Guess I spoke too soon re: Parquet Courts
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Monday, 26 November 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
@vc: beloved aussies Tropical Fuck Storm
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, November 26, 2018 3:16 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
damn does this album have the worst artwork i've ever seen.
― twin sinema (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 November 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
Accidentally created Gritty's homeland.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 26 November 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
Glad to see TFS get some attention after The Drones' Feelin Kinda Free (2016) was ignored, even though it was a better album. Bummed to hear The Drones are no more, even if TFS does sound similar.
A cool Russian post-punk album came out today - https://glintshake.bandcamp.com/album/--2
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 26 November 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
OK this serpentwithfeet record is pretty good!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:04 (five years ago) link
Jazzwise - Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2018http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/artists/15101-top-20-jazz-albums-of-2018
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
seems kinda focused on high profile artists
― niels, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
man that Kurt Elling cover is awful, it looks like an ad for a Brian Cox documentary or something.
― evol j, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Ooh, I love this Bas Jan!
There's a band called Bas Jan?! My Ader-obsessed younger self is excited to learn this.
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
it's a very old-ilm album
― j., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:52 (five years ago) link
lol what can I say, I'm old-before-my-time-ILM
― The house from the popular "Our House" song (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:15 (five years ago) link
I don't listen to near enough jazz to have a take on that jazzwise list, but I'm enjoying the Roller Trio (one of the few recordings from that list which is on bandcamp; gonna check out Nicole Mitchell - Maroon Cloud next)
― The house from the popular "Our House" song (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
the salvant album is good
i'm surprised there are so many things on their list i hadn't read people repping this year, i've listened to a LOT more jazz than has been my habit.
― j., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:43 (five years ago) link
whoa I didn't even know there was a new Nicole Mitchell, cool
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
I would think a fairly now-ILM album would be Peluché - Unforgettable. It was mentioned in the rolling post-punk thread a couple months ago, and it's a different facet of Raincoats influence, Odyshape era, with Sade-level lushness. The trio of women built a studio out of a garden she shed where they like to jam (here's a snapshot in their environment, Shed Session #1). Older singles "Ohio/Cinnamon" and "Sin" are less original but super fun.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 07:11 (five years ago) link
Yeesh, what happened to the time when Jazz album covers were so beautifully designed it made you want to hang them on your wall. Most of those are either boring as hell, really ugly or both.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 07:36 (five years ago) link
there's been some shaping up in those recently, beyond the ECM/present-day blue note domination of styling, but yeah, still some egregious offenders, that's what happens when musos without budgets get their hands on design decisions
― j., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 08:58 (five years ago) link
Bas Jan is the harpist/songwriter Serafina Steer doing indie pop, it's nice but nothing especially memorable.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 09:50 (five years ago) link
Bas Jan' lyrics are great imo
― The house from the popular "Our House" song (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 11:29 (five years ago) link
I'm appreciating the Peluché record, thanks for that FnB
― The house from the popular "Our House" song (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
^^^^ This is great.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 12:28 (five years ago) link
yeah this is a delight, what is it?
― niels, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
Interesting, that Musicophilia list has a TON of albums I've been digging this year (and is closest to what I'll eventually submit here), and every other list is barren or has 1-3 I even recognize. WTF
― octobeard, Thursday, 29 November 2018 06:04 (five years ago) link
tbf most of the lists posted so far are from indie record shops or genre sites/mags. There will be a whole bunch of exciting lists with Mitski in the top five coming soon!
― President Keyes, Thursday, 29 November 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
if that's shade then it's ill-chosen shade
― imago, Thursday, 29 November 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
not really shade--just that complaints that these lists are full of albums-I-haven't-heard-of will soon be remedied by soothing dips of consensus
― President Keyes, Thursday, 29 November 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
Mitski and Kacey should go on tour together
― alpine static, Thursday, 29 November 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
The Best Metal of 2018, according to Pop Matters:
20. Vein - Errorzone19. Thou - Magus18. Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light17. Slaves BC - Lo, and I Am Burning16. Portal - Ion15. Ghost - Prequelle14. Tribulation - Down Below13. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want12. Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury11. Horrendous - Idol10. Pig Destroyer - Head Cage9. Boss Keloid - Melted on the Inch8. Agrimonia - Awaken7. Chaos Echœs - Mouvement6. Sleep - The Sciences5. Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms4. Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology3. Mournful Congregation - The Incubus of Karma2. Sumac - Love in Shadow1. Yob - Our Raw Heart
Decent list, overall. I don't much care for Yob but it's good to see Mournful Congregation, Tomb Mold, Chaos Echœs, Horrendous, Imperial Triumphant and Portal.
https://www.popmatters.com/best-metal-of-2018-2621689330.html
― pomenitul, Friday, 30 November 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
Bleep's Top 10 Albums of the Year 2018:
1. Tirzah – Devotion2. Skee Mask – Compro3. SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES4. Yves Tumor – Safe In The Hands of Love5. Chris Carter – Chemistry Lessons Volume 16. Kamaal Williams – The Return7. Paper Dollhouse – The Sky Looks Different Here8. Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman9. Pariah – Here From Where We Are10. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
https://bleep.com/Bleeps-Top-10-Albums-of-the-Year-2018
― stranded, Friday, 30 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
to paste the Paste list
50. Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On 49. Blood Orange - Negro Swan 48. Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere 47. Flasher - Constant Image 46. Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie 45. Paul Kelly - Nature 44. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour 43. Caroline Rose - Loner 42. Bettye LaVette - Things Have Changed 41. Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss 40. Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet39. Alejandro Escovedo - The Crossing38. Richard Swift - The Hex37. Preoccupations - New Material36. Lonnie Holley - MITH35. I'm With Her - See You Around34. DJ Koze - Knock Knock33. Rosanne Cash - She Remembers Everything32. Noname - Room 2531. Neko Case - Hell-On30. Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden29. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me28. Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends27. Ought - Room Inside the World26. Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive25. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance24. Iceage - Beyondless23. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Look Now22. Big Red Machine - Big Red Machine21. Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain20. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino19. Robyn - Honey18. Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer17. MGMT - Little Dark Age16. Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue15. The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl14. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer13. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited12. Shame - Songs of Praise11. Amen Dunes - Freedom10. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog9. Low - Double Negative8. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs7. Pusha-T - Daytona6. Mitski - Be the Cowboy5. Snail Mail - Lush4. Soccer Mommy - Clean3. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel2. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! 1. Lucy Dacus - Historian
― comesayhey, Saturday, 1 December 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
I'm glad to see Pusha on a second wind but Daytona is not v inspired imo
― niels, Saturday, 1 December 2018 09:22 (five years ago) link
milquetoast indie: a compendium
― imago, Saturday, 1 December 2018 09:52 (five years ago) link
Glad to see the love for Richard Swift. Hop Along too low, obviously. Some nice choices on the list until it takes a turn for the conventional in the top half
― galaxy brian (voodoo chili), Saturday, 1 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
I didn’t realize anyone cared about the new decemberists album... (I also didn’t realize there was a decenberists album this year)
― galaxy brian (voodoo chili), Saturday, 1 December 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
http://www.tedgioia.com/bestalbumsof2018.html
100 albums including Mississippi bluesman (& RL’s grandson) Cedrick Burnside, Janelle Monae, Steve Reich, Carl Stone, Wayne Shorter, Sons of Kemet , Tirzah, and many more
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 1 December 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
Just finished puking from all these lists. I don't think I'm going to be able to eat until 2019, it's all so sickening.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 1 December 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
oh, good to see ted gioia's list is up, i picked up a great bagpipe record from his list last year. he listens to a lot of stuff other people don't.
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 1 December 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
like, an archival bruce haack record came out this year? who knew?
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 1 December 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
xp yeah just picked out the Sarah Davachi album from that list and it's great: organ drone that reminds me of Basinski at times. Cool.
― kraudive, Saturday, 1 December 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
― willem, Saturday, 1 December 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
I love the Bleep list, Tirzah es mi numero uno.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 1 December 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
I did! And it's rather fantastic!― willem
it is! there's gotta be some kind of story about that one... the guy who did "the electric lucifer" recording for a christian record label, around the same time he was recording the much, much darker "haackula"? i get the general impression there are lots of stories about haack that people don't really want to talk about, though...
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 1 December 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
The story's in the booklet, part of which is reproduced/available as an introduction on the label's website:https://www.telephoneexplosion.com/products/bruce-haack-preservation-tapes-lp-pre-order
― willem, Saturday, 1 December 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
re the bleep list, I guess here's where I say that I think the skee mask album is super uninspired. warmed over 'idm'-is-a-cool-flavor-now super griddy ugly sounding and boring. so many better techno
― macropuente (map), Saturday, 1 December 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
i love it
― j., Saturday, 1 December 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
Good to see the Chris Carter album in a list. Old Master Doing What Old Master Does Best in a convincing manner.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 1 December 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
I think that skee mask album is great! it's definitely one of my favorites of the year
― Dan S, Saturday, 1 December 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
the radiophonic workshop chris carter remix is good too
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 1 December 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
I guess the Objekt - Cocoon Crush album was released too late to show up on any of these lists, but it is so great
― Dan S, Saturday, 1 December 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
https://twitter.com/i/events/1068961391954935809
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Sunday, 2 December 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link