I binged the shit out of 2019 releases and this remains one of the 5 or so albums I outright hated the most (sorry Brad).
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
{alternative}^{alternative} = alternative
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
Why does "overenunciated" translate to "inauthentic" and "not black enough"? To me it just means, too 90's poetry-slam digable planets.(none of those a bad thing in my book, btw, but ymmv)
― enochroot, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jH26857.jpg#67 – Caterina Barbieri – Ecstatic Computation (200 points, 7 votes)
https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?action=showall&boardid=45&threadid=98991
https://thequietus.com/articles/26405-caterina-barbieri-ecstatic-computation
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the clipping write up, DJP. Will be checking them out.
Never heard of this one.
― Indexed, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
ooh this Barbieri looks like my kinda thing
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
voted for this too, it's really nice
― Dan S, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
The exact words were "super-wordy and enunciated" and it was in contrast to the description of their music as "WE'RE SCARY", which is absolutely a vibe they were going for on this album but doesn't (to my ears) accurately describe their entire catalog without making a lot of assumptions about tone and intent.
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
The National album is like sunlight emerging during a still cloudy morning. The use of backing vocals/harmonists as complement worked beautifully. Their best in a dozen years.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
Ooh I've actually heard this one. Cool stuff, though I don't quite see what is extraordinary about it.
Embarrassed to admit I only know Diggs from The Get Down and uhh Kimmy Schmidt. The horror elements aren't too enticing personally, but I'm going to check it out
― rob, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
wow this Berbieri record is DOPE
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
xp: Listen to "Run For Your Life" on headphones. The production job on that song is incredible.
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, February 3, 2020 11:36 AM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
that's fair! a lot of people hate the national!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
Listened to this (Barbieri) for the first time quite recently, after I'd already voted. It's a big step up from her previous records, which were good but never surprised. This one does.
Really enjoying Sampa the Great so far. Only on track 11 though.
― Jeff W, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
I really liked the one Sampa the Great song I heard but I never got to the album and the song I liked ("OMG") wasn't nominated
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
Ecstatic Computation made for a pleasant enough moment.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
There's some alright 'left-field'-ish stuff placing in these lower reaches, but nothing I voted for so I've been looking over my ballot - sadly I'm not expecting any nice surprises for me, really. I reckon I have three definite placers and a couple of maybes, anything else would be a shock.
― emil.y, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/PkNho9I.jpg#66 – Tyler, the Creator – IGOR (202 points, 8 votes)
Tyler the Creator
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/tyler-the-creator-igor-review-837811/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
I didn’t like this CB album as much as ones I’d heard previously
― uncrut gems (crüt), Monday, 3 February 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
Hm looks like we might see a lot more rap on this poll than tracks
― rob, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Monday, February 3, 2020 1:51 PM (one minute ago)
this was good advice, thank you!
― rob, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
Not as sharp as Flower Boy, and he's a better producer than rapper.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
this and flower boy are just great fun records, really love where tyler's been taking his music
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
RYM we are not. Slightly preferred FB as well
― TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
Yay! That’s three of mine to place already (TTC, Jme and clipping.) - probably a record. Preferred Flower Boy too, but this was still lovely. GONE, GONE / THANK YOU a highlight, as is the mad final 30 seconds of the otherwise prettily chill ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?
― tangenttangent, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:05 (four years ago) link
I dipped out on following Tyler a long time ago, so when I decided to check this one out, I had to move backwards and hear Flower Boy. I prefer IGOR, but maybe that'd be different if I'd heard Flower Boy first?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:05 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Mhc9AW8.jpg#65 – FONTAINES D.C. – Dogrel (204 points, 7 votes)
the band that best addrsses 'Irishness' and the subject of Ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/12/fontaines-dc-dogrel-album-review-irish-punks-debut
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
apologies but clipping always sounds very corny to my ears. it's a combo of diggs' super-wordy and enunciated rapping and the "WE'RE SCARY!" aesthetic
I can't really put into words exactly how offensive this position is to me. It comes across to me as saying Diggs can't be good at hip-hop because he's not black enough.
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Monday, February 3, 2020 12:26 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i'm not saying he's not good at it, i'm saying i don't like it. i'm not mentioning the rapping style and the aesthetic as being in contrast to each other, i'm mentioning them as two separate things that i don't like. the rapping feels like it's more about technique than expression, which is not something i enjoy, and i have trouble taking "scary" music seriously. it's admittedly a reductive opinion but i've listened to them several times and didn't enjoy it and so didn't go back to give it a deep analysis.
― na (NA), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
fwiw for the curious, the aesthetic of There Existed.... isn't out-and-out horrorcore or anything, it's more "here's a sample from the score to a 70s horror film there, a droning synth there, a lyrical motif as a starting point there" etc
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
regret not throwing a vote to clipping (and one other which i hope will place)
― omar little, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ugNkIRX.jpg#64 – Miranda Lambert – Wildcard (208 points, 8 votes)
miranda lambert
come anticipate Miranda Lambert's new double album The Weight of These Wings
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/miranda-lamberts-wildcard-is-a-freewheeling-country-rock-masterpiece-901904/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
I voted for Fontaines too because I heard it for the first time and liked it the same weekend I was voting. Dunno if I'd do it again. It's fine, but whatever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
It's fine, but whatever.
My reaction to the Tyler record.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
i always vote Miranda Lambert high up but i haven't really listened to this album yet so i didn't vote for it. she is wonderful tho.
― omar little, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
This countdown is so much less contentious (and, I guess, less heavily trafficked) than the tracks rollout!
― dad genes (morrisp), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
I liked that Fontaines DC record. Kind of a Dublin Idles it's okay to like afaic
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
re: Lambert, only 3-4 real outright killers on the level of the last album, but not a bad listen
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
I've only heard a couple of Fontaines DC songs and they reminded me of Idles so I didn't investigate any further. Didn't realise they had any kind of following on here.
― kitchen person, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
Whoa, worst cover I've seen so far
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
That's actually an oddly cropped version of the cover I'm familiar with.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
Ah ok, that would make sense.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
Listened to Dogrel a lot last year and put it on my ballot. Absolutely hated the Idles album
― groovypanda, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
Has anyone completed her crossword yet?
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
lambert record is great, think i voted for it? not a masterpiece like the last one but they can't all be
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
one more and then i'm out for awhile; expect a few PM options to appear.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
enjoying caterina barbieri!
― nxd, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
I guess with Ecstatic Computation placing, at least one thing from my ballot did. Which is nice.
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
thank u for bringing it to my attention!
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
nm i did not vote for it. only thing to place from my ballot so far is cate le bon
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 3 February 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link