important to get those quotation marks around the titles
― life went on, sadly (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 April 2013 07:28 (eleven years ago) link
Jesus Christ
― zero dark (s1ocki), Sunday, 14 April 2013 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
rolling enlightening music writing discussion:
I don't speak from experience, just as an outsider, but the music writing 'scene'/music journalism sounds so horrible.
It seems like you're constantly trying to get the approval of your higher-ups when these people base your ability on their personal taste. But I'd love to be proven wrong.
This is why I agree that it really shouldn't be about the technicalities of writing (grammar, punctuation, etc., except maybe diction) but about the ideas themselves. But really, there seems to be only a handful of music writers with semi-interesting ideas. What I mean is, not everybody is a [insert your favourite music critic here], whether it is people like Barney Hoskyns or Christgau.
But usually, the type of music writing that is done by and large is stuff anybody can do, and not genuinely interesting ideas or ideas that help understand popular culture/music, like McLuhan did, for example. Or maybe all the scholars and intellects are all in hiding!
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:40 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Daft Punk's Random Access Memories
― markers, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
damn markers, true
― gr8080, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:15 (ten years ago) link
albums where the last track are the best derp
― OH NO, SECONDS LEFT, SECONDS LEFT, AND THERE IT IS. REGRET. (imago), Friday, 31 May 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
I have no problems with them rating albums from the last ten years so highly but couldn't they have gone for someone more interesting than all these boring indie bands (3 Kings of Leon albums, 3 Pete Doherty, 2 Arctic Monkeys, 2 Coldplay etc) If they were putting Junior Boys, Broadcast or The Knife higher I wouldn't mind at all.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:27 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 24 October 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link
I usually find it very easy to ignore music I don't like but for some reason this has really, really upset me. I feel like self harming because of this shit tbh. As my friend said, "It's no longer a case of 'God help us if there's a war'. It's now a case of, 'We need a war.'"
― Doran, Friday, October 25, 2013 5:22 PM (3 days ago)
― Paraoxonases in Inflammation, Infection, and Toxicology (nakhchivan), Monday, 28 October 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
After one listen I think that 'solid' is the best word to describe this album
― paolo, Monday, 22 September 2014 17:38 (1 minute ago)
― macho nonreal (nakhchivan), Monday, 22 September 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
loool
― Mordy, Monday, 22 September 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
That sense of arranging toys by height is the soul of virtually every ilm thread. Apols to SL
― bamcquern, Monday, 22 September 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
whenever i see this in SNA i am paranoid that one my posts will be here
― marcos, Monday, 22 September 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Everything I have ever posted to ilm could go in here
Don't post there that much kinda for that reason
― you'll never guac amole (wins), Monday, 22 September 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
god, why did i ever unbookmark this thread
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 3 October 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
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― Nourry, Saturday, October 4, 2014 3:17 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― please delete outrageous tanuki crappyposter (wins), Saturday, 4 October 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
tick
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 4 October 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
Just really solid classic-style rock guitar playing imo.
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 18 October 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
:P
Almost every building block on Mr Beast has a 1:1 parallel with something on Rock Action, but in every case it's a significant upgrade. Mogwai albums are like Apple's desktop operating system upgrades. Sometimes you're disappointed there's not really any new "features," but as a grownup you end up appreciating the bug fixes more than the features anyway.
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Monday, 20 October 2014 23:34 (nine years ago) link
that is even demonstrably false as any listen to the two albums will prove
― joie de marsh (imago), Monday, 20 October 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
obviously that is and should not be the point here
oh god, i'm afraid to google that but that is exactly the sort of terrible post that i am prone to making when i'm at a low mental ebb :(
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
ok. i think there is something i must be missing with this album.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2:52 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i've tried. many multiple listens and i don't find this to be anything special. i don't hate it or anything... just nothing stands out to me.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2:58 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:55 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this ends up being me 70% of the time i post about music, i just do it anyway but try make it as short as possible tbr
― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
I am really terrible at having anything interesting to say about music tbh, I shouldn't even bother with ILM
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
isn't dying young an inextricable part of being a kurt cobain? or is a kurt cobain that didn't die young just a billy corgan?
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Thursday, November 13, 2014 8:17 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Fairly peng (wins), Thursday, 13 November 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
1. Taylor Swift, 1989 - There's some good and some bad on this album.2. Ariana Grande, My Everything - No.3. Azealia Banks, Broke With Expensive Taste - Yes, absolutely! I had no idea it would be this good.4. Miranda Lambert, Platinum - Whatever, she's alright.5. First Aid Kit, Stay Gold - Strong first half, at least.6. Tinashe, Aquarius - Great!7. Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence - People still like her. That doesn't bother me.8. Kelis, Food - Jerk Ribs > everything else.9. Lykke Li, I Never Learn - I love this one.10. Beyoncé, BEYONCÉ Platinum Edition - This was my #1 album from 2013. Still love it.11. One Direction, Four - I haven't listened to this, but I like some 1D songs.12. Ex Hex, Rips - I actually wish I liked this more.13. Jessie Ware, Tough Love - Better than her debut. There, I said it!14. Various Artists, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - Is Lorde on this? No thanks.15. Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire for No Witness - I'm fine with this. Hardly ever listen to it.16. Dolly Parton, Blue Smoke - Dolly, always.17. Jenny Lewis, The Voyager - It's no Rabbit Fur Coat, but what is.18. FKA twigs, LP1 - YES!19. Perfume Genius, Too Bright - I have to be a mood, but when I am this is wonderful.20. St. Vincent, St. Vincent - I like it more each time I play it (which isn't often).
So no, the whole list isn't shit. Maybe only a tiny little bit of it is.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 00:17
― نكبة (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
http://www.fitnessmash.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/4004-Seasons-Greetings.jpg
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFtb3EtjEic
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
There are 7 hiphop albums on the pitchfork list in a year where they only bnm'd 2. It was kinda the same last year. For some reason, rap consistently gets lower review-scores and less accolades compared to how much their writers like them. It's really weird. Or really, it's not.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:06 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link
hm
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
ilm is gonna be real enlightening for the next month and a half tbh
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
haha otm
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
i may as well just post my thoughts about 2014 albums in this thread instead of the other
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
attn: whiney
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/01/4f/2b/014f2b1d9b01dcc8d3b662ec019a64b2.jpg
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
lol
― gr8080, Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
I don't know what the deal with Rock-A-Rolla is. Last year it came out Dec. 19. Last week I was updating my subscription and emailed them asking about it, and no answer.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, December 26, 2014 12:59 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think I can guess at most of what would be in Rock-A-Rolla's top 20: YOB, Godflesh, Swans, Earth, Goat, Secret Chiefs 3, Electric Wizard, Wovenhand, Shellac, Aphex Twin, Einsturzende Neubauten, Floor, Boris, Bong, Alcest, Baptists, Helms Alee, SBTRKT, Liars, Ben Frost.
Maybe top 50: Crippled Black Phoenix, Tombs, Lantlos, Thou, Sólstafir, Melvins, Mogwai, Cynic, Ides Of Gemini, Indian, Obake, Gridlink, Giant Squid, Black Moth, The Atlas Moth, Nadja, Midnight Masses, Eyehategod, Nothing, Pallbearer, Opeth, Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band, Moab, John Garcia, Protomartyr, Gold Codes, Carla Bozulich, Have A Nice Life, Conan, Esben And The Witch, Horseback, Fucked Up, Woods Of Desolation, Comet Control, Motorpsycho, Syd Arthur, Messenger, The Soft Pink Truth, Trans Am, Flying Lotus, Maurice Louca, Fatima al Qadiri, The Skull, Serpent Venom, The Oath, Kikagaku Moyo, Total Control, Fu Manchu, Orange Goblin, Lo-Pan, Monster Magnet, Marmozets, Bracken, Pontiak, House Of Lightning, Gazpacho, Young Widows, Slomatics, The Flight Of Sleipnir, Dir En Grey, Oozing Wound, Ocean Chief.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, December 26, 2014 2:13 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh, and of course that Scott Walker + Sunn O))) album. Substitute for one in the first list, like SBTRKT.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, December 26, 2014 2:15 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
xp Rock-A-Rolla doesn't publish new issue until Jan 10, so I guess that's when the list will be out.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:42 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
dude you post on year end critics list threads
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
I don't email editors and write fan fiction though
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
the vanity of bulbous differences
― imago, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
in other news, whiney g. wengarten again holds that he is cooler than someone else on the internet
― that last push creates an amount of pleasing froth on (contenderizer), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:44 (nine years ago) link
if not emailing the editor of a magazine about where their year-end list is makes me cool, then i'm miles davis
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:55 (nine years ago) link
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/FElfV-2H5vU/0.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:56 (nine years ago) link
Come To Your Senses is the best track here, but it took me some time to figure it out.
― nostormo, Saturday, 3 January 2015 09:39 (3 days ago)
Glad u cleared that one up for us. Can you tell us now what the best song ever in the whole world is?
― ..but is he a virtuoso? (Raccoon Tanuki), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:23 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just my opinion
― nostormo, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:36 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Could having a black president have anything to do with it? Or is that almost a reason as to why there should be more politically/socially concious rap?
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 16:36 (8 minutes ago) Permalink
― man alive, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 16:45 (nine years ago) link
:D
― London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football (imago), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
Kanye - better producer than mccartney, better singer tHan mccartney, better lyricist than mccartney, better performer than mccartney, more interesting person than mccartney. Other than that I'm sure 72 year old person will add so much to this record
― the fuckin catalina wine mixer (sleepingbag), Sunday, January 25, 2015 1:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― Mordy, Sunday, 25 January 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
his ham bean soup is better than mccartney's too.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
lol at handwringing about misogyny in rap with the right hand and cheerleading indie rock (some of the most institutionalised misogy music going) with the left
― ||||||||, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:54 PM (1 minute ago)
― Mordy, Thursday, 29 January 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
mi sogy life
― wins, Thursday, 29 January 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link