i dont listen to bjork but like grimes or bat for lashes or w/e, it's all R&B
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
banks being considered r&b is also a bit confusing to me, just seems like trip-hop redux x synthy pop
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
grimes and bat for lashes are not r&b!
if twigs was white i'd still think the rhythmic core of her sound was more r&b/hip-hop than like, bjork.
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 5:59 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
rhythmically the closest comparison to lp1 is vespertine imo
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
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, December 16, 2014 12:55 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
How did we ignore the great white R&B albums of 2014 like HOW TO DRESS WELL and ROBIN THICKE'S PAULA
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
bat for lashes is called r&b??? not prima facie a bad thing but i've never heard that
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
the new how to dress well album sucks
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
if its pop music and its not polka in the woods eating weinerschnitzel its black american music. in the catholic sense of R&B, it's R&B. I'm not sure I see the purpose of fighting against that classification
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
I couldn't believe How to Dress Well he basically teed up music writers for the 'Shit Sandwich' reviews and no one took the bait
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
in that they didn't call it the shit sandwich it was?
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
(bc many certainly did not and in fact did the exact opposite)
this is not the definition that a top 20 R&B albums list is working with!
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
I think Whiney means the album is "What Is This Heart?" and they could have said "What is This Shit?"
like the Spinal Tap joke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqKiqTfXuA
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
*slaps forehead for missing joke, reminds self to watch this is spinal tap again soon*
in that case, IRL lols
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
― example (crüt), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 12:18 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if its not R&B it can also be rock or rap or house/techno but like ... what is FKA twigs then? "its kinda like bjork" is not a genre rolling stone will do a yearly list for
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
or is it ~beyond genre~ lol
Where would they list Bjork or The xx? Putting her in an R&B list is tying her up in one strand of her music.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
i kinda feel like xx is R&B and bjork is not but i don't really know why
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.prooffreader.com/2014/12/most-decade-specific-words-in-billboard.htmljust putting this here
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
just put her in "alternative" or something
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
uncles used to be really popular
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
i like the march toward drooglike from "blues pal sweetheart rose" to "yeah hell fuck die"
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Noisey/Vice France - allez les Sleafords!http://noisey.vice.com/fr/blog/les-20-meilleurs-disques-de-2014
20. HAVE A NICE LIFE The Unnatural World19. ALKPOTE L'Orgasmixtape18. C.A.R. My Friend17. FOREVER PAVOT Rhapsode 16. TAULARD Les Abords Du Lycée15. HIGH-FUNCTIONING FLESH High-Functioning Flesh14. BODY COUNT Manslaughter13. LUST FOR YOUTH International 12. KAARIS Or Noir Part. II 11. OBITUARY Inked In Blood10. CHEVEU Bum09. LEWIS L'Amour 08. JUICY P Certifié Vrai 2 : La Plakette 07. IRON REAGAN The Tyranny Of Will06. CULT OF YOUTH Final Days05. SUN KIL MOON Benji 04. JESSICA 93 Rise 03. COLD WORLD How The Gods Chill02. PEINE PERDUE No Souvenir 01. SLEAFORD MODS Divide And Exit
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
i think we're legit progressing with more fuckwords in song titles
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
The Quietus Top 20 Metal Albums Of 2015
1. Yob - <i>Clearing The Path To Ascend</i></b><br> (Neurot)2. The Body - I Shall Die Here (RVNG International)3. Sólstafir - Ótta (Season Of Mist)4. At The Gates - At War With Reality (Century Media)5. Floor - Oblation (Season Of Mist)6. Old Man Gloom - Ape Of God (Profound Lore)7. Electric Wizard - Time To Die (Spinefarm/Witchfinder Records)8. Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire (Avalanche)9. Nothing - Guilty Of Everything (Relapse)10. Triptykon - Melana Chasmata (Century Media)11. 11Paranoias - Stealing Fire From Heaven (Ritual Productions)12. Bong - Stoner Rock (Ritual Productions)13. Trap Them - Blissfucker (Prosthetic)14. Full Of Hell + Merzbow - Full Of Hell + Merzbow (Profound Lore)15. Witch Mountain - Mobile Of Angels (Svart)16. Bongripper - Miserable (Great Barrier Records)17. Vampillia - Some Nightmares Take You Aurora Rainbow Darkness(Candlelight)18. Prizehog - Re-Unvent The Whool (Eolian Empire)19. Slomatics - Estron (Head Of Crom)20. Coffinworm - IV .I. VIII (Profound Lore)
― Doran, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Go 90s and list FKA twigs under "Dope beatz/downtempo"
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
Nice Quietus list, glad to see some love for that Bong record.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-edm-electronic-and-dance-albums-of-2014-20141216
party don't stop
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
list party
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
ain't no party like a list party party cause a list party party is pedantic
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
asiatisch is the album i have had to bitch about most in DMs this year
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
first mention of duck sauce! which i found quite enjoyable
― franch montana (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:42 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i wish you would be better at not using gendered language, lex. your sexism on this board is unbearable
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
why on earth would lex be too shook to be publicly opinionated about a record and keep it in DMs
― some dude, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Not exactly a critics poll, but hey
Top 10 Most Watched Music Videos in Nigeria on Youtube for 2014
http://www.afrobeatsindacity.com/
1. Davido – Aye (Official Video)2. Mavins – Dorobucci ft Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr SID, D’Prince, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di’Ja3. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda4. Tiwa Savage – Wanted [Official Video]5. Flavour – Ikwokrikwo [Official Video]6. Dr SID – Surulere ft Don Jazzy (Official Video)7. Yemi Alade – Johnny8. Davido ft Mafikizolo – “Tchelete (Goodlife)” (Official Video)9. P Square – Taste the Money (Testimony) [Official Video]10.Patoranking – Girlie ‘O’ Remix [Official Video] ft. Tiwa Savage
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Lol I looked at that and thought "that magazine has good taste"
― Tim F, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
xp (1) Why do you hate Asiatisch? (2) Why do you have to confine the hate to DMs?
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
i think asiatisch is boring and redundant in its clueless art-school rendering of something non-existent; it relies too much on a dull concept which is also slightly problematic and in terms of music FAQ sells herself way short.
i don't hate it enough to talk about it much (can't remember much of it apart from the gimmicky "nothing compares 2 u" cover) but people who are more integrated in that electronic scene have slid into my DMs many times whenever i've obliquely snarked, mostly to expand on how problematic it is to hear wealthy oil money x NYC art school privilege trying to sell grime back to us
i think FAQ is potentially an interesting musician and i've loved some of her stuff in the past but asiatisch was not the one and future brown will be even more not the one next year
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
<3 that afrobeats list for chucking "anaconda" in there!
"I like Nicki, her yansh is bigger" iirc
― rob, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
Have any Afrobeats tracks appeared on critics lists here?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
I'm currently listening to a bunch of the Fader's list and they have Davido (plus a Ugandan track "Jambole" which has an insanely delightful video)
― rob, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
Rhapsody's Top 50 Albums of 2014 (Taylor Swift not eligible because you can't stream her there.)
1) Miranda Lambert, Platinum2) Flying Lotus, You're Dead!3) St. Vincent, St. Vincent4) FKA twigs, LP15) Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music6) Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 27) tUnE-yArDs, Nikki Nack8) Azealia Banks, Broke with Expensive Taste9) Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence10) The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream11) Angaleena Presley, American Middle Class12) Beck, Morning Phase13) Various Artists, Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-197814) Pharmakon, Bestial Burden15) Sleaford Mods, Chubbed Up+16) Neneh Cherry, Blank Project17) Charlie Haden, Charlie Haden / Jim Hall18) Aphex Twin, Syro19) Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal20) Spoon, They Want My Soul21) Eric Church, The Outsiders22) Caribou, Our Love23) YG, My Krazy Life24) The Lions, This Generation in Dub25) Grouper, Ruins26) Jack White, Lazaretto27) No Te Va Gustar, El Tiempo Otra Vez Avanza28) Black Space Riders, D:REI29) The Pretty Reckless, Going to Hell30) Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems31) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Piñata32) Tinariwen, Emmaar33) Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire for No Witness34) Trio 3 & Vijay Iyer, Wiring35) August Alsina, Testimony36) Moodymann, Moodymann37) Jenny Lewis, The Voyager38) Serengeti, Kenny Dennis III39) Sunny Sweeney, Provoked40) Popcaan, Where We Come From41) Ray LaMontagne, Supernova42) Seattle Symphony Orchestra, John Luther Adams: Beyond Ocean43) Calle 13, MultiViral44) Electric Wizard, Time to Die45) Roscoe Mitchell, Conversations II46) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Give the People What They Want47) Wadada Leo Smith, Red Hill48) Shabazz Palaces, Lese Majesty49) La Roux, Trouble in Paradise50) Little Dragon, Nabuma Rubberband Top 25 World Albums Of 2014
1) Various Artists, Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds2) Orlando Julius, Jaiyede Afro3) Noura Mint Seymali, Tzenni4) Popcaan, Where We Come From5) Aby Ngana Diop, Liital6) Hailu Mergia, Tche Belew7) L'Orch First Moja-One, Vol. 2: More Pili8) Tinariwen, Emmaar9) Verckys/Orchestre Vévé, Congolese Funk Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba10) Ana Tijoux, Vengo11) Quantic, Magnetica12) Etienne Mbappe, Bombay Makossa13) The Lions, This Generation in Dub14) Francis Bebey, Psychedelic Sanza15) Sidiki Diabaté, Toumani & Sidiki16) Ibibio Sound Machine, Ibibio Sound Machine17) Various Artists, Gipsy Rhumba: The Original Rhythm of Gispy Rhumba in Spain18) Golem, Tanz19) Mamani Keïta, Kanou20) Kasai Allstars, Beware the Fetish (Congotronics 5)21) Fantasma, Eye of the Sun22) Majid Bekkas, Al Qantara23) Tony Allen, Film of Life24) Tsigunz Fanfara Avantura, Turbo Balkan Groove25) Africa Express Presents ...Terry Riley's in C Mali
Top 25 Electronic Albums of 2014
1) Flying Lotus, You're Dead!2) FKA twigs, LP13) Caribou, Our Love4) Arca, Xen5) DJ Koze, Reincarnations, Pt. 2 - The Remix Chapter 2009-20146) Felicita, Frenemies7) Objekt, Flatland8) Call Super, Suzi Ecto9) Untold, Black Light Spiral10) Actress, Ghettoville11) M. Geddes Gengras, Ishi12) Aphex Twin, Syro13) The Juan MacLean, In a Dream14) Röyksopp, The Inevitable End15) Evian Christ, Waterfall EP 16) Mark E, Product of Industry17) Function & Vatican Shadow, Games Have Rules18) Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine19) Royksopp & Robyn, Do It Again20) Lawrence English, Wilderness of Mirrors21) Protect-U, Free USA22) Downliners Sekt, Silent Ascent23) Peder Mannerfelt, Lines Describing Circles24) Moodymann, Moodymann25) Fennesz, Bécs
Top 25 Pop Albums of 2014
1) Neneh Cherry, Blank Project2) Katy B, Little Red3) Jason Derulo, Talk Dirty4) Röyksopp & Robyn, Do It Again5) Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas6) Ariana Grande, My Everything7) Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear8) One Direction, FOUR9) Iggy Azalea, The New Classic10) Tove Lo, Queen of the Clouds11) Shakira, Shakira12) Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour13) Kylie Minogue, Kiss Me Once14) Ed Sheeran, X15) Jessie J, Sweet Talker16) La Roux, Trouble in Paradise17) Maroon 5, V18) Jessie Ware, Tough Love19) Ingrid Michaelson, Lights Out20) Company Freak, Le Disco Social21) Lily Allen, Sheezus22) 5 Seconds of Summer, 5 Seconds of Summer23) Cher Lloyd, Sorry I'm Late24) Akdong Musician, Play25) Meghan Trainor, Title
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
More Rhapsody.
Top 25 Rock Albums of 2014
1) Jack White, Lazaretto2) Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways3) Chevelle, La Gárgola4) Royal Blood, Royal Blood5) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye6) Gary Clark Jr., Live7) Ray LaMontagne, Supernova8) Pink Floyd, The Endless River9) Benjamin Booker, Violent Shiver10 Bruce Springsteen, High Hopes11) Linkin Park, The Hunting Party12) Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault13) Hozier, Hozier14) The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell15) Crobot, Something Supernatural16) Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey, Going Back Home17) California Breed, California Breed18) Crosses (†††), Crosses (†††)19) The New Basement Tapes, Lost On The River20) Rival Sons, Great Western Valkyrie21) Blues Pills, Blues Pills22) Slash, World On Fire23) Black Pistol Fire, Hush Or Howl24) U2, Songs Of Innocence25) Hiss Golden Messenger, Lateness Of Dancers
Top 25 Metal Albums of 2014 (I'll take the blame for this one.)
1) Black Space Riders, D:REI2) Edguy, Space Police, Defenders of the Crown3) Mausoleum Gate, Mausoleum Gate4) Mekong Delta, In a Mirror Darkly5) Stallion, Rise and Ride6) Grand Magus, Triumph and Power7) Steel Prophet, Omniscient8) The Pretty Reckless, Going to Hell9) Hirax, Immortal Legacy10) Evil United, Honored by Fire11) Nigromante, Black Magic Night12) The High Spirits, You Are Here13) Spiders, Shake Electric14) Battleroar, Blood of Legends15) The Shrine, Bless Off16) Noneuclid, Metatheosis17) Wolf, Devil Seed18) Electric Wizard, Time to Die19) Witch Mountain, Mobile of Angels20) Dinner Music for the Gods, Beautiful and Treacherous21) Bigelf, Into the Maelstrom22) Slough Feg, Digital Resistance23) Dark Forest, The Awakening24) Myrkur, Myrkur25) Morbus Chron, Sweven
Top 20 Alt/Indie Albums of 2014
1) St. Vincent, St. Vincent2) Pharmakon, Bestial Burden3) tUnE-yArDs, Nikki Nack4) Jenny Lewis, The Voyager5) Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal + Content Nausea6) Gerard Way, Hesitant Alien7) Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues8) Spoon, They Want My Soul9) Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire for No Witness10) La Dispute, Rooms of the House11) Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence12) Swans, To Be Kind13) Owen Pallett, In Conflict14) Temples, Sun Structures15) F*cked Up, Glass Boys16) The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream17) Tokyo Police Club, Forcefield18) Weezer, Everything Will Be Alright in the End19) Karen O, Crush Songs20) Beck, Morning Phase
More genres to come, I assume.
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
2) Orlando Julius, Jaiyede Afro
yeah!!!!
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
RT Lex on the bad art school concept of Asiatisch. It's not well defined, doesn't help push her sound into new directions and raises a whole bunch of weird cultural politics I could do without.
Statements like this certainly don't help any:
Because I feel like German is the language of high philosophy in Western languages. It’s also alien for me, because I don’t speak German, so it’s taking this idea of an imagined China created by the West – who are aliens – who are treating China like they’re aliens. So it’s all about alienation... I’m drawing attention to this notion of 'what is Asian? Why does this word function the way it does?' 'Asiatisch' makes it even more rarified and more alien and more removed. I wanted something that would be alien to English speakers, so German was perfect!
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link
1) Various Artists, Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds
^ so otm best comp of the year
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link
fuck i knew i should've voted for it in the vv poll. i'll make up for it by campaigning hard in the ilx poll. everyone check it out it's excellent.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
mostly to expand on how problematic it is to hear wealthy oil money x NYC art school privilege trying to sell grime back to us
FWIW a lot of the stuff that people suddenly started labelling "grime" from a year or so back feels problematic in similar ways that I'd expand upon if I thought that more than three or four posters would care.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:50 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i mean, my personal list will be like 1/3rd
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link