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Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets
Daddy Dollars must have been born with that gruff papa bear voice, but six albums deep now he’s got the status as an elder statesman of the new South to match it. But he doesn’t just sit back and collect features and ride the crunk wave. Well, he does that too, but he also sticks with his classic mix of gushy, juicy sex jams, Miami bass anthems, hostile synth brass riff outlaw shit, and beautiful sincere children singing chorus hood wisdom, all while weaving hits from Ozzy cackles and obscure Talking Heads hooks. -HotelOpera
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 January 2005 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link
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U.S.E. - United State of Electronica
Nate Patrin recently described U.S.E. as "the Ramones for Daft Punk fans," which I think gets right to the heart of the band's aesthetic: it's sweet and shiny vocoder disco but with a D.I.Y. party spirit, which means lots of feel-good shouting and ample fist-pumping. The key moment for me was seeing the band live in October at a gleaming white gallery space in Tribeca, NYC. Though I already liked the record, I was captivated by the sheer energy and commitment the septet displayed on stage -- especially the backup singer rocking huge hoop earrings and striped athletic socks in high heels! I joined in their series ofgleeful shout-outs to Seattle neighborhoods I've never visited --"Capitol Hill? We love it!" -- and by the end of the set had a big dumb grin smeared over my sweat-soaked face. -Jaymc
Other ILXors Say:
"The United State Of Electronica would demolish The Arcade Fire in an energy-off." -Matthew Perpetua
"It's basically Daft Punk/Komeda gone Disneyworld (or at least their music has the "Disney Sparkle"), or (as noted by Ned in another forum) an album where every song sounds like the end of movie "Xanadu"" -Donut Bitch
"I think U.S.E., Scissor Sisters and Big & Rich should go on a mammoth cross-country tour this summer, sponsored by Fluxblog ("now with 50% more joy!") and PBR. Life would become too grand for words." -Sean Thomas
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 05:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Friday, 14 January 2005 05:56 (nineteen years ago) link
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Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
A work of unbelievable clarity, sonic and emotional. It contains elements of both old-school early-90s R&B and today's futuristic equivalent, but fits too awkwardly into either category to be considered a middle ground: too sharp for the former, too slow for the latter. Initially it sounds sparse, but the production style of just pushing forward Teedra's voice, a beat and a sample while reducing everything else to detail magnifies the effect of everything which is happening: both the interesting ornamentation subtly buried in the production, and Teedra's own evocative, gorgeous lyrics. The title track, which alone is worth any price you might have to pay for this, is the most glorious paean to living in the moment, finding peace through partying since Mary J Blige's "Family Affair". -The Lex
"I'm incredibly pleased to find an R&B singer so determined to bring to light what I had assumed would remain the secret history of aquatic modern R&B." -Tim Finney
"This just topped the new Rahsaan Patterson as my favorite R&B record of the year." -Andy K.
Other ILXor Stats:
Made The Lex's Own Fucking Ten
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:16 (nineteen years ago) link
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Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
Another basic Stereolab release, except this one has less than seven words in the title. -The Good Dr. Bill
"instant easy listening classic with the original vu+neu! sound plus some added electronics" -Alex in Manhattan
"Basically, the deal is, I like this period of Stereolab, and this album is good even if I kind of already knew what I was in for." -dleone
"I think that Margarine Eclipse is okay, but it's not Stereolab's best work by any stretch." -Matthew Perpetua
Listed my mike a as an Album That Renewed Your Faith in the Artist
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:21 (nineteen years ago) link
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Nellie McKay - Get Away from Me
Everyone who hates Ms McKay, remember this: all the traits you can't stand in her (which probably remind you of ex-girlfriends, or maybe girls who wouldn't be your girlfriends in the first place) are traits she revels in, as much because they annoy the hell out of people like you as because they're part of who she is. Pretentiousness, preciousness, precocity; a tendency to be flippant about 'serious' subjects, and vice versa; a total lack of respect for the art forms she cribs off (oh, how easy it is to get a rise out of hip-hop heads!). What do you expect? Logic, accuracy and truth? Fuck that. Remember this, too: at college, the theatre girls, kooks and feminists may have been hell for you if you were trying to get in their knickers, but if you bothered to relate to them as people they were the wittiest, most fabulous, most loving people around. (Hey hey hey, that ain't nothin' to do with you - you're a sensitive Joe, I'm forgettin'!) -The Lex
"i can't stand this. it annoys every cell in my body. and then we got an interview disc and i could hear what an idiot she is on top of it all. utter crap." -Salvador Saca
"I heard this in the record store last weekend and I kept going between almost buying it and really wishing some one would turn it off." -Colin Beckett
"She may not rap as well as Eminem but she certainly sings better chorus hooks. She and Nelly need to hook up for some collabos." -Anthony Miccio
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:43 (nineteen years ago) link
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Ada - Blondie
Sometimes Blondie is the cleanest, coolest and most central European of albums, all elegant line and dispassionate voice, with the right hint of desperation. Sometimes its like a small army of tiny electronic creatures arguing over making a disco record. Sometimes, as in 'the red shoes' it is both of these things. Sometimes it’s a bit embarrassing, as many of the best things are. Sometimes you might even be led to think that covering Everything But the Girl is a good idea. -Owen H.
"very yummy pop techno bliss" -Hector
"I've been listening to it almost every day for a few weeks, and I'm still not sure what to make of it. I guess I really like it, but after all of the singles it comes as something of a surprise. I guess it is more of an "album" than I expected." -Adam
Listed by Stirmonster under 2004 Electro-House Classics ("that's right--a whole album of the stuff!") Nominated by ken taylrr as techno/electronica/electro just plain good for sitting down or dancing.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:44 (nineteen years ago) link
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Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
For some reason, I didn't think that Stars could rise to the occasion for this album. When I saw the album title, I was ever warier. Could a statement like "Set Yourself On Fire" be done justice by a band with admittedly fey and delicate tendencies? Granted, "Heart" featured two incredible singles, plus a solid raft of album tracks, but this album really demanded an extra step. The first single matched my expectations; 'Ageless Beauty' is fey and delicate, but it's also insistent, driving, fuzzy, and HUGE. Arriving on the album after a marvellous 2-song, 10 min. introduction, this is the arrival of a band firing on all cylinders. -Derrick
"i think it's amazing. NO FILLER AT ALL. i thought the last one had two tracks I could have done without. but this one is near-perfect." -Cutty
"ALBUM OF THE YEAR. band of the decade, maybe" -Derrick
"I thought this was going to be some sort of new game show, for wannabe celebrities for whom merely being forced to live in the Australian outback and eat raw, maggot-infested koala abortions while suspended upside down by their heels from a helicopter above a slimy pit filled with crocodiles whilst rats gnaw at their genitals on national telly for a couple of weeks just isn't enough." -Stewart Osborne
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 06:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― thank god i ain't too cool for the safe belt (smile), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:12 (nineteen years ago) link
That Teedra Moses cover and blurb has thrown it straight to the top of my list of albums to buy.
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 14 January 2005 07:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Stevem - do you not have the Ada album? You should!
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 14 January 2005 11:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess at this point there's no hope for The Alchemist to be on the list, but I hope Cee-Lo or Infinite Livez will still turn up, otherwise I'm gonna be quite disappointed.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:23 (nineteen years ago) link
I hope you like it N.
"It kinda seems um noncoreRnBaudience types getting into it don't notice it's THEM not the GENRE that's getting smarter, y'know?"
What are you referring to here Andrew?
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link
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Morrissey - You are the Quarry
The title is a little surprising, as if anyone were in danger of being hounded into extinction in recent years, it was Morrissey. After the highpoint of Vauxhall and I, things went awry. Two dismal and dismally received albums, not least by his record company, dented his legend. Worse still, being branded “deviant, truculent and unreliable� by Judge Weeks and then forced to pay a million pounds to Mike Joyce must have been intolerable. No wonder he decamped to LA to escape his many enemies, reflect on the past and listen to his Diana Dors albums. However, the 7 year sabbatical has worked wonders. The Morrissey on You are the Quarry is no crushed gladioli, he's a flower of much tougher stock, brimming with swagger and confidence. As ever, his muse is himself, and with the past 10 years of disappointments, he has plenty to work with, but it’s no monochrome mopefest. At turns disappointed, mournful and angry but always imbued with his characteristic wit. Essentially though, all he still wants is to be loved, and when he's in such powerful voice the very least you can do is surrender. -Billy Dods
"It's pretty damned great to my ears" -Ned Raggett
"I'm giving it a qualified thumbs up...." -Matt Helgeson
(can't find anything better, these Moz threads are fucking impenetrable)
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:23 (nineteen years ago) link
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The Delgados - Universal Audio
Where did all the sound go? Upon initial listens, the lack of HUGEness (i.e. strings) made the songs sound bare and empty. But on the other hand, the more stripped-down approach is appropriate for an album which lightens the mood compared to the darker, more morbid “Hate�. Besides, the anthemic choruses of "Is This All That I Came For?" and "Get Action" are titanic enough -- let's face it, those songs don’t need extra embellishments. The strings may be gone (for now), but the fantastic tunes remain, and it's yet another great Delgados album. -MindInRewind
"It's very, very good. Not a great departure in songwriting terms, though not as gloomy as Hate, probably closest to Peloton, but there are lots of bits that sound like tips of the hats to POP in the production, rather than Hate's nods to INDIE WANNABE GRANDEUR." -Edward O.
"i think it's super solid. nowhere near the downtrodden(?) feel of Hate, and less emphasis on strings. the female singer's songs tend to be superior and more straightahead pop. sometimes i think the male singer forces those big choruses just a bit too much. if the single (Everbody Come Down) doesn't earn them some mainstream attention, ours is a crazy, mixed-up world." -Tobo
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link
haha so THAT'S what Homer is saying in that bowling episode...
― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link
#33.
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Bark Psychosis - ///Codename: Dustsucker
On the first Bark Psychosis record in ten years, vocalist Graham Sutton and a dozen credited instrumentalists craft a denser sound than on the vaunted Hex but convey the same sort of beautiful desolation, filled with filtered, druggy guitars and off-kilter sighs. Much of the album's success can be owed to ex-Talk Talk drummer Lee Harris, whose steady ride cymbal is thrillingly trancelike. But Sutton's knack formanipulating a wealth of sonic colors and textures also pays off: "Miss Abuse" builds into a slow and dirty grind, as a bass synth squirms over clanging train bells. And there's a point in "The Black Meat" where I'm suddenly reminded of the stylish Los-Angeles-at-night of Michael Mann's Collateral: the crisp trumpet and splashy drums would sound fantastic coming out of the limo stereo, as you gaze out the window to admire all the glass buildings. The perfect nexus between the heady post-rock I adored in college and the sad shoegazer I've only recently been discovering. -Jaymc
"The thing is it's not a comeback or a reformation or an attempt to recapture past glories. It's just a guy who loves music taking his time and enjoying making it; in this respect, of course it's good, because there's no pressure or expectation, just music." -Sick Mouthy
"Dude, it completely rules. Don't understand why the girl sings so many sings. But the beginning of the second one, about standing on a beach on some strange land. . .album of the year?" -Trevor Horn
"God this is so gorgeous, I can't believe it. It's spinning in my shitty kitchen Philips CD player for the second time now and I am already overwhelmed." -alex in manhattan
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Everyone I show the Teedra cover to goes 'she's so hot!' at first, then they see a close-up and go 'actually she's much older than she looks on the cover'.
I mean, I sorta think it's the kinda R&B album that only really makes sense if you've internalised R&B.
this is otm, it's not the kind of R&B which appeals to the 'look, R&B's male producers take cues from IDM, we can like it now' brigade at all. Those people tend to think that R&B as a genre was shitty pre-Timbaland, and this is kind of a throwback to that era (except not, &c).
Complex Simplicity is actually a perfect title for it.
― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
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The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
I'd love to be able to listen to the Hold Steady without thinking "I'm listening to the Hold Steady." (This is the risk you run when a band's got "personality," I guess.) Anyway last night I got close, and here's how: I thought about all the surprising ways they manage, on Almost Killed Me, to get from loud to louder. Listening that way made the whole mess transcendent. -DKrissoff
"ommfg--the Hold Steady are GRATE." -M Matos
"fave rock album of the year EASY" -Cinnblount
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
I got no list from your e-mail address, for whatever reason.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link
blood brothers is in twice
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 01:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 02:18 (nineteen years ago) link
seconded.
i didn't vote cos i was polled out.
erlend oye dj kicks is this year's token dance pick if such a thing exists.
junior boys winning would have been nice. next to talkie walkie it's the album i listened to most last year. they both pretty much soundtracked my summer. (along with 8 trillion house and techno tracks)
xpost, i recently bought that philip jeck album and it's great.
― it's tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Annoyingly i only just got this, but love it and would certainly have put it pretty high up...
― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 08:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link
I would have voted for it, if I'd gotten my shit together in time to vote in this thing.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― john'n'chicago, Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Juan, the Magic Don (jingleberries), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Was I really the only person who voted for Prince? Shit. And not one vote for Destiny's Child!
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Moston (Moston), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Here's my list:
Birchville Cat Motel – Beautiful Speck Triumph Xiu Xiu – Fabulous Muscles Tim Hecker – Mirages Ghost – Hypnotic Underworld Michael Mayer – Touch Kevin Drumm – Impish Tyrant Mitch Akiyama – If Night is a Weed and Day Grows Less Wolf Eyes – Burned Mind Sagan – Unseen Forces Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori – Phantom Orchard Max Richter – The Blue Notebooks Arve Henriksen - Chiaroscuro Annie – Annimal Oren Ambarchi – Grapes From the Estate Skygreen Leopards – One Thousand Bird Ceremony Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat Fennesz – Venice Junior Boys – Last Exit Animal Collective – Sung Tongs Phoenix – Alphabetical
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 21 January 2005 02:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 21 January 2005 03:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― peepee (peepee), Friday, 21 January 2005 13:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 21 January 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Maybe because, you know, there were great songs on the album too?
― deej., Friday, 21 January 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link