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
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, 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
Just saw someone I (still) regard as a friend describe the new Rolling Stones album as their best since Some Girls.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
i might not go that far, but definitely their best since "voodoo lounge"
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
That's cool DLP - I'm pretty sure I already have enough illustrations of how American indie fans consider their taste the centre of the musical universe.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:16 (seven years ago) link
― dlp9001, zondag 4 december 2016 22:22 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^ fp'd you for this tbh. What point are you even trying to make?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:32 (seven years ago) link
not sure why that post warranted an FP? Its hardly offensive
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
I'd complain about all these old bands doing so well in these lists if the two best albums I'd heard recently weren't by ATAQ and Yello...
― nashwan, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
ATAQ ATCQ
― nashwan, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
fp'ing a poster for an incomprehensible post really is a new low.. especially when i somehow haven't yet been flagged off this board
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
Wait there's a new Yello album?!?
― sleeve, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:48 (seven years ago) link
I know, right? Let's not get distracted, people.
― ¶ (DJP), Sunday, 4 December 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
Ugh, you people do not get what "fp'd you for this" means do you? It doesn't mean I actually fp'd. #societyisinthegutteretc
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 December 2016 23:34 (seven years ago) link
OT but I always though Cosmic Slop was Algerian Goalkeeper.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
Let's just get back to Yello, shall we.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 December 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
Listening to it now. A++ so far.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 4 December 2016 23:39 (seven years ago) link
You were right.
damn, cover blown after all this time
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 4 December 2016 23:40 (seven years ago) link
I reckon I'd like some of the Norman Records list but the descriptions are so annoying and useless as a quick reference point that I might not be able to wade through it.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 5 December 2016 11:58 (seven years ago) link
Picadilly has some good lists up - reissues, compilations, etc.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 5 December 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
xp oren ambarchi 'hubris' is the jammy jam if you've not heard it already
― r|t|c, Monday, 5 December 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
http://www.backseatmafia.com/2016/11/25/psych-insight-25-essential-psych-albums-2016/https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/05/bandcamp-best-albums-of-2016-100-81/https://www.wbez.org/shows/jim-derogatis/the-best-albums-of-2016-savages-teen-la-femme-sneaks-gotobeds-and-the-next-35/3fc76136-f08e-48b7-834a-f500612ab4b3http://apps.npr.org/best-music-2016/list/top-albums/
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 5 December 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
NPR list my favorite so far
― Mordy, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
derogatis list p terrible but Teen at #2 is very cool, more ppl need to hear that
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
what this says about my social identity i barely want to speculate but i guess i should start buying albums at starbucks counters
incidentally, i set my radio to the NPR classical/jazz station this week bc normal NPR news has been too depressing and i'm going thru an anxiety episode
― Mordy, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link
from backseatmafia:
“In ‘Helios Rising’ Moths and Locusts have produced an album that shares much of the eclectic endeavour of it’s predecessor, but seem to have found a greater depth and breadth to their sound. This is an album that deserves your full attention since it is crammed full of ideas and influences all of which are not so much put together as crafted into a set of songs that will continue to grow with every play. I am convinced that this will be an album that I will be listening to for years to come and that I have thus far only touched the surface of its sonic depth.”
wow, i kind of feel like posting this to "worst music writing" thread. does this paragraph contain anything? anything at all?
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
Cool to see a Danish composer at six on the NPR list. Should probably listen to it, then.
― Frederik B, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
fuck i love this kornél kovács record
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 01:54 (seven years ago) link
Ooh, me too!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
Complex's list http://ca.complex.com/music/2016/12/best-albums-of-2016/
I haven't gotten around to hearing either record yet but seeing Lil Yachty three spots above Bowie makes me smile because it has the potential to piss off so many people
― pumped up kicks and levels on repeat all night (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
Like me, because Lil Yachty sucks.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 04:19 (seven years ago) link
Annie Mac's 12 albums of the year has a few ilxor faves on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1z0ybyqmmvhgG1PW9Gk8pDb/the-12-best-albums-of-2016-as-picked-by-annie-mac
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 08:58 (seven years ago) link
From the album artwork, featuring a watercolor illustration of a damp, cloudy autumn day, you know James Blake’s The Colour in Anything is strapping you in for a ride to Feelzville
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 10:03 (seven years ago) link
The Quietus
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 10:34 (seven years ago) link
For easy reference:
The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2016
1. Årabrot - The Gospel2. Solange - A Seat At The Table3. Innercity Ensemble - III4. Jessy Lanza - Oh No No No5. Shirley Collins - Lodestar6. Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers7. David Bowie - Blackstar8. Ian William Craig - Centres9. D∆WN - Redemption10. Jenny Hval - blood bitch11. Frank Ocean - Blonde12. Laura Cannell - Simultaneous Flight Movement13. Matmos - Ultimate Care II14. Klara Lewis - Too15. Skepta - Konnichiwa16. The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time17. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä18. Shackleton - Devotional Songs19. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body20. Marissa Nadler - Strangers 21. Sote - Hardcore Sounds From Tehran22. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree23. Katie Gately - Color24. Sex Swing - Sex Swing25. Brian Eno - The Ship26. King - We Are King27. GNOD - Mirror28. Wolfgang Buttress & Bees - Be One29. Jute Gyte - Perdurance30. Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)31. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound32. The Stargazer’s Assistant - Remoteness Of Light33. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service34. Julianna Barwick - Will35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool36. Suede - Night Thoughts37. Jambinai - A Hermitage38. Convextion - 284539. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo40. Kemper Norton - Toll41. Puce Mary - The Spiral42. Black Merlin - Hipnotik Tradisi43. Daniel Patrick Quinn - I, Sun44. Lord Tang - Butterflies45. Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future46. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy47. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans48. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power49. Anna Meredith - Varmints50. Factory Floor - 25 2551. Tim Hecker - Love Streams52. Bully Fae - Defy A Thing To Be53. Beyoncé - Lemonade54. Kano - Made In The Manor55. Bruxa Maria - Human Condition56. Grumbling Fur - Furfour57. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker58. Skee Mask - Shred59. Oren Ambarchi - Hubris60. The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits61. Babyfather - BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow62. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness63. G.H. - Housebound Demigod64. Darren Hayman - Thankful Villages Vol. 165. Laniakea - A Pot Of Powdered Nettles66. Waclaw Zimpel - Lines67. Roly Porter - Third Law68. Chance The Rapper - Colouring Book69. Atlantikwall - Atlantikwall70. SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs71. Marie Davidson - Adieux Au Dancefloor72. Pattern Man - Pattern Man73. Julien Marchal - II74. Billy Bao - The Lagos Sessions75. Gyda Valtysdottir - Epicycle76. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina77. Mica Levi & Oliver Coates - Remain Calm78. Hen Ogledd - Bronze79. Kassem Mosse - Disclosure80. Kristoffer Lo - The Black Meat 81. Hannah Peel - Awake But Always Dreaming82. Sam Shalabi - Isis And Osiris83. Pangaea - In Drum Play84. Ghold - Pyr85. FIS - From Patterns To Details86. Carla Dal Forno - You Know What It's Like87. Swans - Glowing Man88. Bon Iver - 22, A Million89. Omar-S - The Best90. Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden 91. Gnaw Their Tongues - Hymns For The Broken, Swollen And Silent92. John Cale - M:Fans93. The Invisible - Patience94. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans95. Jackie Lynn - Jackie Lynn96. The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - Bes97. Cat’s Eyes - Treasure House98. Ahrkh Wagner - Ahrkh Wagner99. Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth100. Stein Urheim - Strandebarm
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 11:38 (seven years ago) link
that's cool and contains loads of stuff i either love or have got to listen to (not least solange). however their #1 is utterly baffling. yeah i've tried.
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 11:45 (seven years ago) link
70. SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs
oh come ON
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 12:01 (seven years ago) link
cool album, cool title
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
Fuck a Shucksuckchucksh
― nashwan, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 12:04 (seven years ago) link
Fat White Family in TheQ's top ten is sort of like ... did someone lose a bet or something?
― calzino, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 12:12 (seven years ago) link