I'll be listening to the 14 or so albums of the FACT top 20 I haven't heard yet, will report back this weekend.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 3 December 2010 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Listening to the Solar Bears album at the mo. Kind of warmed over cosmic/ balearic record, perfectly pleasant, nothing amazing though.
The DJ ROC record, on the other hand, is fantastic. My first thought was DJ Assault, slowed down, which probably shows how little I know about this stuff (disclosure: I am British)
― Neil S, Friday, 3 December 2010 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
nah that makes total sense tbh. if you like it, i urge you soooo much to check out dj nate's da trak genious.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
cheers, will look that one up- and I see it's on Spotify...
― Neil S, Friday, 3 December 2010 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
my favs on it are "poetry", "call me when you're sober" and "hatas our motivation"...there's a thread on it around here somewhere too
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
looooool @ Drake at #7 on FACT list, fuck outta here
will rep for oneohtrix, emeralds, darkstar (album's not as bad as yall are making it out to be)
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
re: altered natives, i also love his last.fm bio: http://www.last.fm/music/Altered+Natives
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
never heard of forest swords til now, but the song FACT included is waaaaaayy up my alley -- A+
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
That's probably the best song on the album, but the others are good too.
― seandalai, Friday, 3 December 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Really like the first of this year's Altered Natives albums (Tenement Yard Vol 1); haven't heard the second one (Serial Vendetta) yet. There's a marked stylistic between the two, right?
― mike t-diva, Friday, 3 December 2010 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"marked stylistic difference", bah...
― mike t-diva, Friday, 3 December 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Before you come barking at me I mean the albums that few if any other lists have mentioned and which sound awful from what I've heard so far: DYLAN ETTINGER, DJ RASHAD, FRANK (JUST FRANK), DJ ROC, SOLAR BEARS, AUTRE NE VEUT.
haha i really like the autre ne veut disc.
also: the darkstar was very disappointing. p4k listed it as "grime/dubstep album of the year," which was sort of bewildering.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 3 December 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
the absence and/or relative low-placing of vampire weekend on a lot of these lists is making me think they might be better than i think they are.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Friday, 3 December 2010 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of surprised by the almost total absence of Hot Chip as well, even on British lists.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Vampire Weekend and Hot Chip were both in my top 10 when I was asked to vote - I placed them feeling slightly embarrassed that I liked such obvious consensus albums so much so I'm quite relieved they've been relatively snubbed TBH
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 3 December 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been re-listening to a ton of stuff while compiling my end of year mix, and the Vampire Weekend still sounds fresh. Maybe partly because I hadn't heard it in 8 months, but am enjoying it even more than the first run. Hot Chip also to a lesser extent.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 3 December 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I like the Forest Swords guy's take on blues in that featured track, but Sun Araw does it better I think
― Dan S, Friday, 3 December 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Darkstar I guess is more album-oriented than uk funky, r'n'b or dancehall for many
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 December 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ fact posting the youtube link to the "shut it down" demo that is much better than the one that made it onto the album
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
US hip-hop, R’n'B and indie alike decided this was the year to pay tribute to Houston’s chopped and screwed legacy, but few did it as subtly and satisfyingly as Drake.
suggest ban
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i'll buy that drake's album is chillwave before i buy that it's a tribute to screw
a tribute to screw
ha. this sounds elegant and vulgar at the same time
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 3 December 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
also they posted an audio link to the 34 min version of "runaway"
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never heard of, let alone heard, that Forest Swords album at #1. Any good?
Definitely, thought #1 is a bit OTT.
― Tim F, Friday, 3 December 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Thought there would be more love for the ceo, Radio Dept, Trentemoller, Pantha Du Prince, The-Dream and of course LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE albums across these lists. Still, at least that horrible Aeroplane LP has been mostly ignored.
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Friday, 3 December 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, Holly Miranda too, I thought that would have been more popular.
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Friday, 3 December 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
fact placing drake at #7 doesn't even make gd sense
― The Reverend, Friday, 3 December 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Lindstrom + Christabelle is 2009, isn't it?
― seandalai, Saturday, 4 December 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post -in the non-ILX world Drake sold lots of music and received some pretty good reviews
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 4 December 2010 05:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, but it doesn't make sense as something fact would sop to? like it's tangential to their aesthetic at best and not as hard to ignore (or as good) as kanye
― The Reverend, Saturday, 4 December 2010 06:04 (thirteen years ago) link
fact magazine is like pretty far from the real world
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 06:05 (thirteen years ago) link
haha yeah, that bastion of populism fact magazine
― The Reverend, Saturday, 4 December 2010 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm eager to see where the Forest Swords album (top 3 for me) will end up in the Wire rewind list. Remembering that it was reviewed along with the Rangers record which got all the praise (and 3/4 of the lines)
― maarten, Saturday, 4 December 2010 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Critic Banning Eyre of Afropop.org's list
http://blog.afropop.org/2010/12/afropops-2010-stocking-stuffers.html
I had not heard of this desert bluesy rockin' band before-Tamikrest - Adagh (Glitterhouse)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 4 December 2010 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Afropop.org top Latin and Brazilian new and reissues
http://blog.afropop.org/2010/12/top-latin-records-and-best-compilations.html
Calle 13, Luisa Maita, Afro-Sound of Colombia, Roots of Chicha 2 and more
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 4 December 2010 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost Lindstrom & Christabelle released Jan 2010, but floating around for so long before that that it feels like an autumn 2009 record. Was in my Top 10 for this year.
― ithappens, Saturday, 4 December 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Rock-A-Rolla Top 40 Albums Of 2010
40. Hey Colossus & The Van Halen Time Capsule - Eurogrumble vol 139. Black Sun - Twilight Of The Gods38. Zs - Social Slaves37. Envy - Recitation36. Salome - Terminal35. Barn Owl - Ancestral Star34. The Body - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood33. Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence32. Wino - Adrift31. Unearthly Trance - V30. Ultralyd - Inertiadrome29. Black Breath - Heavy Breathing28. The High Confessions - Turning Lead...27. Knut - Wonder26. White Hills - White Hills25. Three Mile Pilot - The Inevitable Past...24. The Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excruciating23. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?22. Black Tusk - Taste The Sin21. Daughters - S/T20. Arabrot - Revenge19. Shining - Blackjazz18. Torche - Songs For Singles17. Twilight - Monument To Time End16. Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent15. High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine14. Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s)13. Grinderman - Grinderman 212. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier11. Liars - Sisterworld10. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal9. Ufomammut - Eve8. Kayo Dot - Coyote7. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit 6. U.S. Christmas - Run Thick In The Night5. Master Musicians Of Bukkake - Totem Two4. Mike Patton - Mondo Cake3. Harvey Milk - A Small Turn Of Human Kindness2. Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder1. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 4 December 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
And you're expecting to be blown away, to have your whole perspective on 2010 altered, by exactly...what?...in the next four weeks?
Currently being blown away by Rashed Al Majed – Jalsat Wanasa 2010. I think this may move Daddy Yankee a step down for me.
You desert blues type will appreciate the. . . I think it's electric oud, not sure, in some of this. Not really so far off from all that Tuareg stuff, except more Arab sounding, which of course makes sense considering it is Arab. It's Khaleeji.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 4 December 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay maybe it's not going to turn my list upside down, but it's still pretty good and will find a place there.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 4 December 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey Colossus & The Van Halen Time Capsule
should top every list based on the name alone, tho i'm offended by the idea that van-halen belongs in a time capsule.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 4 December 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
The Lindstrom & Christabelle was available as a limited edition 3CD set (including Little Drummer Boy) from Rough Trade from November 2009 - which is when I bought my copy - but it wasn't available elsewhere until January 2010.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 5 December 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Algerian Goalkeeper, you rule. Got 7 more albums to chew on tomorrow, will be a nice break from all the house/techno/dubstep electronic stuff from the Fact list. Glad to see Ufomammut finally show up on a list, FFS.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 5 December 2010 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
No worries. My copy arrived on friday.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 5 December 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I oughta pay attention to Rock-A-Rolla, huh
still haven't heard that goddamn Kayo Dot album
― Cap.Obv (acoleuthic), Sunday, 5 December 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
The Swans album is good...although I tend to prefer my Swans/Angels of Light pretty rather than punishing, and this new one maybe veers towards the less melodic.
― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, 5 December 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
So Pitchfork aside, are there any 'big' magazines still to declare?
― groovypanda, Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Terrorizer, Kerrang.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lots, i think, at least among online magazines (like p4k), e.g., popmatters, dusted, resident advisor. most lists start coming out this week, i imagine.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
AMG too.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
is The Wire out yet?
― sofatruck, Sunday, 5 December 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link