(top 50 actually)
xp :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
There's an 8-song EP in the Frank album that would be incredible. The first and last songs on the album are very bad.
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
xp OK now that's my kinda list
― sleeve, Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
interesting that the katie dey album made stereogum's top 20, it was quite nice but don't expect it will show up anywhere else at all
a fair bit of Blonde grew on me but it still feels too fragmented overall. the highs are great (a solid 8 track EP sounds about right) but a lot of it just doesn't quite work which is really frustrating.
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
lots to dig into on the Norman Records list, just hope it isn't mostly boring piffle
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
i love the katie dey record
imagine if people gave other records as much of a chance to grow as they give blond/e! must be nice to have a rep as a ~genius~
― maura, Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
I dunno, that's fair, but he took advantage of the benefit of the doubt to make a unique album that most artists couldn't have gotten away with. I can't fault him for that
― Evan R, Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
I realize there's a chance blond/e could grow on me and open up if I spent time with it, but I haven't felt the need or desire to go back to it. *shrug*
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
I already felt Channel Orange was a bluff so I gave Blond/e very few chances. Love nostalgiaultra.
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
definitely lots of good stuff on the Norman Records list
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
good write-ups too
can't say I know half the albums
― niels, Thursday, 1 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
listened to that Western Skies Motel album off the Norman Records list, held my attention more than I thought it would based on the description, really nice album.
― kruezer2, Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
That Western Skies Motel album on the Norman list is gorgeous. I think they're Danish, but they sound like the uncanny, backwoods stuff of Bruce Langhorne or Scott Tuma. The C. Diab is lovely, too.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Xpost
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
reminded me a bit of koen holtkamp/mountains, which is always a good thing
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
I've heard half of those Norman Records list... some of them are really good and glad they're giving deserved attention to some ignored records but there's also some boring ones in there. At any rate these sort of 'non-zeigeist' lists are always better than the consensus ones. Yeah we all love Lemonade but I prefer finding out about records I might have overlooked instead of the ones we've talked about all year.
― No longer active (Moka), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
lmao frank ocean is some fresh bollocks
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
except 'nights' maybe
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
I also do not get the Frank Ocean one :/ It's not particularly bad and there's a couple of songs that I liked but it doesn't feel like it should stand proudly above the rest of any of the other 'big' albums released this year.
― Moka, Thursday, 1 December 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
i don't much like the argument 'it's not bad, just a bit dull and mediocre' - dull and mediocre is literally the worst music except idk skrewdriver (which is p dull and mediocre, musically speaking, anyway)
fortunately there's so much other great stuff
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
Gorilla vs Bear http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2016/
01 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service02 JESSY LANZA | Oh No03 KEDR LIVANSKIY | January Sun04 KAYTRANADA | 99.9%05 RADIOHEAD | A Moon Shaped Pool06 FRANK OCEAN | Blonde07 DIANA | Familiar Touch08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells09 BURIAL | Young Death / Nightmarket10 BEYONCÉ | Lemonade11 WEYES BLOOD | Front Row Seat to Earth12 KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things Vol. 1 + 213 KENDRICK LAMAR | untitled unmastered.14 YUMI ZOUMA | Yoncalla15 VARIOUS | Sky Girl (Compiled by Julien Dechery + DJ Sundae)16 FEAR OF MEN | Fall Forever17 CROSS RECORD | Wabi-Sabi18 ANDY SHAUF | The Party19 S U R V I V E | RR734920 DANNY BROWN | Atrocity Exhibition21 NEGATIVE GEMINI | Body Work22 HOOPS | HOOPS + tapes #1-323 VESUVIO SOLO | Don’t Leave Me in the Dark24 CARLA DAL FORNO | You Know What It’s Like25 CLINT MANSELL | San Junipero OST (Black Mirror)26 KADHJA BONET | The Visitor27 NICOLAS JAAR | Sirens28 TROLLER | Graphic29 KERO KERO BONITO | Bonito Generation30 WHITNEY | Light Upon the Lake31 LEON VYNEHALL | Rojus32 NXWORRIES | Yes Lawd!33 ANGEL OLSEN | My Woman34 POSTILJONEN | Reverie35 EQUIKNOXX – Bird Power Sound36 MARIA USBECK – Amparo37 JAPANESE BREAKFAST – Psychopomp38 KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH – Ears39 DREAMBOAT – Dreamboat40 NV – Binasu41 LIZ – Cross Your Heart42 DJDS – Stand Up and Speak43 CARLY RAE JEPSEN – E•MO•TION Side B44 CFCF – On Vacation45 STILL CORNERS – Dead Blue46 CASEY MECIJA – Psychic Materials47 PURO INSTINCT – Autodrama48 MERELY – Uncanny Valley49 KATIE GATELY – Color50 MARISSA NADLER – Strangers51 WHITE DENIM – Stiff52 PARTS – Parts53 MOOD HUT – Disco Mantras54 BOY HARSHER – Yr Body Is Nothing55 AMBER ARCADES – Fading Lines56 HINDS – Leave Me Alone57 NITE JEWEL – Liquid Cool58 ARIANA GRANDE – Dangerous Woman59 CASS MCCOMBS – Mangy Love60 JULIANNA BARWICK – Will
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 1 December 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
listening to the upper reaches of the norman records list. unfortunately it is nigh all insipid rubbish as feared
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
The Burial 12" that came out day before yesterday at 9, above Beyoncé at 10 on GvsB is sheer challops.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
That Jessy Lanza is an impressive find; really enjoying this one
― Evan R, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
We Got it From Here is probably the album of the year but people let me tell you, it really frosts my ass that my beloved Nice as Fuck record isn't getting the acclaim it deserves.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
I'm sad and a little surprised that Katie Dey record didn't take off, everyone I've played it for has become an insta-fan, def my #1 of the year
― fgti, Thursday, 1 December 2016 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Good for Chris GvB putting that one at the top!
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Actually that GvB list is pretty much otm. Missing ones from that list that I'd add and it would be pretty much my kind of list: Noname, Cavern of antimatter, Anna Homler, Moderat, Xenia Rubinos, KING... overall it's a pretty good top 10. I'd just move Frank Ocean and that Burial to the bottom of the list.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
Trolled is pretty great.
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 2 December 2016 03:20 (seven years ago) link
Dammit, Troller
I thought the Jessy Lanza record was a big disappointment
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2016 07:44 (seven years ago) link
cool to see that sky girl comp on the gorillavsbear list, got a lot of play from me this year
― just sayin, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:14 (seven years ago) link
Ah yes Jessy Lanza would also be way lower in my list. Not my cup of tea but I understand why some people would rave about it. I also understand why that same people will forget completely about it in three months... and in 2019 when they're making their top albums of the 10's lists it wont make their top 100.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:44 (seven years ago) link
Hey remember those mid-00's lists!? People thought Sigur Ros and Interpol were really cool back then.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:52 (seven years ago) link
End of the 00's they were sort of ashamed to add them to their end of decade lists. Who will run that same fate come 2019? Frank Ocean? Lana del Rey? Meat Loaf?
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:55 (seven years ago) link
"Braver than we are" is the sleeping giant of 2016
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 08:58 (seven years ago) link
Had no idea there was a new Vesuvio Solo album out. Anyone here heard it?
― groovypanda, Friday, 2 December 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link
Norman's near misses may be better than their main list: https://www.normanrecords.com/features/albums-of-the-year-2016?show=bubblers
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:13 (seven years ago) link
They didn't include the meat loaf album :(
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
But you're not kidding that list is even better than the real one.
Per the aggregator, Angel Olsen has taken over the #6 spot, and closing in on Nick Cave. Solange close behind, Anderson .Paak, Chance The Rapper, and A Tribe Called Quest is now #10.
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2016/
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:18 (seven years ago) link
Wouldn't say the second Norman list is 'better' than the top 50, but they both sure make for some top cherry picking.
Can't recommend the Bracken record strong enough, for all you Hood fans out there.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
if you move the Radiohead and Nick Cave 10 spots and replace with maybe mitski and weyes blood that is the p4k top ten of this year.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, December 1, 2016 4:18 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I will have to check out Langhorne and Tuma if they are of the same ilk. Relistened to Settlers again and it really is gorgeous, love the endings of Transformation and Whirl when they turn into oddly uplifting funeral dirges.
― kruezer2, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
Is anyone on ILM a fan of Car Seat Headrest? I have some friends who love it and I just don't get the EOY praise it's getting. Seems like run of the mill indie rock to me and boring one at that.― No longer active (Moka), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:38 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― No longer active (Moka), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:38 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Combo of its general inoffensiveness, the power of promotion and a backstory hook that's easy to write about. I know many music writers who pay absolutely no attention to current "indie rock" but who love Car Seat Headrest and similar critic-approved groups like Parquet Courts. Like how a critical mass of "this is okay I guess" often averages out into year-end accolades, with a bit of "this is the only record of this type I need to listen to" thrown in.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
otm about "easy to write about." I can't help but compare it to the Pinegrove record, which is so much better but also so much more difficult to articulate the merits of
― Evan R, Friday, 2 December 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
I didn't know CSH had a backstory hook. It's nice when the designers insert one of those into the code, like "you grew up in a cult" or something.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
the reason is that most critics have deeply jejune taste and can be safely disregarded
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
much like most people
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 2 December 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link