This is some really solid cultural appropriation.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
i remember the name (it's a memorable name) because they were big on wfmu the last time i was listening semi-regularly. didn't get what people heard in them then and don't get it now, honestly... i've heard enough instrumental psychedelic jams that i tend to be picky about them!
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
i got them confused in my head with Two Dollar Guitar
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Ha, I confused them with post-rock band The American Dollar for a while!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 5 December 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2019-914750/
50. Moon Tooth - Crux49. Priests - The Seduction of Kansas48. Yola - Walk Through Fire47. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding46. Burna Boy - African Giant45. Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats - Anger Management44. The Black Keys - "Let's Rock"43. Todd Snider - Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 342. Rapsody - Eve41. Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life40. Juice WRLD - DEATH RACE FOR LOVE39. Beck - Hyperspace38. Summer Walker - Over It37. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains36. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE35. BROCKHAMPTON - GINGER34. Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima33. J Balvin & Bad Bunny - Oasis32. Sheer Mag - A Distant Call31. Megan Thee Stallion - Fever30. The National - I Am Easy to Find29. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold28. Coldplay - Everyday Life27. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow26. Wilco - Ode to Joy25. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!24. Tanya Tucker - While I'm Livin'22. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars21. Bon Iver - i,i20. Polo G - Die a Legend19. 100 gecs - 1000 gecs18. Young Thug - So Much Fun17. Big Thief - Two Hands16. Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury15. Brittany Howard - Jaime14. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors13. Jenny Lewis - On the Line12. Tyler, the Creator - IGOR11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen10. The Highwomen - The Highwomen9. DaBaby - Baby On Baby8. Miranda Lambert - Wildcard7. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride6. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You5. Bad Bunny - X 100PRE4. Taylor Swift - Lover3. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!2. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?1. Ariana Grande - thank u, next
― monotony, Friday, 6 December 2019 02:17 (four years ago) link
75 Dollar Bill’s I Was Real and Angel Bat Dawid’s Oracle are both really nice but I don't really feel like they’re the albums of the year
― Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 03:42 (four years ago) link
re: the Morton Feldman/Philip Thomas "Morton Feldman Piano", I think Tilbury's "All Piano" box set from 1999 was definitive
― Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 03:51 (four years ago) link
well, i like Rolling Stone's #1 better than most
also ... Moon Tooth!!
― alpine static, Friday, 6 December 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
Feldman's For Bunita Marcus is one of my favorite compositions of all time. I thought the Tilbury performance was perfect and am curious about Philip Thomas's version of it
― Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 05:18 (four years ago) link
ended up ordering it from Another Timbre
― Dan S, Friday, 6 December 2019 05:39 (four years ago) link
rolling stone caught in that boomer/zoomer dialectic like it's 2019
― imago, Friday, 6 December 2019 08:12 (four years ago) link
Wow RS list is like 45% female fronted acts
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 6 December 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
Jon Caramanica NY Times
2019 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1. 100 gecs2. Bad Bunny3. Polo G/NBA YoungBoy4. Kim Petras5. Romeo Santos6. Lana7. Kalie Shorr8. Baby Keem/Guapdad 40009. Kanye10. 10k.Caash11. Ariana12. Summer Walker
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 December 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
RS list not the worst!
― Simon H., Friday, 6 December 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/arts/music/best-albums.html
Both Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica listed here plus the jazz list too
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 December 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
Some ppl here liked the Concrete Islands list last year, so here is the expanded 2019 edition.
https://concreteislands.com/concrete-islands-albums-of-the-year-2019/
Albums of the year:
50. Pictogram – Trace Elements (Miracle Pond)49. Alexander Tucker – Guild of the Asbestos Weaver (Thrill Jockey)48. Handspan – The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Outside)47. Drew Mulholland – Three Antennas in a Quarry (Buried Treasure)46. The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong (Rocket Recordings) 45. Grand Veymont – Grand Veymont (Outré)44. Dean Hurley – Anthology Resource Vol II: Philosophy of the Beyond (Sacred Bones)43. Dog in the Snow – Vanishing Lands (Bella Union)42. Vanishing Twin – The Age of Immunology (Fire)41. Rozi Plain – What a Boost (Memphis Industries)40. Loraine James – For You & I (Hyperdub) 39. The Slow Engineer – Where Comes the Dark? (Polytechnic Youth)38. Beirut – Gallipoli (4AD)37. Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker – Little Common Twist (Thrill Jockey)36. Mark Fisher & Justin Barton – On Vanishing Land (Flatlines)35. Gabe Knox – ABC (Polytechnic Youth)34. Jonathan Sharp – Divided Time (Castles in Space)33. The Shining Levels – Music Inspired by the Novel: The Gallows Pole (Outré)32. Burd Ellen – Silver Came (self released)31. Special Interest – Spiraling (Anxious Music)30. The Heartwood Institute – Tomorrow’s People (Polytechnic Youth)29. Various – Weaponise Your Sound (Optimo Music / Weaponise Your Sound)28. The Detox Twins – Dead Horse Ghost (Polytechnic Youth)27. Carter Tutti Void – Triumverate (Conspiracy International)26. De Ambassade – Duistre Kamers (Knekelhuis)25. Penelope Trappes – Penelope Redeux (Houndstooth)24. Madder Rose – To Be Beautiful (Trome)23. Tomorrow Syndicate – Citizen Input (Polytechnic Youth)22. Listening Center – Retrieving (Polytechnic Youth)21. Clesse – Clesse ( Café Kaput)
20. Western Edges – Prowess (Sound in Silence)19. Jorja Chalmers – Human Again (Italians Do It Better)18. Kim Gordon – No Home Record (Matador)17. HTRK – Venus in Leo (Ghostly International)16. Cosey Fanni Tutti – TUTTI (Conspiracy International)15. Kinbrae – Landforms (Truant Recordings)14. Dalham – Heat Death (Castles in Space)13. Julie’s Haircut – In the Silence Electric (Rocket Recordings)12. The Home Current – Civilian Leather (Castles in Space)11. Pye Corner Audio – Hollow Earth (Ghost Box)10. Polypores – Flora (Castles in Space)09. Vic Mars – Inner Roads and Outer Paths (Clay Pipe Music)08. Patience – Dizzy Spells (Night School)07. Oliver Cherer – I Feel Nothing Most Days (Second Language)06. The Golden Filter – Autonomy (4GN3S)05. Moor Mother – Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (Don Giovanni)04. Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains (Drag City)03. Justin Hopper & Sharron Kraus with The Belbury Poly – Chanctonbury Rings (Ghost Box)02. Andrew Wasylyk – The Paralian (Athens of the North)01. Free Love – Extreme Dance Anthems (Optimo Music)
Archival releases:
12. Stereolab – Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (Duophonic / Warp) 11. Burial – Tunes 2011 to 2019 (Hyperdub)10. Rupa – Disco Jazz (Numero Group)9. Fad Gadget – The Best of Fad Gadget (Mute)8. Shakti – Verboden Dromen (Stroom)7. Algebra Suicide – Still Life (Dark Entries)6. Ela Orleans – Movies for Ears (Night School)5. A Certain Ratio – ACR:BOX (Mute)4. Various – The Daisy Age (Ace)3. Elisa Waut – Elisa Waut (Numero Group)2. Fernando Falcão – Memória das Águas / Barracas Barrocas (Optimo Music / Selva Discos)1. Patrick Cowley – Mechanical Fantasy Box (Dark Entries)
― Jeff W, Friday, 6 December 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
I was shocked to see Moon Tooth there! top 10 album for sure!
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
yay @ spotting Lambert on the RS list top ten.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
Love the Concrete Islands site/ethos so I'm not surprised to see the overlap with my own EOY list
― doug watson, Friday, 6 December 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
I recognize only a sliver of it, but the Concrete Islands list looks good indeed.
― pomenitul, Friday, 6 December 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
That RS list is great! Finally, a #1 that I can get behind! ;)
― Peloton-gifting husband (morrisp), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
no clipping = invalid
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
I keep getting Moon Tooth confused with Moon Hooch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqLU3Rp1fZo
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
Moon Hooch is more HoochyMoon Tooth, more ... Toothy
― alpine static, Saturday, 7 December 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Glad to see Ted Gioia list Mississippi’s Jimmy Duck Holmes on his album list. While not quite as raucous as Fat Possum label RL Burnside releases from the past, Holmes has a unique charm to his blues sound that work.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 December 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
I think the Burial 2011 to 2019 album is so beautifully sequenced. It is an an archival recording but I love all of these tracks and hearing them all together in this way makes this the album of the year for me
― Dan S, Sunday, 8 December 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link
It's funny, just a few weeks before the compendium was announced, I'd realized all the recent EPs/12"s were on Bandcamp and boyght them all based on people repping them here. So I've gotten really used to them chronologically--I'll have to give it a shot as Burial himself has sequenced it...
― Soundslike, Sunday, 8 December 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
I'm also agreeing with more stuff in the RS list than I thought I'd ever be. I'm not sure if that means a turnaround for Rolling Stone or for me. I suppose it might be part of growing older: get to 40, start thinking about your retirement savings, begin going to doctors more often and find yourself in agreement with RS and Mojo.
― cpl593H, Monday, 9 December 2019 11:00 (four years ago) link
File this list under "weird": https://www.vulture.com/article/best-albums-2019.html.
I mean I can agree with some of these but Sturgill, Brittany Howard and Wilco on top?? It reminds me of that RS list from a couple years ago with U2 and the odds and ends Springsteen album at #1 and #2 respectively.
10. Griselda Records, W.W.C.D. 9. Sturgill Simpson, Sound & Fury 8. The Highwomen, The Highwomen 7. Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell 6. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Bandana 5. Brittany Howard, Jaime 4. FKA Twigs, Magdalene 3. Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride 2. Solange, When I Get Home 1. Wilco, Ode to Joy
― cpl593H, Monday, 9 December 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
File that list under 'jaded rock critics trying to be hip and faceplanting'
― imago, Monday, 9 December 2019 12:30 (four years ago) link
I didn't know Wilco released an album this year
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 9 December 2019 12:32 (four years ago) link
Stereogum's metal list:
10. Dysrhythmia, Terminal Threshold9. Serpent Column, Mirror in Darkness8. Remete, Into Endless Night7. Blood Incantation, Hidden History of the Human Race6. Idle Hands, Mana5. Esoteric, A Pyrrhic Existence4. No One Knows What the Dead Think, s/t3. A Pregnant Light, Broken Play2. Arch / Matheos, Winter Ethereal1. Haunter, Sacramental Death Qualia
― Simon H., Monday, 9 December 2019 14:25 (four years ago) link
https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2019-2641547956.html
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
has clipping in it so passes DJP's credibility test
unfortunately another to buy into the lana del rey myth but i'm resigned to that at this point
― imago, Monday, 9 December 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
20. Jenny Lewis - On the Line19. Rapsody - Eve18. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka17. Jordan Rakei - Origin16. Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy15. Underworld - DRIFT Series 114. Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love13. Baroness - Gold & Grey12. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow11. Little Simz - GREY Area10. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains9. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.8. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen6. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!5. Dave - Psychodrama4. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel3. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!2. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain1. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2019/allmusic-best-of-2019
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
https://www.kcrw.com/best-of/best-of-2019/best-albums
1. Brittany Howard
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
https://crackmagazine.net/article/annual-report-2019/the-top-50-albums-of-the-year-2/
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2019/
― willem, Monday, 9 December 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
still just don't get it with "cellophane," there are at least 3-4 better songs on that album alone, and it's not even one of my favorites of the year.
pubs should just start putting their thumbs on the scale (if they don't already) and making the #1 something's truly emblematic/representative of the year. for 2019 imo that means either "Old Town Road," "bad guy" or, if you want to go indie, Big Thief's "Not."
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
it me:
Said the Gramophone 100 best tracks listhttp://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/best_songs_of_2019.php
1. Julia Jacklin - "Don't Know How To Keep Loving You" 2. Vampire Weekend - "This Life"3. Sarkodie ft Akan - "All Die Be Die"4. Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens - "Gone"5. Molly Sarlé - "Human"6. Lil Nas X ft Billy Ray Cyrus - "Old Town Road (remix)" 7. Purple Mountains - "Nights That Won't Happen"8. Nilüfer Yanya - "Paradise" 9. Rosalía ft Ozuna - "Yo x Ti, Ti x Mi"10. Jonathan Personne - "Comme personne"11. Joseph Shabason - "Broken Hearted Kota"12. Clairo - "Bags"13. Leif Vollebekk - "I'm Not Your Lover" [14. Maggie Rogers - "Overnight" 15. Lana Del Rey - "Hope is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have - But I Have It"16. Zlatan - "This Year" 17. Haim - "Summer Girl"18. Corridor - "Domino" 19. Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron - "Love Without Possession"20. Hatchie - "Without a Blush" (then 80 more)
― sean gramophone, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
Mine
6 PARTITAS (HILARY HAHN, ANTÓN GARCÍA ABRIL)A GOOD TIME (DAVIDO)ABSOLUTE ZERO (BRUCE HORNSBY)AFTER ITS OWN DEATH / WALKING IN A SPIRAL TOWARDS THE HOUSE (NIVHEK)AGORA (FENNESZ)AKRASIA (DJ SPORTS)ALL MIRRORS (ANGEL OLSEN)BASKING IN THE GLOW (OSO OSO)BECOME DESERT (JOHN LUTHER ADAMS)C.1300-C.2000 (JEREMY DENK)CLEAR / WASP (SKUDGE)COMING UP FOR AIR (GALAXIAN)CRUSH (FLOATING POINTS)DNT STP MY LV (INDIA JORDAN)EMILY ALONE (FLORIST)GAY MAN'S GUIDE TO SAFER SEX + 2, THE (COIL)GHOSTEEN (NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS)GRAPEFRUIT REGRET (KARENN)HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE (BLOOD INCANTATION)HOUSE OF SUGAR ((SANDY) ALEX G)I AM EASY TO FIND (THE NATIONAL)I,I (BON IVER)IKI (TOYOHIKO SATOH)IT SHOULD BE US (ANDY STOTT)JAIME (BRITTANY HOWARD)KISLOTY FOREVER (SCHACKE)LIFE METAL (SUNN O))))LIMINAL GARDEN (DOLPHIN MIDWIVES)LIVE AT FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON (COLIN CURRIE, STEVE REICH)LIVE AT WOMAD 1985 (NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN & PARTY)LOOM DREAM (LEIF)MAGDALENE (FKA TWIGS)MOTIAN MUSIC (RUSS LOSSING)MOVIMIENTO PARA CAMBIO (PELADA)MY WORLD MY WAY (E-SAGGILA)NO HOME RECORD (KIM GORDON)NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL! (LANA DEL REY)PATIENCE (MANNEQUIN PUSSY)PRACTICE OF LOVE, THE (JENNY HVAL)PUNK (CHAI)PURPLE MOUNTAINS (PURPLE MOUNTAINS)QUIET SIGNS (JESSICA PRATT)RAVE 'TILL YOU CRY (BOGDAN RACZYNSKI)REELING, THE (BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL)REMIND ME TOMORROW (SHARON VAN ETTEN)REWARD (CATE LE BON)SCHLAGENHEIM (BLACK MIDI)SHAWNEE, OHIO (BRIAN HARNETTY)SHEPHERD IN A SHEEPSKIN VEST (BILL CALLAHAN)SHOUTING OVER DEEP BLUE WATER BLUES (ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO)SINNER (MOODYMANN)SLIPPING (JOY ORBISON)SPIRIT LADY (MICHAEL ROBINSON)SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 4 (FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE, JOHN JETER, FORT SMITH SYMPHONY)THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE (HELADO NEGRO)TITANIC RISING (WEYES BLOOD)TOUS DES OISEAUX (ELENI KARAINDROU)TUMBLIN (NAO OTSUKA)TWO HANDS (BIG THIEF)U.F.O.F. (BIG THIEF)VIOLINVOCATIONS (HUGH MARSH)ZOOM (CUCINA POVERA)
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 9 December 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
Bandcamp is rolling out their top 100 albums of the year, 20 per day. Here's Part 1.
100. The Gotobeds, Debt Begins At 3099. Various Artists, The Time for Peace is Now98. Tourist Activities, Off My Mind97. Pleasure Leftists, The Gate96. Wizard Apprentice, Dig a Pit95. Christelle Bofale, Swim Team94. Penelope Trappes, Penelope Redeux93. Julia Shapiro, Perfect Version92. Shafiq Husayn, The Loop91. Kassa Overall, Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz90. Ami Dang, Parted Plains89. Reese McHenry, No Dados88. Various Artists, Nigeria 70: No Wahalo: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-198787. Lena Raine, OneKnowing86. Salami Rose Joe Louis, Zdenka 208085. DIÄT, Positive Disintegration84. Lafawndah, Ancestor Boy83. Nérija, Blume82. French Vanilla, How Am I Not Myself?81. Rakta, Falha Column
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 9 December 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
You may want to specify the composer on some of those, e.g. 'SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 4 (FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE, JOHN JETER, FORT SMITH SYMPHONY'.
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― pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
(Popmatters) has clipping in it so passes DJP's credibility test
― breastcrawl, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
Will definitely dig around the Bandcamp hundred, always plenty to discover
― imago, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
For sure. I’m an idiot so I really don’t know when (and how) I should do this. Any tips would be genuinely appreciated. If you’re curious, I did this, like I’ve done my lists from that past few years, by just dumping the release name and release artist from Discogs.
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 9 December 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
Ah, that makes sense. For non-classical music, I usually go with 'Main Artist - Album Title' and for classical music I switch to 'Composer - Album Title (Performer(s))' if the composer is the main artist and 'Performer(s) - Album Title' if they're not.
― pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
Provisional (I'll run them again after the year actually ends) lists by country and genre for 77 countries and 2,011 genres, plus 3 global lists, from 2019 Spotify listening data:
http://everynoise.com/2019_around_the_world.cgi
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 9 December 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
The 10 best jazz albums of 2019, according to me (via Stereogum):
https://www.stereogum.com/2067204/best-jazz-albums-2019/franchises/2019-in-review/
10. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf9. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul8. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis7. SEED Ensemble, Driftglass6. Victor Gould, Thoughts Become Things5. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Ancestral Recall4. Theon Cross, Fyah3. Jeremy Pelt, Jeremy Pelt the Artist2. Yazz Ahmed, Polyhymnia1. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link