Never knowingly heard Haim.
― the drummer is a monster (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
It's all over, now everybody gaan haim.
― emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
you didn't miss much, nick, they are ok but nothing special, really. i don't understand what the fuss is about really. another derivative, mainstream sounding pop band made of girls, so what?
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
those darn girls!
― Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
you see, THAT'S the sort of misogynist critique I wasn't making when I simply said they bored me :P
― 141 Jute Gyte - Discontinuities 142 drake - nothing was the same (imago), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
ty
― another derivative, mainstream sounding pop band made of girls (wins), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
I don't find any of the words in that description to be derisive, tbh.
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
Oh no, not "mainstream sounding."
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
beysus with the moral NINE-first-places victory and baduesque redemption to come :)
― lex pretend, Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:29 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
VW had EIGHT so it's morally second.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe Juicy J didn't even make the top 100 and everyone voted Ka over Roc Marciano :(
― xelab, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
"another....band made of girls" is horrifying, jaymc
― 141 Jute Gyte - Discontinuities 142 drake - nothing was the same (imago), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgflip.com/13lz5.gif
♬ what keeps daft punk from winning? (haim) ♬
― keiji cretins (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
All bands are 'made of girls' when you think about it
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
nah Kraftwerk were hewn from girders and plastic
― 141 Jute Gyte - Discontinuities 142 drake - nothing was the same (imago), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link
― xelab, Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:51 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
marci beucoup was kinda disapointing imo
― Zen Dawson (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link
my god, it's made of girls!
― another derivative, mainstream sounding pop band made of girls (wins), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
I liked Marcberg a lot more than Roc Marciano's recent stuff. The Night's Gambit is Ka's best yet.
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
The heartening fact that the poll was full of (bands of) girls makes that a pretty un-misogynist comment, TBH.
― these birches is awful (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
― Zen Dawson (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:53 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Spottie, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
I'm with alex in mainhattan in a sense: there were hundreds upon hundreds of albums released last year, and this is allegedly the best of them all? Naturally, I disagree.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
xp that's about the best thing about haim. imagine they would have been another boygroup, jesus.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
another derivative, mainstream sounding pop band made of girls, so what?
apart from the sexism in this that's been dealt with, "another"? there are only five all-girl bands in the 77, that's quite a small proportion.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
Haim at number 1! Hahaha. Only real surprise for me was seeing Vampire Weekend at #6 (and Sky Ferreira at 5, I had no idea ILM loved her that much) I expected VW on the top three based on the comments surrounding the release.
― Moka, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
I have not spreadsheeted it this year, but there seem to be metric fucktons of female solo artists.
― these birches is awful (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
(I have no idea how a metric fuckton differs from an imperial fuckton, to be honest.)
― these birches is awful (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
just another guy named alex in manhattan, making dumb remarks
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
five all girl bands? what are the other ones apart from savages and haim?
― pearly-dewdrops' bops (monotony), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
Marci Beaucoup is a grower and Pimpire is >>>the nights gambit.
― xelab, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
oh and tegan & sara, i guess
― pearly-dewdrops' bops (monotony), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
25!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
I think I wasn't clear. I don't find "derivative," "mainstream sounding," "pop," or "made of girls" to be inherently derisive terms, so I find it silly that AiM is using them as though they were.
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
tegan and sara, yamantaka // sonic titan, f(x)
YT//ST aren't all female, I'm pretty sure. Though the two main songwriters are.
― emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
25 solo + 5 bands + (who knows how many band members) = 30/77 = really amazingly close to parity. 25 is fully 1/3 which is way better than most publications' lists.
― these birches is awful (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
Haha I totally thought Yamantaka / Sonic Titan was a project of Boredoms dude.
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
that F(x) album has been my fave discovery from this poll, need to start paying attention to the K pop thread.
― xelab, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:07 (ten years ago) link
Curious now how many all-dude bands placed apart from Daft Punk & Vampy W/e?
― Another derivative, mainstream-sounding girl made of bands (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
wikipedia implied the core of the band was a duo (both women) with other "supporting members", and 90% of the promo shots just seem to consist of the two main members
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link
xp i will never understand how it can be sexist to say that a girls band is a girls band, that is maybe a tautology but what the hell does it have to do with sexism? may i say that i love women or is that sexist as well? thinking about it the only world imaginable without sexism in this sense is a world without sexes. is that what you dream of, lex?
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
Haim? HAHAHAHAHAHa' HAIM ?? half ridiculous,half sublime.much better than v. weekend, that's for sure.
― nakamura, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
Saying that you "love" "women" is totally sexist, though. That can fuck right off.
― Another derivative, mainstream-sounding girl made of bands (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
yeah i think ilx has always been pretty good like this (another reason i respect this EOY list more than most!). TONS of female frontwomen in mixed bands, it felt like
*counts*
seven i think? plus prob some more females in mixed bands who aren't the frontperson
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
lex did you include DJ Sprinkles in that number
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
l never understand how it can be sexist to say that a girls band is a girls band, that is maybe a tautology but what the hell does it have to do with sexism?
it's sexist because you mentioned "girls" as if their sex were a reason to dismiss them
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
Plus by my count 12 (?) mixed-gender acts
My Bloody ValentineThe KnifeParamoreThese New PuritansChvrchesGoldfrappArcade FireQuadronYoung GalaxyFactory FloorThee Oh SeesMelt-Banana
Is that all?
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
xp i will never understand how it can be sexist to say that a girls band is a girls band
b/c every other descriptor you used for haim was meant in a derogatory way
xp yes re: dj sprinkles
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
this album is so monumental to me. i know it disappointed a lot of people but it's just an album that needs an incredible amount of time to sink into, to wrap your head around. the amount of ideas here is overwhelming. i can understand if people didn't want to do that but trust me, it was so worth it for me. i could actually rarely listen to it except all the way through as an album - it just made so much sense that way.
how i feel about the laura marling lp
― uberweiss, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
ILM list also includes a lot of females who didn't get much or any EOY list love from major publications: i.e. amel larrieux, k. michelle, ariana grande, f(x), quadron, fantasia, y // st, charli xcx
― pearly-dewdrops' bops (monotony), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
MY GOD IT'S FULL OF GIRLS!
― Another derivative, mainstream-sounding girl made of bands (Branwell Bell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
xp no, i said that their music was ok. which is quite positive as most music around is not ok at all.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link