ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

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42 FUCK BUTTONS Slow Focus (408 points, 20 votes)

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Hee, I always forget that flamboyant goon tie is involved with that lot. His solo work is so much better! (But sorry for dissing yr friends.)

xxp

oh you terrible bastards

(that should be 41 of course)

is it just me or are there so many more album covers than usual without the act's name or album title on them?

I was let down even by the first Arcade Fire album, after some extremely passionate hype I bought it the day it came out and was disappointed. I always felt they lacked decent songwriting, though in retrospect the debut does remain the most emotionally convincing. Every new album I listen several times and just can't get into 'em. More confused than annoyed by the devotion they inspire among a lot of fans.

nice.

I tried to like the Fuck Buttons album and failed, just couldn't grab on to anything

can't even remember if I listened to this fuck b*ttons album but I enjoyed falling asleep to their glastonbury set

fyi I'm two songs into Reflektor and this album is actually a good amount of fun to listen to

my only complaint is that I half feel like I've been playing it for half an hour

Also for a while it seemed Arcade Fire's sound was kind of getting more similar to The Killers and vice versa, except I think Killers actually have some great songs.

is it just me or are there so many more album covers than usual without the act's name or album title on them?

― lex pretend, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:52 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's not you. I've seen a few bits and bobs around the net remarking on this. might have something to do with the resurgence of vinyl. a lot fo people like to stick framed vinyl art on their walls etc...

i voted for fuck buttons; they were decent enough live but the album has been a pleasant "getting geared up" LP for most of the year

kinda hate that arcade fire album

xxp

might have something to do with declining importance of irl shops too

yeah what's the point of putting type on a cover if 90% of the people are just gonna see it in jpg form anyway

fuck buttons - i was interested in them for a short while in around 2009 but just feel like their brand of noise/dance lacks the payback i want. it's all big crescendos and little release. i could imagine stuff like this being good on a very loud system, but pfffff...

Gee I'm an unenthusiastic shit today...

this is not at all what I assumed Fuck Buttons sounded like

I'm a type junkie, so I'll always prefer type on a cover to no type on a cover. Unless you are lame and use comic sans or some other joke font, because you can fuck off if you do.

both days have ended with a British guitar act that I loathe with an incredibly violent passion, lol kiu ILM :D

wtf fuck buttons are not a "guitar act"

there is a marked lack of button-fucking so far, I feel slightly cheated

guitar act?!?!

they use/sample guitars!

noted guitar act Run-DMC

production sounds redlined to the max, no nuance

I've enjoyed all of Fuck Buttons' records. Consistently fun for me (not guitar band ha btw)

this one was a bit of a letdown, mostly because i thought tarot sport was amazing and slow focus did not really live up

"Guitar act"?

Many xposts, lol

skrillex iirc

not really into "dance" not-dance acts

this is no good, going back to matmos, onyeabor and carcass.

okay as this first track has gone on I've started to transition from "eh" to "NEVER END, YOU GORGEOUS OVERCOMPRESSED THING"

tbf i don't think i've knowingly heard Fuck Buttons, the name put me off and i've always assumed they was like the shit bits of Broadcast

Haven't listened to fu** butto** in years and years. Have they changed things up much?

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/7/17/1374074366263/Fuck-Buttons-Manchester-003.jpg

pictured above: fuck buttons and all their guitars

this is striking me a little like "what if Alec Empire took some downers and then wrote a film soundtrack"

lol ok fine, am certain they've sampled guitars tho, they have that whole guitarish droney thing going on. the dynamic is of guitarry post-rock

They haven't changed much, for better

but wait... are fuck buttons a guitar band?

lack of dance trax seems to be balanced out by many dance albums - and vice versa for rap which is a bit strange, only two rap albums so far and apart from the obvyeezus i can't think of another that's a dead cert? i had three on my ballot, one won't place and the other two...might but could easily miss.

only nine artists have shown up who were also on the trax poll which is pretty good, though a cursory look over the latter and i can count like 18-19 more than i'm 100% sure are to come here so oh well

this is striking me a little like "what if Alec Empire took some downers and then wrote a film soundtrack"

― SHAUN (DJP), Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:05 PM

this is very otm

run the jewels is a lock id've thought xp

yeah I'm expecting/hoping Run the Jewels and A$AP Ferg

oh run the jewels, of course

hoping for a$ap ferg and 2 chainz, have given up on eve though (well, never once thought she'd place really)

acid rap too rite?

Eve floated around the bottom of my ballot and eventually dropped off, I couldn't justify voting for her when I really admired the album more than I listened to it

listening to "The Red Wing" on the Fuck Buttons album and man, all of these not-guitars are blinding

just jumping in to express outrage that someone didn't know fuck buttons wasn't a guitar group

GOD

they are a fisherprice mic band.

chance is top ten I'm sure