I also do not get the Frank Ocean one :/ It's not particularly bad and there's a couple of songs that I liked but it doesn't feel like it should stand proudly above the rest of any of the other 'big' albums released this year.
― Moka, Thursday, 1 December 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
i don't much like the argument 'it's not bad, just a bit dull and mediocre' - dull and mediocre is literally the worst music except idk skrewdriver (which is p dull and mediocre, musically speaking, anyway)
fortunately there's so much other great stuff
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
Gorilla vs Bear http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2016/
01 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service02 JESSY LANZA | Oh No03 KEDR LIVANSKIY | January Sun04 KAYTRANADA | 99.9%05 RADIOHEAD | A Moon Shaped Pool06 FRANK OCEAN | Blonde07 DIANA | Familiar Touch08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells09 BURIAL | Young Death / Nightmarket10 BEYONCÉ | Lemonade11 WEYES BLOOD | Front Row Seat to Earth12 KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things Vol. 1 + 213 KENDRICK LAMAR | untitled unmastered.14 YUMI ZOUMA | Yoncalla15 VARIOUS | Sky Girl (Compiled by Julien Dechery + DJ Sundae)16 FEAR OF MEN | Fall Forever17 CROSS RECORD | Wabi-Sabi18 ANDY SHAUF | The Party19 S U R V I V E | RR734920 DANNY BROWN | Atrocity Exhibition21 NEGATIVE GEMINI | Body Work22 HOOPS | HOOPS + tapes #1-323 VESUVIO SOLO | Don’t Leave Me in the Dark24 CARLA DAL FORNO | You Know What It’s Like25 CLINT MANSELL | San Junipero OST (Black Mirror)26 KADHJA BONET | The Visitor27 NICOLAS JAAR | Sirens28 TROLLER | Graphic29 KERO KERO BONITO | Bonito Generation30 WHITNEY | Light Upon the Lake31 LEON VYNEHALL | Rojus32 NXWORRIES | Yes Lawd!33 ANGEL OLSEN | My Woman34 POSTILJONEN | Reverie35 EQUIKNOXX – Bird Power Sound36 MARIA USBECK – Amparo37 JAPANESE BREAKFAST – Psychopomp38 KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH – Ears39 DREAMBOAT – Dreamboat40 NV – Binasu41 LIZ – Cross Your Heart42 DJDS – Stand Up and Speak43 CARLY RAE JEPSEN – E•MO•TION Side B44 CFCF – On Vacation45 STILL CORNERS – Dead Blue46 CASEY MECIJA – Psychic Materials47 PURO INSTINCT – Autodrama48 MERELY – Uncanny Valley49 KATIE GATELY – Color50 MARISSA NADLER – Strangers51 WHITE DENIM – Stiff52 PARTS – Parts53 MOOD HUT – Disco Mantras54 BOY HARSHER – Yr Body Is Nothing55 AMBER ARCADES – Fading Lines56 HINDS – Leave Me Alone57 NITE JEWEL – Liquid Cool58 ARIANA GRANDE – Dangerous Woman59 CASS MCCOMBS – Mangy Love60 JULIANNA BARWICK – Will
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 1 December 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
listening to the upper reaches of the norman records list. unfortunately it is nigh all insipid rubbish as feared
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
The Burial 12" that came out day before yesterday at 9, above Beyoncé at 10 on GvsB is sheer challops.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
That Jessy Lanza is an impressive find; really enjoying this one
― Evan R, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
We Got it From Here is probably the album of the year but people let me tell you, it really frosts my ass that my beloved Nice as Fuck record isn't getting the acclaim it deserves.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
I'm sad and a little surprised that Katie Dey record didn't take off, everyone I've played it for has become an insta-fan, def my #1 of the year
― fgti, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Good for Chris GvB putting that one at the top!
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Actually that GvB list is pretty much otm. Missing ones from that list that I'd add and it would be pretty much my kind of list: Noname, Cavern of antimatter, Anna Homler, Moderat, Xenia Rubinos, KING... overall it's a pretty good top 10. I'd just move Frank Ocean and that Burial to the bottom of the list.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
Trolled is pretty great.
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 2 December 2016 03:20 (seven years ago) link
Dammit, Troller
I thought the Jessy Lanza record was a big disappointment
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2016 07:44 (seven years ago) link
cool to see that sky girl comp on the gorillavsbear list, got a lot of play from me this year
― just sayin, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:14 (seven years ago) link
Ah yes Jessy Lanza would also be way lower in my list. Not my cup of tea but I understand why some people would rave about it. I also understand why that same people will forget completely about it in three months... and in 2019 when they're making their top albums of the 10's lists it wont make their top 100.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:44 (seven years ago) link
Hey remember those mid-00's lists!? People thought Sigur Ros and Interpol were really cool back then.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:52 (seven years ago) link
End of the 00's they were sort of ashamed to add them to their end of decade lists. Who will run that same fate come 2019? Frank Ocean? Lana del Rey? Meat Loaf?
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:55 (seven years ago) link
"Braver than we are" is the sleeping giant of 2016
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:58 (seven years ago) link
Had no idea there was a new Vesuvio Solo album out. Anyone here heard it?
― groovypanda, Friday, 2 December 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link
Norman's near misses may be better than their main list: https://www.normanrecords.com/features/albums-of-the-year-2016?show=bubblers
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:13 (seven years ago) link
They didn't include the meat loaf album :(
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
But you're not kidding that list is even better than the real one.
Per the aggregator, Angel Olsen has taken over the #6 spot, and closing in on Nick Cave. Solange close behind, Anderson .Paak, Chance The Rapper, and A Tribe Called Quest is now #10.
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2016/
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:18 (seven years ago) link
Wouldn't say the second Norman list is 'better' than the top 50, but they both sure make for some top cherry picking.
Can't recommend the Bracken record strong enough, for all you Hood fans out there.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
if you move the Radiohead and Nick Cave 10 spots and replace with maybe mitski and weyes blood that is the p4k top ten of this year.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
Xpost
That Western Skies Motel album on the Norman list is gorgeous. I think they're Danish, but they sound like the uncanny, backwoods stuff of Bruce Langhorne or Scott Tuma. The C. Diab is lovely, too.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, December 1, 2016 4:18 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I will have to check out Langhorne and Tuma if they are of the same ilk. Relistened to Settlers again and it really is gorgeous, love the endings of Transformation and Whirl when they turn into oddly uplifting funeral dirges.
― kruezer2, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
Is anyone on ILM a fan of Car Seat Headrest? I have some friends who love it and I just don't get the EOY praise it's getting. Seems like run of the mill indie rock to me and boring one at that.― No longer active (Moka), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:38 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― No longer active (Moka), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:38 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Combo of its general inoffensiveness, the power of promotion and a backstory hook that's easy to write about. I know many music writers who pay absolutely no attention to current "indie rock" but who love Car Seat Headrest and similar critic-approved groups like Parquet Courts. Like how a critical mass of "this is okay I guess" often averages out into year-end accolades, with a bit of "this is the only record of this type I need to listen to" thrown in.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
otm about "easy to write about." I can't help but compare it to the Pinegrove record, which is so much better but also so much more difficult to articulate the merits of
― Evan R, Friday, 2 December 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
I didn't know CSH had a backstory hook. It's nice when the designers insert one of those into the code, like "you grew up in a cult" or something.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
the reason is that most critics have deeply jejune taste and can be safely disregarded
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
much like most people
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 2 December 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
A lot of very average and a few truly terrible records in this "EP"s list:
http://www.stereogum.com/1913129/25-great-eps-from-2016/franchises/2016-in-review/
My top 20 EPs:
Lindstrøm - WingdingsAnna Wise - The Feminine: Act 1Cavern of Anti-Matter - I’m the unknownKiiara - low kii savageHologram Teen - MarsangstMr. Fingers - Outer AcidKyary Pamyu Pamyu - Sai & CoSemi-Toned - Sing TheoryDeerful - HomeThe Orb - AlpineBridgit Mendler - NemesisPye Corner Audio / Dalhous - Run For The Shadows Izzie Gibbs - JutsuIko Chérie - The Dream CoversPional - When Love HurtsPussy Riot - xxx Keke Palmer - LaurenNatalie Beredze - Love Is WinningHot 8 Brass Band - Can’t Nobody Get DownAquaserge - Guerre
― Jeff W, Friday, 2 December 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
Hannah Peel not getting nearly enough love for her album is something of great concern.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 2 December 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
RE: Katie Dey, I bought the album after Owen Pallett said it was the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, though "Fear O the Light" makes a pretty strong case.
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 3 December 2016 02:12 (seven years ago) link
Louder Than War
40 The Low Anthem - Eyeland39 The Fall - Wise Ol' Man38 Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye37 Hooton Tennis Club - Big Box Of Chocolates36 Asylums - Killer Brain Waves35 Bob Mould - Patch The Sky34 Warpaint - Heads Up33 Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis32 Suede - Night Thoughts31 Mogwai - Atomic30 Doomsquad - Total Time29 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project28 The Wonder Stuff - Goes Around The Sun27 Goat - Requiem26 Ruts DC - Music Must Destroy25 New Model Army - Winter24 Big Jesus - Oneiric23 Pixies - Head Carrier22 Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre21 Deftones - Gore20 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression19 Garbage - STrange Little Birds18 Owen - The King Of Whys17 Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not16 Swans - The Glowing Man15 The Coral - Distance INbetween14 Field Music - Commontime13 The Virginmarys - Divides12 Minor Victories - Minor Victories11 Deap Vally - Femejism10 Slaves - Take Control09 Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow08 Primal Scream - Chaosmosis07 Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini06 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool05 Blossoms - Blossoms04 Melvins - Basses Loaded03 David Bowie - Blackstar02 Savages - Adore Life01 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 4 December 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
real music at last
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Sunday, 4 December 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link
There was a new Dinosaur Jr album?
― Siegbran, Sunday, 4 December 2016 08:17 (seven years ago) link
ditto Garbage? ditto Pixies? ditto Radiohead?
― Jeff W, Sunday, 4 December 2016 12:35 (seven years ago) link
louder than WAR
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Sunday, 4 December 2016 12:38 (seven years ago) link
― geoffreyess, Friday, December 2, 2016 9:12 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That song sounds like a strange cover of Tobin Sprout buried in effects
― Evan, Sunday, 4 December 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
"fear o the light" is such a good song
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 4 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells
This is terrific, happy to see it place somewhere. He used to post to ILM FWIW.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 4 December 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
That Dinosaur Jr album is actually great as well and I've never been able to get into them in the past.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 4 December 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
yeah Mascis has been on a roll lately
― sleeve, Sunday, 4 December 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
co-sign on the Kornel Kovacs, it's one of the best dance albums of recent years. It's really fun and loaded with personality and hooks - and compared to something like the Todd Terje album, there's a sense of genuine playfulness that avoids contrived wackiness and throwaway goofiness. I didn't realise he was a former poster.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 4 December 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
There was a Fall album this year?!
― sushi and the banh mis (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
ep
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Oh just an EP (also sorry for breaking format)
Lol xp
― sushi and the banh mis (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
"I've never been able to get into Dinosaur Jr. in the past"
I've never been able to get into Husker Du in the past."
I've never been able to get into the Replacements in the past."
I've never been able to get into Sonic Youth in the past."
I've never been able to get into the Beatles in the past."
I've never been able to get into Elvis in the past."
I've never been able to get into breathing an atmosphere that contains O2 in the past...."
― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link