That Rock-A-Rolla list is great. Never read it, is it a site or a mag?
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:22 (eleven years ago) link
212 was released in December 2011, so maybe Mixmag's 2011 poll was decided earlier on?
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:24 (eleven years ago) link
i'm sure it came out earlier than that? it was on a lot of end of year lists last year
― just sayin, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
it feels like it's been around forever
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:29 (eleven years ago) link
dunno, that's what wiki said. i only noticed it being played/talked about offline in about Jan/Feb this year. Always tricky with thigns that come out later in the year.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:29 (eleven years ago) link
Video on Youtube was uploaded in September 2011 and that's how I heard it.
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:29 (eleven years ago) link
it was doing the rounds from at least september 2011, which is when the official youtube was uploaded
xp
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:30 (eleven years ago) link
In September 2011, the song was chosen as the Record of the Week by Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 1
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:30 (eleven years ago) link
The Guardian gave the song a highly positive review and placed it at number 2 on their The Best Songs of 2011 list. In a review, Michael Cragg praised the song calling it "a startling three and a half minutes of attitude" as well as "incredible." Carrie Battan of Pitchfork Media complimented her "unpredictable vocal range" and wrote, "She clicks between characters and styles casually, effortlessly. No seams. A jaw-slackening demo reel." NME dubbed the song #18 on their 50 Best Tracks Of 2011, calling it "mischievous, quick-witted and full of filthy cunnilanguage: it’s made Azealia Banks, the coolest girl on the planet, and it delivered on 2011’s forward-thinking promise." NPR Music gave the song a positive review and listed it as one of their 100 Favorite Songs Of 2011, calling the song "the raunchiest shut-down of 2011." Pitchfork gave the song its Best New Music accolade and ranked it number 9 on their Top 100 Tracks of 2011 list
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:32 (eleven years ago) link
cunnilanguage
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:33 (eleven years ago) link
mixmag must have mentioned it in their 2011 coverage though, surely?
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:34 (eleven years ago) link
looks like the earliest they mentioned it was january 4th?
http://www.mixmag.net/words/features/big-tunes/jan12
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:39 (eleven years ago) link
weak
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
212 did come out really late, I only remember the Singles Jukebox tackling it right at the end of November so it's perfectly possible that the December Mixmag was way past its print deadline by then. Attempting to shoehorn it into a 2012 list is just lame though.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:53 (eleven years ago) link
tbf to mixmag i think that's the only place i've seen 'latch' so far
not like they should be getting mad props for a no-brainer like that but since every other publication is so dumb there it is
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:02 (eleven years ago) link
i thought "control" was better than "latch", which never quite clicked w/me
while we're on the subject of disclosure i wish EOY lists would stop fronting like their remix of "running" is better than the original (if any ware remix is superior, it's the joe goddard one of "night light")
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
Hey guys, I found this vintage copy of Q from December 1993 in the shops
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/72367_10152337467005215_187229883_n.jpg
Oh wait
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
'latch' is a straight up anthem with (for once in our lives) the genuine chart stats to show for it, giving it no mention is criminal
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
i think that's the only place i've seen 'latch' so far
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-overrated-relea
the blurb is... uh, quite something
― Mind Taker, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
oooffff that blurb, oh man how are people like that permitted to write in public
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:15 (eleven years ago) link
sigh can i not have one day without having a thundercloud of intense rage over me
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:16 (eleven years ago) link
wow what a moron. good to see the comments below are overwhelmingly negative too.
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:16 (eleven years ago) link
although to be fair, props for calling out some of the other records in that list
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:16 (eleven years ago) link
he is american anyway who gives a fuck
the real problem is more stuff like the guardian preening themselves over 'ima read' or whatever other irrelevance in something like 'latch's stead
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:18 (eleven years ago) link
This is music for people who don't like music, the kind of track teenage girls will rush to buy on iTunes after hearing it on the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries.
Seriously? Ugh.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:20 (eleven years ago) link
"ima read" was an IRL anthem! on catwalks and stuff. it's also better than "latch"
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
haha i know damn well you were lolling as you wrote that so ima let it slide
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:23 (eleven years ago) link
― r|t|c, Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:18 AM Bookmark
haha you're really trying to make the veins pop out of my forehead
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:11 (eleven years ago) link
if you maybe attach those veins to your brain you'll see i'm not saying what you think i am
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:18 (eleven years ago) link
I love you too, babe.
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
The Disclosure remix of "Running" is better than the original, though that's still great as well.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
I thought that, then went back to the original yesterday, after a long gap - Disclosure remix hereby demoted! But not by much!
Ubiquity of Disclosure remix due in part to "squeezing two acts on the list for the price of one" syndrome?
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
I think I'd like Disclosure more if their sound were more... robust? I've liked so much garage revivalism this year and I've not been able to find much of an in with them at all, they're a bit polite and I mean in a tepid way rather than a sumptuous way.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
their artful dodger remix kinda brought that home to me
no hate for the disclosure remix at all, it's fun, but the original is the one that really conveys the epic OTT drama perfectly
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Not sure 'Running' really suits a garage beat anyway. For all her dance connections, I'm not sure Jessie Ware is a terribly remix-able artist, or the ones people keep having a go at are the most 'complete' songs in the first place. Even the Joe Goddard remix of Night Light feels kinda forced. There's more potential in things like No To Love or Swan Song or the title track but those aren't the ones with the prominent remixes that I can see.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
The words "Disclosure, 'Latch'" unfortunately remind me of the jam band Dispatch.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
xp Clearly I haven't been banging on about Ewan Pearson's No to Love remix on here as much as I thought I had. Way better than the original but not "prominent" in the same way as the Running remix.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
Yes that one's good and I'd forgotten about it, but it kind of works because No To Love is kind of mediocre and in need of fixing in the first place.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
the only issue i have with the ewan pearson remix is that he retains and indeed emphasises the dodgy male rap - otherwise it's lovely (and yes, the original "no to love" is whatever)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Somehow the 80s dance references in the remix make the rap charming to me, because it's dodgy in a very old-fashioned way.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
Also I've paid minimal attention this year and freely admit I have zero authority on this subject but I found the monochrome sluggishness of a lot of the beats in the upper reaches of that Cocaine Blunts list a real drag to get through.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
some kind soul has compiled The Martorialist's list too. It's a bit more fun i think
http://themartorialist.blogspot.ie/2012/12/rap-game-joey-bartons-pigeon-french_18.html
― Number None, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
XLR8R's Best Releases of 2012Part One 40-21: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-releases-part-oPart Two 20-1: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-releases-part-t
40. DJ Rashad - TEKLIFE Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi (Lit City)39. Bandshell - Dust March EP (Hessle)38. Pinch - Fabriclive 61 (Fabric)37. Objekt - "Cactus" b/w "Porcupine" (Hessle)36. Sigha - Living with Ghosts (Hotflush)35. Tevo Howard - Monument EP (Buzzin' Fly)34. J. Alvarez - Overseas Highway EP (HypeLTD)33. Disclosure - The Face EP (Greco-Roman)32. Oneman - Fabriclive 64 (Fabric)31. Anenon - Acquiescence EP (Non Projects)30. Bicep - Vision of Love EP (Feel My Bicep)29. Todd Edwards - Shall Go EP (Body High)28. Drexciya - Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller (Clone)27. oOoOO - Our Loving is Hurting Us EP (Tri Angle)26. Benjamin Damage and Doc Daneeka - They!Live (50Weapons)25. Ben Klock - Fabric 66 (Fabric)24. L-Vis 1990 - Club Constructions Vol. 1 (Night Slugs)23. Joy O & Boddika - "Froth" b/w "Mercy" (SunkLo)22. Redshape - "Throw in Dirt" b/w "The Land" (3024)21. Grimes - Visions (4AD)20. Gerry Read - Jummy (Fourth Wave)19. Mike Huckaby - The Tresor EP (Tresor)18. Shed - The Killer (50Weapons)17. Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything (Editions Mego)16. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems (Modern Love)15. Nautiluss - Habitat EP (Turbo)14. Daphni - Jiaolong (Merge)13. Holy Other - Held (Tri Angle)12. Todd Terje - It's the Arps EP (Smalltown Supersound)11. Chromatics - Kill for Love (Italians Do It Better)10. Vessel - Order of Noise (Tri Angle)9. Levon Vincent - Fabric 63 (Fabric)8. Jacques Greene - Ready EP (3024)7. Untold - Change in a Dynamic Environment (Hemlock)6. Barker & Baumecker - Transsektoral (Ostgut Ton)5. Mala - Mala in Cuba (Brownswood)4. Four Tet - Pink (Text)3. Actress - R.I.P. (Honest Jon's)2. Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns (Wichita)1. John Talabot - ƒIN (Permanent Vacation)
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
― Matt DC, Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:06 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and i found the "jazzy" Ab-Soul song to be super lame, was cool with the other stuff mostly
― 2 Celloz (some dude), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
12. Todd TerjeIt's the Arps EP(Smalltown Supersound)"This little project was a result of me wanting to justify my purchase of a ARP2600, which cost a bit on the second-hand market. My rule was to use no samples, only sounds generated from this machine such as kicks, snares, hats, basslines, melodies, etc. It's funny to see the reaction to 'Inspector Norse' when I play it out, and it makes me laugh and think, 'Yeah, you girls don't know just how nerdy this song really is.' Nerds one, jocks nil." - Todd Terje
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
AGREED
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
What got me into the Disclosure remix was seeing Jessie Ware sing it live, on that C4 non-stop all-night DJ marathon thingy, at the end of the Annie Mac set. (Which is as close to "in situ" as I'm likely to get at this time of life, sigh.) So I don't have any issues over whether the vocals sit right with the track.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
Baltimore Sun's top 10 albums: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/chi-20121207-best-albums-music-pictures,0,6772301.photogallery
― 2 Celloz (some dude), Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/12/ten_best_noise_tracks_2012.php
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Disclosure remix of "Running" is not about the OTT drama at all, I agree, it's just consummate bouncing. The ear-tickling beat is so pretty yet compulsive, the way it dovetails with the synth chords and (yes) the slightly shrill sped up vocals. I wouldn't want them to be more robust.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link