thanks for waking us up to the truth, bra
― dirty *plop* (The Reverend), Friday, 17 December 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
lex i'm really glad you voted for K. Michelle high in the Guardian.
I tried to get it in the lower regions of the FACT list but it wasnt really happening. havent seen it in any other lists :(
my attempts to make k. michelle happen this year may have been one of my hugest failures ever
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Friday, 17 December 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
The K Michelle mixtape has some terrific songs on it but the sound quality is kind of poor which makes for a frustrating listen. She could put out an amazing record when she gets round to recording a proper album.
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Sad to see lack of The Books in most of these.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
"he's passionate about his music" = "points for trying hard"
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Friday, December 17, 2010 10:22 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
seriously. don't any other critics deal with tiny talentless no-names who are SO SERIOUS about their music to the point that they realize how little the artist's enthusiasm and dedication really matters as far as separating the good from the bad?
― some dude, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know, I like to listen to music that sounds enthusiastic.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty much every album i'd rep for this year sounds "enthusiastic" in its own way.
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
at least her *fantastic* collab w/ r. kelly on his new album may heighten her profile a bit, no?
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
thing is, the overwhelming majority of the artists listed in this thread, regardless of how you feel about them, are really enthusiastic about their music and obsess over it every chance they get. that's the baseline of how most records of any value get made, not a virtue unto itself. Kanye's only kind of a standout in a genre where a lot of the biggest artists kind of cultivate a not-giving-a-shit image (but still work hard and make a ton of music).
― some dude, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i have n-thusiasm about bbcode
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, DJP, please relax gurl
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
dan's shortening dude's "kanye loves music" argument into something less ridiculous than it is.
Kanye West loves music. Only someone who loves music with every fiber of their being could put every fiber of every music they’ve ever loved into the music they make and have it make such ineffable sense. These six-minute bangers are haikus. Kanye West loved music better than any other artist this year and I loved his music better, too.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
These six-minute bangers are haikus.
Eight syllables, doesn't fit the form.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Kanye West loves the music I love and his music possesses its communicants, wholly. Himself, included. Pinch yourself halfway through the orchestral El-P transmission that is “So Appalled” with all its invoked ciphers to make sure you’re awake, because Ye sure isn’t. Dude’s unconscious.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
rofl
― some dude, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Pusha T’s surreal “invisibly set, the Rolex is faceless” on “Runaway” is the line of this young decade, cracking asunder its lush surroundings like some bolt of divine inspiration.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Now this is how you troll ILM.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Ladies and gentlemen, the gangsta Wilco (The Album) is here.
― The Reverend, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
“Gorgeous,” for instance, is W.E.B. Du Bois-relentless in dropping knowledge, evidenced as much by Kanye’s torrential rapping as by the mere presence of Raekwon.
I really need to pay more attention to the writing of Chet Benz.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry, Chet Betz.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
is that black milk record worth checking? i never even knew dude dropped anything this year. and even though i love tronic, i find it very hard to be enthusiastic about him
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Anthony is right re: me abbreviating dude's argument; he goes to ridiculous extremes shortly thereafter which no one in their right mind would defend (aside from allowing for subjective reactions). The main point I agreed with is that if you don't think the album sounds like Kanye slaved over it or you don't find the amount of work he put into it impressive, no amount of listens will change your mind.
I have no idea what this is in reference to...?
― Tina Tina Cheneuse (DJP), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
the music crit pen name of Chester Bennington (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
just noticed that Cokemachineglow put Yellow Swans at #16 on their year-end list, thats a great f'ing album
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
it doesnt really hold a candle to Tronic (which i love) -- haven't listened to it a lot, though
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
did anyone post the new york times critic lists
caramanicahttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/arts/music/19caramanica.html?_r=1
pareleshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/arts/music/19pareles.html
raitliffhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/arts/music/19ratiliff.html
chinenhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/arts/music/19ratiliff.html
― /\/K/\/\, Friday, 17 December 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― Tina Tina Cheneuse (DJP), Friday, December 17, 2010 11:58 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
Any Owen + Lex synthesis. It's not gonna happen.
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
awww youd be a cute couple doe
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
I recognize that intellectually
― Tina Tina Cheneuse (DJP), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 you LexFrom across the room
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Greg Kot:http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/12/top-albums-of-2010.html
Jim DeRogatis:http://www.wbez.org/blog/jim-derogatis/reasons-living-20-best-albums-2010
Spoiler: Both picked Janelle Monae as their #1 album.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
huh that's kind of interesting, esp. considering they're both chicago-based and write for local sources
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
ie i'm surprised at least one of them didn't go for kanye.
but on the other hand it's not surprising because they both suck
Perhaps only West could turn all the hatred directed at him into a song as thrilling, surreal and anthemic as “Runaway,” the centerpiece of an album that turns contradictions into strengths, a mix of classical opulence, grimy beats, boldness and vulnerability.
rubbing my eyes...a critic cogently praising this album without implying this album is either a culmination of his or the earth's previous efforts and tweets. it happened.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 December 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
4. Robyn, “Body Talk” (Interscope): In an era when big, buoyant pop is king, from Katy Perry to Black Eyed Peas, this Swedish singer trumps them all. “Body Talk” caps her trilogy of releases this year with an affirmation that pop can be both smart and danceable.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
get that: smart AND danceable!
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
the other body talk blurb is just as bad
14. Robyn, “Body Talk Pt. 2” (Konichiwa)
Lady Gaga is an amusing novelty; Swedish dance-pop diva Robyn is the real deal, so energizing, empowering, and sexy in a non-pandering way that even the obligatory Snoop Dogg cameo (in the simultaneously angry and exuberant, buoyant and bitchy “U Should Know Better”) can’t derail things on the second installment of her “Body Talk” trilogy.
how was that snoop dogg cameo obligatory? does he have a long history of appearing on swedish pop records that i somehow overlooked? and i'm not even gonna touch that first statement.
― /\/K/\/\, Friday, 17 December 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
jeez
― return of the nakh (J0rdan S.), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
the thing ppl seem to not get about Gaga is that she is both an amusing novelty AND the real deal
― Tina Tina Cheneuse (DJP), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
if robyn is smart, give me all of the sarah palins of pop
Kot's Monae blurb seared my eyelashes.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
can anyone vouch for the besnard lakes album that graces both Kot and DeRogatis's lists? i liked the first one alright
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked it well enough. A. Begrand's a fan too.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 December 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I would buy Robyn as a purveyor of big buoyant pop if Body Talk took more cues from "Dream On" and "With Every Heartbeat" and if Robyn had a bigger voice. Like, I didn't dig Body Talk Part One for any sense of grandness or unfettered joy; I liked it because it was all inward and nerdy, and (more crucially) I didn't actually like it enough to keep up with Parts Two and Three.
― Tina Tina Cheneuse (DJP), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
as much as i love what robyn's done this year its gotten to the point that i want her to stop appearing in these lists because these writers are killing me
― /\/K/\/\, Friday, 17 December 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Besnard Lakes: I guess you don't want my word for it but I love it to pieces. His voice is amazing and it's beautiful, considered use of shoegaze and classic rock, not just clinical copyism.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
part two is better!
xxp
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Robyn finally won me over on Pt. 3 cuz someone gave her a Tiffany 12" from 1988 and apparently liked it. Stick that in your pipe, Greg Kot.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess you don't want my word for it but
??
happy to hear yr opinion -- sounds like i need to check out the album
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
like most good pop, I'd say.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link