ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

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

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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

Think Ultramarine was in the Top 3 on my ballot.

Not heard the Sprinkles comp but loved some of the remixes he did this year.

not everyone follows these threads real-time, guys

Maybe the Rhye fans are ashamed?

It's possible, so many feelings.

cool Albums

Also it's only 9 a.m. on the west coast.
Also who cares.

Im listening to the Young Galaxy album now. Its ace. Lovely production.

I'm listening to it too. It really reminds me of that last Chairlift album in places.

ILM and occasionally the Wire is the only place I ever see mention of DJ Sprinkles/Thaemlitz.

if you read fact or RA you'd find her there, too. also about a million music blogs.

People have strange hang-ups about Arctic Monkeys based on nothing as far as I can tell other than made-up presumptions about their character. I admit I didn't like them when the first album came out simply because they did seem douchy to me. But then they came out with several consistently good albums after that and I got over it.

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54 NEKO CASE The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (337 points, 11 votes)

Spotify

Beautiful album, so many highlights: ragtime, city swans, man, night still comes, nearly midnight.

People have strange hang-ups about Arctic Monkeys based on nothing as far as I can tell other than made-up presumptions about their character. I admit I didn't like them when the first album came out simply because they did seem douchy to me. But then they came out with several consistently good albums after that and I got over it.

― Fastnbulbous

I don't have any hang ups about their character. I've heard a lot of songs by them and I haven't liked a single one of them. Simple as that.

Woo! First of mine to place (I had it at #3)!

not bad, but not a patch on her last few records imo

I tried so damn hard to love this album because she's great. I found it tuneless.

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

Enjoying this right now, it's like a house film soundtrack.