that's probably all it is
― Evan, Monday, 15 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
yeah taylor's made eoy lists due to individual contributors putting her on their ballots, but p4k refusing to acknowledge her existence otherwise and deign her with a review at this point looks hopelessly out of touch. wonder if they'll do an about-turn come lp6 now she's more socially acceptable amongst their readership.
― prolego, Monday, 15 December 2014 16:30 (5 hours ago) Permalink
Agree completely. In what universe does an artist have two of the year's 100 best songs in two different years and still not have an album worthy of review? They review 1,250 albums a year.
Thing that surprised me most on the p4k list is how many of those tracks are self-released / unreleased. Just trying to find the songs in the top 25 that I'd never heard before, there were like 7 or 8 that I had to go to youtube or soundcloud to hear. That either says something about p4k's strive for curated content or the democratization of the industry as a whole; yet many of these songs are by big artists, e.g., Nicki Minaj, Drake.
― Indexed, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
is it a problem to look bored on stage?
imagine Bernard Sumner attempting what Future Islands dude did
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
Suspect that pitchfork not reviewing taylor is more akin to politicians wanting to avoid wedge issues than actual disdain.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
The problems with Future Islands are multiple: the singer is wank, the backing behind him is rote and weak as fuck and the songwriting isn't up to snuff.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
Like, the only thing that amazes me about Future Islands is the fact that something so incredibly piss-poor in every possible way has had so many having jizzgasms over it.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
something so incredibly piss-poor in every possible way has had so many having jizzgasms over it.
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
Objection, your honor!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:25 (nine years ago) link
(I was listening to the J. Cole an hour ago and thinking, man, why the fuck are my students so excited by the Sheena Easton of Kanye-influenced hip hop?)
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
irl lols at that description
tbf he's more aggressively mediocre/boring and overpraised than actively bad.
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2014/12/15/magnets-top-25-albums-of-2014/
WINNER: Ex Hex!
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
i almost think it would too much honestly if the other guys were super animated anyway with the leader singer as he is, would be overkill imo― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, December 15, 2014 8:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, December 15, 2014 8:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTM. It stops the whole thing becoming a clownshow. Let the other guys just get on with making the music.
One thing that always puzzled me - if there are only three members, who plays drums?
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
p sure most of their drums are programmed, but maybe they have a touring drummer?
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
yup and touring drummer is a somewhat recent addition they used to just use a drum machine for shows
― anonanon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 01:14 (nine years ago) link
21 Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
This kind of sticks out like a sore thumb on that MetalSucks list. I did not know that metal dudes were into Lana Del Rey.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
people who dug happy hardcore, chiptunes, electroclash and stuff like Tatu back in the day
is this supposed to be one group of people?
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
Shamir comin with the "212" of 2014― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, December 15, 2014 11:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, December 15, 2014 11:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
They don't actually sound similar at all, not sure what's the deal with everyone (i.e. you + a thousand or so youtube commenters) saying this, is there a subtext going on here we should be aware of?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
Have always disliked Sophie but Hey QT is giving me full-on red mist.― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:18 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:18 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Know we all care about music, but jesus, this better be hyperbole, surely there are better things to get angry about?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link
people who dug happy hardcore, chiptunes, electroclash and stuff like Tatu back in the dayis this supposed to be one group of people?
Why judge music on its own merits when you can make assumptions about an imagined target audience, eh?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:26 (nine years ago) link
I have enjoyed all these things in my time
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 09:02 (nine years ago) link
xp Um, yeah, it's hyperbole. I don't actually get enraged by a pop song.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 10:11 (nine years ago) link
i can assure you my rage was real tho :)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 10:14 (nine years ago) link
Pc music is rubbish but no worse than anything else on the list
― saer, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
So you think all 100 songs on the list are equally bad? Wow.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 12:56 (nine years ago) link
It was a flippant and uncalled for remark - I haven't heard all 100 songs and ive only heard one pc music song
― saer, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 13:03 (nine years ago) link
oh.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Resident Advisor top mixes and compilations of 2014:http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2335
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link
Xgau's list of albums of 2014 has been online for a couple of days:
https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-790131a548da
― cpl593H, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
xp This is a serious infraction. There is no room for flippant and uncalled-for remarks on ILX, sir.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
music is so PC these days, you can't say anything anymore!
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
irl loooools
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link
*rimshots*
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
wondering sound 75 best songs!http://www.wonderingsound.com/gallery/best-songs-2014/wondering-sound-best-songs-2014
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
also grantland's top 10 singles and 40 albums, markedly less interesting for various reasons: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-best-a-k-a-my-favorite-music-of-2014/
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
Is that the first list to have Hesitant Alien on it?
― how's life, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
i don't know for sure but i wouldn't be surprised.
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
R&B top 20http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-r-b-albums-of-2014-20141215
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
10. Echosmith, “Cool Kids”
steve hyden steady the worst
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
buncha great records in the wrong order on the rs r&b list
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link
FKA Twigs is R&B?
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
I like Hyden's post-poptimism, lighthearted take on rock n roll, but other than that everytime I read him I'm left scratching my head and wondering wtf's in his mind.
― cpl593H, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
I love his prose, not so much his taste, but if you're Grantland's chief music critic I'd rather have it that way around than the opposite.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
what's good about him is he is able to not take the dopey rock he likes seriously, what's bad is that he takes the time to argue why it "matters" in a macro sense aside from him liking it.
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
― example (crüt), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 12:37 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes.
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
don't get what people even see in his "prose"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
really nice to see fatima and k michelle repped by RS!
not that fka twigs has no r&b dna in her, but she was totally right when she said that if she was white there'd be a lot less of that talk
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
IMHO not taking his subjects entirely seriously makes him lose steam mid-article in those long pieces he writes. It's like he lacks the drive for such long arguments. Everytime I read him I start with some degree of enthusiasm, then get bored sometime around the tenth paragraph.
― cpl593H, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:52 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the problem is that we dont consider white ppl who do that kind of music R&B, not the other way around
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
what, like björk?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link