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and i assume el guincho

ha, no - here's 'Palmtios Park'

yeah, that's one of the two i voted for, and gr8!

two songs into the fall and i'm giving up. don't get it.

the thing about that fall album is that you can't help but get the feeling when you listen to it that it's a retread of something done much better about 20 times by the same band. doesn't help having an 11-minute track at number 3 either.

did the HMHB album do well on this same 'fan alleigance charity vote' basis or is it actually one of their better LPs?

Glad to read that people like the Earth album. It doesnt matter if you dont like metal or drone as it really is neither. So check it out, it's terrific!

I had no idea so many people hated Max Tundra! Although I suppose that's understandable. I think he's great, with an uncommon knack for catchy, unpredictable melodies.

I found the girl on eBay
She was bidding on Halfway To A Threeway
I wrote the words "a grain of sand" upon a grain of rice
She baked a pie of very shy laboratory mice

Like, wtf? I don't think I can hate on someone I suspect to be retarded. That's just mean.

but the best thing he's done imo is the remix of Tunng's 'Bullets' (not on YT annoyingly)

He also did a great remix of the Futureheads' "Decent Days and Nights."

yeh i like that too altho ended up preferring the original tbh

I must have missed all the ILM Jeezy love, probably because I don't get it. Dude has some great singles, but he's a horrible albums guy. This was probably the least mediocre of the bunch, but I can't believe it even come close to the top 20.

did the HMHB album do well on this same 'fan alleigance charity vote' basis or is it actually one of their better LPs?

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 13:28 (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I didn't vote, and it prob wouldn't have been on my list anyway, but it is really excellent; no charity needed, unlike that Fall LP.

Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista

This is on Spotify - I streamed it last night and enjoyed it.

Well, I was very excited about the Gas based on sample-browsing, and spent a lot of time downloading the whole thing, but what you don't realize from listening to very short segments is that the short segments are repeated over and over again. Fine if you like that sort of thing, but for me it's almost instantly headache-inducing. For me part of the appeal of ambient music is expanse, and this to me is methodically claustrophobic. And I have a lot of old Aube records I could be listening to again instead.

what you don't realize from listening to very short segments is that the short segments are repeated over and over again

You don't have to like Gas, but I don't think it should come as a surprise that there's a lot of repetition and little progression on an ambient record... That's almost like the definition of ambient: sound and atmosphere over progression. However, I wouldn't say Gas isn't expansive, to me it sounds quite large and widescreen compared to many other, sonically more minimal ambient records. Sure, the repetition gives some of the tunes a creepy quality, but that's probably intentional.

But like I said, I can understand some people wouldn't be impressed by Gas. To me it's like an ultimate, highly refined example of a certain type of ambient music, and if that kind of ambient isn't your thing, Gas is hardly gonna turn your head.

I must have missed all the ILM Jeezy love, probably because I don't get it. Dude has some great singles, but he's a horrible albums guy. This was probably the least mediocre of the bunch, but I can't believe it even come close to the top 20.

I get the love, I enjoy the singles, I haven't yet heard the album (need to)... but I'm gonna go out on a limb, and guess that the album didn't make the top 50. It would be a big surprise for some, but is entirely plausible to me.

Own, LOVE LOVE LOVE (and voted for):

50 - Boris - Smile
48 - School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
37 - Gas - Nah und Fern
33 - Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

Own, enjoy, don't love:

47 - Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality
42 - Stephen Malkmus and Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
39 - Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive

HATE HATE HATE:

45 - Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
35 - Half Man Half Biscuit - CSI: Ambleside
34 - Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You

Not really intrigued by:

49 - Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
44 - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08
43 - Alex Moulton - Exodus
41 - Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
32 - Luomo - Convivial

Would like to hear more of:

46 - Fall, The - Imperial Wax Solvent
40 - Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
38 - D. Lissvik - 7 Trx + Intermission
36 - Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X
31 - El Guincho - Alegranza

One other thing I'll say about Max Tundra is that whether you like him may have something to do with how much you genuinely enjoy action-news themes and/or the pre-installed demo song on Casio keyboards.

plus he does it all on an Amiga so love for that at least

2 of mine have showed up so far (Boris, Earth) which is cool, but if i had payed any attention to that el guincho album, it would have been on my list (also really enjoying School Of Seven Bells in some bizarro 4ad nostalgia moment, but prob wouldn't have voted for it).

Nothing on the remainder of the list can be as annoying as Max Tundra

i don't think anyone posted any glass candy tunes before, so

More Earth. Hung From The Moon Live

Engine Of Ruin

ilxor's ranking is similar to mine, tho i quickly grew tired of smile, and am on the fence about alpinisms. plus LOVE the glass candy & arthur russell, and like the jay reatard (JR's good stuff is great, but the record's uneven). curious about paavoharju & d lissivik...

i will also join the crowd lamenting the fact that they failed to vote for paavoharju (although looking at my ballot i did vote for them on the track poll, so i think i just got confused somewhere along the way).

I've decided to work my way through all the top 50 here in an effort to pull myself away from listening to same old same old all the time. So far I've found something to like in every album I've played (Boris, Arthur Russell, School of Seven Bells, Jay Reatard, The Fall).

Good work all you people who paid attention to 2008 so I didn't have to :)

For some reason I can't find the tracks poll--can someone link to it? Thanks.

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Nothing on the remainder of the list can be as annoying as Max Tundra

― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:52 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^this x 1000.

45 - Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
39 - Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive
34 - Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You

^^^these suck

32 - Luomo - Convivial

^^^i'm over delay's luomo thing

not to join in on the max tundra stomping bandwagon, but it reminds me of a dumbed down Calvin Harris, if that is possible

From the album
Paavoharju - Kevätrumpu

Thanks, a hoy hoy.

i'm listening to that el guincho track now and JESUS CHRIST THIS IS REALLY REALLY DREADFUL, what is it that people like about this? it's totally inept. it sounds so ramshackle, and falling apart at the seams. he sounds like a tramp who's too bored to even try hitting the notes. aural equivalent of falling down the stairs and landing face first in a boozy mess. ugh why must terrible music make its way into my life like this :(

I just await Lex's reaction to the Earth vids

please people check out the recent 2 Paavoharju vids i posted. 2 really great tracks there

agree w lex that massive guinch love is a little baffling, though for different reasons

Not feeling it it either

it sounds so ramshackle, and falling apart at the seams.

this describes lots of music i like, including music i like a lot more than el guincho. i just find guincho breezily pleasant.

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hahahaha OTM

I loooooooove El Guincho. The falling-apart-at-the-seams thing is part of it, I think, although I've never really had that as a conscious reason before. It is joyous and lovely.

I was looking forward to El Guincho based on Lex's description but was left a little disappointed at how mundane it sounds, if anything it's not ramshackle enough.

Note that the El Guincho track posted is fairly atypical - it's the only time he goes out of his way to make what sounds like (a travel-stained fascimile of) a full-blown pop song. The other stuff is more chant/loop based.

that's his idea of a full-blown pop song? oh dear.

ha ha.

I actually think you'd probably dislike the other stuff less Lex because I suspect a big part of your hate would be spurred by the indie tinge to his half-arsed evocation of old "classic" pop on that song ("Palmitos Park" reminds me of Richie Valens a bit).

Like how lots of Animal Collective/Panda Bear haters would be mildly mollified by the prohibition of Panda's Beach Boys harmonies.