Sounds Dylan-y to me.
― pandemic, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
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
that james ferraro album felt kind of thin and cheap to me
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)
Ooh, whee, I missed this kicking off again. Voted for Ferraro and Perfume. Totally don't get the Ferraro hate - it's an interesting bit of textural electronica with good noises. Was completely o_O when it won the Wire poll, mind you. It's good, but it's not that good.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3u1tq.jpg
55. Mastodon — [/i]The Hunter[/i] (328 points, 10 votes)
P4K: DNPP&J: 47
Spotify
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
also war on drugs was probably my favorite live band to see this year (2x!! shoudlve seen them that third time) seeing 1/3 of the crowd leave during the amazing 10 minute harmonica/feedback/sax drone jam was pretty funny
― ≧^◡^≦ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
Mastodon drums are huge, guitars are thin.
― Poon Aggroved (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Nice to see the Mastodon place! Such a great album and a really wise move for them to slide away from the epic prog thing for awhile.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
(thx dd85 btw)
― Drugs A. Money, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
far side virtual is a v gaudy outlier, an extreme mutation of certain threads in modern music mb, & of ferraro's archaeology of information age detritus. occupies a ridiculous position in the musical landscape of 2011, which makes it fun to back in the name of tastelessness & irony (rock out w/ "celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay"). i really love listening to it tho; despite employing all these trashy cheap sounds it's a p massive record & insanely rich considering how well it sticks together. it's not chip tunes; this stuff unfolds in a p epic even glorious fashion in this uncanny environment which is less familiar than it pretends to be. ive never known a record evoke so many peculiar & barely remembered things - everyone comes up w/ different references ive never heard of, which is significant - but those similarities are a pose & it doesn't actually function like Microsoft Musical Instruments demo songs, but instead pulls this weird set of things together in a way that seems so intuitive it feels like it was always grouped that way, but really this is some super sly taxonomy&world-building, built around garish, often v slight sounds. it has a clownish, circuslike quality to it & is wicked psychedelic imo
― ogmor, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
I thought Mastodon might place. Good album, I realised many years ago they weren't going to make another Remission. They for me fill the heavy rock void left by Qotsa while Josh took a break.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
the war on drugs are really, really awesome. very unique sound... i generally prefer stuff that is more song oriented but that album is just really cool.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
Nice write-up Ogmor! I agree with you on the psychedelic aspect of it. For all the cheap and nasty sounds, they're layered in a curious and sometimes surprisingly lush and lovely way.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
I had a harder time connecting with the new Mastodon than with their previous albums. Definitely agree that the guitars were too thin or maybe just too low in the mix.
Still voted for it though...
― Moodles, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
Do metalheads have a word for people who don't listen to any metal except Mastodon? If so, I'm one of those people - my Soundgarden/QOTSA loving younger self would have approved.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
i think i liked the idea of the mastodon album (return to shorter, unconnected songs) than the concept - maybe it was too long? there's some good stuff on there though.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:52 (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, January 31, 2012 9:21 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah, but different trains is not interesting in the long run because it has a "busy metropolitan feel" (something you could say about thousands of albums/pieces of music). it's interesting because it's complex, rigorous, challenging, distinctive and hypnotically beautiful - in the minds of many listeners. don't see any equivalent value in the ferraro album.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
the band i discovered on the metal poll that sounded like QOTSA (at least to me) were Red Fang. Loved that record.
― pandemic, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
On previous albums, it seemed like every song was one awesome riff after another. This one didn't quite do that for me.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
whoops, i skipped 56 like an idiot, sorry
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NBOaz.jpg
56. Danny Brown — XXX (323 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
P4K: 19P&J: 28
can anyone who voted for that james ferraro album explain why they love it so much?
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Tuesday, 31 January 2012
I voted for Ferraro. Why? Its cheery without being twee and has a bright sound. I certainly prefer it to the Ford & Lapotin or oneohtrix whatever records. I'd call it bright rather than thin
― Cashmere Combabe, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
keep meaning to listen to the danny brown album because i like his huzzah verse a lot, keep forgetting to actually listen
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
ogmor's defense of FSV is at least interesting and substantive. in my view it's an overelaborate description of clothes that aren't there, but i can at least understand that other people get something out of the experience.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
Danny Brown. Cool. Must admit I find I have to listen to that pretty selectively ie I won't play it more than once through in a row which is something I tend to do with albums I like. It's pretty wearing. Good though.
― pandemic, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
What is Danny Brown? Feel like I'm typing that a lot today.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
rap
― pandemic, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
so mastodon is actually ahead of danny brown?
my tastes in hip-hop in 2011 were just...not what got hype at all. almost every time i listened to a hyped hip-hop mixtape or album i was disappointed, apart from meek mill. but then i totally fell for albums/mixtapes by cousin fik, angel haze, young bleed which literally zero other people cared about.
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
could have done with rocking-the-fuck-out a bit more
Yeah, I had that feeling for many years after stuff like Jesus Lizard, Bitch Magnet, Rodan, etc. faded away from indie. Then I realized all I needed to do was listen to actual rock music.
The Mastodon album is actually longer than the epic prog odyssey of Crack The Skye, but it doesn't seem like it. I actually like Crack the Skye more, but The Hunter accomplishes exactly what it set out to do.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
danny brown's been growing on me
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
i can't even remember why i didn't like danny brown. i didn't think it was that bad, it's just that neither his voice nor his words resonated with me and the beats weren't fun.
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
seandalai - re d brown here is the unrepresentative metronomy sampling closerhttp://youtu.be/UmqU0dqZzAQ
― pandemic, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
Danny Brown is not meant to be fun I don't think.
― Poon Aggroved (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
young bleed is awesome lex, I voted for it and would hope that it would place.xp
― pandemic, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
His delivery is a little un-nerving and weird, but he has loads of skill and he uses production that fits his tendencies.
― Poon Aggroved (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
also voted for Young Bleed. In with a chance
― Number None, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Voted Holla At Uh Dog in the songs poll, should have placed.
danny brown is really fun
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
young bleed is awesome lex, I voted for it and would hope that it would place.
i really wish the goon crew had gathered round "holla at uh dog" more re: the tracks poll, i think it could've blown a lot of non-goons' minds
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
thanks pandemic - I feel I like the idea of the track but I'm not taken by DB himself.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link