75. Jam City, 'Ecstasy Refix'
WOW serious respect for this one actually ("arpjam" is better but we'll give them a pass seeing as it was only released this week)
there are quite a few really good songs elsewhere in the list but tbh there's a lot of total bullshit as well, and like the albums it gets worse and worse the higher you go, because the nme fundamentally has shitty taste
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Slam dunking in at no. 35, it's the Knife...
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
34. Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg, 'California Gurls'
serious respect for this one...
NAH
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
That NME top 10 is fucking awful and I am totally unsurprised to see them repping for Jam City.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I *am* surprised to see DJ Nate in there.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
oh nos. 6, 8 are damn good songs.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
tho i would have chosen a different grinderman song (worm tamer), and a different zola jesus song (poor animals)
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
70. DJ Nate, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’65. Beach House, ‘Zebra'64. Joy Orbison, ‘The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow’59. Willow Smith, 'Whip My Hair'56. Sleigh Bells, 'Tell 'Em'51. Kelis, '4th Of July (Fireworks)'37. Glasser, 'Home'33. Big Boi, 'Shutterbugg'27. Tinie Tempah, 'Pass Out'26. Magnetic Man Feat. Katy B, 'Perfect Stranger'15. Warpaint, 'Undertow'14. These New Puritans, 'We Want War'5. Arcade Fire, 'We Used To Wait'3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'
Will rep for these, but that's it.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder if it will ever be possible to mention a night slugs related thing on ilx without one of you, tim or rtc snarking.
i'm surprised at kelis being the token r&b diva (not that those songs are r&b but ygm), surprised at anyone remembering that knife opera (and choosing to rep for it in the tracks list?!) and surprised in a bad way at that eminem/rihanna song showing up. why would anyone vote for that, why.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'
she's r&b(-ish), no?
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
tracks from that in my own top 100
xxxo - but the SBTRKT remixtightropestylo (maybe)undertow (maybe)celestica (srs grower)i can change (ditto)telephone (and again)pass outshutterbugground and roundthe shrew...
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm surprised at kelis being the token r&b diva (not that those songs are r&b but ygm)
Nah they've been pro-Kelis since the first album, she is very much the r&b diva it's okay for indie kids to like. Janelle Monae too now, but she's almost as much rock as she is r&b (in the way that, say, Prince was).
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
surprised at anyone remembering that knife opera (and choosing to rep for it in the tracks list?!)
I've gone back to it and it's growing on me the second time around. But yeah, opting for individual tracks off it is a bit of a cop out.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
the only actual r&b song in the list is, like, "whip my hair" anyway
we know that "call me when you're sober" is based around an evanescence sample, of all things, right? it's such an amazing track though not as stupendous as "poetry" imo
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Come on, Tightrope totally counts, it's virtually a Rich Harrison production.
I don't like the Foals record but it's obviously in their demographic, but it's just utterly incomprehensible to me that anyone could make a credible argument for XXXO being the second-best song of the year.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "tightrope" is obv retro-r&b, i should've put modern r&b
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
prefer 'seeds' to 'colouring of pigeons' but i will probably like the remixes more
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Zola Jesus: cool name, unfuckingbelievably boring
― Chester, Your Majesty (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Eh, 'I Can't Stand' is one of the stand-out gloom anthems for these miserable times imo.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Agree with blueski re. 'Seeds' too.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm kind of curious now to see if Paul Weller makes *any* US lists...
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
The guy is a total pissflap, I'd be pleased not to see his name much anywhere
― Chester, Your Majesty (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Let me guess which country you're from...
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
First time in years that I haven't heard the NME's top single/track. Listening now. it just sounds like one of Bloc Party's big, moody, faintly electronic numbers. Is acclaim for Foals (number one album in The Fly) the manifestation of a desperate desire for a 20something Radiohead?
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
people actually listen to more of bloc party than banquet? guys are definition one hit wonders, the rest of their songs have zero imagination.
same applies to kaiser chiefs, who apparently are (for whatever reason) still popular
― Chester, Your Majesty (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
The US actually, I just read a lot of brit mags at the bookstore...the current or last NME in which he poses upon the cover with beefy forearms calling UK to a revolution (headed under him, of course) made me want to gag the guy.
― Chester, Your Majesty (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
also uk-born insults are so much funner than commonalities here like "you fucking douchebag" and "dumbass bitch" and such
― Chester, Your Majesty (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
There may be some truth to that, but between "pissflap" and buying NME, I think you've lost your US citizenship.
I'm just fascinated by the (apparent) fact that everyone in the UK hates him and nobody in the US knows him, other than weirdo Jam fans and the like. He probably should have released the album under an alias that implied that David Bowie was behind the whole thing...
Anyway, I'm pleasantly surprised to see it popping up on year end lists, though from my cramped perspective I don't know if it's happening for good or for bad reasons.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice to see Field Music at least getting a few scraps of recognition on these lists.
― Darin, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
most of my disgruntle stems from the fact that kevin shields, when he should be developing that new album in promise for over 20 years, was caught as the guitarist for weller's nme concert in which he was hailed a "godlike genius"
― Chester, Your Majesty (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Bloc Party's best moment was 'Like Eating Glass'
Can't say I'm on board with NME's list the way I am to a degree with the album list. Thought that 'Tightrope' would win tbh.
Like 'Spanish Sahara' and could make the lower reaches of my singles list but is a bit of an odd #1, in fact it's the first time since 2002 that the track of the year hasn't been a nailed on indie disco floorfiller, though probably do alright in those stakes.
Thinking about it every NME track of the year back to Bitter Sweet Symphony would do a pretty good job at an indie(ish) disco, even Foals and Doves.
― Mitchell Stirling, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
10. The Fall, 'Bury Pts 2+4'9. Zola Jesus, 'Night'8. Grinderman, 'Heathen Child'4. Kanye West, 'Power'3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'2. MIA, 'XXXO'
will rep for these in the top ten, but MIA belongs much lower
1. Foals, 'Spanish Sahara'
looooooool
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/30/40-best-albums-of-2010-40-31/
FACT are counting down their list
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
It's definitely more interesting than the other lists so far
― Dan S, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i always love fact's year (or decade)-end lists.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
hm. i've got the disc they list at no. 38, but i don't think i've ever listened to it! must investigate.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
The LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus sounds interesting.
― Dan S, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the idea; i'm not as sold on the execution (tbf, i've only heard bits-and-pieces).
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Just acquired the Zola Jesus/LA Vampires thing on the strength of the blurb, liking it so far. I always find something new from Fact's lists.
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure I was all that taken with the 'No No No' cover, but I enjoyed it on the whole.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Definitely wanna hear that Dylan Ettinger. Ooh, it's probably on eMusic amirite?
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
y
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Yay!
Yeah, FACT's lists are always great and loaded with new discoveries for me. "Spanish Sahara" is a great great song you fools. But I don't think it would climb my top ten.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
That Fact list is great - I thought I had been keeping up with new releases to some degree, but I hadn't even heard of half the albums there. Just added a bunch to my Spotify "to listen" playlist.
― seandalai, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
First listens to Dylan Ettinger and Zola Jesus/LA Vampires are positive, though I'm not sure either is bringing much new to the party.
― seandalai, Thursday, 2 December 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
emusic link on that dylan ettinger disc.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 2 December 2010 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
damn i totally thought that foals had gone the way of the klaxons & shit
― jagger reupholstered my pussy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 December 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
This was a slightly different way of doing things;
http://thefourohfive.com/articles/4602
The 405s 45 favourite EPs of the year
1. Zola Jesus - 'Stridulum II'2. Hold Your Horse It - 'Rammin' It Home'3. Girls - 'Broken Dreams Club'4. Stagecoach - 'Crash My Ride'5. Dad Rocks! - 'Digital Age'6. Tall Ships - 'There Is Nothing But Chemistry Here'7. Islet - 'Wimmy'8. Islet - 'Celebrate This Place'9. Summer Camp - 'Young'10. Egyptian Hip Hop - 'Some Reptiles Grew Wings'11. Zola Jesus & LA Vampires - 'LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus '12. Botany - 'Feeling Today'13. Wild Nothing - 'Golden Haze'14. Jonquil - 'One Hundred Suns'15. Selebrities - 'Ladies Man Effect'16. El Guincho - 'Piratas De Sudamerica'17. Megafaun - 'Heretofore EP'18. Sufjan Stevens - 'All Delighted People'19. James Blake - 'Klavierwerke'20. Guards - 'Guards'21. Museum of Bellas Artes - 'Days Ahead'22. Tubelord - 'Tezcatlipoca'23. Twin Sister - 'Color Your Life'24. Gallops - 'Gallops'25. Girls Names - 'Don't Let Me In'26. Spectrals - 'Extended Play'27. Tanlines - 'Settings'28. Dirty Projectors & Bjork - 'Mount Wittenberg Orca'29. The James Cleaver Quintet - 'Ten Stage of A Make Up'30. Flying Lotus - 'Pattern + Gridworld'31. Chad Valley - 'Chad Valley'32. Owen Pallet - 'Swedish Love Story'33. British Sea Power - 'Zeus '34. Memoryhouse - 'The Years'35. Becoming Real - 'Spectre'36. Seams - 'Tourist EP'37. Ursine Vulpine - 'Fenrir'38. Flats - 'EP2'39. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - 'Nitetime Rainbows'40. Holy Fuck - '+Ghost'41. Active Child - 'Curtis Lane'42. James Blake - 'CYMK'43. Monzano - 'Apple Handsome'44. Balam Acab - 'See Birds'45. Los Campesinos! - 'All's Well That Ends'
― Mitchell Stirling, Thursday, 2 December 2010 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Everyone is forgetting ROMANCE IS BORING :(
― Here we are in a sticky situation/ (Tape Store), Thursday, 2 December 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link