ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

but yeah azari & iii have pretty classic male diva singers so i have no idea where the "rockishness" thing comes from

can someone try to explain the hatchback love to me? i know nothing about the album except the title track but that is a boring ambient, easy listening piece going into no man's land. inoffensive, harmless, superfluous. is that how the album is?

http://youtu.be/f2RkfFDCrWc

listening to fucked up now. i do like this. it's like if leatherface made american idiot.

I don't hear indie at all on Azari and iii.

― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:23 PM Bookmark

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tuomas, what the hell are you on about?

Well, I only listened to a couple of tunes that I found on Youtube, but the vocals on this tune, for example, feel much more in line with shouty indie-electro and electroclash (and 80s synth pop that inspired them) than with house music. That's why I asked if all of their tunes are like that, because I like the beats, but not the vocal style.

But I'm listening to this one now, and the vocals are much more pleasant on it, so I guess I just came across the wrong examples?

Tuomas can you point me in the direction of these shouty indie-electro and electroclash vocalists who sound kinda like Darryl Pandy??? xpost

oh wait that's just the vocals pitch-shifted down an octave

Tuomas can you point me in the direction of these shouty indie-electro and electroclash vocalists who sound kinda like Darryl Pandy??

I don't get this? I was trying to say that they don't sound like Darryl Pandy, and that I kinda miss that style. Even these more divaish Azari & III tunes are not melismatic enough, as nice as they sound.

Andy Stott is great commuting music, especially in the dark evenings.

it's like if leatherface made american idiot.

hahaha that brings back some memories. Leatherface reformed a few years back for some gigs didn't they?

I mean, the problem I've had lately with the dance music in these polls is that it's either cool and mannered, or harsh and aggressive, and while this kind of stuff can be great, those ends of the spectrum are not what I most enjoy about club music. Where are all the magnificently melancholic or upliftingly joyous tunes?

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In fact, I'd say that listening to the Colin Stetson, Julia Holter, and Andy Stott records almost in rotation on commutes home in the autumn winter helped me to love each of them more. They're an oddly compimentary trio.

Also isn't there another Leatherface out there now? I have to remember its not frankie stubbs getting good reviews

did y'all hear that blue daisy remix of jamie woon? pretty epic: http://soundcloud.com/bluedaisy/jamie-woon-nightair-blue-daisy

Leatherface never split and are still making great records. Don't compare them to Fucked Up though, they're leagues and miles better than them.

Found the Azari album really grew on me - also found only the 2 big singles were working for me at the start, but repeat listens led to me liking it all a whole lot. Fantastic production!

Was also mega surprised by how much i enjoyed the Real Estate. They're basically Mccarthy without the politics, and i fucking love Mccarthy.

Mush by Leatherface rules

it does. Im getting all nostalgic listening to it now on spotify

guys this is the 2011 thread

"Manic" is like their fifth single and is p much them switching things up a bit with these manipulated vocals after doing straight-up male diva on all the singles before that, which are all on the album.

Mush really is one of the best British records in any genre. It's SO GOOD.

listen to the wind
drink a lot of gin

listen to the wind
drink a lot of gin
video gaaaames

damn, you beat me to it :)

Would love to hear the Andy Stott played loud on a decent stereo, I think my shitty set-up (not to mention my neighbours) have been a barrier to getting the most out of it. You can sense the weight of the music even on headphones though, almost like a suffocating sensation at times.

Didn't vote for it anyhow though, and still have 0/25 so far

Given up hoping that the Roman Flugel album will appear, definitely one of my favourite techno albums from this year and really strong from start to finish. Anyone who enjoyed the Robag Wruhme record should check it out, probably a better listen overall imo.

yep, i voted for the Roman Fluegel. if i had done a weighted ballot it would've been number one.

king of limbs is going to be the radiohead album that people who are paying attention rep for in 5-10 years in spite of the fact that it got slagged of now, sorta like sonic youth's 'goo' or pj harvey's 'is this desire.'

yes yes *gives reassuring pat on the head*

Its not an awful album by any means, just not exciting enough to really be worth talking about - and I usually ride for Radiohead.

kevin arent you like sixteen?

forgive me, i mean, in college

yeah i'm really smart for 16 tho

smart aleck more like

Is This Desire didn't get slagged off when it came out. It was #1 in p&j, wasn't it?

#7

ur thinking of to bring you my love. 'king of limbs' blew me away last year and im cool, i promise!

yes you're right I'm thinking of to bring you my love, my favorite pj harvey album

I definitely went through the arc of curiosity -> fascination -> immunity with her

I don't think it breaks new ground and I'm not sure it will be remembered, but the perfect balance and serenity of that Real Estate album strikes me as a kind of genius

Lol "King of Limbs" is the first RH album I've liked in years

I feel like Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea gets ignored sometimes, but it was #2 in the 00 Pazz Jop. I still love that one. This last one not so much.

yes that was another very good one, i think and iirc it was given a very bad review by p4k

I feel like Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea gets ignored sometimes, but it was #2 in the 00 Pazz Jop. I still love that one. This last one not so much.

― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:29 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my favorite PJH album this side of rid of me and the 4-trk demos, doesn't get half enough credit around these parts

Stories is indeed a great record. I prefer it to To Bring You... and Is This Desire? by quite a margin.

i thought stories was her biggest critical and commercial success pre-LES? mercury prize and so on. also her worst solo album by some distance. i mean obv PJH has always had good reviews but SFTCSFTS got a lot of "finally this scary weirdo has made a happy classic rock album" type reactions.

for me, it's

is this desire? > let england shake > to bring you my love > dance hall at louse point > white chalk > dry > uh huh her > 4-track demos > rid of me > stories from the city, stories from the sea > a woman a man walked by

mor eon topic, i'm listening to the hatchback album as my first-thing-in-the-morning soundtrack while catching up on the news and the internet and it's PERFECT, i love how low-key it is in its psychedelia - every so often a tiny detail emerges from the general mood and catches my ear

is this desire? > let england shake > to bring you my love > dance hall at louse point > white chalk > dry > uh huh her > 4-track demos > rid of me > stories from the city, stories from the sea > a woman a man walked by

I guess theoretically it's possible that AWAMWB is the worst (I haven't heard Uh Huh Her and never properly got into White Chalk so I'm not sure) but I love it so long that seeing it at the end of that list makes me sad.

Rid of Me way too low on that list though.

The Hathback is great, yes. It was near or even in my top 10 IIRC.

Hatchback

Lol "King of Limbs" is the first RH album I've liked in years

Yeah, me too. Actually, I never thought I'd enjoy another Radiohead album again.

i didn't really get into anything on AWAMWB - even though i think SFTC's overall aesthetic is boring, its high points are pretty high.

UHH is definitely worth hearing - it's better when it's understated rather than in-your-face which might be a reason it gets overlooked, but songs like "the darker days of me & him", "the slow drug", "it's you"...all magnificent.