ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

coochie symphony

there's an album concept right there

I have not gotten to the coochie symphony, no

I was half-considering skipping ahead to Arctic Monkeys and then coming back but now there's no way that's happening

did you ever listen to k michelle, j0rdan?

― lex pretend, Monday, January 27, 2014 4:25 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

of course. it's a good album.

O_O

lol
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fyi k michelle's 2010 mixtape what's the 901? is where i discovered her and it's very well worth hearing - "where they do that at" is such a perfectly-formed artistic statement that i can't believe it'll never get an official push now, and "hit 'em in the mouth" is the kind of fighting track (in response to domestic abuse) that she largely eschews on this album. "i'm no jazmine sullivan, bustin all your windows out / i'm from memphis, tennessee: i'mma bust you in your mouth"

first song to put a big dumb smile on my face today

O_O

― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, January 27, 2014 9:33 PM (54 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you got to the coochie symphony then

I mean

I wish she (and ESPECIALLY THE DUDE) would commit more to the vocal technique but aside from that: O_O O_O ^_^

God this Factory Floor album sounds like it's being played through a mobile phone in a pint glass. I see how some people might like this kind of thing but it's missing those frequencies I need most from music like this.

I owe my discovering K Michelle to lex

basically what I am saying is "take me on tour K. Michelle, I could totally tear up your coochie (symphony)"

(I had massive reservations about that joke given recent conversations on this board but I ultimately felt I had to lead with my strengths)

fun fact: k michelle has in fact topped an ilx poll previously, as the uncredited sampled voice on "wut"

haha that was actually the only part of "Wut" that I liked

woah!

fun fact!

okay what the fuck, this first Arctic Monkeys song is kind of cool

I thought I hated these guys

I heard whatever the first single was from the AM album a bunch of times when I cursed to listening to satellite indie radio this summer. I never liked it, but I did catch myself humming it from time to time.

okay what the fuck, this first Arctic Monkeys song is kind of cool

I thought I hated these guys

oh wait, I've heard "R U Mine?" before as well, it's one of the tracks on Rocksmith 2013 and it's also great

huh

Follakzoid album is nice 'not really concentrating on what's going on' music. I mean that in the nicest way. Lex is right, perfect if you want to focus your mind on something other than music, but don't like eerie silences very much. I can imagine it being pretty neat live and loud!

the only albums I outright disliked today are Ciara and Parquet Courts; haven't heard the two non-Spotify entries

i think 'arabella' is actually my favorite AM track just because of how ridiculous it is

The last track -- a cover, I think -- sports stupid lyrics but is their prettiest song, and I didn't think I'd ever care for "pretty" AM.

it's the harmonies; they're using'em a lot on this album

im surprised at the arctic monkeys album placing. i dont like the singles ive heard from it. is this an album that just sounds better as a whole? "cornerstone" is the only song of theirs i really love.

The musical arrangements are great, too; not overly fussy, not stupidly simple, but sitting in this magical pocket of filling enough enough space to define the song without over or under doing it.

I am not really enamored of the falsetto singing on "One For The Road" tho

yeah i checked i dont like me, pay my bills, and sometimes too and they all had merits but after those four i was just a lil exhausted

Sorry, I've been out and I'm hours behind but can I just say a big FUCK YOU to everyone who decided that "spazz" was going to be the term du jour for Melt-Banana type things? Because... FUCK YOU.

oh yeah shit people WERE doing that weren't they

guys.

it's fucking psychedelic noise-punk-pop from Japan and u gotta cruise that ride

Sorry Engalond

are we talking about a term that means different things in the US vs. the UK?

... it does?

No, we're talking about a term that's just offensive. Full stop. Unless you want to provide me with a detailed etymology of where the US word comes from, because I'm pretty sure all uses have the same root here.

can i use the term "annoying" for melt banana without pissing you delicate souls off?

no it means the same and is offensive in both countries

i also want to fuck melt banana

CAD, you are welcome to use the term "annoying", hell you can use the term "shit" if you want.

C'mon you guys. Remember Tiger Woods putting like a spaz and all the trouble that caused?

xp - it's more "archaic" here -- we progressed to using the term "retarded" -- if that's what we're talking about?

wut

In the U.S., it wasn't used as a derogatory term. A person dancing jerkily is spazzing out, but I've never heard of a cerebral palsy patient spazzing out.

"A BBC survey in 2003, which found that "spastic" was the second most offensive term in the UK relating to disability (retard was deemed most offensive)."

we have a new slur so the old slur is okay to use!

(Don't) Putting Spaz

GREAT derail

it's amazing that language changes, and is different in other countries!

Ugh, okay, I've registered the fact that it is quite upsetting to hear a band you like being called (especially in praise) a derogatory term. I would hope people would take note of this and not act like children about their precious word being taken away from them.

In music news, for those who are getting into Follakzoid I would recommend the first record - I didn't vote for this one as it just didn't grab me as much, but they're pretty similar.

I don't like that term being used to describe music I like (it came up in the tracks poll thread iirc), I'd be thrilled if people here stopped using it.