ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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don't you mean Beach Horse?

quinoa: how's it spelt? (dog latin), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link

;-)

quinoa: how's it spelt? (dog latin), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link

Ohh so nice that Under the Skin placed! Love hearing that while driving at night.

a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link

Indie that i like! Love Real Estate. Loving the poll so far

Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link

"well, we were sort of going for the vibe of an oily-looking ham slice."

"more than one. like slices, actually. oily-looking ham slices.

"yeah, slices. i should have said slices."

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link

babymetal is really interesting because it's 100% legitimate j-pop vocals over commensurably legitimate metal. getting that to work as well as it does is probably pretty challenging.

re: real estate, "They make for pleasant background listening; almost ambient indie music" – OTM. i can't really remember this album but i know i didn't mind it, and their first one still has an alluring haze to it (and the end of "beach comber" is a double rainbow).

soyrev, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link

also i love this gradual result rollout, if it weren't 2am in seoul i'd be here all day

soyrev, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link

i do like this album tho, pretty good album. didn't vote for it.

gr8080, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link

I cut it off my ballot I think to make 25 so im really pleased it made it.

Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link

((and to clarify, by 'j-pop vocals' i don't mean poppy vocals sung in japanese, i'm referring to the composition of the melody lines as much as their performance/production))

soyrev, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link

preferred Ducktails to Real Estate, but I don't mind this at all

sleeve, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link

I have to say, nothing makes me more interested in checking out a band than finding out they make music for the contemplation of oily ham

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link

re: Mica Levi - why does it always always has to be: psychotic blah blah = pull out yer neighbourhood avant-classical type moves out of the bag. Probably the weakest part of that film.

xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link

this noura mint seymali is great, thanks to whoever voted for it!

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link

Mauritanian psych-funk sounds fun. As does ambient indie to be fair. Will give them both a go.

Jeff W, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link

"fake blues" from some early real estate single is still one of my very favorite 3-4 min of chillout indie ever. have opined elsewhere that it seems to be ripping off mark knopfler's local hero sndtrk (in a good way). experienced diminishing returns with the band tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHx8ZhYsigQ

^ album version not quite as good

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link

sorry, meant for that to be a link :(

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link

digging the Real Estate. thanks ILM!

example (crüt), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link

i didn't vote this year but i am going to follow thread because these results are more promising than the singles for me
love under the skin sdtk, big fave in my house
love noura too -- she makes it sound so easy and this reminds me that i wanted to hear the album

groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link

the last real estate album is one of my fav indie rock records ever but i couldn't get into this one at all

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 January 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link

Xyzzz__: why not? Those sounds work well to bring out that atmosphere. At least it's more interesting than minor-key piano arpeggios or something.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link

uh, whether or not there were any actual mice involved, this noura mint seymali album is fantastic

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link

Nooo, I missed the moment Babymetal hit, I was praying for this. It feels weird finally having a vote place right inside the top 77 and not outside. This is definitely the best Babymetal song, here performed in front of 60k people.. in England! http://youtu.be/jKs7JnAWI9s

abcfsk, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link

Love the Real Estate album, and it was quite high up on my ballot. It's everything I want from an "indie" album right now - clear, chiming, blissful. I think they just keep getting better.

Loving this Noura Mint Seymali album too.

Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link

I agree they do Sund4r. I suppose I'd like to hear those sounds in more surprising contexts these days. A bit of an easy option to take. xps

xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/bQyox4f.jpg

72 CALL SUPER Suzi Ecto [255 points, 11 votes]

Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link

looks like an abstract magen dovid on the cover

Mordy, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link

yay call super!

o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link

I agree they do Sund4r. I suppose I'd like to hear those sounds in more surprising contexts these days. A bit of an easy option to take. xps

― xyzzzz__, Monday, January 26, 2015 9:06 AM (3 seconds ago)

oh pooh. everything's an easy option. the execution's what counts. impeccably well constructed soundtrack, both as a functional component of the film and as a stand-alone listen. it sound more "surprising" a kristen wiig comedy sure, but i'm not that desperate for novelty thrills.

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link

Huh, really fun start to the albums list. Babymetal!

Will they change the band name to Toddlermetal or Teenmetal as they get older? Or swap out the members?

octobeard, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link

no spotify links this year?

Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link

There's a whole playlist linked at the top of the thread.

Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link

never heard of this Call Super record, very nice on first listen - I assume there's no vocals?

sleeve, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link

Or swap out the members?

how it's done iirc

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link

This album cover promises fuzzy artpop...

tangenttangent, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link

yeah do these images come with blurbs or no
1-2 objective descriptive sentences or phrases?

groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link

Happy that Real Estate placed. They have a special way with melody.

quan voice (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link

i prefer the mystery & intrigue

ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link

Blurbs haven't been part of the eoy polls for several years, but a quick search turned up a few mentions of Call Super in techno/bobbins threads.

Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link

oh pooh. everything's an easy option. the execution's what counts. impeccably well constructed soundtrack, both as a functional component of the film and as a stand-alone listen. it sound more "surprising" a kristen wiig comedy sure, but i'm not that desperate for novelty thrills.

― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Don't be an idiot - of course not everything is an easy option and no I am looking for this stuff to be used in a comedy or anything. Its their problem to sort out. I just know what they've come up with just isn't really going to do.

xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link

xp
I prefer not knowing what the hell kind of music it is immediately when I've never heard of something (as is true of Call Super). Part of the fun!

Jeff W, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link

not feeling the real estate. think their sound worked better for me when it was fuzzing in through chillwave-contemporaneous vhs nostalgia, buried vocals, tape hiss, etc.

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link

I suppose I'd like to hear those sounds in more surprising contexts these days. A bit of an easy option to take. xps

― xyzzzz__, Monday, January 26, 2015 9:06 AM (11 minutes ago)

"i don't like this and want to seem important saying it"

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link

Suzi Ecto was definitely one of the more interesting electronic albums this year, and very accessible

Dan S, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link

Crystalline clearwater ambience embroiled in benign laser warfare.

This is oooookay.

tangenttangent, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link

call super is kind of techno with a fuggy cloud-forest vibe and maybe a bit more focus on sonic detail than beats

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link

The Call Super album is fantastic and I have Lex to thank for recommending it on more than one occasion.it seems to take on different properties depending on where and who I listen to it with. Sometimes it's a really lush ambient album with dub inflections, other times it's something a lot more tense/intense than that.

quinoa: how's it spelt? (dog latin), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link

this sounds like something i would like a lot, whoops

ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link

I somehow missed that Call Super album entirely, will give it a spin tonight.

Matt DC, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link

I feel I am gaining a good bit of internet notoriety in this msg board by damming it, yes..xps to contend idiot.

xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link


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