re: spin, def a 'something for everyone' kinda list, i expect any consensus exercises for tracks (e.g. pazz and jop singles list) will basically look like a hybrid of this and whatever p4k puts out
― dyl, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
actually 'something for everyone except ppl who like shake it off'
― dyl, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
Nice to see Anjou in that Incendiary list. Also - I'm reminded that I never sought out that Vashti Bunyan album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 8 December 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
<i>Which 'begs' the question, which song is the biggest example of that this year (song in numerous lists, album it's from on very few if any)?</i>Rather Be?
― MarkoP, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
new vashti is beautiful
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 December 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
It is so much better than her last album, more of a belated but worthy follow up to Another Diamond Day imo.
― xelab, Monday, 8 December 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Ought album to me sounded like Talking Heads w/o the proto-dancepunk, i.e. the best part
― aenaon genesis aevangelist (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 8 December 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
7. Killed By Deathrock (Sacred Bones)yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssthis album is so fucking great, like every single minute of it is glorious― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, December 8, 2014
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
this album is so fucking great, like every single minute of it is glorious
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, December 8, 2014
began listening to this today on spotify cuz of this endorsement. loving it, so far.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
I honestly think that if you have even the slightest affinity to gothy post-punk, you owe it to yourself to play Killed By Deathrock on endless repeat for at least a week.
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 8 December 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
and then argue with Dan and I over which songs are the best. Because Dan is wrong.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
No, I am not. You're the one who can't tell Bauhaus pastiche from Sisters of Mercy pastiche!
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
But the Sisters are pretty much Bauhaus meets Joy Division.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 December 2014 22:02 (nine years ago) link
waht
― example (crüt), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
I'm kidding.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
oh, I can't stay mad while listening to Screaming For Emily
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
yeah, the second half of that comp is so damn good.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 December 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
http://www.tabsout.com/tabs-out-top-200-tapes-of-2014/
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
Xpost you deathrockers should check out the 13th Chime stuff Sacred Bones put out a couple years ago
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
I have none of those cassettes.
― example (crüt), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
I have 1!
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 December 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, December 8, 2014 4:54 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i cant guarantee endless repeat or a whole week but i like that sort of stuff & am trying it now, v good
― wanky, self important humerlous posts (slothroprhymes), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
No Blue Tapes? Feh.
xp
― emil.y, Monday, 8 December 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
I'm just glad Sungod made a list
― aenaon genesis aevangelist (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 8 December 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
Has anyone played a track/album from these end of year lists that they hadn't otherwise heard and found something amazing?
― djh, Monday, 8 December 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Not amazing, but I did decide to finally listen to Benji...as much of it as I could stand.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 8 December 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
yes, especially the Textura list
― example (crüt), Monday, 8 December 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
Has anyone played a track/album from these end of year lists that they hadn't otherwise heard and found something amazing? --djh
best examples of this for me are tinashe and sturgill simpson, although i heard OF them before they made the lists just didn't try till then
― wanky, self important humerlous posts (slothroprhymes), Monday, 8 December 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
I'm digging the Syd Arthur album from DeRo's list.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
i had listened to an angel olsen record a few years ago, kind of intrigued but not drawn enough to it, and trying the one one as it shows up on lists, i'm at least hearing something i didn't hear on the older one
― j., Tuesday, 9 December 2014 02:53 (nine years ago) link
I just voted in the Pitchfork reader poll. Zero songs I voted for had already been pre-added to the ballot, so I'm not holding my breath on any of them.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 03:04 (nine years ago) link
The Quietus and Textura lists both introduced me to fantastic things I didn't know about.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 04:44 (nine years ago) link
Some De Biasio love on the Newsweek list...
The Top 10 Albums of 2014: Newsweek Pickshttp://www.newsweek.com/ten-ten-albums-2014-newsweek-picks-289953
AGAINST ME!, TRANSGENDER DYSPHORIA BLUES (Total Treble, Xtra Mile)AMEN DUNES, LOVE (Sacred Bones)MELANIE DE BIASIO, NO DEAL (PIAS)EX HEX, RIPS (Merge)FKA TWIGS, LP1 (Young Turks)ICEAGE, PLOWING INTO THE FIELD OF LOVE (Matador)HAMILTON LEITHAUSER, BLACK HOURS (Ribbon Music)RUN THE JEWELS, RUN THE JEWELS 2 (Mass Appeal)SHABAZZ PALACES, LESE MAJESTY (Sub Pop)SWANS, TO BE KIND (Young God, Mute)
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 06:57 (nine years ago) link
I'm just glad Sungod made a list― aenaon genesis aevangelist (Drugs A. Money), Monday, December 8, 2014 10:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― aenaon genesis aevangelist (Drugs A. Money), Monday, December 8, 2014 10:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes this is gud stuff
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 10:38 (nine years ago) link
that spin singles list is the most random-ass one yet but even considering lots of its pleasant surprises the idea that "anaconda" is the top 10 worthy minaj single of 2014 while "lookin' ass" gets buried in the bottom quarter is insane
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 10:56 (nine years ago) link
and that Parquet Courts song is the draggiest song on a draggy disappointing follow up. def not #5 material
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 11:13 (nine years ago) link
I like the somewhat perverse randomness of the Spin list. Even at this stage, lots on there that I haven't heard.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 11:44 (nine years ago) link
consequence of sound top 50 songs:http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/12/songs-of-the-year-2014/full-post/
decent list, if not exactly chock full of shocking choices
― wanky, self important humerlous posts (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 13:27 (nine years ago) link
Well it's certainly the only list I've seen that has a song from the latest Muppets movie on it.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
Thank you Dog Latin, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I felt that stood out as the worst, most insufferable song on the album! WTF! I didn't mind DeRo's list, but every now and then he lets loose a doozy that's so, so wrong:
an epic centerpiece (the 7:13 “Instant Disassembly”) that’s as much of a tour-de-force mission statement as “Marquee Moon.”
I never want to hear the word "mamacita" in a song ever again. Another album on his list by The Gotobeds accomplishes everything that I'm missing from that Parquet Courts album -- it's sloppier but catchier and actually rocks. Also see Together Pangea - Badillac.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
DeRo's Sound Opinions partner Greg Kot's list:http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/ct-kelis-food-benjamin-booker-protomartyr-mary-j-blige-best-pop-albums-20141202-column.html
1. Kelis, Food2. Protomartyr, Under Color of Official Right3. Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker4. Mary J. Blige, The London Sessions5. Wussy, Attica!6. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 27. FKA Twigs, LP18. Lydia Loveless, Somewhere Else9. The Preatures, Blue Planet Eyes10. Warpaint, Warpaint11. Bob Mould, "Beauty & Ruin" (Merge)12. Goat, "Commune" (Sub Pop)13. Courtney Barnett, "The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas" (Mom & Pop Music)14. Tom Brosseau, "Grass Punks" (Crossbill)15. Parquet Courts, "Sunbathing Animal" (What's Your Rupture?)16. Spoon, "They Want My Soul" (Lorna Vista)17. Lucinda Williams, "Where the Spirit Meets the Bone" (Thirty Tigers)18. Sturgill Simpson, "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" (High Top/Thirty Tigers)19. Twin Peaks, "Wild Onion" (Grand Jury)20. Angel Olsen, "Burn Your Fire for No Witness" (Jagjaguwar)
They've held down those writing gigs for a long, long time, but Sound Opinions is the best thing they've done. Too bad I always forget to listen, though you can stream their shows anytime. http://www.soundopinions.org/episodes
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link
Dazed - The top 20 albums of 2014http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/22834/1/the-top-20-albums-of-2014
20 Grouper - Ruins19 Todd Terje - It's Album Time18 Ramona Lisa - Arcadia17 Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love16 Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste15 The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream14 Run The Jewels Run The Jewels 213 Mac DeMarco - Salad Days12 ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron11 Jessie Ware - Tough Love10 Angel Olson - Burn Your Fire For No Witness9 Tinashe - Aquarius8 Perfume Genius - Too Bright7 Lykke Li - I Never Learn6 Aphex Twin - Syro5 Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear4 Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch3 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence2 Arca - Xen1 FKA Twigs - LP1
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
The 405 - The 30 Best Albums of 2014 http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/the-30-best-albums-of-2014-141
30. Grouper - Ruins29. Future Islands - Singles 28. Ought - More Than Any Other Day27. Homeboy Sandman - Hallways26. Pharmakon - Bestial Burden25. Hail Mary Mallon - Bestiary24. Alex G - DSU23. Gazelle Twin - UNFLESH22. Mark McGuire - Along The Way21. Kiasmos - Kiasmos
20. Liars - Mess19. The Bug - Angels and Devils18. Todd Terje - It's Album Time17. YG - My Krazy Life16. Thug Entrancer - Death After Life15. Perfume Genius - Too Bright14. Run The Jewels - RTJ213. Caribou - Our Love12. Grumbling Fur - Preternaturals11. Julie Byrne - Rooms With Walls and Windows
10. St. Vincent - St. Vincent9. Clipping. - CLPPNG8. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever7. Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers6. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There5. Wild Beasts - Present Tense4. Adult Jazz - Gist Is3. Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser2. Flying Lotus - You're Dead1. FKA Twigs - LP1
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
The Wire: Releases of the Year 1-50
1 Aphex Twin - Syro2 Richard Dawson - Nothing Important3 Swans - To Be Kind4 Scott Walker and Sunn O))) - Soused5 Actress - Ghettoville6 Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit7 Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty8 Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 29 Kasai Allstars - Beware The Fetish10 Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch
11 Earth - Primitive and Deadly12 Steve Gunn - Way out Weather13 Grouper - Ruins14 Valerio Tricoli - Miseri Lares15 Eliane Radigue - Naldjorlak I II II16 Marc Baron - Hidden Tapes17 Kevin Drumm & Jason Lescalleet - The Abyss18 Rodhri Davies - An Air Swept Clean Of All Distance19 Michael Pisaro - Continuum Unbound20 AMM - Place sub. v.
21 Thumbscrew - Thumbscrew22 Puce Mary - Persona23 Cooly G. - Wait 'Til Night24 Skogen - Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long25 Carla Bozulich - Boy26 Dean Blunt - Black Metal27 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata28 Annea Lockwood - Ground Of Being29 Wadada Leo Smith - The Great Lakes Suite30 Call Super - Suzi Ecto
31 Steve Gunn & Mike Gangloff - Melodies For A Savage Fix32 Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes Of Voice33 Matthew Shipp - I've Been To Many Places34 Holly Herndon - Chorus35 Laurence crane - Chamber Works 1992-200736 Shackleton - Freezing Opening Thawing37 Klaus Lang - SAIS38 Bitchin' Bajas - Bitchin' Bajas39 Laetitia Sadler - Something Shines40 drcarlsonalbion - Gold
41 Helm - The Hollow Organ42 Joseph Hammer - Roadless Travel43 Oren Ambarchi - Quixotism44 Laura Cannell - Quick Sparrows Over The Black Earth45 Howard Riley - To Be Continued...46 Owen Pallett - In Conflict47 Ariel Pink - Pom Pom48 Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda - ma ta ta bui49 Pharmakon - Bestial Burden50 Flying Lotus - You're Dead
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
F&B:
HELL NO! And not for wanting to mention them too many more times on this thread, that Ought album is much closer to reviving the eloquence of Television. I haven't done much formal music writing this year, but this was my take on Sunbathing Animal from earlier on in the summer. Not a particularly inspiring album, and I rather enjoyed Light Up Gold.
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Glad nick typed that up as when i went to do it my ipad decided it wouldnt let me access it despite it supposedly being my last issue of the subscription.Print version not arrived yet.
― VOTE in metal poll. Voting ends Friday 12th December (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
Wire playin it safe this year!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
thanks Nick, didn't know there were new Bozulich or AMM albums, more cool shit to check out
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
Has one American publication rode for Sleaford Mods?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
xp C. Bozulich album is really good, absolutely check it
― cornelius pardew (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
The Bozulich is great.
― jmm, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link