Boomkat lists are up for those who hate fun:
http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-top-100-albums-2012-charthttp://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-top-100-singles-eps-2012-chart
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Friday, 21 December 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Somehow the only people to have the Sprinkles record in their EOY?
― coal, Friday, 21 December 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
Spin's 20 best pop albums: http://www.spin.com/articles/best-pop-albums-2012?utm_source=spintwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spintwitter
― nobody's bitch speaks again (some dude), Friday, 21 December 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
The Zane list is basically Call of Duty and wanking music.
― Matt DC, Friday, 21 December 2012 14:24 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
what as opposed to new star soccer and craft beers music? come on i thought we were above this shite
― r|t|c, Friday, 21 December 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Wot's craft beers music??
xp Ha, they are anti-fun in a way, though always interesting! Someone's gotta rep for The Caretaker and Richard Youngs! Has anyone else slogged through the entire X-TG double?
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 21 December 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
PAST CARING: Reissues, Compilations, Mixes, Live LPs and Other Odds & Sods
The Quietus Reissues List
1. Can – The Lost Tapes2. Black Rain – Now I’m Just A Number3. Swans – We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head4. Ruff Sqwad - White Label Classics5. SunnO))) – ØØ Void6. William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops Box Set7. Sleep - Dopesmoker8. Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe9. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die10. CC Hennix & The Chora(s)san Time Court Mirage - Live At The Grimm Museum11. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Blood Lust12. Chris Watson & Robert Macfarlane - The Sea-Road13. Laibach - Retro-Monumental Avant-Garde live at the Tate Modern14. Levon Vincent - Fabric 6315. Ike Yard - Ike Yard16. Wire - On The Box17. Cleaners From Venus – Midnight Cleaners18. Morphosis - Live At Panoramabar (Mnml Ssgs Mix)19. Porter Ricks – Biokinetics20. Karenn - Live At The Boiler Room21. Iain Sinclair - Stone Tape Shuffle22. Trans Am – Red Line23. Various Artists - Disco Discharge: Disco Exotica24. Annette Peacock – I Am The One25. Suede - Live At The Royal Albert Hall26. Pangaea - Mix For Resident Advisor27. Gareth Williams & Mary Currie - Flaming Tunes28. Cornershop – Urban Turban29. Surgeon - This Is The Place Where The Intellect Gets Annihilated (Mix)30. Jacques Brodier - Filtre De Relate31. Daphni – Jiaolong Album Launch Party Mix32. Shangaan Shake - Shangaan Electro Remixes33. Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar – Golden Horns34. Electronic Explorations - Electronic Explorations Compilation35. Front 242 - Front By Front36. Minny Pops - Standstill to Motion: Live at the Melkweg, 19-03-198137. Sonic Youth – Smart Bar: Chicago 198538. High On Fire – The Art Of Self Defence39. ROB - Make It Fast, Make It Slow40. The Clarke and Ware Experiment – House Of Illustrious Box Set41. Bo Ningen - Live At St Leonards42. My Bloody Valentine – EPs 81 – 9143. Regis - Complete Works44. Various Artists – Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance45. Various Artists – Cliff Martinez Presents The Drive OST46. Various Artists - Voguing47. Ride - Going Blank Again48. Peter Zummo & Arthur Russell - Zummo With An X49. Smith & Mighty - The Three Stripe Collection50. The Heads - Relaxing With The Heads51. Various Artists – Andrew Weatherall: Masterpiece52. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Escape From New York OST53. Various Artists - Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-198454. Paperclip People - The Secret Tapes of Dr Eich55. Edzayawa - Projection One56. Atomic Forest – Obsession57. Various Artists – Cumbia Cumbia58. Mogwai - A Wrenched Virile Law59. Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Music Of The Spheres Box Set60. Joy O – Resident Advisor Mix61. The Cure – Pornography62. Helmet - Meantime63. Witch – We Intend To Cause Havoc64. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists65. Various Artists - Luk Thung: Classic & Obscure 78s From The Thai Countryside66. The Human League – Dare67. David Sylvian - A Victim of Stars68. The Quietus Mix 65 - Simian Mobile Disco69. Various Artists - Qat, Coffee and Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen70. The Body – The Body71. Suzanne Ciani – Lixiviation72. The Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It73. Various Artists - Soul Cal: Funky Disco & Modern Soul (1971 – 1982)74. Michael Nyman - Michael Nyman75. Andrzej Korzynski - Secret Enigma
― Doran, Friday, 21 December 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
XP: I love the XTG double. Genuinely think it's a fantastic album but there's an argument to be made for the unreleased third disc being the best one in some ways. Faet Narok, is the most modern, evil and minimal sounding of the discs at least.
― Doran, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
that Soul Cal comp is wonderful
― Number None, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
XP: I think the Antony track Janitor Of Lunacy is the best though, probably my track of the year after Blawan's Why They Hide Their Bodies and The Thing and Neneh Cherry's cover of Dream Baby Dream.
― Doran, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
seventy-five reissues and no room for Robbie Basho's Twilight Peaks, makes me sick
― ogmor, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
I did like the Antony track but haven't been able to get all the way through yet. I will cue it up again soon!
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2012
50. Lambchop - Mr. M49. Crystal Castles - (III)48. Peaking Lights - Lucifer47. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction46. Rustie - Essential Mix45. El-P - Cancer for Cure44. Metz - Metz43. Mac DeMarco - 242. Rick Ross - Rich Forever41. Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze EP40. DIIV - Oshin39. Hot Chip - In Our Heads38. Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance37. Future - Pluto36. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp35. TNGHT - TNGHT34. Chairlift - Something33. Actress - R.I.P.32. Action Bronson/Party Supplies - Blue Chips31. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light30. The Men - Open Your Heart29. Cat Power - Sun28. How to Dress Well - Total Loss27. John Talabot - ƒIN26. Julia Holter - Ekstasis25. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions24. Purity Ring - Shrines23. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream22. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes21. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes20. Jessie Ware - Devotion19. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory18. Ty Segall Band/Ty Segall & White Fence - Slaughterhouse/Hair17. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man16. Burial - Kindred EP15. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan14. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems13. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!11. Japandroids - Celebration Rock10. Grizzly Bear - Shields9. Death Grips - The Money Store8. Chromatics - Kill For Love7. Beach House - Bloom6. Grimes - Visions5. Swans - The Seer4. Tame Impala - Lonerism3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange1. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
why did i even bother half-hoping that the combined forces of tim and j0rdan could get dawn into that :(
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
after tirelessly stanning for the entire year i think i can count the number of critics who voted for her on the fingers of both hands :(
and fucking...other artists just sweep up votes like it's nothing
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 December 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
didn't p1p3c0ck used to write for LWE? it's...interesting how much luv they are giving to Pittsburgh Track Authority
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Friday, 21 December 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
Stereogum couldn't find room for Ka's Grief Pedigree in its top 40 rap albums list:
http://stereogum.com/1225002/stereogums-top-40-rap-albums-of-2012-2/top-stories/lead-story/
1. Kendrick2. Future3. Action Bronson4. El-P5. Killer Mike6. Roc Marciano7. Rick Ross8. Schoolboy Q
― alpine static, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
i like that action bronson is getting mentioned, blue chips is prob in my top-10 for any genre
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
i wish boldy's record had gotten at least a lil love but it seems like it didn't have the impact of the 1st one and that one was completely slept on
― D-40, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
people are REALLY riding with this action bronson thing
Or a single woman
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
Nicki is on there
― Number None, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
maybe she's got a boyfriend?
― nobody's bitch speaks again (some dude), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
she's got a lot of sons. Not sure about her relationship status
― Number None, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
Oh I thought the list was only what was c/ped
One woman isn't any better, any rap list that doesn't include Angel Haze is ridiculous to me
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
i swear i would never have even heard of Angel Haze if you didn't post here
― nobody's bitch speaks again (some dude), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Friday, December 21, 2012 12:55 PM (5 hours ago)
Your Dawn Richard is my Niki & The Dove. The difference being that I recognize my favorite thing is sort of a niche release, just like Dawn's ep.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
Angel Haze has actually had quite a bit of buzz over here, I mean significantly more than a lot of rappers. She might well be higher profile in Britain than in the US.
Call of Duty and wanking are both enormously popular pastimes! I mean the music is mostly execrable but there's a serious point in there that you overlook the favourite music of yr suburban teenage boy at your peril but at the same time I don't want to live in a world where we can't be cunts when it comes to Zane Lowe.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 22 December 2012 09:49 (eleven years ago) link
I like Call of Duty and wanking. ¯\(°_o)/¯
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
"Angel Haze has actually had quite a bit of buzz over here, I mean significantly more than a lot of rappers. She might well be higher profile in Britain than in the US."
god this makes so much sense
― one bish two bish red bish blue bish (fadanuf4erybody), Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
how so?
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:15 (eleven years ago) link
/what as opposed to new star soccer and craft beers music? come on i thought we were above this shite/
low blow aside, tis the season etc, radio 1's success is based on a very, very tight strategy in terms of who it's aimed at. as cynical as any comment upthread. plus I hardly think you're repping for the zane list, note I didn't comment on the music anyway, just his audience.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
What makes Armor On a niche release? It feels p epochal. I have not heard Niki and the Dove tho either...
― when worlds coincide (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
Nothing in particular, other than it being popular music that has obstacles in its path to actually being popular. I mean, who knows why Florence + The Machine made that transition when a whole group of other similar (and better) artists couldn't?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
good publicists, good marketing
dawn has a team of 5, she literally can't compete in terms of PR
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
Or, like, Ellie Goulding—the weakest singer with the weakest material who gets all the buzz her peers don't get. It doesn't make me furious or anything. I just don't get it.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
Ah come on, saying x band I dislike is successful cos of "marketing" is straight up indie bullshit.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
ellie goulding has a formidable pr team too, yes
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
xp ok PR and marketing departments have *no* effect on any artist's critical or commercial success, tbh i don't understand why they haven't all been fired to cut costs
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
How do you deduce that others are affected and not yourself?
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
did i say that? can you read? why are you talking to me again?
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
This situation is best observed on a case-by-case basis.
Let's go back to the early aughts and look at Good Charlotte. I can't explain their sudden rise to prominence through any other means besides killer PR. They came from nowhere, looked like a bunch of other bands and had an indistinguishable sound, but trounced their peers. It's either PR, or it's the fact there's a guy in the band named Benji. People love the name Benji.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
Not commenting on personal problems, just remember the whole "it's marketing" defence mechanism from arguing with indie friends about pop, when I was about 15. I guess don't mention rockism again.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
Where's Tom Ewing when you need some popism/actual understanding of marketing?
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
i am fairly sure tom ewing would acknowledge that when you have a canny major label marketing strategy behind one artist, and an amateur self-taught team of 5 behind the other, this will have an effect on how well the music does
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
Let's go back to the early aughts and look at Good Charlotte. I can't explain their sudden rise to prominence through any other means besides killer PR a bunch of hooky, memorable singles.
― Tim F, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
I agree with Lex that PR clearly makes a difference to the likelihood an artist will find a large fanbase, but I don't accept Johnny Fever's more ambitious argument that certain acts only succeed because of marketing.
Even with Ellie Goulding there's a reason that Kate Bush ish "doo doo doo dooooo" single is all over the radio.
― Tim F, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
I can't explain their sudden rise to prominence through any other means besides killer PR a bunch of hooky, memorable singles their residence almost daily on TRL.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry but Good Charlotte were a great singles band, you gots to deal.
― Tim F, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
I like "The River", but they were already in decline by that point.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
I don't accept Johnny Fever's more ambitious argument that certain acts only succeed because of marketing.
yes, i'm not arguing this, it's a pretty old chestnut that is admittedly easier to target if one doesn't want to engage with what i am arguing
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link