If you've never carved a flute out of a mammoth bone, I can't take any of your opinions about music seriously.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:33 (four years ago) link
also me otm
i think art angels will place above visions― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili), Monday, 23 September 2019 20:17 (two weeks ago) link
― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili), Monday, 23 September 2019 20:17 (two weeks ago) link
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:33 (four years ago) link
i recently came around on blonde and i think it has a lot of good tunes, it just serves them up on weird thermals or through distorted drumless vortexes or with just some chill guitar shimmering behind it. i need to revisit channel orange, which has never made me feel much of anything but who knows now. two frank albums in the top ten is a bit much but i accept that he won and kaleidoscope dream and blackSUMMERS'night lost or whatever lol
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:33 (four years ago) link
"nikes" is great. "weed crumbles into glitter.... rain.... glitter" is one of the best moments on the record
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:34 (four years ago) link
i just hate the melody, and the helium makes it worse.
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:35 (four years ago) link
frank ocean is muzak
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:35 (four years ago) link
but dawn richard is not on this list at all and i'd rank blackheart over blonde in terms of abstract r&b masterpieces where the songs flow into each other
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
the songs absolutely do not flow into each other on blonde and that's a real problem with it
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
dawn richard is awesome but a bit too weird for these basics
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:37 (four years ago) link
i def agree that body talk is wildly overrated, its placement here is the "robyn fans sing 'dancing on my own' on subway platform" of decade lists
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:38 (four years ago) link
what this board needed was two snrubs― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, October 8, 2019 8:31 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, October 8, 2019 8:31 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I hope this wasn't directed at me, Brad.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
I actually thought Miguel and Maxwell would break through in a way impossible to conceive in 2012, but I guess they lack a "narrative."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
My post wasn't intended as an indictment of Pitchfork, just maybe a reflection of how I've become a bit alienated from some of the prevailing critical orthodoxy that my tastes once felt more aligned with.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:42 (four years ago) link
But I turned 40 this year, so I get it.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
kaleidoscope dream was on the half-decade list, i'm pretty surprised that it and wildheart both didn't make it this time
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
― jaymc, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 6:39 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
directed at paul ponzi who sucks. you don’t suck
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
I never realised until now how far Ariel Pink had fallen from grace in P4K's eyes. I would've assumed Before Today would at least place. That record is still a damn front to back classic.
― triggercut, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:45 (four years ago) link
Right now the most surprising inclusion to see on here is Alabama Shakes.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
gorguts robbed
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
probably the biggest surprise for me is The Pinkprint because my memory of the general reception of every Nicki Minaj album has been "this is a bit underwhelming"
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
Also Ariel Pink's "Round and Round" did place at #31 on the tracks list. So he's not completely forgotten.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
Glad to see Malkmus in the top 5
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
― MarkoP, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 8:46 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
One of my favorite inclusions, tbh. That album is excellent
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
if dj rashad (who was obviously great) was still alive he wouldn't have crashed that top twenty, but his death gives just enough discourse for him to nose in amongst the royals
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
i do not understand any ldr record that is not ultraviolence or honeymoon and i’m still a little baffled that the discourse around the new one insists i should think she’s a good lyricist. she isn’t
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
she is the queen of american folk though *eyes roll out of head*
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
No Culture :(
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:58 (four years ago) link
ariel pink's stock has gone way down after how terrible and obnoxious he was around the time of his last album. that album was his best in a long time though, except for him saying tr*nny on it which combined with his other antics make me never want to listen to him again really
its kinda weird that ldr has so instantly gone from critically underrated to overrated to this degree but i like the album well enough that i'm not really bothered
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
I read an essay about it in Frieze. They were pretty enamoured of her wry yet gloomy take on Americana, especially—the writer said—her understanding that Anerica isn’t ending, but already over. From that it seemed like it was more of a Pop Art homage thing tailor made for people who tead Frieze more than it was an album made for music listeners.
However, I haven’t listened to it yet. I will though—I mostly like her work.
― treeship., Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:01 (four years ago) link
xp that post was about LDR
― treeship., Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
oh what is with burn your fire for no witness placing quite high but not my woman, which is much much better
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Going from "Round and Round" as the best song of whatever year to reviewing Miranda Lambert albums counts as a victory for something or other, I must admit.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
― ufo, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 7:02 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
they did this too early. all mirrors is better than both
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
i hated that frieze piece
― maura, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
A lot of writing on visual art is like that ime. Not as flowery, usually, but baring little relationship to the actual work under discussion and more about just metatextual framing
― treeship., Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
for dullards seeking to project their dull ideas about culture, lana dull rey has been a godsend
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
*bearing
Interesting to see who has fallen out of favour since they did the 2010-14 list. As others have pointed out, Ariel Pink and Sun Kil Moon are two big ones. Swans had a couple of albums in last time (including one in the top 20) and are nowhere to be seen. My Bloody Valentine were pretty high and didn't make it. I was expecting more Beach House considering how loyal they've been to them. Real Estate have taken a tumble too. I guess they're well and truly done with James Blake after he recently called them out on Twitter.
The biggest surprise on the whole list for me is just how high Anti is. I like it a lot, but does seems high and I'm still annoyed at the narrative that it was her first great album when Rated R is right there.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
Whoa mbv didn’t crack the top 200? That seems wild.
― treeship., Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
mbv too noisy
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
& european
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
Notorious MBV
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
My Buddy Valentin
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
No need for more than one European in the top 10, Robyn stands for the entire continent.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
I liked that record. I think it’s absence from spotify has made people forget about it.
I like this track as much as anything on loveless.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&q=my+bloody+valentine+in+another+way&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLSz9U3KEwpNDE2VQKzizOSs4rKtUSzk630c0uLM5P1E3OSSnOtivPz0osXsSrlViok5eTnp1QqlCXmpOaVZOalKmTmKSTm5ZdkpBYplCdWAgBrm3jFVgAAAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN77Gg7IzlAhXkxlkKHTd5AOoQri4IZDAD&biw=375&bih=628
― treeship., Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
That was supposed to be an embedded youtube video
― treeship., Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
in another way is incredible yes
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
My Bloody Dark Twisted Valentine
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
but most of the album is great too
maybe the one benefit of pfork's ludicrous anti-uk/eu bias is the lack of that bafflingly overrated slowdive comeback ;)
― imago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
1 European in the top 20, 2 in the top 25.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link