since the NPR site is fucked and I had to do a web safari to get to the song list, here's that:
Aluna George, "You Know You Like It"Ana Tijoux, "Las Cosas Por Su Nombre"Ane Brun, "Do You Remember"Angel Olsen, "The Waiting"Arnaldo Antunes, Edgar Scandurra & Toumani Diabate, "Ce Nao Vai Me Acompanhar"Baauer, "Harlem Shake"Bang On A Can (David Lang) "For Madeline"Baroness, "Take My Bones Away"Bat For Lashes, "Laura"Behzod Abduraimov, "Danse Macabre"Best Coast, "The Only Place"Bill Fay, "The Never Ending Happening"Bonnie Raitt, "Not Cause I Wanted To"Bruce Springsteen, "We Take Care Of Our Own"Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"Ceclia Bartoli, "Amami, e vederai"Chairlift, "I Belong In Your Arms"Cloud Nothings, "Stay Useless"Daughn Gibson, "In The Beginning"David Byrne & St. Vincent, "Who"Death Grips, "I've Seen Footage"Django Django, "Default"Egyptian Project, "Besharis"Ellie Goulding, "Anything Could Happen"Father John Misty, "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings"Fatouma Diawara, "Bakonoba"FIDLAR, "Cheap Beer"French Montana, "Pop That"fun., "We Are Young"G.O.O.D. Music, "Mercy"Gregory Porter, "Be Good"Grimes, "Genesis"Grizzly Bear, "A Simple Answer"Heems, "Womyn"High On Fire, "Fertile Green"Hospitality, "Eighth Avenue"Hot Chip, "Look At Where We Are"Icona Pop, "I Love It"Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines"Jai Paul, "Jasmine"Jamey Johnson & Alison Krauss, "Make The World Go Away"JEFF the Brotherhood, "Sixpack"Jeremih, "F—- You All The Time"Jeremy Denk, "Ligeti: Automne e Varsovie"Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck, "Mbeuguel Dafa Nekh"Joey Bada$$, "Waves"John Fullbright, "Gawd Above"John K. Samson, "When I Write My Masters Thesis"John Talabot, "Destiny"Julia Holter, "Marienbad"Justin Martin, "Don't Go"Kacey Musgraves, "Merry Go Round"Kelan Philip Cohran and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, "Spin"Kishi Bashi, "Bright Whites"Kristen Kelly, "Ex-Old Man"Le1f, "Wut"Lianne La Havas, "Is Your Love Big Enough"Little Big Town, "Pontoon"Loudon Wainwright III, "In C"LV, "Nothing Like Us"M.I.A., "Bad Girls"Machel Montano, "Go Down"Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Same Love"Mala, "Mulata"Marcel Khalife, "Oh, My Proud Wound"Martha Wainwright, "Everything Wrong"Metz, "Headache"Miguel, "Adorn"Neil Young and Crazy Horse, "Walk Like A Giant"Perfume Genius, "Hood"Ralph Peterson, "4 in 1 (Fo'tet)"Rick Ross feat. Andre 3000, "Sixteen"Robert Raimon Roy, "Robert Raimon Roy"Rufus Wainwright, "Montauk"Ryan Truesdell, "Punjab"Saint Etienne, "Tonight"San Francisco Symphony (Adams), "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"Schoolboy Q, "Blessed (feat. Kendrick Lamar)"Scissor Sisters, "Let's Have A Kiki"Sean Rowe, "Horses"Shemekia Copeland, "Ain't Gonna Be Your Tattoo"Shovels & Rope, "Birmingham"Simone White, "Big Dreams And The Headlines"Sinead O'Connor, "The Wolf Is Getting Married"Sinkane, "Jeeper Creeper"Six Organs of Admittance, "Waswasa"Solange, "Losing You"Spiritualized, "Hey Jane"Tame Impala, "Elephant"Tanlines, "All Of Me"The Mynabirds, "Generals"The xx, "Angels"THEESatisfaction, "QueenS"Titus Andronicus, "In A Big City"Todd Terje, "Inspector Norse"Usher, "Climax"Waxahatchee, "Be Good"Wiley, "I'm Skanking" (The 2 Bears Remix)"Y.N. Rich Kids, "Hot Cheetos and Takis"
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
haha I was listening to that Noisia album yesterday, it was fun
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
That Actress album is hugely dull. I figure it's getting big props because people weren't quick enough to jump on the Splaszh-wagon.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
the Die Antwoord album is hilarious. "DJ Hi-Tek will fuck you in the ASSS"
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
Those NPR lists have a lot of good stuff on them. Also: "Hot Cheetos and Takis"
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
More piks from a glance at the wire list - anyone heard these?
24. Michael Pisaro and Toshiya Tsunoda - Crosshatches31. Wadada Leo Smith - Ten Freedom Summers50. Brotzmann/Satoh/Moriyama - Yatagarasu
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:07 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
phrases that terrify Talib Kweli
― RIP Gramp C (some dude), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
from Die Antwoord's Wiki: "although the band blends reality with fantastical elements for artistic effect and they do not acknowledge whether DJ Hi-Tek is a real person or a character played by a variety of musicians and actors; the physical appearance of a person presented as DJ Hi-Tek in video material has greatly varied, including ethnicity (white in "Zef Side", "Fok Julle Naaiers" and numerous live appearances)."
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
my splitting sides
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
Then again, it was Wire's album of the year in 2010, so I don't think you can lay that one at their door. Agree that it is a bit boring though.
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
listened to the actress a record a lot more than some of the more instant dance albums this year, like talabot etc.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
i listened to it a few times and it didn't do a lot for me. it was more obviously accessible than before, which you'd think would make it better but for me a lot of it sounded like interludes from a late-90s IDM album - "pleasant" but nothing special. splaszh on the other hand was trance-inducing; totally stripped back and skewed vision of dance and pop music. i loved the whole "studies on a theme" method that album evoked (the first track is a "study" on Prince's Erotic City, apparently).
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
Splazsh was in my '10 top ten and RIP is in my '12 top ten -- still making up for hearing Hazyville a whole week after it was released.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
This is from Classic Rock magazine:
1. Rush - Clockwork Angels2. Rival Sons - Head Down3. ZZ Top - La Futura4. Howlin Rain - The Russian Wilds5. Jake White - Blunderbuss6. Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards The Daylight7. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball8. The Darkness - Hot Cakes9. Cory Branan - Mutt10. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last Of A Dyin' Breed11. Ginger - 100%12. Slash - Apocalyptic Love13. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten14. Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth15. Walking Papers - Walking Papers16. Europe - Bay Of Bones17. Muse - The 2nd Law18. Anathema - Weather Systems19. Kiss - Monster20. Soundgarden - King Animal21. Phantom Lamb - The Pines22. Tame Impala - Lonerism23. UFO - Seven Deadly24. Black Country Coummunion - Afterglow25. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension!26. Squackett - A Life Within A Day27. The Cult - Choice Of Weapon28. Band Of Skulls - Sweet Sour29. Shooter Jennings - Family Man30. Marillion - Sounds That Can' Be Made31. The Jim Jones Revue - The Savage Heart32. Brad - United We Stand33. The Heavy - The Glorious Dead34. Flying Colours - Flying Colours35. Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) The Crafty Ape36. Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Big Moon Ritual37. Heart - Fanatic38. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas39. Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion40. Tremonti - All I Was41. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat & Bone42. Killing Joke - MMXXII43. Baroness - Yellow & Green44. Alabama Shakes - Girls & Boys45. Gravelroad - Psychedelta46. Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick 247. Bob Dylan - Tempest48. Paul Weller - Sonic Kicks49. Hawk Eyes - Ideas50. Patti Smith - Banga
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Squackett is Chris Squire of Yes and Steve Hackett of Genesis fyi
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
hello classic rock magazine, way to fill the list with ageing white males
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
fart rock magazine
― Spectrum, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Wait is this a different Classic Rock magazine from the other one?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, that was Ultimate Classic Rock
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
Classic Ultimate Rock list is next week
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards The Daylight
^^^ had an argument with white dude last week about this one; said Joe is the next Jeff Beck, therefore "would have nothing to do with those fucking American Idol princesses fucking up music"
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
30. Marillion - Sounds That Can' Be Made
^ I love this typo
32. Brad - United We Stand
this is easily my favourite album made by a schizophrenic this year
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
The xx is #8 in the Guardian list so maybe DJP is right and I've mistakenly projected my own huge disappointment on to other critics.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not trying to be all "xx street team" but the thread here is the only place I've seen people outright moaning about Coexist is terrible
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
let's have an ilx office pool on who's gonna be the first person to do the "ennngh i wish we could see what pitchfork writers INDIVIDUAL BALLOTS are" or "ennnngghh its EDITORIAL MASSAGING and not what THE WRITERS WANT" arguments this year,
― is that my hand, dolphin? (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:54 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol having seen both joe bonamassa and jeff beck i can say with certainty that joe bonamassa is not the next jeff beck
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
xp It wouldn't be the first time I'd mistakenly equated the prevailing wind on ILX with wider opinion. It just seemed so lacklustre to me after the debut. I couldn't see people loving it.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
well, it's in my top 10 of the year pretty easily
would have been a contender solely based on "Chains", "Missing" and "Swept Away" but, as I said on the thread, an xx album based off of the blueprint of "Shelter" is exactly what I wanted from them
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Wire List is always weird due to the disparate nature of the writers. The genre lists and conributers favourite albums at the end are always more interesting reading. Left my sub details at home so cant check them at the mo
― straightola, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
and also no KTL? Boo
i saw a lot of pre-release excitement on twitter from UK critics about the xx which pretty much all turned swiftly into mild disappointment once people had heard it
it's basically the first album but...less. i don't really have any complaints about its sound or direction as such, it's a nice background album if you need it like that, but the songs are just not there apart from "angels"
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
you keep saying that as if it isn't a meaningless criticism
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
the hooks aren't there, then
a lot of things aren't there
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
There was so little there in the first place that all it really took was a tiny drop off in quality to feel massive.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yes. When your sound is that minimal you can't afford to get anything wrong. It's a classic "same but worse" second album.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
the only thing I think they got wrong was not giving Romy a few more takes at vocals on some songs (esp. "Tides")
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
dan i think you're the only one that likes the album in the entire world. all these list placements are payola.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
isn't that what the P stands for in DJP?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
Despicably Juicy Payola
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
dj purée
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
dion's sharp puncture-marks
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Stereogum Top 50 Albums:
http://stereogum.com/1210661/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2012/franchises/listomania/
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
No XX, no Animal Collectors
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
nice to see a number one i love!
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
cool to see the swearin' album on a list, that thing rocks
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
a+ list format (1 page and a sample for every album)
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
ahaha the commenters are all despairing about the presence of taylor swift and the absence of father john misty and death grips
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
more like father john mimsy amirite
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
"No Alt-J? No Polica? No Death Grips? No respect."
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link