Rolling "favorite music of 2012 so far" thread (albums and/or tracks edition)

it took me like five minutes to work out that Asking for Flowers is the name of an album and not an action you were describing xp

do ppl actually like grimes or is it just the album de jour for those in the know? cause i listened to it and bo-oring.

Yeah, Grimes is definitely in my comfort zone, but what she does is done better by a lot of other people.

speaking on behalf of those in the know, we don't actually like grimes, we're just pretending. thank you for your question.

yeah I can't wait for everyone to stop talking about Grimes because its getting so frustrating pretending to like it when it plays

on the real i haven't gotten around to listening to the record much as a whole, but i've listened to Oblivion many, many times because it is an A+ pop song.

cosign that. I couldn't get into the album but "Oblivion" is very nice

do ppl actually like grimes or is it just the album de jour for those in the know?

I don't even understand what this means?

its his wording for that age old straw abt "no one really likes this, they just pretend to so they can seem hip"

Ah.

It's such an odd notion, really.

Oh please. Probably all taste is about pretending/signaling. It's only weird bc it suggests that there's any music that doesn't fit that criteria.

Probably all taste is about pretending/signaling.

Yes. But pretending/signaling is not something you do instead of enjoying. Enthusing about something just takes too much energy if you don't really feel it, even for those in the know.

I tend to think that a truly "pretend" response is more likely to be an expression of cautious approval or disapproval of something you haven't really listened to enough to have a fully fledged opinion on. That's when yr most vulnerable to the infection and spreading of social signals without any meaningful personal response.

Even, say, an example of Lex moving from ambivalence to outright dislike of Grimes - which I think even he would say is largely motivated by his irritation at her critical popularity vis a vis other acts he considers similar and more deserving - is a "genuine" response, in that I'm sure when he listens to her now he feels that irritation and dislike viscerally, the external social factors permeate the experience of the music until they cannot be disentangled.

For people on ILM at least, I assume there is so much music that they *do* enjoy listening to/thinking about that there's no reason to spend time on something just to keep up appearances.

I believe ilxors (like other human beings) front about what music they like all the time.

Maybe they do, I dunno. I can't see why they would though.

I don't assume most people front about what music they like.

uh...i might buy that people give records a shot because people are talking about them (and maybe more than a shot, maybe they really want or 'try' to like them), but saying you are into something that you don't like (or don't listen to) would just be so middle school.

who could be bothered, but then ilx

grimes does nothing for me but i guess i can see why others dig it, unlike everything else 4ad puts out of late

I work with someone who loves Grimes, or has convinced me that he does anyway.

So there you go!

I'd never heard of Grimes until this thread, but I just listened to it and I like it!

You lie!

i don't really feel like listening to a new usher song

/a little bit of post-McCartney melody/

I'm genuinely not trying to pick apart your description of Field Music, but could you explain what is meant by "post-" McCartney?

Facetious alliteration aside, I should probably have just said McCartney, or maybe post-Beatles, or post-66 McCartney.

_/a little bit of post-McCartney melody/

I'm genuinely not trying to pick apart your description of Field Music, but could you explain what is meant by "post-" McCartney?_

Facetious alliteration aside, I should probably have just said McCartney, or maybe post-Beatles, or post-66 McCartney.

Maybe I mean it's more like people who followed Macca. Like ELO perhaps. There's a whiff of prog in there, strings, pianos, but very poppy, a little British music hall.

Even, say, an example of Lex moving from ambivalence to outright dislike of Grimes - which I think even he would say is largely motivated by his irritation at her critical popularity vis a vis other acts he considers similar and more deserving - is a "genuine" response, in that I'm sure when he listens to her now he feels that irritation and dislike viscerally, the external social factors permeate the experience of the music until they cannot be disentangled.

TBH i thought this was kind of a lame move if not a depressingly predictable one

Maybe he just thinks she's crap ;)

I'm having a good year so far...

The 2 Bears - Be Strong
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
Beth Jeans Houghton & the Hooves of Destiny - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
Dirty Three - Toward The Low Sun
Django Django - Django Django
Field Music - Plumb
Get The Blessing - OC DC
Grimes - Visions
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
The Lijadu Sisters - Afro-Beat Soul Sisters (re-issue comp)
Matt Elliott - The Broken Man
Neil Cowley Trio - The Face of Mount Molehill
Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet
Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now?
Ryan Teague - Field Drawings
Scuba - Personality
Spiro - Kaleidophonica
Tindersticks - The Something Rain
Todd Terje - It's The Arps
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – Underrated Silence
VDU - Past Future Sequence
V/A - Johnny D presents Disco Jamms (re-issue comp)

track:

ronika - automatic

Maybe I mean it's more like people who followed Macca. Like ELO perhaps. There's a whiff of prog in there, strings, pianos, but very poppy, a little British music hall.

Thanks for this! And I pretty much agree, I'd just never heard the "post-McCartney" term, so I didn't know if there was some other meaning or reference I was missing out on. I really think this new Field Music might just grow to be my favorite of theirs yet.

i don't really feel like listening to a new usher song

― billstevejim, Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

people feeling the need to say shit like this just because someone else on ilm said they like it is just bizarre to me

where is rtc w/ the dancehall/funky anonymous bangers? :(

Pinkunoizu - Free Time!

albums [quick and prolly incomplete]

Black Breath - Heavy Breathing
The Men - Open Your Heart
Lovelock - Burning Feeling
Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be
Eyvind Kang - Visible Breath

can't claim rtc's comprehensiveness, but here are the dancehall tracks from 2012 (some of these are probably late 2011) I've been into:

Cham feat. O - Tun Up
Mavado - Clean Everyday
Lea-Anna - Murder (Remix)
Wayne Marshall - Borrow Clothes
Suku - Now
Timberlee - Prescription Makeup
Aidonia - Anyweh At All
Di Genius & Chino - Lowe Wi
Konshens - Gun Shot a Fire
Konshens - Bun Satan
Assassin/Agent Sasco - Hot
I-Octane - Til Kingdom Come
Popcaan - Stay Far
Tife - Wife Mi Up
Macka Diamond -Nah Fail

hadn't heard that I-Octane -- love his track on the Riva Stone Riddim comp tho.

Tracks:

A.Dd+ - "Shit Got Crazy"
Miguel - "Adorn"
Christian Mistress - "Haunted Hunted"
Pharaoh Overlord - "Rodent"

Albums:

Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
The Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
Lambchop - Mr. M
Mind Spiders - Meltdown
Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction
RAM - Death
Steelwing - Zone Of Alienation
Woods Of Ypres - Woods V: Grey Skies & Electric Light

ez do you have lambchop on vinyl? good pressing/sound?

Sadly, I only have the cd and have, ahem, acquired the vinyl bonus tracks.

Would be a good record to christen your post office parking lot record player.

Black Breath album is called 'Sentenced To Life' btw, I wrote the title of their last album cos I'm dumb

add to my list:

Doc Daneeka & Benjamin Damage - They Live!
Walls - The Future Is Wide Open
Loincloth - Iron Balls of Steel

my "favorites of 2012" playlist currently contains:

Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
Machinedrum - SXLND EP
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Trust - TRST

playlist here:

http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/7Hi5uKSCgKZM5doRaEIDOz

Would be a good record to christen your post office parking lot record player.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, March 16, 2012 2:14 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha i actually did that this morning! sounds great! it passed the "You Can Call Me Al" test, a benchmark for record players

Glad yo hear shady parking lot player works well. But that was damn weird. I worried he might roll you then buy a money order.

yo=to

hadn't heard that I-Octane -- love his track on the Riva Stone Riddim comp tho.

― Mordy, Friday, March 16, 2012 11:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Puff It" from last year was also really good

haha no doubt! he was actually just a old stoner type dude, nice guy....table is GREAT actually, really a steal

xp Oh yeah, I know. I remember hearing him a few years ago and he's was much more aggro (i think the track was called Vampire or something). he's gotten really chilled and stonery - i love it!

Albums:

The Men
Frankie Rose
Julia Holter