this thread was for discussing indie that didn't already have one or more threads about it on ilm, but w/e
― naked on the vag (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man that I'd been kinda "meh" on the Beach House but it recently clicked for me in a big way. Still pretty disappointed by the Liars record - it isn't bad, really, but so doesn't live up to the rest of their catalog.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
That kinda went out the window when ksh asked for year's best indie albums, didn't it?
xp
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I've bought tons of other stuff that's likely been reviewed on "indie" sites, but it's either hip-hop (Wu-Tang, Madlib, Strong Arm Steady, Lil Wayne), noise/noisy rock (Sightings, These New Puritans, Skullflower, Growing), folky stuff (Jack Rose), metal-y stuff (High on Fire), ambient (Eluvium), dance/house/techno/electronic/etc. related stuff (Pantha du Prince, Lindstrom, Juan Maclean, Four Tet, Caribou, Flying Lotus), or else a totally weird hodgepodge of Lord knows what influences (The Knife, Gonjasufi). Nothing I'd really throw under the "indie" umbrella, regardless of where the reviews are being published.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Point being, perhaps, that if you consider any of the above "indie," then you'd do well to listen because I've been enjoying all.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i refuse to post in this thread, .02 means less than good or albums that aren't talked about much.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
No, 2¢ means it is (or is supposed to be) populated with opinionated people.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
fair enough, though these thread never seem to go anywhere so...
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe i'm the one who needs to be less jaded , my top ten (no order) so far this year:
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor by far the best thing released this yearThe Radio Dept. - Clinging to a SchemeLCD Soundsystem - This Is HappeningThe National - High VioletHot Chip - One Life StandMiles Kurosky - The Desert of Shallow EffectsThe Soft Pack - s/tFour Tet - There is Love in YouThe Morning Benders - Big EchoSpoon - Transference by far Spoon's worst album but still pretty good
i'm sure i'm missing a few.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Four Tet's my #1 on the year thus far.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
my top 10 for this year, no specific order
northern portrait - criminal art loverstitle tracks - it was easyair formation - nothing to wish for (nothing to lose)the art museums - rough framedepreciation guild - spirit youthjerusalem & the starbaskets - battle of the orchidsmalory - pearl diversambassadeur - european (though i *hate* the tobin sprout cover, spoils the record a bit)standard fare - the noyelle beatjonas reinhardt - powers of audition
really looking forward to the beach fossils and wild nothing albums based on their 45s so far
― naked on the vag (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I dated the sister of the Beach Fossils guy for a hot minute, so I'm happy he's getting some recognition (even if I think he kind of sucks as a songwriter).
Standard Fare album is GREAT, though!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
the radio dept album gets an hon mention but i'm starting to find his voice a bit annoying
and the school album is still ok despite being my biggest disappointment of the year by far.
'lux' by disappears seems pretty good but i've only heard it through the once so far
― naked on the vag (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
depreciation guild is much better than they probably get credit for being a "side" project and all though apparently they predate pains of being pure at heart. their own eternal, but then eternal were never very good.
― keythhtyek, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
that is true
― naked on the vag (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I've bought tons of other stuff that's likely been reviewed on "indie" sites, but it's either hip-hop (Wu-Tang, Madlib, Strong Arm Steady, Lil Wayne), noise/noisy rock (Sightings, These New Puritans, Skullflower, Growing), folky stuff (Jack Rose), metal-y stuff (High on Fire), ambient (Eluvium), dance/house/techno/electronic/etc. related stuff (Pantha du Prince, Lindstrom, Juan Maclean, Four Tet, Caribou, Flying Lotus), or else a totally weird hodgepodge of Lord knows what influences (The Knife, Gonjasufi). Nothing I'd really throw under the "indie" umbrella, regardless of where the reviews are being published.― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:07 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:07 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
wait... wait... someone actually bought Rebirth? why?
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Gemini by Wild Nothing just leaked, and it's way fabulous.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link
woo!
― hell and the handbaskets (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 08:57 (thirteen years ago) link
my top 10 for this year, no specific ordernorthern portrait - criminal art lovers
northern portrait - criminal art lovers
checking it out on emusic. interesting. these guys must be big fans of the smiths, i think.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 5 May 2010 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
haha you don't say
i think once they find their feet a bit more and dude dials back the morrisseyisms they could have a great career
― hell and the handbaskets (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Because I like to follow artists through their "lows" as well as their acclaimed albums. Makes the good stuff sound even better!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 12:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Also helps that I found it for, like, $3 in a used bin... already.
openning track on the radio dept album was so miserable, had no intention to ever listen to the rest of the album tbh
― ayo for dyao (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
feeling really burnt out w/r/t indie recently, but Owen's record is definitely one of my favorite indie records of the year so far
― ksh, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i listened to Contra a lot too
i'll look into some of the stuff everybody listed here though
Follow up to my original post about The Naked and Famous: next single "Young Blood" is streaming on their Facebook page, and it is massively great. http://www.facebook.com/tnafofficial
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yea that's really good
― hell and the handbaskets (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i try not to make too many big calls, but i'd say the standard fare album is the 'if you're feeling sinister' of the '10s
― hell and the handbaskets (electricsound), Friday, 7 May 2010 11:52 (thirteen years ago) link
the new album by the bank holidays is pretty nice.. floating somewhere between the shins first album and solo kendra smith
― keeley mod (electricsound), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
so, those new pfrk darlings - Male Bonding - any good?
― Zeno, Thursday, 13 May 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Artists You've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored because of their name
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 13 May 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link