ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

ka is awesome but v minor on first listen, needs (deserves) repeat listens imo.

couple standouts:

Peace Akhi
http://youtu.be/OOTdy_vpFIA
Our Father
http://youtu.be/tgsm-paBJJc

I like this one and am hoping that voters also went went for Roc Marciano who released two great albums of a very similar style.

Filling my ignorance vacuum admirably, dl ;)

i don't wanna complain but there are so many entries on this list that are 'nice enough but a bit boring after a while'.

there's quite a bit of stuff that isn't like this as well. it's a really diverse, strong list so far imo

is anyone (mostly dan) gonna get mad at me if i say the john grant album evokes, like, a goofy version of xiu xiu?

wait waht

― SHAUN (DJP), Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:24 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol the rich singing voice, direct and personal lyrics, and tendency toward arrangements that contrast with the lyrical content. this guy has more of a sense of humor though.

I mean maybe my impression of Xiu Xiu is skewed because the only song I know of is "Support Our Troops" but I feel like you'd have to be approaching Weird Al in order to be the goofy version of Xiu Xiu

I voted, but have no idea what I put down anymore... Trying to figure out what I would get excited about...

thought this was a pretty convincing five-star review of the ka album from last year: http://www.factmag.com/2013/07/26/ka-the-nights-gambit/

Oh, the DJ Q ILM mix! I would like to see that place.

Cold Facts might be this dude's best track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKlCUHjU7p4

I mean maybe my impression of Xiu Xiu is skewed because the only song I know of is "Support Our Troops" but I feel like you'd have to be approaching Weird Al in order to be the goofy version of Xiu Xiu

― SHAUN (DJP), Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:29 AM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i mean xiu xiu can be pretty goofy too but in a different way than building an a.m. radio-friendly chorus around agent orange.

Cold Facts might be this dude's best track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKlCUHjU7p4

― MikoMcha, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:30 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I def liked his last album Grief Pedigree better than Nights Gambit

young galaxy really does nothing for me at all

Think I am the only Young Galaxy fan who prefers Shapeshifting over the new one.

I don't think the full Young Galaxy record is essential at all.

New Summer and the Peaking Lights remix of Pretty Boy are the keepers imo.

the previous Ka album was good but left me with very little desire to hear a new one, seems like a one-trick-pony

is that a pun on the album cover?

the previous Ka album was good but left me with very little desire to hear a new one, seems like a one-trick-pony

― some dude, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:36 AM (1 minute ago)

this is better though, and if you're into that one trick he does it as well here as anyone probably since "marcberg"

im not really a lyrics guys but he is one of few rappers that make me want to seek out some lyrics sheets and dissect a bit.

I get why people are bored by it tho. The drums are either non existent or dropped way back in the mix, there's not much bass to speak of. No hooks. No pop sensibility. But I def have room for a few albums like this a year.

nice. love the young galaxy album, and better than the already excellent shapeshifting. the donato dozzy is another good one though i think in the end it just missed out for me. i tried rhye but i couldn't get a handle on it. maybe another time. what i heard of john grant was great but i need to spend more time with it. one of the best album covers of the year, at the very least.

marcberg def the gold standard of this sound

http://i.imgur.com/2ctSUAw.jpg?1

55 DJ SPRINKLES Queerifications and Ruins: Collected Remixes by DJ Sprinkles (334 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)

I think I voted for that on the title alone.

YESSSSSSS

Love the Oh Yoko and (surprisingly) Ducktails remixes.

damn i forgot i hadn't heard that DJ Sprinkles set

too low

Yup, this one!

another one i was regretting not voting for (due to "but it's a compilation of previously released tracks" nonsense that i should never have thought) - v pleased to see it place. sprinkles is such a special artist and a+++++ title

never heard of DJ Sprinkles. what kind of music is it?

house

DJ Sprinkles - more like it. I need to give this a good listen.

the sprinkles comp also works surprisingly well as a well-sequenced album in its own right too - one definite highlight is adultnapper ft. big bully - low point on high ground (dj sprinkles rock bottom mix) though - those piano chords that keep disrupting it all are so amazingly sinister

this is better though, and if you're into that one trick he does it as well here as anyone probably since "marcberg"

― k3vin k., Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:40 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah see the whole thing is stiflingly limited to me, it almost feels redundant for Ka and Roc to both be making records, so i'm not actually that into it.

the cover reminds me of inland empire

Man I did not even know that existed! I'm stoked to go home and listen to it.

xxxp Sprinkles does the same thing on the Ducktails remix (unless the original has those chords - I only listened to the original once).

ooooh, I love that dj sprinkles comp!

strange list so far. Some albums that everyone is excited about placing and some albums that people say are patchy and noone seems excited about.

sounds like your standard year-end albums list to me!

Yeah I think this does seem to happen a lot but it is strange when something like Rhye places and no one here is rushing to say what a brilliant album it is. 14 people voted for it but none of them seem to be here.

I had Dozzy at number 1 and Sprinkles at number 7 (I was going to say 2, but that was the other DJ Sprinkles album from last year). The Dozzy album is really beautiful (as is the original, as Matt says) - anyone who liked Voices from the Lake, or more generally likes ambient/repetitive/etc music should definitely check it out.

i think i voted for rhye? idk, i expected it to show up, it seems like it showed up in about the right position, i think they did exactly what they wanted to do with it and the result is enjoyable.

people should also go check out dozzy's solo album "K" from a couple years back, which is pretty amazing. just a step below VFTL.

Ka and Roc Marciano obviously have similarities but seem pretty different in tone to me, Ka is a lot more somber and reflective. I might have voted for Marci Beaucoup too if I'd heard it earlier in the year.

thing I love about the dj sprinkles productions is that they're funky but there's also this ambient-informed layer of depth & sweetness. lots of very pretty moments across the whole comp.

I personally couldn't get into the dozzy remix thing despite liking bee mask and voices in the lake.

But I also apparently have an endless appetite for music by old New York rappers.

love the sprinkles comp, glad it placed, great cover. i never found myself taking it all in as an album, though, i voted for 'where dancefloor stand still' instead.

(which has an even better album cover)

wouldn't be surprised if that placed too

sounds like your standard year-end albums list to me!

― Spottie, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:50 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah I think this does seem to happen a lot but it is strange when something like Rhye places and no one here is rushing to say what a brilliant album it is. 14 people voted for it but none of them seem to be here.

― Kitchen Person,

Not just that album but quite a few others. Compare it to say melt banana or john grant or gorguts.

At least arctic monkeys placing inspires a reaction even if it isnt positive heh