yeah that Ustad Saami was so great, better than the first one for sure
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
My gripe with the Quietus lists is very personal and small, and that is that for whatever reason, I find the style of rapping associated with a lot of grime and drill music to be irritating in the extreme— I love the beats, and love rap and hip-hop from the US and non-English speaking countries, but something about the accent and plosives or intonation or something just makes me want to press the skip button. That basically winnowed the list down to 90, and throw in the unlistenable experimental grindcore crap that I got over in 10th grade, and I'm at about 80 records that could hold interest.
you should definitely still check out that pa salieu album which made their top ten and is likely to make my personal one
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 30 November 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
Oh I didn’t know Ustad Saami had a new one out this year. Nice.
― pomenitul, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
Listening to the Bougaïeff right now, it's really one of the best techno full-lengths of the year, and could certainly hold enough interest for those not normally interested in the genre. And it got a great review!
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
Will check out the pa salieu record, vc.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
Aside from #1, the Paste list was not what I was expecting from them - e.g., would have expected Dylan, Haim, and Bridgers higher.
― Indexed, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
Also think that's the first list I've seen with both Sault albums in. Seemed to be one or the other so far elsewhere
I know at least one other that did:
The fifty-three months the year of 2020 have been... yeah. But musicians have carried us through.From the 300 LPs and EPs from 2020 I bought this year, here are my very favorites. I'll link to every album's @Bandcamp page in the thread below.What were your favorites? pic.twitter.com/7YXjbacQTG— Musicophilia (@musicophiliamix) November 26, 2020
I figure they'll end up vote-split in publications that poll participants...
― Soundslike, Monday, 30 November 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
Re: Slum of Legs, I was not at all aware, emil.y! Just listened to the first track now, and it’s great – I love the folk song undertones.
― pomenitul, Monday, 30 November 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
xxpost to Indexed, scroll through the bylines of that list and you can probably figure out why that is
(i'm not saying it's a bad thing.)
― alpine static, Monday, 30 November 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
Revolver’s top 25:https://www.revolvermag.com/music/25-best-albums-2020Not my take on metal at all but a worthy #1, considering.
― pomenitul, Monday, 30 November 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
Oh, thank you pom!
xxp
― emil.y, Monday, 30 November 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
xpost - that Revolver list has a few surprises, can't say I ever would have pegged Imperial Triumphant to show up on their list, and a lot of stuff that is, well, not my thing at all.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
the Greg Puciato album is the Petals for Armor of metal
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
also I didn't know the Killer Be Killed album was out now, and it fucking rips
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
I keep forgetting about that Killer Be KIlled album, better than the debut?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
I like it better so far yes, feels more cohesive to me
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
paste magazine list is limp as hell, lol
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
apart from backxwash incongruously sitting there amidst all the polite indie
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
Wasn't that always Paste's thing? Polite indie?
Oh, I also forgot to mention something about the Quietus list— Magik Markers! Really? Gonna go ahead and say that they're the worst band on record vis-a-vis live performances I've ever come across. They *rip* live, and except for maybe a record or two at their beginnings, it's just miss after miss, for me.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
Oh man strong disagree here, the new Magik Markers album is good as hell. I agree that most of their previous albums (at least those I've heard, can't say I've caught 'em all) have been underwhelming, but this new one hits all the spots for me.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
Mystery City, Blues for Randy, and I trust my guitar etc. are all pretty good. I just can't get into anything else...and the new one just sounds awful, but I'll give it another go. Might be one of those bands that really only appeals to me live.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
Interesting promotional item in Dalston (possibly items, I have seen it in two spots now) for the Pa Salieu record: a traffic diversion sign by the roadside.
― Jeff W, Monday, 30 November 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
the overall paste list is pretty limp, sure, but they did make room for some awesome records that i'd be surprised to see in too many other lists: ela minus, chubby & the gang, young jesus, thanya iyer
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 30 November 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
young jesus making my list for sure
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 30 November 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
i liked the slum of legs album a lot btw!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
’Tis the season…for Album of the Year lists! Here’s the 2020 spreadsheet, with data wizardry from @jrock16c. Bookmark this link:https://t.co/dzYEyN0V53— Rob Mitchum (@robmitchum) November 30, 2020
― Indexed, Monday, 30 November 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
Where the hell is Taylor Swift on the Paste list, or have I totally misjudged where that publication is these days?
― Indexed, Monday, 30 November 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
― alpine static, Monday, November 30, 2020 12:16 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
am i supposed to know these names or is it just the fact that there are like 5?
― Indexed, Monday, 30 November 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
one of them appears 20+ times, if my ctrl+f is correct. i'm just saying there's a writer there whose taste imprint is on that list, that's all.
― alpine static, Monday, 30 November 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
indexed, the kind of indie-sphere folk that paste champions, especially considering the contributions from dessner and vernon
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 30 November 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
*folklore is the kind, etc.
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 30 November 2020 23:21 (three years ago) link
Lol I stopped myself from soft-ripping on the tQ list for snubbing Slum of Legs
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 30 November 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
emily, really like the Slum of Legs record! listened while working this afternoon
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
Thank you emily!
Hearing it now! Agree with pom love those folk undertones but the synth really sells it for me, really like the mix of styles, I wasn’t expecting where it went in that opening track (great opener btw)
So far my fav is track 3, kind of reminded of the Sugarcubes (it might not be an influence at all but for me it’s a good thing)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 November 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
Ah jeez, thanks guys. Now let's get a crew together and picket Quietus HQ.
Sugarcubes not a conscious influence but certainly not a bad thing imo!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
Moar lists
https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/best-songs-of-2020/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/30/the-20-best-songs-of-2020
https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2020/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
Nice whirled music list in Songlines:https://www.songlines.co.uk/explore/guides-and-lists/top-10-albums-of-2020
― Ari (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 05:55 (three years ago) link
Not much love for the Hayley Williams or Killers albums so far
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 08:05 (three years ago) link
> https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2020/
nice to Cindy Lee getting a top 10 spot there. both albums! (that second mini-album-y one that's only available via a blinking geocities-page is especially wonderful).
― Joris Stereo, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 10:14 (three years ago) link
Also, the international perspective. Oor is the Netherlands' Mojo/Q/Rolling Stone: https://oor.nl/news/eefje-de-visser-maakt-het-beste-album-van-2020/
― Joris Stereo, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 10:17 (three years ago) link
noteworthy in that it’s the first time in their almost 50-year history they’ve chosen an album by a Dutch artist (singing in Dutch to boot) as the year’s best.
― Running up that hill but fleeting (a deal with Gop) (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:11 (three years ago) link
Salem brought out an album this year wtf? oh my god loooool
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:39 (three years ago) link
also, is this the year where all the album covers are really dark and deliberately underexposed? the opposite of The Great Millennial Colour Drought
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:41 (three years ago) link
Dog Latin, all I got for a few weeks was suggested videos for Salem. I was like 'WHY'
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 12:38 (three years ago) link
i gave the opening tracks a quick listen and, yeah, nobody asked for this
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
Is Gorilla vs. Bear a hipster fashion magazine or...?
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
basically yes
― imago, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
One of the biggest mp3 blogs that is still standing, also recently founded a record label called Luminelle Recordings with the following acts:
AnemoneBodywashDas BodyFADEHana VuHelena DelandJackie MendozaLiselMagdalena BayMorabeza TobaccoMUNYA
Kind of cheating since his top pick (Helena Deland) is on Luminelle but all of the artists in there are actually good and very “on brand” to the music he likes. Helena Deland in particular is really good, I’d have no problem picking her as a top 20 AOY.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
I’ll check out Deland, if only to pretend I’m keeping up with local acts.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
I’d say he was definitely influential for hipster subculture in the mid to late 00s so yeah describing it as a hipster fashion zine is not that off.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link