ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

hah mordy will be chuffed

aw yeah! christian mistress! just in time!

(also i agree abt Jojo)

Two tracks into the Lower Dens album and I'm definitely feeling it.

The first "real" metal inclusion (though apparently Metz got some votes over in the metal poll).

that was some magical bitching on my part, good job me

I just bought that one from Amazon and await hearing it!

no idea why I didn't vote for that one. Or did I? Oh well.

if you like awesome female singers, you need to give christian mistress one chance, pls
the songs are also memorable/catchy, nothing EXXXTREME METAL about it, more hard rock imo
it's great, hooray

Yeah, I can get with this.

(The opening track, at least)

christian mistress! my first vote to place. yay.

I haven't heard this yet. What's the deal?

and i was getting so despondent about being way outside the ilm critical zeitgeist. ALL Is FOrgiven!

Nice to see Christian Mistress place. I didn't vote for it here (I didn't like it as much as the prior album; felt it didn't hold together) but did put "Haunted Hunted" on my singles ballot.

i just told you the deal, now go listen to it!

yeah the previous album was better

First take: a harder Heart with riffs instead of hooks.

nothing EXXXTREME METAL about it, more hard rock imo

Put a couple of tracks on. Wanted some harder riffage tbh.

Deep Purple Heart

so much NWOBHM in their sound. Totally approachable.

hahaha i put on "haunted hunted" and i...kind of like this!

i like the crunching, deeper guitar riffs more than the guitar which keeps going widdly-widdly over the top (forgive my ignorance of proper metal terms here). her voice is pretty awesome! walks the line between seriousface and silliness quite adeptly.

yeah i hadn't heard this before but it's pretty fun

widdly-widdly is the proper term!

widdly-widdly is actually the proper metal term!

(jk but i'm thrilled that u like it)

haha xp

that's awesome Lex!

now you gotta check out that ester rada ep

Haven't heard it yet but also pretty thrilled that lex likes it.

i'm saving my enthusiasm for when i may need it most (have other things to do today, you know) but i congratulate you all on your first christian mistress experience.

widdly-widdly is the proper term!

― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, January 28, 2013 5:54 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or 'fretwanking' (!)

if i hadn't picked up a few lyrics here and there (and if it wasn't for the widdly-widdly guitar) i'd have thought it was just heavy blues rock rather than metal. listening to another random youtube now, "pentagram and crucifix", not feeling it as much - again she's a great presence and i'm not turning it off, but i don't really think i'd play it again.

now you gotta check out that ester rada ep

i did this, i liked it but don't have any other helpful thoughts yet

I'd also like to give this album my seal of approval as running music, since you're also a runner, iirc?

no helpful thoughts needed - i just thought it would be something u might like and i'm happy to hear that you did xp

oh i am a runner but i never listen to music when i run, it's when i ~get away from music~ and also if i try to listen to music when i run i get tangled up and distracted by my headphones, unfortunately

i do treasure my work-out music, it's almost always techno/house though i can imagine this doing the job in certain moods

Christian Mistress = the anti-Fucked Up
(I'm gonna be doing a lot of these, so get used to it)

http://i.imgur.com/4RyoffK.png

62. GRIZZLY BEAR Shields (233 Points, 8 Votes) Spotify

i try to get into grizzly bear whenever they put out a new album but they're so boring

I basically like one Grizzly Bear song, and it's the song that's clearly their most popular song.

Meh.

i was pretty firmly idgi about grizzly bear but there are jams on that album

this is technically proficient

otm

They were the "G" in GAPDYX, right? Oh those golden days!

didn't grizzly bear miss the ilm poll completely last time round?

Came in 42nd.

"Speak In Rounds" is pretty cool, actually

the only GAPDYX that didnt make top 10 in 09 iirc

I liked Two Weeks and Cheerleader, havent heard the new album at all

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meizwe9MHE1qzrq97o1_500.jpg

lol

I guess Edward Droste shares no appreciation for Frasier.