For those who do top 10 lists each year, it's fun to look back at year's end to see what survives 6 additional months of listening, and what doesn't eventually make the cut.
I'll come up with my own list shortly.
― stephen, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't think i could come up with 10 albums from this year so far i would throw my weight behind
having said that, the top ones are
for against - shade side sunny side the lodger - life is sweet i was a cub scout - i want you to know that there is always hope headlights - some racing some stopping ida - lovers prayers
hon mentions but unlikely to make my top 10 by dec: robert forster, sarandon, the accidental, auburn lull, cut copy, daysleepers, eight legs
lol indie
― electricsound, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:15 (sixteen years ago) link
1. Black Mountain – In The Future 2. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid 3. Shearwater – Rook 4. The Dodos - Visiter 5. Spiritualized – Songs In A&E 6. Beach House – Devotion 7. Fleet Foxes – s/t 8. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular 9. Portishead – Third 10. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Based purely on what I've played/replayed most often this year, here is my top ten list. Alphabetical order; I could rank Portishead first because I've played that one the most by far, and after that it's a crapshoot.
Boris, Smile (Southern Lord) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig Lazarus Dig!!! (Mute) Earth, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord) Fuck Buttons, Street Horsssing (ATP) The Gutter Twins, Saturnalia (Sub Pop) Jamie Lidell, Jim (Warp) M83, Saturdays = Youth (Mute) Portishead, Third (Mercury) The Raveonettes, Lust Lust Lust (Vice) Spiritualized, Songs in A & E (Sanctuary)
― stephen, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:23 (sixteen years ago) link
In no particular order:
Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers Fleet Foxes - s/t Vampire Weekend - s/t Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash Girl Talk - Feed the Animals Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device Coldplay - Viva La Vida Panic! At the Disco - Pretty. Odd. Weezer - Red Album
(I think the only definite placements on my year-end list are gonna be Kathleen, Vampire Weekend, and Girl Talk.)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link
hold steady (best of 2008 so far imo),dodos,mgmt,no age,vampire weekend,the fall,wolf parade,destroyer
― Zeno, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link
xxpost Street Horrrsing, my bad.
― stephen, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
i wanna listen to that Shearwater record though
― Zeno, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't been a fan of Hold Steady so far... is the new album gonna convert me? (Trying to decide whether it's worth grabbing a copy.)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:32 (sixteen years ago) link
if you didnt like Boys and Girls - i don't think youll like this one either
― Zeno, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
If you didn't like Boys and Girls you're forgiven as it's their weakest album. Go for Separation Sunday before you check out the new one.
― stephen, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Hold Steady would of made list but is not out yet so it didn't qualify. great album!
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
it is out in digital format i think
― Zeno, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:44 (sixteen years ago) link
need to spend more time with them, but, tentatively
1. Air France - No Way Down EP 2. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind... 3. Vampire Weekend - s/t 4. Studio - Yearbook II 5. Hercules & Love Affair - s/t 6. Sebastian Tellier - Sexuality 7. No Age - Nouns 8. Animal Collective - Water Curses 9. Alex Moulton - Exodus 10. Dodos - Visiter
― poortheatre, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i think i'll add the Shearwater album to my list, i love the Mark Hollis influence.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:55 (sixteen years ago) link
cheap time black and whites ...
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
1. Portishead - Portishead 2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horssing 3. Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner 4. Torche - Meanderthal 5. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual 6. James Blackshaw - Litany Of Echoes 7. The Roots - Rising Down 8. Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia 9. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls 10. Boris - Smile
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
moto boy, devotchka, auburn lull, ruby suns, july skies, soda fountain rag, loveliescrushing, hari & aino, randomnumber, moscow olympics
― keythkeyth, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link
If 2008 ended today, alphabetically:
Bruno Pronsato - Why Cant We Be Like Us Carl Craig - Sessions LP Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale Hercules and Love Affair - Self Titled The Hold Steady - Stay Positive Nomo - Ghost Rock Portishead - Third Quiet Village - Silent Movie Syclops - I've Got My Eye On You Tape - Luminarium
― The Macallan 18 Year, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
yay Tape!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: 4th World War 2. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip 3. Evangelista - Hello, Voyager 4. Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The Melody 5. Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild 6. My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth 7. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 8. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely 9. Rich Boy - Bigger Than The Mayor 10. Sloan - Parallel Play
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07 Bison The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent Ladytron -Velocoforo Cheap Time Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In Black Mountain - Into the Future Victrola Favorites (VA)
― bendy, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
badu cuong vu -- vu-tet akoya afrobeat -- p.d.p. maceo parker -- roots and grooves gipsy.cz -- reprezent lil mama -- voice of the young people esperanza spalding -- esperanza gilberto gil -- banda larga cordel steven bernstein -- diaspora suite issa bagayogo -- mali kounde
― Dimension 5ive, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 05:17 (sixteen years ago) link
1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah 2. Portishead - Third 3. Kelley Polar - I Need You Told Hold on While the World is Falling 4. Vampire Weekend 5. The-Dream - Lovehate 6. Hercules & Love Affair 7. Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality 8. Nejo y Dalmata - Broke & Famous 9. Santogold 10. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 05:23 (sixteen years ago) link
1. hercules and love affair- s/t 2. los campesinos- hold on now youngster 3. the-dream- love/hate 4. vampire weekend- s/t 5. lil wayne- tha carter III 6. hot chip- made in the dark 7. cut copy- in ghost colours 8. bun b- II trill 9. lil boosie- da beginning 10. studio- yearbook 2
(still trying to figure out how much i like: wolf parade, ponytail, be your own pet, miles benjamin anthony robinson, young dro, rich boy, air france)
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought maybe all the good stuff from 08 had been hiding from me, but nothing on these lists interests me at all. Maybe it's just a horrible year for music.
― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link
also should find some room for gucci mane in there
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
fwiw i think this has been a great year for albums
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:27 (sixteen years ago) link
1. Why? - Alopecia 2. Je Suis Animal - Self Taught Magic From A Book 3. Autechre - Quaristice 4. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill 5. El Guincho - Alegranza
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Tha Carter III, James Blackshaw, No Age, Flying Lotus, Atlas Sound, all honourable mentions.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Bang on a Can--Music for Airports King Khan--The Supreme Genius Kelley Stoltz--Circular Sounds Sigur Ros--Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust Kurt Vile--Constant Hitmaker Al Green--Lay It Down Earth--The Bees Made Honey Portishead--Third Plants & Animals--Parc Avenue Oneida--Preteen Weaponry
― kamerad, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Portishead - Third Sunset - Bright Blue Dream & The Glowing City Beach House - Devotion Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust Magnetic Fields - Distortion
still want to hear Badu, Kurt Weisman, Shearwater
― matinee, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Shearwater - Rook The Dø - A Mouthful Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid Portishead - Third Fleet Foxes - s/t Vampire Weekend - s/t Four Tet - Ringer EP Why? - Alopecia Youthmovies - Good Nature Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
That's probably the top ten, the top two of which are most settled / secure in my esteem. Also floating around are Black Mountain, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, Gutter Twins, Neil Cowley, The Blessing, Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia, Guillemots, Cadence Weapon, Hercules & Love Affair, Breeders.
― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:05 (sixteen years ago) link
A very strong year indeed thus far...
1. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid 2. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? 3. Barry Adamson - Back To The Cat 4. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair 5. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 6. Shearwater - Rook 7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 8. Portishead - Third 9. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 10. System 7 - Phoenix 11. Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark 12. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams 13. The Breeders - Mountain Battles 14. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing 15. Camille - Music Hole
... with many, many others bubbling under.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:18 (sixteen years ago) link
forgot about ponytail.great record.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:52 (sixteen years ago) link
barry adamson's got a new one out? must investigate...
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:12 (sixteen years ago) link
if you ain't interested in hearing ANY of the stuff mentioned on this thread you should perhaps question your interest in music, really. this year has been amazing.
1. erykah badu, new amerykah part one (4th world war) 2. mariah carey, e=mc2 3. dj apostle, the elements of bassline 4. lil' wayne, tha carter iii 5. ellen allien, boogybytes vol 4 6. ashlee simpson, bittersweet world 7. wiley, grime wave 8. akiko kiyama, 7 years 9. robert hood, fabric 39 10. trus'me, working nights
hon mentions to: bun b, estelle, the bug, roland appel, portishead, alex moulton, mlle caro & franck garcia, appleblim, the-dream, booka shade, kuniyuki takahashi, the mole, danity kane, santogold, diskjokke, lindstrøm, lil' mama, bruno pronsato
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:15 (sixteen years ago) link
jordan sargent likes los campesinos????!!!!!!!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:17 (sixteen years ago) link
yes! a lot
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:19 (sixteen years ago) link
me and passantino, wrists out the windows, ridin round london blastin los campesinos
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:20 (sixteen years ago) link
ew
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i think one of them may have been a successor of mine as editor of my uni's student mag? i worry that i may have inadvertently nurtured this shit
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:24 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i do want to hear the gucci mane though so u get points back for that
hmmm.
thinking about it, I can't really think of anything apart perhaps from 'Mega Breakfast' by The Chap that I'd deem worthy of inclusion in a top ten list. And the Beach House record actually.
weird. last year was fucking ace as well.
― linea, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I miss Be Your Own Pet from J0rdan's list.
― zeus, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
old stuff reissued has been order of the day @ ireallylovemusic hq for most of the year.
cannonball adderley - soul zodiac (reissue) david axelrod/electric prunes - the warner sessions the godfathers - hit by hit (reissue)
new albums :
pama intl - love filled dub midnight juggerbauts - dystopia the black ghosts - mixtape cut copy - in ghost colours idc - overthrow the boss class the heliocentrics - out there
want to hear : portishead/goldfrapp
― mark e, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:28 (sixteen years ago) link
ha
im all over the place on that record. part of it is that i had pretty unreasonable expectations for it since their s/t is one of my favorite of the decade. im slowly coming around to it but the lyrics esp seem kinda lazily written to me. it's missing a song like "adventure" or "thresher's flail" i think. i dont like using the "its not you its me defense" but i would recommend the record and the band to anyone and everyone (and do irl) but its just been overshadowed by other things this year. still holding out on it all the way clicking though.
xp
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:32 (sixteen years ago) link
lex:
gucci is a must. #1 good mood rap music of the year right now, esp. the bleepy keyboard tracks ("i know why", "i might be", "ballers") on back to the traphouse. he's also got a bunch of good guest spots on that rich boy mixtape and a few joints off soulja boy's teen of the south.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:35 (sixteen years ago) link
also "freaky gurl" remix but you might've heard that since it's got a reeeeeally nasty kim verse
i don't think anyone in rap right now has more fun rapping than gucci
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:37 (sixteen years ago) link
yup i love the 'freaky gurl' rmx, that was the first i heard of gucci. kim's absolutely kills, solid solid gold and so nasty
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i got the grouper album based on this thread, again not quite what i was expecting but pretty nice in parts - very similar to movietone/empress kind of thing with flashes of damon & naomi..
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Monday, 1 December 2008 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Is there anything else like this out there, rootsy zingy Canadian throwback country?
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Friday, 28 November 2008 19:19 (3 days ago) Permalink
Tough question since most of Corb's competition are either dusty'n'dull alt-country or roughed-up Eagles clones. Neither of which are zingy, which I think is the key thing here. That said, there are a few you could try - Carolyn Mark, Luther Wright (both of whom have recorded with various bands, as well as solo and together. More than them, I'd recommend Ray Condo and the Ricochets. He died a couple of years ago unfortunately but his albums are still around. There are a few great clips of Ray Condo on Youtube. Like this one:
― everything, Monday, 1 December 2008 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I just asked my friend who's way more of an expert on rootsy, zingy Canadian country and she gave me the following:
- Ridley Bent (his 1st album Blam!, esp.)- The Sadies- Elliott Brood- D. Rangers- Old Reliable- Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir- Cuff the Duke
― everything, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
On the classical/jazz side what has anyone out there been hearing? I've got about five cds on each side that I wanna be checking out.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 10:25 (fifteen years ago) link
count me in on the school of 7 bells love that has blossomed from this thread.
― or something, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 10:44 (fifteen years ago) link
am i the only person that played the morgan geist album every day since it cam out? it beats the whiny kelley polar album into a cocked hat
― straightola, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Is Growing good? They're playing down the street from where I live this weekend.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't enjoy their live set at ATP New York, and I like their albums mostly.
― ilxor, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
A GIANT YAY TO THE SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS LOVE!!!
Yes, I completely get the ASDIG comparisons - discovered them about the same time, too.
Maybe they need their own thread, as I couldn't get no conversations started on the Secret Machines threads.
electro-inflected nu-gaze with identical twin sister vocalists singing in unison: there can't be many of these about.
Take out the identical, but this was actually my very first band, back in the dawn of time...
― ...it's all just a learning curve (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 12:59 (fifteen years ago) link
k8 is so far removed from the ilm hivemind that she CREATES A NEW ONE!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 13:05 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/rockindie/release/images/rap_headless_silence_140.jpgDon't know if anyone else is into 'em, but I'm lovin the hell out of the Headless Heroes album, The Silence of Love. Alela Diane is the best new-to-me voice of the year, alongside Rachel Unthank. It's a covers album, doing mostly 'lost' indie tracks. Including early '70s folk song, The North Wind Blew South:
A droney/shoegazey cover of I Am Kloot's To You:
And a stripped-down, countryfied version of JAMC's Just Like Honey:
― DavidM, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
On the classical/jazz side what has anyone out there been hearing?
friend who hosts a jazz radio show offers the following (i have heard none of these, fwiw):
BILL FRISELL- HISTORY/ MYSTERYMIRIAM ALTER- WHERE IS THEREFRANK KIMBROUGH- AIRJOE LOVANO- SYMPHONIADONALD BROWN- FROM PAST TO FUTUREMICHALE MOORE/FRED HERSCH- THIS WE KNOWVASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI- MELOSHERBIE HANCOCK: THE JONI LETTERS (2007)PAUL BLEY- SOLO IN MONDSEEThe New Carla Bley- name escapes meTED NASH- MANCINI PROJECTWYCLIFFE GORDON AND ERIC REED- WE 2ANAT COHEN- POETICAENRICO RAVA/ STEFANO BOLLANI: THE THIRD MAN
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't heard a lot of new stuff this year but I think this might be it:
j.s. bach / sofia gubaidulina - violin concertos / in tempus praesens (anne-sophie mutter, et al.)matthias pintscher - en sourdine / tenebrae / reflections on narcissustangele - the pulse of yiddish tangohelena tulve - lijnenportishead - thirdper nørgård - string quartets nos. 7-10 (kroger quartet)fennesz - black searicardo villalobos - vasco eparve henriksen - cartographyhelmut lachenmann - grido / reigen seliger geister / gran torso (arditti quartet)
or something.
― you will be shot, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Vassilis Tsabropoulos/Anja Lechner/U.T. Ghandi
Thanks for the heads up on this, tipsy mothra. “Chants, Hymns and Dances” was awesome.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Is Growing good? They're playing down the street from where I live this weekend.— billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 21:41 (Yesterday) Permalink
I didn't enjoy their live set at ATP New York, and I like their albums mostly.— ilxor, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:46 (13 hours ago) Permalink
seconding this, their recent albums are good guitar drone/electronic zone-out music but their live show bored the piss outta me
― dmr, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm digging that new pretenders, chrissie hynde doing stripped down rockabilly + c&w is always alright
― Edward III, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
tru, it's not in my top 10 but it is good.
― nutz in a good way, aka bustin (some dude), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i think the only new jazz album i've heard this year is Brian Blade but it's great.
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
That Michael Moore & Fred Hersch thing sounds intriguing.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
ANAT COHEN- POETICA
This is wrong. Poetica came out with Noir (the better album, btw) last year. Her 2008 album was Notes From the Village. Which was pretty good, actually.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
The Myriam Alter was good, too.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Hi there ywbs! Yeah I really like Helena Tulve, she has a fairly singular sound...
What I'd like to check on the classical side but have yet to:
- Chris Newman - Piano Sonatas (remember being really intrigued by a piece of his I heard in a concert a couple of years ago - its like a collage of cut ups that managed to sound frighteningly cohesive, so its almost as if he was thinking in a cut up language in the first place)- Klaus Lang - Flow.state on ed.rz - his string quartet ('Sei Jaku') is probably a mid-way between Lachenmann concrete instrumental with a shiny Cage-ian surface. - Ferneyhough music for voices on METIER.- Mark Cauvin double CD of works for solo double bass - esp looking to hear the perfs of works by Fernando Grillo (primarily an instrumentalist writing for his own instrument played by someone else is something you don't hear everyday), but you get Scelsi/Berio/Xenakis, plus a couple of others I don't know...I'm not too sure what can go wrong.
Thanks for that list tipsy I will try and have a look. On the jazz side only been reading about releases for the last couple of months or so, but some of what I'd be keen on:
- Joe Maneri 'Peace Concert' - A first time issue from '64- Ornette Coleman - Croydon concert - a first time issue from '65, its the trio with Izenson/Moffett as heard on the 'Golden Circle' discs- Patricia Barber released a new album this year right?- Braxton - Moscow '08, in a quartet/quintet can't remember, post Arista his 'development' is probably best looked at in these small ensembles
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 4 December 2008 10:50 (fifteen years ago) link
hey julio. re: helena tulve, I fell in love with her music upon hearing "sula," which is a collection of chamber works featuring the eponymous piece, an awe-inspiring rendition of a melting iceberg for large orchestra and didgeridoo (!). so my expectations were unreasonably high when "lijnen" came out and I couldn't help but be a little disappointed at first. but yeah, it's tremendously solid and deepens with every spin, if only because her architectural know-how is flawless and her emphasis on winds is quite unique. also, check out that pintscher disc if you're interested. on the surface, he doesn't seem to be adding much to the tone & timbre fuckery of the european post-serial tradition, but there's a real sense of uncompromising mystery and, dare I say, poetry to his vision that draws me back. and I think this year's kairos release makes the strongest case for him as a significant contemporary composer.
there's also a kurtag 80th birthday celebration 2-disc set on some hungarian label that I haven't had the chance to hear. it features some of his latest material, reportedly less miniaturistic and purely gestural than usual. I'm a big fan, so I ought to get around to it asap...
I haven't checked out either the newman, lang, ferneyhough or cauvin, but thanks for the suggestions. I'll be on the lookout.
also, this is belated, but thanks for drawing my attention to richard barrett. something finally clicked a while ago and I've been counting him among my faves ever since.
― you will be shot, Thursday, 4 December 2008 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
oh and there are two other recordings I regret not having heard:
jonathan harvey's "body mandala / timepieces / tranquil abiding / white as jasmine / toward a pure land" and a recording of george benjamin's first mini-opera, "into the little hill."
― you will be shot, Thursday, 4 December 2008 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Never been too interested in the Pintscher pieces I've come across -- but I'll give it a go and report back.
Haven't heard much Kurtag in ages so that's another one, if I can track.
I'm also interested in Dieter Schnebel's 'Music for Mobile Musicians'. His writing for voices is pretty unique so I'll be looking at the instrumental side of things soon I hope.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 4 December 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Melchior Productions - No Disco Future
^^^this one is kinda cool from the couple songs i checked on earbuds blog -- anyone else into this album?
― deej, Saturday, 6 December 2008 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
in the equivalent 2007 thread i'm sure
― resolved, Sunday, 7 December 2008 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
o didnt realize it was that old -- someone listed it in this thread which was why i mentioned it
― deej, Sunday, 7 December 2008 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
well, it did come out late in 2007 (november?), but it made a fair few lists regardless
― resolved, Sunday, 7 December 2008 00:18 (fifteen years ago) link
pains of being pure at heart album leaked, though i suppose it is officially 2009, never really appreciated them but this is quite good.
― keythkeyth, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 12:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I listened to a lot less music this year; still heard upwards of two hundred albums and way too many singles, but I guess I feel less connected. It felt like a really weak year...? But I guess that has more to do with me than with the music.Plus, since everything was on muxtape or youtube or emailed or on tv or whatever, I don't have hard copies of much of this stuff so it feels that much more ephemeral.
My _very_ provisional list of top 11 albums and singles with possible alternates:
Singles - Florida and T-Pain - LowCherryholmes - Don't BelieveLil' Wayne - LollipopHot Chip - Ready for the FloorT Pain - Chopped and ScrewedDavid Banner w/Chris Brown and Yung Joc - Get Like MeOutkast w/Raekwon - Royal FlushEstelle - Wait A MinuteEluveitie - Inis MonaT Pain, Chris Brown, Lil Mama - Shawty Get LooseBun B, David Banner, MJG - You're Everything
also:Lykke Li - Let It FallTI - Ready For WhateverTI - Let My Beat PoundCherryholmes - GoodbyeAnthony David - Stop Playin'Santogold - Shove ItBeyonce - Single LadiesLil' Wayne - A MilliLil' Wayne - Mrs. OfficerLudacris - One More DrinkErykah Badu - HoneySantogold - Light's OutSantogold - You'll Find a WayDevin the Dude - Can't Make It HomeSheek Louch - Good LoveSnoop Dogg - Sensual SeductionMariah Carey w/ T Pain - MigrateThe Menahan Street Band - Make the Road by WalkingRZA - You Can't Stop Me NowRaphael Saadiq - 100 Yard DashBrandy - Right HereJohn Legend w/Andre 3K - Green LightMariah Carey - Touch My BodyWebbie - Independent
Albums - Lykke Li - Youth NovelsCherryholmes - Cherryholmes III: Don't BelieveAnthony David - Acey DuecyAl Green - Lay It DownRZA - Digi SnacksDengue Fever - Venus on EarthRatat - LP3Gnarls Barkley - The Odd CoupleJanelle Monae - MetropolisBraid SoundtrackPolk Miller and The Old South Quartette - S/t
also:Curren$y - Higher Than 30K FeetHercules and Love Affair - s/tHot Chip - Made in the DarkNomo - Ghost RockDizzee Rascal - Maths and EnglishSantogold - SantogoldT Pain - Thre33 RingzOtis Taylor - Recapturing the BanjoEstelle - ShineAsher Roth - The Greenhouse effectDevin the Dude - Landing GearEluvietie - SlaniaLil Wayne - The Carter IIIMariah Carey - E=MC2Britney - Circus
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i made a mix of my fave songs of the year:
http://fortune5thousand.blogspot.com/
― n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
"low," seriously??
― deej, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
what a generic x boring song -- i dont think even tape store reps for that
'low' is a pretty monster pop hit. i would go for 'in the ayer', personally, but i really enjoyed 'low's ubiquity
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
just fyi "ubiquity" does not have positive connotations
― n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
SHAWTY GOT LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOWWWWW
― M0ntell J0rdan S. (and what), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
what about it did you enjoy lex pretend
― deej, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I listened to Low pretty obsessively for December and January and have avoided it ever since, but I'm not going to pretend like those months never happened.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
just fyi i know this
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i enjoyed hearing it every week at street dance class
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
best ILM post ever
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:39 PM (55 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this^^ also that means that track is from last year dogg
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
just fyi, I do not attend street dance class
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
grady, p+j asks that track have impact in the calendar year you nominate; low was a top 40 monster in January as i recall... maybe into feb?
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
ok i see
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Hm, looks like Low hit its stride in February and March... was the Billboard Top 40 #1 for six weeks, second only to that fuckin' Leona Lewis thing.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Digi Snacks was terrible imo
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Black Pus - Black Pus 4: All Aboard the Magic Pus2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing3. Rings - Black Habit4. Mutators - Secret Life5. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel6. Spiritualized - Songs in A&E7. GOA - 38. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna9. Sun Araw - The Phynx10. Stereolab - Chemical Chords
― Creeztophair, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I really really liked Digi Snacks and I don't know anyone else who did.Go figure.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link