i run rap boot camp
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
we need to renovate rennavate
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
this is really the year of the black and white cover.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i've been ranting for a couple years now that in indie/hip/'acclaimed' circles half of all album covers are b&w. pulling up PF's recent best new music picks is grayscale city.
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
smog smog smog clouds on your city bitch
― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
there are many adjectives that come to mind when I think of the female vocals in The Knife and Dirty Projectors; "detached" and "dreamy" are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down at the bottom of that list if they are there at all, somewhere behind "jazzy" and "gospel-like"― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:49 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkmelody's echo chamber sounds literally nothing like the knife in any sense. or the xx for that matter. the knife and the xx sound nothing like each other!― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:52 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI'm only saying this triumvirate pretty much begat this now prevalent sound. No, MEC doesn't (literally!) sound exactly like any one particular of these earlier bands, but this kind of sound (washy guitars, reverby synths, glassy-eyed vocal delivery) has become pretty much its own genre at this point (post-chillwave if we have to call it anything I guess), it's just stopped being interesting to me.― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:04 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:49 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
melody's echo chamber sounds literally nothing like the knife in any sense. or the xx for that matter. the knife and the xx sound nothing like each other!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:52 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm only saying this triumvirate pretty much begat this now prevalent sound. No, MEC doesn't (literally!) sound exactly like any one particular of these earlier bands, but this kind of sound (washy guitars, reverby synths, glassy-eyed vocal delivery) has become pretty much its own genre at this point (post-chillwave if we have to call it anything I guess), it's just stopped being interesting to me.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:04 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not to belabor this point, but I really don't see where Dirty Projectors figure into this conversation. Yes, there are lots of bands doing washy guitars, reverby synths, and glassy-eyed vocal delivery right now, but they are surely not one of them.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
What does 'glassy-eyed vocal' mean?
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://cowsarejustfood.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/the-residents.jpg
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
I take it to mean singing in a a detatched manner without a lot of emotion.
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― Moodles, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
ha caramanica put kendrick below ke$ha
― flopson, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
ha npr put kendrick below macklemore
http://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2012/2012/12/12/166972039/listener-picks-your-favorite-albums-of-2012?sc=tw&cc=twmp
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
@soundofthecityATTN: Critics. We're looking to get Pazz and Jop ballots out to everyone tomorrow. Keep your eyes on your inbox and please RT. Thanks!!
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
npr listeners!
― flopson, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
the NPR demographic likes to wave little tantalizing lures to me, making me think I belong there, and then things like the listeners liking Macklemore happen and I realize I am right to stay away
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
ha i meant to say npr listeners, obv already posted the editorial list upthread
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
is there gonna be a goon poll? ive barely listened to any rap this year and would like to know what i missed besides the 3 records that the rock/pop mags are rating
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
whiney said he's running one
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
tell whiney to send me a ballot this year
― f (Lamp), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
Can someone post The Wire's Comps and Reissues lists, please. Thanks very much!
― stevied, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
for whatever it's worth, I liked the Art Dealer Chic EPs and I really liked Kaleidoscope Dream when it came out but here we are in mid-December and many listens later damn if that thing isn't going to end up in my top 5. it just keeps rising. what a record.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
I keep seeing lists with Schoolboy Q songs other than "Druggys With Hoes Again" on them and it doesn't make sense to me.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
Was that 2011?
― small-scale fux with (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 13 December 2012 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
apparently it was leaked last year (which I didn't even realize til now tbh) but it was on his album that came out this year and is at least 45 times better than fucking "Hands on the Wheel"
― The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
was that sky ferreira answering phones!?
― alpine static, Thursday, 13 December 2012 05:30 (eleven years ago) link
oops wrong thread, sorry
― alpine static, Thursday, 13 December 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
I'm with Lex on Hands on the Wheel
― send Lawyers (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 13 December 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
Slant Magazine top singleshttp://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/the-25-best-singles-of-2012/340
1. Drake featuring Rihanna - Take Care2. Jessie Ware - Running3. Frank Ocean - Pyramids4. Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger5. Santigold - Disparate Youth6. Jack White - I'm Shakin'7. Twin Shadow - Five Seconds8. Alabama Shakes - Hold On9. Azealia Banks - 199110. Lana Del Rey - National Anthem11. The Very Best featuring Seye - Kondaine12. WZRD - Teleport 2 Me, Jamie13. Cheyenne Marie Mize - Wishing Well14. Jay-Z and Kanye West - No Church in the Wild15. Rihanna - Where Have You Been16. Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj - Girl on Fire17. Jessie Ware - 110%18. Kelly Hogan - Plant White Roses19. Bat for Lashes - Laura20. Usher - Climax21. No Doubt - Push and Shove22. Meek Mill featuring Drake - Amen23. Santigold - Big Mouth24. The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag25. Liars - No. 1 Against the Rush
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:23 (eleven years ago) link
16. Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj - Girl on Fire
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― The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:34 (eleven years ago) link
The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/best-albums-of-2012
1. tba2. Grimes - Visions3. Jessie Ware - Devotion4. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan5. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, MAAD City6. Tame Impala - Lonerism7. alt-J - An Awesome Wave8. The xx - Coexist9. Hot Chip In Our Heads10. Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe11. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream12. Django Django - Django Django13. Chromatics - Kill For Love14. Grizzly Bear - Shields15. Cooly G - Playin' Me16. Taylor Swift - Red17. Lana del Rey - Born To Die18. Saint Etienne - Words And Music By Saint Etienne19. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes20. Plan B - Ill Manors21. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man22. The Cribs - In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull23. Jam City - Classical Curves24. Dawn Richard - Armor On25. Actress - R.I.P.26. Bright Light Bright Light - Make Me Believe In Hope27. Poliça - Give You The Ghost28. Tribes - Baby29. Jack White - Blunderbuss30. Angel Haze - Reservation31. Marina And The Diamonds - Electra Heart32. Farrah Abraham - My Teenage Dream Ended33. Mala - Mala in Cuba34. Dexys - One Day I'm Going To Soar35. Nite Jewel - One Second Of Love36. Beach House - Bloom37. Orbital - Wonky38. Fiona Apple -The Idler Wheel39. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music40. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:53 (eleven years ago) link
Wanna bet what's number 1? I'm guessing Bish.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:54 (eleven years ago) link
go on, have another guess
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:56 (eleven years ago) link
Grimes at number 2 though? I went for a run and listened to it yesterday (also saw her at Primavera) and it was okay but just seemed so.. nothingy; like something that might have been interesting circa 2006 but no more.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:56 (eleven years ago) link
Oh God, it's going to be F**** O****, right
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:57 (eleven years ago) link
Juno Best Of 2012: Top 20 albumshttp://www.junodownload.com/plus/2012/12/06/best-of-2012-top-20-albums/
1. Bass Clef – Reeling Skullways (Punch Drunk)2. JuJu & Jordash – Techno Primitivism (Dekmantel)3. Vessel – Order Of Noise (Tri Angle)4. Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland – Black Is Beautiful (Hyperdub)5. Jam City – Classical Curves (Night Slugs)6. Austin Cesear – Cruise Forever (Public Information)7. NHK Koyxen – Dance Classics Vol 2 (PAN)8. Silent Servant – Negative Fascination (Hospital)9. Lee Gamble – Diversions 1994-1996 & Dutch Tvashar Plumes (PAN)10. Madteo – Noi No (Sahko)11. Actress – R.I.P (Honest Jons)12. D’Marc Cantu – A New World (MOS)13. I:Cube – M Megamix (Versatile)14. Bee Mask – When We Were Eating Unripe Pears (Spectrum Spools)15. Raime - Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (Blackest Ever Black)16. DJ Nature – Return Of The Savage (Golf Channel)17. Barker & Baumecker – Transsektoral (Ostgut Ton)18. Jahiliyya Fields – Unicursal Hexagram (L.I.E.S.)19. Terrence Dixon – From The Far Future 2 (Tresor)20. Shackleton - Music For The Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ (Woe To The Septic Heart!)
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:26 (eleven years ago) link
i should check the Bass Clef album; he's got a really interesting attitude to making tunes.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
I have that but it didn't really grab me. It is turning up on a few lists though.
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
13. I:Cube – M Megamix (Versatile)
Glad to see this getting props, it's terrific.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:36 (eleven years ago) link
I have that but it didn't really grab me. It is turning up on a few lists though.― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:31 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:31 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
What isn't always apparent with his stuff is that it's entirely analogue, mixed on cassette 8-track and made with really rudimentary old samplers.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:42 (eleven years ago) link
I think I knew that already, in fact I think my problem was basically down to false expectations - it wasn't quite as scuzzy and horrible as I would have liked. But obviously I need to listen to it again at some point...
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
Matt, what kind of ballpark is that I:Cube in? Probably missing some subtle clues but it's a bit hard to tell from the blurb.
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
I don't get the Grimes album at all. Two great singles and a lot of weaker variations on a theme. It's not as if there isn't a lot of arty electro-pop out there and this doesn't feel any weightier or more compelling than the rest. <adopts Guardian commenter's explanation for everything> They probably only chose it to look "cool" and "edgy" and impress middle-class hipsters at Dalston dinner parties.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 13 December 2012 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
Agree apart from the great singles thing. So insubstantial + annoying voice despite being right in my wheelhouse
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
oh no don't you start with "wheelhouse" as well
― r|t|c, Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
I listened to the Grimes album again yesterday and it's still enjoyable and the melodies are gorgeous but it is kind of samey and there's not much to latch onto. If you think of it as an ambient album it works. Strikes me as one of those albums that loads of people plonk into the lower reaches of their list and ends up really high as a result. But there's not even any sense that it's been one of the defining records of the year or anything like that.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
i remember when Randy Jackson started saying "wheelhouse" on American Idol all the time and people were like whaaaat lol and now everybody says it constantly
― some dude, Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
If you think of it as an ambient album it works.
So true. It was perfect for jogging to, but I remember absolutely none of it. Not a single bit of it stuck out or made an impression on me. Perfect background music for, say, a trendy fashion party, but really this kind of synths'n'sunglasses thing has been done many times over for ten years or so now.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
trendy fashion parties are the worst kind of fashion parties
― an area the size of Jimmy Wales (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Some folks were saying album of the year about Grimes when it came out back in March and I just didn't get it.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
"in my wheelhouse" has become the phrase du jour
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
I think of wheelhouse as more of a tennis term?
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link