Year-End Critics' Polls '08

ooooh rhyming!

fresh

That NME list is hilarious. No one can claim they aren't on-brand I suppose.

26 Amazing Baby Head Dress

Which bit of this is the band name and which bit is the song title?

29 DJ Mujava Township Funk

Any idea what this is? I am assuming 'fake baile funk remix of Nirvana'.

Not quite - DJ Mujava's MySpace page is here. And the video for "Township Funk" can be found here.

Amazing Baby is the group, "Head Dress" is the song and they are here.

matt u have almost certainly heard 'township funk' - it has been EVERYWHERE this year

it's ok, much better when u hear it in clubs, at home it's a bit duhn duhn duhn though

That Classic Rock list is kind of beautiful. They know what they like, and do not sheepishly shoehorn in token albums from other genres to feign diversity.

agree w/this!! worst thing about so many indie lists is the tiny nod they give to other genres, as if they're somehow claiming to represent the entirety of popular music just cuz they have one hip-hop writer (to 20 indie writers obv)

actually i'm listening to 'township funk' again and i was wrong, it is a bit of a monster at home as well. the ashley beedle mix is even better!

agree w/this!! worst thing about so many indie lists is the tiny nod they give to other genres, as if they're somehow claiming to represent the entirety of popular music just cuz they have one hip-hop writer (to 20 indie writers obv)

yes. it's disgusting. how dare they like things from outside their assigned genre?

Wilful misunderstanding of a point, classic internet flourish there

I understand the point, but dispute its validity.

The Classic Rock list is by and large an excellent specialist genre list obviously compiled by experts who know their stuff and love it.

But still, Dig Lazarus Dig! WHY???

I knew MGMT was gonna sweep the middlebrow contingent.

I do like them but.

Best Album On NME' s 2008 Albums Of The Year List?

are the NME lists staff-picked or reader-votes? really can't tell anymore

Staff

WIRE top ten:

10. Caretaker - Persstant Repetition
9. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
8. William S Burroughs - Real English Tea
7. Evangelista - Hello Voyager
6. Advisory Circle - Other Channels
5. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
4. John Butcher - Resonant Spaces
3. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
2. Philip Jeck - Sand
1. The Bug - London Zoo

Have the fifty in front of me - Luomo at 18, Tricky(!) at 26 and Portishead at 38 amongst other things.

post it!

Do a poll!

Yeah right, I'm not typing all that lot in.

You did 10.

Do 40 more. I'll paypal you a dollar.

take a picture i'll last longer

Err, yuck.

suggestion, list them in blocks of ten

7. Evangelista - Hello Voyager

^^ nice to finally see this in a mag's top ten

I typed the wire lists out before. But it wasnt in WH Smiths in Hamilton today.

Okay, under duress:

WIRE cont.

20. Stephan Mathieu - Radioland
19. Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians...
18. Luomo - Convivial
17. Dusk + Blackdown - Margins Music
16. Autechre - Quaristice
15. Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon
14. Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
13. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig thingy
12. Ryoji Ikeda - Test Pattern
11. Kevin Drumm - Imperial Distortion

That's 20 cents pal.

how do we know you're not making this up?

Dig Thingy = much better title

xpost Yeah, like "Kasai Allstars" is even a thing.

WIRE pt III

30. Terry Riley - The Last Camel in Paris
29. Earth - The Bees Made Honey...
28. Scorces - I Turn Into You
27. Arther Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
26. Tricky - Knowle West Boy
25. Robert Ashley - Concrete
24. Jandek - Glasgow Sunday 2005
23. Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez
22. Hercules & Love Affair - s/t
21. Lukas Ligeti - Afrikan Machinery

23. Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez

I wanna hear this!

28. Scorces - I Turn Into You

David Keenan's wife band LOL

i'd like to see one list that just ignores all artists who've been around 15 years or more. yeah that's facile but a little 'yeah yeah they've still got it but there's too much new decent stuff to bother much with them right now' statement wouldn't go amiss

WIRE 40-31

40. Jakob Ullmann - Voice, Books and Fire 3
39. Toumani Diabate - Mande Variations
38. Portishead - Third
37. Maryanne Amacher - Sound Characters 2
36. Emeralds - Solar Bridge
35. Vampire Weekend - s/t
34. Harvey Milk - Life...
33. Stereo Image - s/t
32. Christina Carter - Masque Femine
31. Malcolm Goldstein - A Sounding of Sources

WIRE last bit

50. Sao Paulo Underground - Long ass album title
49. Ellen Fullman and Monique Buzzarte - Fluctuations
48. Sic Alps - US EZ
47. Mark Stewart - Edit
46. Alva Noto - Unitxt
45. Peter Rehberg - Works for GV
44. Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
43. Murcof - Versailles Sessions
42. Vajra - Live
41. Dave Grubbs - An Optimist Notes the Dust

I don't know why I typed 'em backwards either.

now for the genre lists!

backwards made it easier to do this

The Wire

50. Sao Paulo Underground - Long ass album title
49. Ellen Fullman and Monique Buzzarte - Fluctuations
48. Sic Alps - US EZ
47. Mark Stewart - Edit
46. Alva Noto - Unitxt
45. Peter Rehberg - Works for GV
44. Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
43. Murcof - Versailles Sessions
42. Vajra - Live
41. Dave Grubbs - An Optimist Notes the Dust
40. Jakob Ullmann - Voice, Books and Fire 3
39. Toumani Diabate - Mande Variations
38. Portishead - Third
37. Maryanne Amacher - Sound Characters 2
36. Emeralds - Solar Bridge
35. Vampire Weekend - s/t
34. Harvey Milk - Life...
33. Stereo Image - s/t
32. Christina Carter - Masque Femine
31. Malcolm Goldstein - A Sounding of Sources
30. Terry Riley - The Last Camel in Paris
29. Earth - The Bees Made Honey...
28. Scorces - I Turn Into You
27. Arther Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
26. Tricky - Knowle West Boy
25. Robert Ashley - Concrete
24. Jandek - Glasgow Sunday 2005
23. Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez
22. Hercules & Love Affair - s/t
21. Lukas Ligeti - Afrikan Machinery
20. Stephan Mathieu - Radioland
19. Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians...
18. Luomo - Convivial
17. Dusk + Blackdown - Margins Music
16. Autechre - Quaristice
15. Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon
14. Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
13. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig thingy
12. Ryoji Ikeda - Test Pattern
11. Kevin Drumm - Imperial Distortion
10. Caretaker - Persstant Repetition
9. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
8. William S Burroughs - Real English Tea
7. Evangelista - Hello Voyager
6. Advisory Circle - Other Channels
5. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
4. John Butcher - Resonant Spaces
3. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
2. Philip Jeck - Sand
1. The Bug - London Zoo

There's 12 genres! The page starts at Aufgehoben, ends at Robert Wyatt, lots of stuff in between. x-post

When does Marcello's 2008 albums list get published?

backwards lists = UNACCEPTABLE

Oh, I bought London Zoo yesterday! Good, innit?

is there an avant rock one? id like to see that. Outer Limits is usually good too.

Avant Rock: AufgehobenBurningStarCoreBirchvilleCatMotelBlackMountainDeadCEatSkullFabDiamondsGrowingHairPolishHospitalsHototogisuReligiousKnivesScorcesAlexTuckerValet

agree w/this!! worst thing about so many indie lists is the tiny nod they give to other genres...

I do like the genre magazine lists because they dig deeper than most, though I also appreciate the lists from bloggers and others that are diverse, when it seems that they honestly like and listen to all that stuff.

Thanks for The Wire list NickB.

Other lists show Matmos and Excepter love, go ILX!

In defence of the NME, the blurbs for the albums are much longer than the past few years.