Are they the ones responsible for that atrocious 'Mary Berry likes reggae' song? Fuck that shit.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
fastnbulbous can you post a top 10 most overrated albums of the year, seems like it'd be worth checking out
― ogmor, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
haha yes please
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
I didn't know about the Kara-Lis Coverdale record either and this is marvellous.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
I tried out IDLES this morning and while my intrest was piqued by the first few songs, it quickly stopped doing anything for me.
― how's life, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2017/
Stereogum usually do great lists imo and this one delivers. Charly Bliss and Waxahatchee in the top 10 is exactly my kind of list
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
I love Thundercat so much I'm glad BBC6 put it on top
The Richard Dawkins/Moldy Peaches comparison is not as good as the Akron Family comparison
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
*furiously listens to akron/family*
(maybe)
― imago, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
...I still listen to stuff from the first two A/F releases
― Simon H., Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:38 (six years ago) link
fastnbulbous can you post a top 10 most overrated albums of the year, seems like it'd be worth checking out― omgomadik
I'm sure you don't need any help with that. I see A Crow has risen to 14 in the aggregate list. Did you know AOTY has a deal with Apple that the final top 10 will be placed on your iPhones and Pads? They've thoughtfully set it up so certain tracks will automatically be made into your ring tones and alarms...
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
"You should definitely write this out so a better singer can perform it (but I like Jethro Tull too!)" - what I imagine my composition prof would have said if I submitted "Ogre" in my third-year portfolio. (I like Dawson and his voice, ftr.)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
I would agree with your composition prof. idk? Dawson is kind of a composite of a tonne of freak-folk stuff. I like his chord/melody left-turns but Josephine Foster/Born Heller does the same. I don't have a taste for groups of people mewling but when I do it's mid-period Cerberus Shoal or some recent Big Blood stuff. There isn't a lot of music that I'd leave the shop if it came on but I think he's one of them. Curious as to why people like him so much!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
i'm just waiting for time to drop their annual 'worst songs of the year' list
― dyl, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
if you have the time, there have been some brilliant reviews of it on here: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/richard-dawson/peasant/ - including one in French that's well worth running through Google Translate
idk what to say, for me it towers over all the other music this year. its melodic sensibility is so wry and stimulating, its sonic make-up is a box of mad wonders and the lyrics and attitude of the project are just so welcoming, but also literary in the best sense. there's endless generosity and liveliness of mind here. in our dull fucked country walking off the edge of petty idiocy he feels like one of only a very few trying to build an alternative
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
tl;dr: his is the soundtrack of the corbyn revolution
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 09:58 (six years ago) link
Are you trying to make people listen to it or not listen to it?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 10:05 (six years ago) link
:D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 10:06 (six years ago) link
Well I hope no-one else listens to it so I have something else to feel superior about
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 11:21 (six years ago) link
FYI: The metal + heavy rock poll nominations thread is now open.
ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll 2017: NOMINATIONS thread - open till Dec. 19th!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
Noisey:https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/pazbwn/noisey-100-best-albums-of-2017
Revolver:https://www.revolvermag.com/music/20-best-albums-2017
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 12:34 (six years ago) link
Enjoying the Kehlani album! The ILX r&b crew may be depleted but its influence lives on peace god
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
Here's one I haven't seen anywhere: Magnetic Fields- 50 Song Memoir
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
Last Dawson post I promise but ya I do like his lyrics a lot ofc
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
I don't know anything in the bottom half of the Noisey list but everything in the top half is good and fair and just
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
nice to see a decent helping of metal in a general-purpose list
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
― President Keyes, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 10:26 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Vulture had it at #4: http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-10-best-albums-of-2017.html
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
The metal is all from Kim Kelly, an excellent writer who publishes in nearly every metal publication of note. Up until the top 10, the Noisey list is pretty unique.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
oh I'm familiar with the great KK
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
i always like chris richards' end of yearhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/best-music-of-2017-cardi-b-paints-the-world-bodak-yellow/2017/12/06/cad4d6be-d5fc-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879_story.html
― nxd, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
Dizzee Rascal album not getting mentioned at all either
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
Not super connected to the metal scene lately but following Kelly on twitter helped a lot finding stuff I like
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
I really enjoy the Richard Dawson record, but I do wish the touchstone track from it wasn't Ogre, where it'd be absolutely impossible for a new listener to forget this is an album set in a faux-medieval England fantasy land. Songs like Shapeshifter, Scientist, and (especially) Beggar are probably better to start with, if I could venture a guess
― HPSCHD, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
everyone is overrating lorde
― maura, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
sorry i just... idk
― maura, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
i like the lorde album a fair bit and it's a huge step up from her debut but it is definitely weird how highly it's been acclaimed
it has been nice to see sza so high on a lot of these lists
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
I did work on the Lorde album that went uncredited so I'm a touch salty about it (Moses' too) but I like the album and the people who made it
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
That Circuit des Yeux is stunning. Nicole Sabouné – Miman is also worth checking out. Orion is some good Australian post-punk/new wave. There's a bunch more that have been unrepresented on the lists so far...
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
fgti - you mean M0ses Sumn3y? I love that album.
The state of credits in the streaming age drives me insane (especially when ppl don't put credits on Bandcamp, the one platform they have complete control over).
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
True in 2013, still true now.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
Ya that m0ses. Good album!
What appeals to me about Lorde really became apparent after watching the live show... what she's doing onstage with her band and in studio is very hand-made, it feels like it could be something thrown together by some kids at a garage show in Portland. Also, her youth, her zingers, she's a good pop star imo, don't like her as much as I like Grimes but I like them both for the same reasons
Weird, I feel like there was way more music released this year than last
I really like that Noisey list but I'd downvote Future and upvote Thundercat
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
(especially when ppl don't put credits on Bandcamp, the one platform they have complete control over
Ooh, this drives me insane too.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
no need for both Future albums that's for sure
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
disheartened by the lack of love for SACRED PAWS
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
I also agree that the new Lorde album is better than the first one. The moment I keep going back to is when she vocally morphs into Kate Bush on the chorus of "Writer in the Dark".
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
I rated the Nicole Sabouné pretty highly in 2015.
Looks like again my tastes are a neat subset of the Quietus (and likely, Fact) lists. Zimpel/Ziołek, Fever Ray, Lotto, Rûwâhîne, Gazelle Twin, Sote, Mario Batkovic, Hannah Peel. So I'm looking forward to hearing the Rose Dougall and UUUU in full, giving Targ a second try, even seeing whether Gary Numan has grown out of his industrial phase.
― Sanpaku, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/arts/music/best-albums-2017.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/
NY Times critics lists
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/arts/music/best-songs.html
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
UUUU has some great moments! I mean, I would say that obv. The 16-minute track is definitely worth a go for any passing Wire/Thighps fan
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
imago have u heard that Zimpel/Ziołek record? very good imo, firmly in my top 5
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
I gave the first two tracks a listen when checking out all the quietus recs! it was sounding really lovely, great cosmic pastoralia vibe. will listen to the whole thing soon. feels like a fantastic direction for ziolek to have gone in after stara rzeka
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link
agree with Maura about Lorde. I have to admit I haven't sat down and listened to the whole thing straight through but I've more than gotten the gist of it and aside from the 2-3 days I was in love with "Green Light" I just haven't been compelled to go back. Actually, that line about being in the back of the Louvre is really dope, that more than makes that song worthwhile.
I think an underrated part of Taylor Swift's fall-off is tied to how frequently she's been biting Lorde lately. It be like if Kendrick all of a sudden started putting out tracks that sounded like Lil Yachty.
― evol j, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link