Btw, Lex, your stock "stock photography" put-down of TTOL (this is at least the third time you've used that analogy, iirc?) only makes sense if the film were just a series of context-less images. It's not.
leaving aside the fact that the "plot", such as it is, is incredibly thin and uncompelling, it was more of an aesthetic judgment - it's the clichéd nature and weird, polished, slick shine of the film's visuals
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
Lykke Li is more of a singles artist than an album artist for me.
I dig the Dave Sitek remix of "I Follow Rivers":http://youtu.be/pWaJ35iKUO8
― jaymc, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
incredibly thin and uncompelling
Yeah, we disagree, then.
― jaymc, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
this is the amazing lykke li sampling track btw
cousin fik - collow you (colombiana mix)
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
i think the only album that placed today that ive heard all the way through is drake's ://
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
*follow
agh
I really love the Lykke Li album. Thought it was a huge improvement on the debut even though there wasn't anything as brilliant as A Little Bit on there.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
^^ I agree with that assessment completely.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
woooo WITTR! i have much more time for them than liturgy myself. this album in particular is evidence #1 for "black metal can do more than you think" from this year.
― blurgh (jjjusten), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
well at least among the albums that have any possible chance of placing obv.
Sadness Is a Blessing is my favorite Lykke Li track yet, so I agree that the album was an improvement on her debut but disagree that there's not a track on there as good as Little Bit.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
(previously thought she was just a twee menace)
lol
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
ok, someone pls explain to me what makes WITTR exceptional? it sounds solid but i just don't hear what sets them apart.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Man I wish that Psychic Paramount sounded better cos the songs are great.
― Poon Aggroved (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
For me, its ILXtallica...
― two lights crew (seandalai), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
re: what sets WITTR apart:
random excursions into almost ambient/4AD sounding stuff with fem vocals, field recordings, anti-civ philosophy as reflected in the song titles and artwork (the back cover photo is maybe my favorite single thing about the record).
― sleeve, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
So has Markers got Lulu into the top 60 then?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
WITTR has songs!
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Tree of Life is great and real and not like Drake. Drake is more like a mumblecore picture.
― abcfsk, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
That Psychic Paramount record is fucking great, I feel a dunce for not putting it in my list. Gah.
I was a massive 'Drums & Guns' lover, but the new Low sounded a bit insubstantial to me.
― Yeah Yeah Bohney (Craigo Boingo), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Frankly hilarious that Jay-Z, Kanye and Drake all failed to hit the top 60.
I'm fine with the whole windswept Spectorish vibe that Lykke Li album is going for, and the songs are pretty good, just wish she didn't sing like she had a bad head cold.
― Matt DC, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
I expected Watch The Throne to place at a low number, so I'm not sure where all the shock comes from... It's an inconsistent record with really awesome high points and a few of my favorite songs of the decade so far, but overall its placement here seems accurate.
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
I've never heard the band. I was just riffing on the name.
― jaymc, Monday, January 30, 2012 8:28 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^lol OK so I guess I just got that 'Veronica Falls' is a pun name?
I voted WITTR pretty high so that's neat, Psychic Paramount somewhere in the top 20 also
Katie Stelmanis seems like a p interesting character w/ good ideas etc but I never clicked w/ the Austra album
I didn't feel especially ill disposed towards Take Care when I played it except that it JUST KEPT GOING - like if I'd been listening right through without access to a clock of some sort I'd've guessed that it was a good two hours long
― Saltines of Pink - 'Whites Me Tumblr?' (DJ Mencap), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
My votes thus far:
Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk Likely consensus pick for the best chillroom microhouse of the year, with a far broader range than recent favorite Pantha du Prince.
Barbara Panther - Barbara PantherVeering on the bridge railing vocals chanting strident ESL lyrics over Matthew Herbert productions. A political Bjork with more vocal tricks. I'm a simple man with simple needs.
Austra - Feel It BreakSuffers from brittle production, synth presets and the recent flood of similar femme-fronted gothy electronica (Esben and the Witch, Julia Holter, Sleep ∞ Over, Zola Jesus) but Katie Stelmanis is the best songwriter of the lot, and after a couple listens I was already singing along "Who-ooo signed, the consent form?"
Kinda dissappointed in the placement of the Austra, as it means 80% of my ballot picks, including my 2 favorite albums (Emika & Gazelle Twin) are almost certainly out of contention.
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for Emika, don't give up yet
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
Feel like the Lykke Li album and the Cults album are going for a similar vibe, but i like how Lykke Li approaches it better. Feels newer and less self-consciously retro.
― Moodles, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
emika is great
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
i love the emika and gazelle twin albums, more than austra, but they were both juuuust outside my ballot. i'd be happy to see them place though
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
if i'd heard gazelle twin a bit earlier that might have made my ballot tbh
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
likewise re: gazelle twin, been playing that a ton lately. still haven't heard emika
― donna rouge, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
I get the Björk comparisons, but people who think that's her only "thing" should check out this Acid Washed tune featuring Panther, which is fun and sexy and not really Björkish at all. I hope on her future records she'll do more aggressive tracks like the first on the album; my only disappointment with it was that there perhaps too much prettiness on it after that kicker of an opener.
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I think her ESL lyrics are kinda endearingly poignant, like on "Voodoo":
Every night I pray like a bitchThat one day the poor will eat the richAnd I don't care if that makes me a WAH WAH WAH witch!
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, the awkward lyrics and delivery are definitely a point in BP's favor
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Shout out to my outloud cru homefries! Psychic Paramount is my only vote to place: I expected it to tbh. I tried to build a cosmic Dead coalition but I just don't think it was big enough, but PP album is even better!
Lots of stuff here I've been meaning to check out: Low, Austra, Veronica Falls...
― non, je ned raggette rien (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
drake is way too low
― flopson, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
voted for thora vukk, such a subtle and rewarding listen, but i also have been digging the barbara panther and psychic paramount records in the past few weeks.
i remember liking austra ok but mainly because some friends wanted to go see them play and i forced myself to check it out. the production leaves kind of a lot to be desired tho, and that voice would def get on my nerves if i had to listen to it more
― psychgawsple, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, January 30, 2012 4:23 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
imo they just nail their sound way more frequently than most bm bands--they know what they're good at and they are very well-produced.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
anything about the new WITTR that might appeal to ppl who feel that their previous albums are a bit boring?
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
no not really
― call all destroyer, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
Songs!
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
they always had songs!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Better songs!
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
It sounds better the ones before it iirc - the drums seemed to have a lot more wallop - but it's basically the same sort of deal.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
hing about the new WITTR that might appeal to ppl who feel that their previous albums are a bit boring?
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, January 30, 2012 3:58 PM (24 minutes ago)
what sold me on this one (I wasn't as big a fan of Black Cascade) was that the band is now just the two brothers, they produced the rec as well I think. also, field recordings.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
just the two brothers, they produced the rec as well I think.
$1000/year on cab fare too
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
well done
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
sorry guys but this barbara panther album is terrible
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
based on what i heard when we did this in the trax thread i don't really get the love
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
sorta how i feel about all of these so far :( xp
― try again, fascist (Matt P), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
its like all the worst & most annoying parts of bjork w/ none of the beauty or drama or charm
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:46 (twelve years ago) link