but that has a much deeper texture, the evol track is like the pc music rewrite
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
györgy liQT if you will
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
ban NickB
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link
that may or may not be so, just because it is not unlistenable doesn't mean it is of any great value; evol is one of the least interesting mego artists
― Enterprise Lesotho (nakhchivan), Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:11 (nine years ago) link
some of the more minor late ligeti is his own pc music
― Enterprise Lesotho (nakhchivan), Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
talking of mego, i still have to hear that one ambarchi record
are you doing a noisy list this year whiney?
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
ambarchi's quixotism is definitely worth hearing
― Dan S, Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Sunday, December 21, 2014 6:16 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yah almost done, prolly posting between Christmas and New Years!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
oh good man!
was just looking at the blurb for 'quixotism' and this credit is the best:
Thomas Brinkmann - computable drums with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem (Parts 1-5)
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Sunday, 21 December 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link
haven't got a clue wtf it means but i'm in
nick what do you think of russell haswell's recent music
― Enterprise Lesotho (nakhchivan), Monday, 22 December 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
PSYCH INSIGHT: 20 ESSENTIAL PSYCH ALBUMS OF 2014http://backseatmafia.com/2014/12/04/psych-insight-20-essential-psych-albums-of-2014/
Second Bardo by Cult of Dom Kellar (Cardinal Fuzz)Forest Of Lost Children by Kikagaku Moyo (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)Sky Is Hell Black by Has A Shadow (Captcha Records)Outside The Circle by Anthroprophh (Rocket Recordings)Asteroid #4 by Asteroid #4 (Bad Vibrations)Away From The Water by Lola Colt (Fuzz Club)Season Sun by Gulp (Sonic Cathedral)Mammatus Clouds by Kikagaku Moyo (Cardinal Fuzz/ Captcha Records) The Hum by Hookworms (Weird World)Transmissions From Planet Telos Vol. 3 by Lumerians (Cardinal Fuzz)Commune by Goat (Rocket Recordings)Guru Overload by Eternal Tapestry (Oaken Palace Records)No Curtains by Dahga Bloom (Captcha Records)High Evolutionary by Dead Sea Apes (Cardinal Fuzz)Strange Wave Galore by Radar Men From The Moon (Fuzz Club)Ostro by Lay Llamas (Rocket Recordings)They Worshipped Cats by Les Big Byrd (A Records)Thru Me Again by LA Hell Gang (Mexican Summer)Come Down Safari by White Manna (Captcha Records)Far Out by Black Bombaim (Cardinal Fuzz)
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 22 December 2014 06:05 (nine years ago) link
i'm not understanding the critical love for the latest miranda lambert - it's no crazy ex-girlfriend imho, is this just an album-after impact from pistol annies? (hard to imagine tbh)
― Mordy, Monday, 22 December 2014 11:18 (nine years ago) link
Noisey: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/noisey-staff-top-25-albums-of-2014--10-to-1
25. RUN THE JEWELS – RUN THE JEWELS 224. SHARON VAN ETTEN – ARE WE THERE23. D’ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD – BLACK MESSIAH22. WHITE LUNG – DEEP FANTASY21. TAYLOR SWIFT – 198920. YG – MY KRAZY LIFE19. MORBUS CHRON – SWEVEN18. MORTUARY DRAPE – SPIRITUAL INDEPENDENCE17. WILD BEASTS – PRESENT TENSE16. UNITED NATIONS – THE NEXT FOUR YEARS15. PUP – PUP14. ANDY STOTT – FAITH IN STRANGERS13. BLUT AUS NORD – MEMORIA VETUSTA III: SATURNIAN POETRY12. ANGEL OLSEN – BURN YOUR FIRE FOR NO WITNESS11. TOTAL CONTROL – TYPICAL SYSTEM10. SYLVAN ESSO – SYLVAN ESSO9. ILOVEMAKONNEN – ILOVEMAKONNEN EP8. SAM HUNT – MONTEVALLO7. DEJ LOAF – SELL SOLE6. THE MENZINGERS – RENTED WORLD5. INTERPOL – EL PINTOR4. GROUPER – RUINS3. ICEAGE – PLOWING INTO THE FIELD OF LOVE2. AGAINST ME! – TRANSGENDER DYSPHORIA BLUES1. RICH GANG – THA TOUR PART 1
― mike t-diva, Monday, 22 December 2014 13:01 (nine years ago) link
Yet more Rhapsody.
Top 25 Jazz Albums of 20141) Trio 3, Wiring (feat. Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman & Andrew Cyrille)2) Harold Mabern, Right on Time3) Kris Davis, Waiting for You to Grow4) Roscoe Mitchell, Conversations 25) Jason Moran, ALL RISE: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller6) Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable7) Sean Jones Quartet, Im•pro•vise Never Before Seen8) Arturo O'Farrill, The Offense of the Drum9) Charlie Haden, Charlie Haden - Jim Hall10) Jeff Ballard, Time's Tales11) Wadada Leo Smith, Red Hill12) Craig Handy, Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith13) Matthew Shipp, I've Been To Many Places14) Jon Irabagon, It Takes All Kinds15) Farmers by Nature (Gerald Cleaver, William Parker, Craig Taborn), Love and Ghosts16) Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint17) Paquito D'Rivera, Jazz Meets the Classics18) Oliver Lake Organ Quartet, What I Heard19) São Paulo Underground, Pharoah & the Underground - Spiral Mercury20) Branford Marsalis, In My Solitude: Live at Grace Cathedral21) Brad Mehldau, Mehliana: Taming the Dragon22) Danilo Perez, Panama 50023) Bernie Worrell, Phantom Sound Clash Cut-Up Method: Two24) Darius Jones, The Darkseid Recital25) Melissa Aldana, Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
Top 25 Latin Albums of 20141) No Te Va Gustar, El Tiempo Otra Vez Avanza2) Vetusta Morla, La Deriva3) Calle 13, MultiViral4) Vicentico, Último Acto5) J Balvin, La Familia B Sides6) Paco de Lucía, Canción Andaluza7) Chancha Via Circuito, Amansara8) Various Artists, Havana Cultura Mix: The Soundclash9) Helado Negro, Double Youth10) Andres Calamaro, Bohemio11) Joan Manuel Serrat, Antología Desordenada12) Los Tigres del Norte, Realidades13) Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love14) Ana Tijoux, Vengo15) Sonzeira, Brasil Bam Bam Bam16) Ricardo Arjona, Viaje17) Ismael Miranda, Son 4518) Arturo O'Farrill, The Offense of the Drum19) Lila Downs, Soledad Pastorutti, Nina Pastori, Raíz20) Carlos Vives, Más + Corazón Profundo21) Gaby Moreno, Posada22) Marta Gómez, Coloreando23) Farruko, Farruko Presents Los Menores24) Jorge Drexler, Bailar en la Cueva25) Various Artists, Cantinflas: Música Original de la Película
Top 20 R&B Albums of 20141) FKA Twigs, LP12) D'Angelo, Black Messiah3) Trey Songz, Trigga4) Tinashe, Aquarius5) August Alsina, Testimony6) Prince, Art Official Age7) Mary J Blige, The London Sessions8) Fatima, Yellow Memories9) Mali Music, Mali Is…10) Anderson Paak, Venice11) K Michelle, Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?12) Pharrell Williams, G I R L13) Toni Braxton & Babyface, Love Marriage & Divorce14) Kem, Promise to Love15) Sebastian Mikael, Speechless16) Electric Wire Hustle, Love Can Prevail17) Kelis, Food18) George Tandy, Jr., The Foundation19) Jesse Boykins III, Love Apparatus20) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Give the People What They Want
Top 25 Christian/Gospel Albums of 20141) Ellie Holcomb, As Sure as the Sun2) Amy Grant, In Motion: The Remixes3) MercyMe, Welcome to the New4) Francesca Battistelli, If We're Honest5) Jamie Grace, Ready to Fly6) Casting Crowns, Thrive7) Danny Gokey, Hope in Front of Me8) Crowder, Neon Steeple9) Switchfoot, Fading West10) Steve Taylor & the Perfect Foil, Goliath11) Colton Dixon, Anchor12) For King & Country, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong13) Needtobreathe, Rivers in the Wasteland14) Rhett Walker Band, Here's to the Ones15) Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red16) Elevation Worship, Only King Forever17) Passion, Passion: Take It All18) Hillsong Worship, No Other Name19) Kari Jobe, Majestic20) Michael W. Smith, Sovereign21) Jesus Culture, Unstoppable Love22) Anthony Evans, Real Life/Real Worship23) Fred Hammond, I Will Trust24) Tedashii, Below Paradise25) Lecrae, Anomaly
― xhuxk, Monday, 22 December 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
Baltimore City Paper's top ten:http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-top-10-nonlocal-albums-20141215,0,6654824.photogallery
1. YG, "My Krazy Life" (Def Jam)2. Spoon, "They Want My Soul" (Loma Vista)3. Swans, "To Be Kind" (Mute/ Young God)4. Warpaint, "Warpaint" (Rough Trade)5. Run the Jewels, "Run The Jewels 2" (Mass Appeal)6. Tink, "Winter's Diary 2: Forever Yours" (self-released)7. Arca, "Xen" (Mute)8. Priests, "Bodies and Control and Money and Power" (Don Giovanni/Sister Polygon)9. FKA twigs, "LP1" (Young Turks)10. Sturgill Simpson, "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" (High Top Mountain Records)
we also do a bunch of other lists
top ten reissues: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-top-10-album-reissues-gallery-20141215,0,1514216.photogallery
top ten local albums: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-top-10-local-albums-20141215,0,2514505.photogallery
top ten local singles: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-top-10-local-singles-20141215,0,1844220.photogallery
top ten in Baltimore club music: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-bpm-top-10-in-club-20141215,0,7978067.story
top ten in Baltimore hip hop: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-rap-sheet-top-10-in-hiphop-20141215,0,3758535.story
top ten in country: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-strum-und-twang-top-10-in-country-20141215,0,5362356.story
top ten in heavy music: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-bangers-and-thrash-top-10-in-heavy-music-20141215,0,290534.story
top ten in jazz and blues: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-blue-notes-top-10-in-jazz-and-blues-20141215,0,5701453.story
top ten in avant garde: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-booed-music-top-10-in-avantgarde-20141215,0,4583960.story
top ten in indie music: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-map-ref-39-n-76-w-dec-10-top-10-in-indie-music-20141215,0,7753207.story
top ten in classical: http://www.citypaper.com/special/topten/bcp-debussy-riot-top-10-in-classical-20141215,0,5699231.story
― some dude, Monday, 22 December 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
dang, I really need to catch up on BMOP
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 22 December 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
The Obelisk Presents: The Top 30 of 2014http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2014/12/22/the-obelisk-presents-the-top-30-of-2014/
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 22 December 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
Does anyone know a (good) Best Black Metal list of the year? I didn't follow it closely enough this year but would like to know what I missed and catch up.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Monday, 22 December 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
Irish Times/Jim O'Carroll 50 Best Albums of 2014
(1) The Gloaming - The Gloaming (Real World)(2) D'Angelo - Black Messiah (RCA)(3) Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty (Sub Pop)(4) Odesza - In Return (Counter)(5) Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (Parlophone)(6) Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (Smalltown Supersound)(7) Run the Jewels - RTJ2 (Mass Appeal)(8) Call Super - Suzi Ecto (Houndstooth)(9) Caoimhín O Raghallaigh/Dan Trueman - Laghdu (Self release)(10) Godknows + MynameisjOhn - Rusangano Family (Self release)(11) FKA Twigs - LP1 (XL)(12) The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian)(13) Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes (ATO)(14) Arca - Xen (Mute)(15) Beck - Morning Phase (Capitol)(16) Caribou - Our Love (City Slang)(17) Perfume Genius - Too Bright (Matador)(18) Valentin Stip - Sigh (Other People)(19) Francis Harris - Minutes of Sleep (Scissor & Thread)(20) Moire - Shelter (Werkdiscs)(21) Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)(22) Clipping - Clppng (Sub Pop)(23) Linda Perhacs - The Soul Of All Natural Things (Asthmatic Kitty)(24) Lucius - Wildewoman (PIAS)(25) Mirel Wagner - When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day (Sub Pop)(26) Jungle - Jungle (XL)(27) Lykke Li - I Never Learn (Atlantic)(28) Sinkane - Mean Love (City Slang)(29) Future Islands - Singles (4AD)(30) Caoimhín O Raghallaigh - Music For An Elliptical Orbit (Diatribe)(31) Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (Partisan)(32) Dorian Concept - Joined Ends (Ninja Tune)(33) St Paul & The Broken Bones - Half the City (Single Lock)(34) Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté - Toumani & Sidiki (Nonesuch)(35) Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (Columbia)(36) St Vincent - St Vincent (Republic)(37) Kelis - Food (Ninja Tune)(38) Jessie Ware - Tough Love (PMR/Universal/Island)(39) Flying Lotus - You’re Dead (Warp)(40) Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love (Captured Tracks)(41) Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband (Because)(42) Jennifer Evans - Works From the Dip & Foul (Delphi)(43) Lethal Dialect - 1988 (Self release)(44) GOAT - Commune (Sub Pop)(45) Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste (Prospect Park)(46) Tune-Yards - Nikki Nack (4AD)(47) Daithi - In Flight (Sony)(48) Dan Bodan - Soft (DFA)(49) Fatima - Yellow Memories (Eglo)(50) Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like A Bell (OWSLA)
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 01:36 (nine years ago) link
shout out B'more City Paper for being on the right side of YG/RTJ
― alpine static, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
yeah i have to say i'm pretty proud of us being pretty much the only publication that voted My Krazy Life the album of the year (not even just hip hop album of the year, album of the year)
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 02:35 (nine years ago) link
i assume it will show up well in ilx poll
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:20 (nine years ago) link
Resident Advisor top tracks:
01. Objekt – Ganzfeld 02. Traumprinz – All The Things 03. Floating Points – King Bromeliad04. Gesloten Cirkel – Submit X 05. Mumdance – Take Time feat. Novelist 06. Marco Shuttle – Sing Like A Bird07. SOPHIE – LEMONADE 08. Barnt – Chappell 09. Caribou – Can’t Do Without You 10. Moderat – Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix) 11. Leon Vynehall – It’s Just (House of Dupree) 12. Herbert – One Two Three feat. Rahel 13. Jack J – Something On My Mind 14. Floorplan – Never Grow Old (Re-Plant) 15. DVS1 – Black Russian 16. Telephones – Blaff 17. Efdemin – Parallaxis (Traumprinz’s Over 2 The End Version)18. Bruce – Not Stochastic 19. Moodymann – Lyk You Use 2 feat. Andrés 20. Leon Vynehall – Butterflies21. Frank & Tony – Companion 22. Recondite – Caldera23. QT – Hey QT 24. Aphex Twin – Minipops 67 (Source Field Mix) 25. Floating Points – Nuits Sonores 26. Theo Parrish – Footwork 27. Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants 28. Dopplereffekt – Delta Wave 29. FKA twigs – Two Weeks 30. Tessela – Rough 2 31. Daniël Jacques – End Of My World 32. Sailor & I – Turn Around (Âme remix)33. Percussions – KHLHI34. Donato Dozzy & Tin Man – Test 7 35. Daniel Avery – All I Need (Roman Flügel Remix) 36. Randomer – Huh 37. Andrew Ashong – Special 38. Edward – Skating Beats39. Lnrdcroy – Sunrise Market (Extended Version) 40. Head High – Megatrap (Real Mix) 41. C.P.I. – Proceso (Barnt Remix)42. Holly Herndon – Chorus43. Shackleton – Freezing Opening Thawing44. Kyle Hall – Our Love45. Genius of Time – Juno Jam46. Voices From The Lake – Velo Di Maya 47. The Bug – Function. feat Manga48. 2 Bitches From Queens – Delkab Ave (Beat Mix) 49. Josh Wink – Are You There (Ben Klock Remix)50. Omar-S – Frogs
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 11:32 (nine years ago) link
i'm having a very nice time going through the ones i haven't heard in that right now, "juno jam" is a banger
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 11:34 (nine years ago) link
You must have heard that one before? It was on the Talabot DJ Kicks mix last year.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 11:40 (nine years ago) link
I like that Mumdance & Novelist track a lot but there's something profoundly lame about it appearing so far up this particular list.
ok every track i hadn't heard before/didn't remember on this RA list is properly awesome - daniel jacques!!!!!!
(admittedly i am skipping everything related to l.i.e.s. and every incidence of the phrase "four tet alias" obv)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
and i hadn't got to "hey qt" which is my cue to abandon the list entirely
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:07 (nine years ago) link
randomer 'huh' is actually a lies banger, i was shocked to discover this year (thank q for sifting thru even idm toss)
horrible list
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:12 (nine years ago) link
The monthly Top 50 is the accumulation of all the charts listed on RA in the selected month.
This Top 50 tracks of 2014 poll is decided by the votes of RA staff members and current contributors.
¯\(°_o)/¯
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:19 (nine years ago) link
its a horrible way to listen to things, sifting through a list, but I'm finding this RA chart hard work
― saer, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:22 (nine years ago) link
There's a Youtube playlist of some of it, I might just leave it on in the background and see what catches my ear, a lot of this hasn't registered much with me this year.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
I think I hate that Sailor & I/Ame remix - have they ever remixed anything with a decent vocal?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
My problem with curated lists is that with each passing bad record, the next one is tainted, and the cumulative effect is pretty strong. Add in the 'best records of the year" baggage and its not doing any of them any favours
― saer, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:39 (nine years ago) link
^ I get this. Suddenly 'this artist' or 'that track' becomes 'a Pitchfork band' or 'a Fact track', and I don't really like thinking about music in this way at all.
― this is just a saginaw (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
Nah I think it's more that when you're dutifully slogging through a lot of uninspiring music it puts you in the wrong frame of mind for the good stuff, give or take the occasional wow moment.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:48 (nine years ago) link
I'll play 10 bad records on discogs and I think ok well they were just some random records on discogs, an 11th isnt tainted by the others
Play 10 bad records in a best of the year chart and i'm just waiting to get to the end of the exercise, and I dont need to hear the others enough to have that feeling
― saer, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:51 (nine years ago) link
well you have to be in the right frame of mind, i'm multitasking and busy so it's ideal list-slogging time tbh
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
also judicious skipping of shit you know you'll hate
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:58 (nine years ago) link
also i felt out of the loop with this sort of music this year so there isn't much annoyance that x/y/z isn't here instead as there is with the non-dance lists
apart from deep tech but i didn't exactly expect it anyway
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:59 (nine years ago) link
Irish Times Tracks (1) Caribou - Can’t Do Without You (City Slang)(2) Kiesza - Hideaway (Lokal Legend)(3) Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) (4AD)(4) Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (Columbia)(5) Sheppard - Geronimo (Republic)(6) Charli XCX - Break the Rules (Asylum)(7) Perfume Genius - Queen (Matador)(8) Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (Epic)(9) CuckooLander - Dumb Dee Diddy Dumb (Self release)(10) Juce - Call You Out (Babeology)(11) Shamir - If It Wasn't True (Godmode)(12) Grimes - Go (4AD)(13) Deers - Between Cans (Lucky Number)(14) Jessie J - Bang Bang (Lava/Republic)(15) Yumi Zouma - The Brae (Cascine)(16) The Gloaming - Samhradh Samhradh (Real World)(17) Fifth Harmony - Boss (Epic/Syco)(18) Jessie Ware - Tough Love (PMR)(19) Taylor Swift - Shake It Off (Big Machine)(20) Jamie XX - All Under One Roof Raving (XL)(21) Talos - Tethered Bones (Feel Good Lost)(22) Nicki Minaj - Anaconda (Young Money)(23) Clipping - Work Work (Sub Pop)(24) Dej Loaf - Try Me (IBGM)(25) D'Angelo - The Charade (RCA)(26) The Juan Maclean - A Place Called Space (DFA)(27) Ibeyi - Mama Says (XL)(28) The Do - Trustful Hands (Siamese Squids)(29) Honne - Warm On A Cold Night (Super)(30) King - Mr Chameleon (King Creative)(31) Royal Blood - Figure It Out (Warner Bros)(32) Route 94 - My Love (Rinse)(33) Jungle - Busy Earnin' (XL)(34) Sia - Chandelier (Monkey Puzzle)(35) QT - Hey QT (XL)(36) Bobby Shmurda - Hot Nigga (GS9)(37) iLoveMakonnen - Club Goin Up on a Tuesday (Self release)(38) Sharon Van Etten - Your Love Is Killing Me (Jagjaguwar)(39) Percussions - KHLHI (Text)(40) Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone (Eardrummers)(41) Roisin Murphy - Ancora Tu (Vinyl Factory)(42) Röyksopp & Robyn - Do It Again (Dog Triumph/Wall Of Sound)(43) Leon Vynehall - Goodthing (3024)(44) Kendrick Lamar - i (Top Dawg)(45) Sleater-Kinney - Bury Our Friends (Sub Pop)(46) Andy Stott: - Faith in Strangers (Modern Love)(47) FKA Twigs - Two Weeks (XL)(48) Sinkane - Hold Tight (DFA)(49) Swans - A Little God In My Hands (Young God)(50) Beyonce - 7/11 (Columbia)
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
A Closer Listen's Global Top 20
1) A Winged Victory for the Sullen ~ Atomos (Erased Tapes)2) Kate Carr ~ Lost in Doi Saket (Sound Map)3) Erik K Skodvin ~ Flame (Sonic Pieces)4) Valerio Tricoli ~ Miseri Lares (PAN)5) Rumour Cubes ~ Appearances of Collections (Self-Released)6) Christopher Tignor ~ Thunder Lay Down in the Heart (Western Vinyl)7) This Will Destroy You ~ Another Language (Holodeck/Secretly Canadian/Suicide Squeeze)8) Christina Vantzou ~ No. 2 (Kranky)9) Petrels ~ Mima (Denovali)10) Black to Comm ~ Providence (Dekorder)11) Ian William Craig ~ A Turn of Breath (Recital)12) Lawrence English + Stephen Vitiello ~ Fable (Dragon’s Eye Recordings)13) Hiss Tracts ~ Shortwave Nights (Constellation)14) Lawrence English ~ Wilderness of Mirrors (Room40)15) Kyle Bobby Dunn ~ Kyle Bobby Dunn & the Infinite Sadness (Students of Decay)16) Death Blues ~ Ensemble (Rhythmplex)17) Matthew Collings ~ Silence is a Rhythm Too (Denovali)18) Wrekmeister Harmonies ~ Then It All Came Down (Thrill Jockey)19) P Jørgensen ~ Gold Beach (Low Point)20) Pascal Savy ~ Adrift (Eilean Records)
More ACL lists:http://acloserlisten.com/category/featured-articles/
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link
am a fan of skodvin and english off that list
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link
hmm, good question. i like the vigour of his sound and the variety of textures he conjures up, it's got a really energetic performative and improvisatory feel to it. first section off that collab with pain jerk that came out this year is just stunning - feels like your brain is locked within an electrified wire cage and every time you try thinking, that tiny movement brings it into contact with the bars and you get these shooting pains jolting across the surface of your mind. and i read about the thing he did at aldeburgh in some classical music blog and that sounded amazing: basically it was a choral performance of a 16th century work known as the earthquake mass, but the manuscript of this piece is in a state of severe decay and haswell was filling in the missing parts of the score with earthquake-appropriate room-shaking noise.
so yeah, i like him on the level of it being a fun thing to stick in yr ears, but otoh it never really gets past the level of raw sensation for me. it's kind of this really tactile set of sounds that never quite becomes a language that communicates anything outside of itself. i suppose you could say this makes him a more honest artist as he doesn't rely on any emotional trickery - his music doesn't hold those intimations of deeper significance that you get with the likes of kevin drumm or tim hecker or lawrence english, there's no interpretation to be done on the part of the listener, it's more of a pure wyhiwyg sensory thing. and maybe that just frustrates my ego cos there's no ambiguity to project my own meaning on to, it's just sound waves that don't give a fuck about what i think of it. which is cool in its own way but doesn't really affect me beyond that. i'm sorry but this is just how i feel.
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
Shindig! Magazinehttp://www.shindig-magazine.com/2014-awards.html
1. Temples - Sun Structures (Heavenly)2. Foxygen - And Star Power (Jagjaguwar)3. The Soundcarriers – Entropicalia (Ghost Box)4. Jim Noir - Finnish Line (Dook Stereo)5. Balduin - All In A Dream (Sunstone)6. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (4AD)7. Graham Day & The Forefathers - Good Things (Own Up)8. Big Boss Man - Last Man On Earth (Blow Up)9. Jaki Liebezeit & Joachim Irmler – Flut (Klangbad)
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
i read about the thing he did at aldeburgh in some classical music blog and that sounded amazing: basically it was a choral performance of a 16th century work known as the earthquake mass, but the manuscript of this piece is in a state of severe decay and haswell was filling in the missing parts of the score with earthquake-appropriate room-shaking noise.
This must be Brumel, it's beautiful & I'd be v curious to hear that although I'd about the concept
― ogmor, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
_idk_ about the concept, rather
― ogmor, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
yep, it was brumel. and i've done it a disservice in my description, i think it was probably a bit more thought through than i made it sound
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Get in here, goons
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-best-rap-albums-of-2014-20141223
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link