they did special graphics for each album
now i just have to figure out WHY anyone would do this
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 3:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I like it.
― rihanna refurbished my dick (rennavate), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
oh they're not horrible graphics or anything, it's just...a lot of effort for not a great deal of point. i'd rather see the actual sleeve in every case.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Or Pen & Pixel renderings
― Andy K, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 01:19 (thirteen years ago) link
still not a peep from musically, btw...
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
try emil.y, maybe?
― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link
The Black Keys one made me chuckle.
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Stereogum list
50 Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?49 Small Black – New Chain48 Sharon Van Etten – Epic47 Baths – Cerulean46 Frank (Just Frank) – The Brutal Wave45 Perfume Genius – Learning44 Field Music – Field Music (Measure)43 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty42 Lower Dens – Twin-Hand Movement41 Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal40 Glasser – Ring39 Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner38 Avey Tare – Down There37 jj – jj nº336 the morning benders – Big Echo35 Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky34 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor33 MGMT – Congratulations32 Twin Shadow – Forget31 Warpaint – The Fool30 Das Racist – Shut Up, Dude29 Matthew Dear – Black City28 Delorean – Subiza27 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid26 Tame Impala – Innerspeaker25 ceo – White Magic24 Tamaryn – The Waves23 SALEM – King Night22 Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern21 Liars – Sisterworld20 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today19 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma18 Abe Vigoda – Crush17 Owen Pallett – Heartland16 The National – High Violet15 The-Dream – Love King14 Yeasayer – Odd Blood13 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening12 Crystal Castles – II11 Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me10 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest09 Wild Nothing – Gemini08 Antony & The Johnsons – Swanlights07 Vampire Weekend – Contra06 Sleigh Bells – Treats05 Robyn – Body Talk04 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz03 Beach House – Teen Dream02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
― Dan S, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
list very much in character
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
ZERO decent albums in the top 10 has to be some sort of record
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
FUCK EVERY FUCKING CLOTH-EAR PUBLICATION THAT PUTS KANYE FIRST
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I count four, though Kanye's is definitely not one of them.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
~headdesk~
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty wild that this Kanye record is the first record since, like, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to really getting the indie sites to agree that the major labels sometimes make records better than we do
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the kanye album alright but it'd be around my top 25-30 ranking or so -- no way #1
that arcade fire record = zzzzzzzzz
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i would listen to the antony, robyn and beach house as i like other stuff by them but haven't yet. of what i have heard they are on a 0% average.
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
who is that "we" whiney?
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
"we"? speak for yourself. indie sites and indie critics are firmly over THERE, far far far from where i locate myself.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I like the Arcade Fire record, but it's pointless to stan for it in the face of conflict. You either dig it or your don't, whatevs.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
lol xp!!
10 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest - decent, but not a patch on Cryptograms09 Wild Nothing – Gemini - havent heard, most likely zzzzz08 Antony & The Johnsons – Swanlights - not a patch on I Am a Bird Now07 Vampire Weekend – Contra - zzzzzz06 Sleigh Bells – Treats - surprisingly decent05 Robyn – Body Talk - top ten material, A+04 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz03 Beach House – Teen Dream - zzzzzzzzz02 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs - zzzzzzzzzzzz01 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - flawed, maybe top 30 material
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lex isn't indie? when did that happen?
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
oh didnt notice the deerhunter, i liked that.
I thought the Deerhunter album was their best by far
― Dan S, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
09 Wild Nothing – Gemini - havent heard, most likely zzzzz
quality criticism here
this is actually a really good album though
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Me too, but that's faint praise. I'm by no means a big fan. xp
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm open to hearing it, i guess, the band name just sounds kinda snoozy
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Glad this thread taught me that lex and a hoy hoy both work for powerful major label record companies
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey ilxor, can you do a personal rundown for all 50 of Sgum's choices? thanks in advance
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that what you meant? Do you think that Def Jam is an indie? What? Did those 30 days rob you of coherency?
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I have no idea how to make my post any clearer
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
well, w/ref to what you actually said originally, duhhh, of course they make better music than i do - i don't make music or work for any sort of record label.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
fact's 60-41 tracks are up.
shocked "wut" only came in at #41!
― prolego, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
wut?
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
They mixed up the track title and audio for the Andrea entry. The text refers to "You Still Got Me."
― Andy K, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i realize u are kidding, but hey
A+: emeralds, big boi, oneohtrix, jj, swans, janelle, flylo, the-dream
overrated, still decent: avey tare, liars, lcd, yeasayer
like the few tracks i've heard: warpaint, ceo, matt dear, owen p.,
fucking horrible: mgmt, salem
zzzzzz: the national, joanna newsom
havent heard everything else
already covered the top ten for ya whiney
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
dont worry i wont call u out on plagiarism if you tweet about these great albums on my behalf
I like that Abe Vigoda album tons
― BO (DJP), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
we're gonna be seeing a lot of this huh
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll never understand why modern indie ppl cosign Das Racist but go out of their way to distance themselves from Antipop Consortium and Themselves and shit
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
not that this has been a gr8 year for backpacky shit, save Gangrene, which no one is talking about except me it seems
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
you really are capt. save an anti pop consortium aren't you
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
they're still great, what do you want from me
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe it's because das racist are marketed specifically towards hipsters & ppl that read stereogum?
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
and have a novelty song
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
the scott pilgrims coming over on the hip-hop mayflower
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
why would you market towards ppl who have a novelty song
seems like a very small niche
― BO (DJP), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
antipop consortium are fantastic, new record's great and they killed it when i saw em a year or two ago
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
lol DJP trolling, cmon
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
...
There is a difference between "trolling" (the blatantly overstated and hyperbolic comment I made about SALEM and racism way upthread that everyone ignored) and "making a joke" (my last post) that you might want to investigate.
― BO (DJP), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
making a "joke"
― dr. harbl's zing-along blog (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link