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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.

sigh, go on then, what should i hear which is better than that.

preferably without his voice on it. also anything done as half-assed and ramshackle as that is a turn-off, whether it tries to evoke old pop or not

No I don't think you'd like it, I think you'd dislike it less. I wouldn't actually check it out though.

Hah!

By the way, for all the Max Tundra haters in this thread (myself included)... looks like he's just announced a joint tour with perennial ILM faves Junior Boys (via Pfork). That'll be fun, a total love/hate experience all in one night.

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.

same here...I was intrigued, but expecting something a lot messier, a lot less straightforward. it was OK, but just blandly palatable. there wasn't much to it, really. felt like a gap advert.

as for max tundra, in a certain frame of mind I quite like the cluttered, busy, slightly manic feel of the album, although its dayglo 80s buggles shininess is a bit too much for me to take 90% of the time.

favourite thing from this list so far: earth, even though hex was a more successful take on the same dead man sound.

will check out paavoharju next, following herman's recommendation.

By the way, for all the Max Tundra haters in this thread (myself included)... looks like he's just announced a joint tour with perennial ILM faves Junior Boys (via Pfork).

this is ok b/c the new junior boys album sucks too.

i dont care for them either. a tour i can avoid!

no i really love junior boys, just that the new album is a huge disappointment :(

What albums can we expect in the top 30 then?

marnie stern? (my #1)

hah the reaction to that making the metal poll was funny

i think Kanye, lil wayne, of montreal, and MGMT will chart. i would think that the stienski retrospective would, but am not entirely sure. would love to see harvey milk or wetnurse make it. torche probably will.

I myself expect the Harvey Milk album to be in it somewhere between 30-21

i was part of that marnie stern reaction. but hey hooray for disparate tastes, right?

Indeed JJ.

We know there's strong favourites for the top ten, but with surprising entries so far in the top 50, I expect 30-21 should be fun before the consensus picks kick in later.
Surely there will he some hip-hop albums due as well. Young Jeezy will make it.

the bug, lindstrøm, ne-yo, gang gang dance will all chart, i think

hoping, kind of positively, for the-dream and jazmine sullivan

In fact Marnie Stern and Max Tundra have helped the chat along in each of the polls. You cant beat a good argy bargy at times should be the ILM motto.

The Bug will be top 20. I was more asking what will be 30-21 and if there's maybe a few unexpected entries making it like say: Harvey Milk or James Blackshaw or something.
or indeed what the lex suggested.

I came to El Guincho all tooled up and ready to hate, but I just couldn't do it - it was actually okay! What is a 'guincho', Guincho fans?

Fleet Fuxors? Hot Chip? Bon 'Bone Crusher' Iver?

Los Campesinos!

hey i love marnie and i still thought it was weird she was on the metal poll. she's as noisy as a lot of stuff on there, and has some prog in her dna, but not anything that registers as metal with me. but whatever, any appreciation of marnie is ok. (i'll save my full range of encomiums for if she shows up here.)

and if jeezy makes this poll, i'm guessing he'll be in the 20-30 range. (be happy if he's higher, but also a little surprised.)

probably some "indie-friendly electrodribble™" to come

The-Dream will place. Jazmine Sullivan will not.

Btw, I love the coinage "electrodribble".

los campesinos will probably crop up more than once

Have to say that Crystal Castles got my electrodribble vote, apologies all round.

The-Dream will place. Jazmine Sullivan will not.

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jazmine repped for in neither albums nor trax polls...that is a poor, poor loss :(

late of the pier frankly shit all over all other indie-friendly electrodribble and tbh they should be making an appearance fairly shortly

me too rev. It's my fave phrase of this year so far
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rolling electrodribble thread to follow

http://i39.tinypic.com/2ib24jp.jpg

i'm still holding out for the inevitable electrodribble backlash.

jazmine repped for in neither albums nor trax polls...that is a poor, poor loss :(

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― lex pretend, Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:10 PM Bookmark

Sometime about a month after her album dropped I reached a definitive point of not caring about her anymore. *shrug*

http://www.hobo-bonobo.co.uk/topten/images/0812071251207.jpg
"Boo Boo I said INDIE-FRIENDLY ELECTRO-DRIBBLE"

Less than 24 hours to wait now.

hat is a 'guincho', Guincho fans?

It is a kind of bird that lives on an uninhabited island near The Canary Islands, where the dude is from.