ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

really enjoying the lindstrom/terje track that dropped a couple of weeks back too

smallhans is allright but i'd place it fourth in 2012's norweigan disco output:

1 terje
2 mungolian jetset
3 prins thomas
4 lindstrom

Really curious about the two ppl who beat CRJ on Canadian Idol and what's happening in their careers.

Brian Melo, Jaydee Bixby.

DJP have you heard this Stott record yet??

stott! another of my votes

i'd never been into his stuff previously but adding gorgeous pure female vox is such an effective contrast with his dank, gloomy bass

"lost and found" is the most representative of that imo
"luxury problems" gives me real mezzanine-era massive attack vibes

i missed out on this one due to no spotify + laziness on my part

andy stott is the epic comedown from the lindstrom

i still cant decide if i like this album or not. it might be too spooky for me

dude is playing honolulu in march though, stoked for him and for honolulu

Can someone describe the Andy Stott record please? It's been high up on my Amazon recommends page for a while now but the associated albums are all over the place stylistically.

andy stott is a real slow burner.. took me about 4 or 5 listens to really get into this one even though his 2011 EPs were my #1 last year

DJP have you heard this Stott record yet??

Yes, yes I have

It's fucking gorgeous

I found it way too smokey and dense for my liking, it's got that 'dank cellar level in Playstation game' vibe to it.

Oh yeah, Stott! Wasn't too bothered on first listen but the spookiness definitely won me round.

this farrah abrams record is incredible

The 2011 EPs were entirely about sidechain compression, that "the room is breathing" sensation when the rest of a mix is compressed with every kick/bass drum hit.

This is sidechain compression, + cut-up childhood piano teacher.

'luxury problems' is a very cool track

aahhh that sample that cuts in over everything is really scary

im gonna go hide

'dank cellar level in Playstation game'

haha this description hits all my buttons, definitely gonna listen tot tihs now

aahhh that sample that cuts in over everything is really scary

^ the best bit! love that effect, it's like the music suddenly giving an involuntary shudder

Has Goat placed?

the song is crouched in the corner shivering and throwing up pieces of another song

no D.A.M

ok I'm not sure I want to hear this now xp

'up the box' has a surprising use of the amen break which threw the crowd for a loop when i saw him play

Thank you pandemic

I voted for Luxury Problems, but still feel Seefeel's Quique from 20 years ago is better at this.

lol 9 of my top 10 have or will place on this countdown (RIP merchandise ;_;)

I voted for Luxury Problems, but still feel Seefeel's Quique from 20 years ago is better at this.

okay for no good reason I have been putting off listening to Quique for 20 years now and this sentence has changed my mind/priorities

the song is crouched in the corner shivering and throwing up pieces of another song

Amazing description.

based on these 2 tracks lex linked i don't think this sounds much like quique

not sure i totally see the quique connection myself, but there is some similarity to last year's (not very good) seefeel album

Quique isn't quite the same, but adding the female vocals definitely is pushing into the same general neighborhood.

http://i.imgur.com/DYNQND7.png

11. SWANS The Seer (718 Points, 21 Votes, 4 First Place Votes) Spotify

TOO LONG (jks)

ha

i like the seer but not as much as the last one

my #1 this should have been higher

best album cover of the year though

Really? It gives me the heebie jeebies.

lol @ Jarboe as an 'additional musician'.

bollocks.

See? Swans! There's tons of metal in this poll!

(Waiting for the ban hammer.)

many xp but

also what's the name of the musical sequence he likes to use?

There's no specific name for that sequence, but the concept is Shepard Tone. See also: The X-Files and Resident Evil soundtracks

I can't keep up with this thread in real time but these are great albums
I'm happy to see Beak placed

TOO LONG (jks)

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I should have played this Swans album before now, this rules

That Swans album is really impressive and I thought it was terrific when I was actually listening to it but I couldn't imagine wanting or needing to hear it more than once or twice a year in particularly horrible weather or something.

best album cover of the year though
Especially the rear. For those of you with only downloads:

http://indieethos.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/backscreen_shot_2012-07-25_at_3-13-46_pm1.jpg

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2012-10/72740815.jpg

Swans of course was #3 in metal poll (which caused some consternation amongst the purists)

LOL there was a time when I was sure this wd be #1 so seeing it just outside the top 10 is a bummer