that is unfair... precious few works of art can ever hope to attain the level of dog latin eureka moment
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
The Jazzwise Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2016
A lot of good records on this list, and several I haven't heard but am interested to check out.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
FACT's trax list is out:
http://www.factmag.com/2016/12/20/50-best-tracks-2016/
― Dan S, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
And sure, it may be packed with the overdone “where the hoes, though?” lyrics and vows of “the bro code”, but here it is enacted by one of the first queer voices to dominate legitimate top 40 radio.
"fact" magazine
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
:|
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
for the life of me I do not understand the appeal of Maren Morris
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
i never want to begrudge popcaan this sort of limelight - he is indeed a special, alluring, maybe iconic artist and 'ova dweet' is pretty magic - but it does kinda suck that truthfully i only like it maybe 2% more, somedays, than '7 days' by vershon on the same riddim
https://soundcloud.com/dancehallpromo/vershon-7-days-clean-ova-dweet-riddim
it was popular too! it would be nice to think that Murlo, Swing Ting and Hipster’s Don’t Dance, not to mention Mixpak boss Dre Skull also felt a twinge of grief at its sacrifice to the popcuult.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:43 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
album reminds me of a young taylor swift but more worldly
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
yeah that is the same feel i get from it—hooks and attitude for days. "once" is devastating
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
every time i came back to that record i liked it even more
Just don't see the point in that Lorenzo Senni thing at all...
won't lie, i enjoyed that record a lot
― NickB, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
I will keep trying because I would love to be on the same page as you fine folks
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 22:10 (seven years ago) link
Glide's Top Ten Jazz Albums of 2016
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
The Dinosaur album on the Jazzwise list caught my attention. It sounds good - a fluid and funky electric Miles sound.
https://dinosaurband.bandcamp.com/album/together-as-one
― jmm, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
jazzwise list needs links/embeds with songs from those albums
― niels, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:00 (seven years ago) link
also nice blurb for one of the top jazz albums of 2016:
Bob Dylan’s ‘Masters of War’ could have been successfully edited to half its length, for example, in its present form an amiable noodle, and this seems to be the destiny of several songs. Part of the problem is the laid back playing of Bill Frisell, who sounds as if he could barely get out of bed in the morning. Lloyd plays well, but he does need someone to bounce off. There are nice moments: ‘Abide With Me’ would please the Anfield faithful, ‘All My Trials’ has elegance as long as Lloyd is at the microphone, while Willie Nelson’s ‘Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream’ somehow works in the context of the album. Dear old Norah Jones – she who bank rolled the survival of the Blue Note label – is unmistakably Norah, if you like that sort of thing. Great for iPod listening since this functions well as undemanding background music.Stuart Nicholson
― niels, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:02 (seven years ago) link
here's the boston globe's, which is also mine
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/12/22/top-pop-albums/rFepkffDwQWJsBguJ1IPgM/story.html
― maura, Friday, 23 December 2016 13:08 (seven years ago) link
The AV Club's Least Essential Albums of 2016
(the Clones blurb made me lol)
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 23 December 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
Good list
― niels, Friday, 23 December 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
Other Music staff
http://www.othermusic.com/blogs/staff-picks/other-music-staff-picks-for-2016
― Evan, Friday, 23 December 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
Radio 3's Late Junction show:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1kKy56yZYw6dcwtlx2hbBJy/the-late-junction-albums-of-2016
― soref, Friday, 23 December 2016 23:09 (seven years ago) link
RA tracks:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2862
― Dan S, Saturday, 24 December 2016 07:41 (seven years ago) link
A Closer Listen:
https://acloserlisten.com/2016/12/23/acl-2016-the-top-20-albums-of-the-year/
Arctic Drones:
http://arcticdrones.com/staff-picks/50-favourite-albums-2016/
fROOTS:
http://www.frootsmag.com/content/critpoll/
Still to come:http://www.soundsbetterwithreverb.com/http://beehy.pe/best-of-2015/
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 24 December 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
https://somanyshrimp.com/2016/12/22/best-music-2016/
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 24 December 2016 23:16 (seven years ago) link
That RA list is solid
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Saturday, 24 December 2016 23:40 (seven years ago) link
that somanyshrimp list is solid
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 December 2016 23:59 (seven years ago) link
Electronic Sound mag Top 24 albums (unveiled advent calendar style on their blog)
1. Hannah Peel2. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve3. Anna Meredith4. V/A - Close To The Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-19845. Lambchop6. Blancmange7. onDeadWaves8. Gold Panda9. Wrangler10. Silver Apples11. Brian Eno12. Oliver Coates13. Yello14. The Orb15. Cavern of Anti-Matter16. S U R V I V E17. Floorplan18. Let's Eat Grandma19. Mark Pritchard20. Graingerboy21. Fakear22. The Pattern Forms23. Baltic Fleet24. Reed & Caroline
― Jeff W, Sunday, 25 December 2016 00:16 (seven years ago) link
The System EP re-release on Music from Memory is like the ancestral origin point of Junior Boys.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 10:23 (seven years ago) link
Also Digital Zandoli, man. This comp is so good! Was trying to ID Puzzle Pulsion - Mwoin Ka Songe from maybe a Young Marco set a while back? Anyway... other instant gems: Selekta - Fle Pou' W and Milton - Mizik Nou.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 10:27 (seven years ago) link
Afisha's top 20 international albums of the year:
20. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch19. Angel Olsen - My Woman18. Zomby - Ultra17. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project16. Kaytranada - 99.9%15. Rihanna - Anti14. Drake - Views13. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.12. Jessy Lanza - Oh No11. Anderson .Paak - Malibu10. The Weeknd - Starboy9. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service8. Anohni - Hopelessness7. Solange - A Seat at the Table6. David Bowiw - Blackstar5. Skepta - Konnichiwa4. Blood Orange- Freetown Sound3. Frank Ocean - Blond2. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo1. Beyonce - Lemonade
Their Russian list is a bit more interesting:
20. Gromyka - Akrobatenka19. Buerak - Tantsi Po Raschetu18. Auktsion - Na Solntse17. Pika - A L F V16. Pharaoh - Fosfor15. NV - Binasu14. Monetochka - Psikhodelicheskii Klaud Rep13. Basta - Basta 512. Ne Tvoe Delo - Best Hits11. Monatik - Zvuchit10. Del'fin - Ona9. Maks Korsch - Malii Povzroslel8. L'One - Gravitatsiya7. Megapolis - Zerolines6. Antokha MC - Rodnya5. Luna - Magniti4. ГШ - Oeshch Magziu3. Gribi - Dom Na Kolesakh2. Thomas Mrvz - May 131. Kaspiiskii Gruz - The Brutto
No Mujuice on the Russian list is very surprising.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Tuesday, 27 December 2016 11:13 (seven years ago) link
http://post-trash.com/news/2016/12/23/post-trashs-best-of-2016-staff-picks
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
^^ Focuses on louder alt-rock and indie.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
My annual avant list :)
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-avant-albums-of-2016-w455706
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
It might just be my browser but suddenly everything is centered on the page starting at #17
― Evan, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
Scene leader Masami Akita (better known as Merzbow) and Steely Dan–esque. . .
This sounds promising already.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
"Disorienting and gorgeous." just embarrassing overpraise
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
Great list Whiney! Bonus points for Wadada Leo Smith (should've been top 3) Writing about avant music is hard I gather... the more experimental it gets the harder it is to explain to someone why they should listen to it and what it sounds like if there's no references.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Whitney - glad to know someone else liked the Fox/Soper Duo record.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
oren ambarchi too low
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:01 (seven years ago) link
nice list Whiney, looking forward to following up the stuff i haven't already listened to
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
lol mordy
if you translate back from blurbese you basically get something indistinguishable from the random set of posts singled out in those two locked threads - wasn't there also a (v coherent I'm sure) critique of stranger things along the lines of this is good but ¿retromania? People got REALLY MAD iirc, fun all round
can't front tho, that list has most of the new albums I listened to this year on it :-( :-)
― forgive me fader for I have sinned (wins), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
loved that battle trance album; would like to see it popping up on listsnot everything but: whiney tries
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
lots of stuff on Whiney's list that I want to check out, nice work dude
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
https://fracturedair.com/2016/12/28/albums-of-the-year-2016/
― my hangover is a time machine (seandalai), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
^^^ really love how they redesigned the album art in the top ten
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
The cassette and CD-R underground has been mining the knob-twiddling era of Tangerine Dream and Vangelis for more than a decade now, but the wildly popular series mixed with Dixon and Stein's diverse emotional palette will likely make this a gateway to the experimental music upside-down for years.
love this
― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2016/12/12/giittvs-albums-poll-of-2016/
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
Overblown’s 10 Best Japanese Albums of 2016. Was going to cut and paste names and titles, but they've made it too difficult to do so.
(I don't know anything about Overblown.)
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, December 28, 2016 3:52 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Thanks, Dave, that sentence was the result of an IRL convo with a Brooklyn record store clerk who def wasn't impressed with Dixon/Stein since he's seen an entire wave of analog synth festishists come and go, and was def trendy in the BK around 2010: Emeralds, the first three Oneohtrix Point Never records, RVNG Itnl reissues, all the way through the last Boards of Canada record. I think the fact that the Stranger Things soundtrack has been a commercial and cultural success proves that it's resonating with people way beyond the universe that reads Gorilla Vs Bear and can recognize a Robert Beatty drawing. Its actually turning people on to synths and synth culture and, one would believe, eventually, this whole universe of space-rock, drone, horror soundtracks, or w/e... I do wonder if the "lol simpsons did it" attitude affected its lack of acclaim at "cool" places like The Wire, The Quietus and Pitchfork. But I'm pretty certain this is gonna have a pretty big impact on a lot of young people who never bought a record of noises and drones.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 29 December 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
I do wonder if the "lol simpsons did it" attitude affected its lack of acclaim at "cool" places like The Wire, The Quietus and Pitchfork.
I think in The WIre's case, it was probably more a case of "we've been covering this kind of music for a decade or so already, and frankly this iteration is...just okay." They reviewed both volumes of the soundtrack, and the Survive album, in the electronic column in the October issue, and called it "a capable xerox of gestures from 80s Tangerine Dream (the opening theme plunders The Keep), Jean-Michel Jarre and Timewind-era Klaus Schulze."
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link