That's more like it.
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
You know where you are with Uncut.
Surprised that the Spoon and Hot Chip albums aren't placing higher and more frequently. Had a hunch that John Grant and These New Puritans would do well.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
It's strange seeing the Manic Street Preachers appearing in all these lists, the last couple of albums seem to have turned it around for them.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
They're the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, half-arsed vote from people with no imagination.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
So far, I'm surprised how far Joanna Newsom's stock has falleni'm not really - it's def the kind of album that can impress on first listen, but then gets tidied away and not thought about after that.
i'm not really - it's def the kind of album that can impress on first listen, but then gets tidied away and not thought about after that.
i think j. newsom is kinda in "fans only" territory here -- fans probably love her new album, everyone else couldn't care less -- it doesn't really scream CROSSOVER INDIE ALBUM the way the first two did
― i look at the interior of my sack and feel sad (ilxor), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
61. Flying Lotus, 'Cosmogramma'53. Kelis, 'Flesh Tone'22. Swans, 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky'12. Caribou, 'Swim'7. Zola Jesus, 'Stridulum II'1. These New Puritans, 'Hidden'
nice surprises on the NME list ^^
honestly surprised they ranked kanye so low (in the 30s) compared to where he's gonna place elsewhere
― i look at the interior of my sack and feel sad (ilxor), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
20 Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal12 These New Puritans - Hidden2 Neil Young - Le Noise
lone high points on Uncut ^^
man i really need to hear that gil scott-heron album before year's end
― i look at the interior of my sack and feel sad (ilxor), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
There was a streaming link for Gil Scott-Heron on the ilx thread for the album (that was still working the other day)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
GSH album is stunning. i think deej said he couldn't decide if he really liked it or if it sounded like a moby remix album, but i don't hear the "moby remix" thing much at all, given the vocals and some of the abrasive elements buried in the arrangements.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked GSH when it came out but haven't found myself returning to it since.
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i still get chills listening to me and the devil.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd bet $$ that Arcade Fire was NME number 1 with say These New Puritans at 2 until they read Q's poll last week.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd rate the GSH higher if it wasn't so short and, even then, padded out with interludes. It feels like an EP. New York Is Killing Me is one of the tracks of the year though.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't know Robert Wyatt had done an album with Gilad Atzmon. Well, I guess no surprise since I don't pay much attention to either, but I'm somehow interested in the idea of them collaborating.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
As easy as it is to hate on the NME, it is kind of great that they put TNP at number one.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually, it was the NME's review of Hidden that piqued my interest in the first place. Been years since that happened!
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, I think if Lex is outraged by TNP at number one then he really hasn't considered the alternatives.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
BBC 6 Radio
(No apparent order)
Arcade Fire – The SuburbsBeach House -Teen DreamNational - High VioletWarpaint – The FoolEverything Everything – Man AliveFoals - Total Life ForeverLaura Marling – I Speak Because I CanCaribou - SwimGorillaz – Plastic BeachTame Impala - Inner Speaker
― Good news, everyone! (kelpolaris), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the warpaint album but dunno why it's being rated higher than the school of 7 bells one
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
if beach house, arcade fire and the national are this years GAPDY...BAN
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Think the NME opting for TNP in the same week as the NUS leadership decides to stop being "spineless" marks some sort of Carmodic tipping point.
― Stevie T, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it just me that mixes up Beach House and Best Coast? I keep forgetting which one I've heard.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
explain?
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
xp: I do the same. Heard both, not sold on either.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
The first track on the Beach House album is still sublime but the rest of it gets pretty boring pretty quickly.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
yes! exactly true. first track is great, don't care for the rest.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Constantly... even though they definitely have different styles. The whole soundz of the sixtiez fads needs to die immediately.
― Good news, everyone! (kelpolaris), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
love the Beach House album. the entire thing is beautiful imo. was disappointed by Crazy For You
― Dan S, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Waiting for the first list that Taylor shows up on. Maybe Entertainment Weekly? Won't be surprised if she makes some of the NYT writers' lists.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm so out of it that, a month ago, I was actually wondering whether she had a chance to win Pazz & Jop! But I'm starting to realize that was extreme wishful thinking. Now I'm wondering if Top 10 is out of the question. (Top 40 should be a given, though, right? I hope.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Then again, most of these lists are British, right? So they're not much to go on, Pazz&Jop-wise.
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah taylor swift basically does not exist for 90% of british critics
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
im sure all the old fart middlebrow critics will vote for her in their droves for P&J.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
(smh at them OBV)
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
smh = shake my head?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Btw, wackiest things about those Mojo lists have to be Cyndi Lauper with the #9 blues album (which might good, who knows) and Carolina Chocolate Drops with the #2 world music album. (Though I guess North Carolina is in the world, technically.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Mojo lists are usually more varied than most mags tbh.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
all the old fart middlebrow critics will vote for her in their droves
Yeah, old fart middlebrow guys all love teen-pop country. (Still, hope they do. Assuming they're still voting these days.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
smh = shaking my head, yeskmt = kissing my teeth, for future ref, because that will assuredly be a reaction to this thread
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
haha kmt is most definitely a new one. No idea what it means but thanks for the heads up!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Kissing my teeth only works if you can take them out first imo.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
haven't seen sun city girls on any of these lists, either
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:13 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark
this, and no marnie stern, are the biggest WTFs so far
― lil butterball (the baste god) (Edward III), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
what? idk whether you're serious about not knowing what kissing one's teeth is
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Hadn't decided whether to put Taylor #1, 2, or 3, but now I think I'm gonna give her #1 just because.
xp: Marnie Stern doesn't surprise me. I loved her first two records, and I like this one, but not quite as much. It's probably not a top-10 for me, and I had her last one as my #1 that year.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Genuinely have no idea on this. Eager to be schooled.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
xpostnever heard this expression before tonight too. Thank goodness for urban dictionary.
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
My immediate thought was that it was similar to A Partridge's "kiss my face" exclamation.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I assumed it was the noise plumbers make when they give you an estimate on a bill
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it's hard to actually describe but clearly none of you have ever talked to any caribbean women, lol
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link