QUIT SCREECHING AT ME MONSTER MAN! YOU ARE A MEANIE!
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
(that was to wolves in the throne room, not sharivari)
Perfume sounds more like the future than a throwback, to me.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
metal is more just Angry Goth nowadaze huh?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bFCqs.jpg
58. Grouper — Alien Observer/Dream Loss (304 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
P4K: DNPP&J: DNP
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
didn't vote for it, but I thought the James Ferraro album was interesting. It was much more varied and enjoyable to listen to than one track would suggest, and it doesn't really sound like anything I have ever heard before
― Dan S, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
that james ferraro album felt kind of thin and cheap to me
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
did not know there was a grouper record this year
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
oh i didn't know there was a new grouper album. had a lot of time for that "dragging a bloodied stag up an icy hill" record or whatever it's called.
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
Haven't heard this, great cover though.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
sold these records for 50 bux a pop back when everyone was like OMG LTD PRESSING
― ≧^◡^≦ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
don't get perfume, either. sounds utterly generic, but it's not really my genre, so what do i know. ILX taste is increasingly mysterious to me.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
i totally didn't realise grouper had a new album out, i would've probably listened to it. i only have one of hers (i think because it placed in an ilm poll!) - i can't say i'm captivated by it or anything, and it pretty much all sounds the same, but it's really nice music for a certain kind of mood. is this more of the same? i imagine she's an artist who specialises in more-of-the-same (in a good way)
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
definitely more of the same
― Dan S, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
More of the same, but really beautiful.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
wow completely forgot that big boi album won last year, such a very sadly ILX choice
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
First listen, but something about the busy metropolitan feel of the Ferraro record reminds me a bit of Different Trains. Maybe it's placement of the voices too. I quite like it I think, but I can quite understand the hate too.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think Perfume's appeal is one that strikes immediately - on first listen it's just a cute electropop group, on 10th listen it's still a cute electropop group but whoa I've just listened to this 10 times in a row what's going on? It's obviously in-genre but the production in particular has a staying power that others can probably deconstruct better than I.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FJ6YW.jpg
57. The War on Drugs — Slave Ambient (322 points, nine votes, one first place vote)
P4K: 39P&J: 49
Spotify
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
had trouble getting excited about this when the Kurt Vile album sounded so similar (and was much better).
― skip, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
lol, yeah...Big Boi didn't scrape the top of every other music poll on the whole internet. Just ILX.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
Don't think I know who this is.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
too low!!!
― ≧^◡^≦ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Listened to those Grouper albums A LOT this year, but I think she overstretched herself a bit. Nice, but not essential.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
the album cover alone should give it a spot in the top 20
― ≧^◡^≦ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
Sadly this record starts great and goes downhill from there.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
what is the war on drugs
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
I have that Kurt Vile album, the only thing I do have by him, and other than Society Is My Friend, I don't think I understand the appeal. He ranked pretty high on Pazz & Jop, but it's a fairly standard rock LP from what I can hear.
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Cool to see Perfume and The War On Drugs make it. Good job people!
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
i am beginning to think that a lot of my more obscure votes (angel haze, nikkiya, sunny sweeney) won't make it :(
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
american folk rock meets shoegaze/kosmiche xxp lex
― ≧^◡^≦ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
Philly band doing a modern take on Tom Petty, kinda. I voted for it, but only on the strength of about half the songs if I'm being honest. xps to lex
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
War On Drugs >>>>> Kurt Vile, it's all the droney spacey stuff that pushed the War On Drugs above it for me. Had expected that album to be higher actually, it was top 10 for me.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, love love love The War On Drugs record. I was actually disappointed in the Kurt Vile album this year because it was too acoustic meandering for me. It was good, but not what I'd hoped. I found more of what I was looking for with War On Drugs.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
i second the TOO LOW.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Also, Matt DC otm.
Okay War on Drugs, listening to the track 'Black Water Falls' on utube. Like it a lot.
― pandemic, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
Sounds Dylan-y to me.
tried to listen to war on drugs, seemed like something i might like but was pretty bored by it
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
this is the whole point iirc
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Thought I'd like the War On Drugs based on the reviews I saw, but it was a bit meat-and-potatoes and could have done with rocking-the-fuck-out a bit more. Should have learnt my lesson from buying Wilco records when I was told they'd gone "weird".
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
now i'm beginning to think that had i nominated some albums (lapalux, jonwayne, ELOS, balam acab, shlohmo), they might have actually had a shot.
i'm assuming rustie was nominated?
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, Rustie was.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, my prediction #23.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
This thread has officially declared war onme. BRING IT ON!
Srsly WoD reminded me of weaksauce Verve; what are the cool droney/spacey tracks?
― Drugs A. Money, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
hurrah for Grouper
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
this is the essential war on drugs song imo hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMToQg0vSds
― ≧^◡^≦ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
most of the droney spacey stuff happens in between the tracks, 'the animator' is a good transition track, but really works best in the context of the album flow
― ≧^◡^≦ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
every WoD track reminds me of another band (and i don't mean that as a knock against them). that one is their Arcade Fire track.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
(i meant the youtube link)