ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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might grow on me though - i had a similar initial reaction to the protomartyr record which basically sounds like a less-aggro gvsb, but i've ended up playing the shit out of that (xp to me)

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 11:09 (nine years ago) link

I loved that Protomartyr album too Nick, it got a vote from me, GvsB is a good point of comparison, I also thought of Jonathan Fire-eater for my sins.

Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 11:24 (nine years ago) link

the songwriting on the ought album is very very good. I've never heard thinking fellers, so maybe it helps. But I love the lyrics on Habit, for example describes the state of addiction/addictive personality disorder perfectly.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 11:26 (nine years ago) link

"Redeemer" and "Stone Island" by Dean Blunt were my favourite records of that year, go get on them.

yeah, both of these are better/more accessible than Black Metal. Although he's always going to an acquired taste

Number None, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 11:27 (nine years ago) link

'Habit' was the song that made me feel sad that LTM will never be able to release a Slovenly box set while Greg Ginn still walks this earth

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 11:31 (nine years ago) link

but yeah, that was a decent track

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 11:32 (nine years ago) link

i've never heard of any of these bands, Nick. Maybe if I had, I'd not be so enamoured by Ought. Certainly felt frustrated by the Parquet Courts' 'Sunbathing Animal' for sounding too uncannily close to umpteen other things.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:43 (nine years ago) link

To mention Total Control again - they were the slightly derivative postpunk band I really took to during the nominations process. Worth checking out (opening track is lovely but an anomaly)

Parquet Courts are a disgrace

ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:47 (nine years ago) link

I need a list of very good lesser-known postpunk bands to check out.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/levi-roots-launches-post-punk-post-punk-sauce-2015012294685

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link

I was the #1 vote for Future. Had more tracks I straight out loved on it than any other album I listened to last year. Think the only other album I bothered ranking was 2NE1.

Also voted for Ought. Happily most of the countdown so far is stuff I'm completely unfamiliar with. Been enjoying the Noura Mint Seymali a lot this morning.

― pandemic, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:38 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

My dude

, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 13:07 (nine years ago) link

Xelab 100% otm upthread. Worthless dogshit is correct.

strychnine, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 13:11 (nine years ago) link

My name is dog latin.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 13:19 (nine years ago) link

What is latin for indie rock is worthless dogshit then?

strychnine, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link

I bet you dont know dog no latin

strychnine, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 13:22 (nine years ago) link

nux vomica nequam est

ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link

What's latin for 'lame kissass troll'?

YES TYPE all your albums ballot out and post them here (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 13:57 (nine years ago) link

60-41 today, starting now...

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/pEzE4q3.jpg

60 TUNE-YARDS Nikki Nack [278 points, 11 votes]

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link

whats the latin word for afterglow of critical irrational exuberance

lag∞n, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:02 (nine years ago) link

Tune-Yards finally make an album that I love front-to-back, and that's when everyone starts to cool on them a bit.

That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:02 (nine years ago) link

ha found it quite tricky to jones for a second listen to this one :(

nxd, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link

worst album title of rollout sewn up, maybe worst album too

ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link

maybe, one day, i will get through more than 2.5 of the songs on here.

i like the name nikki nack, and the cover to an extent. very ze records/italo disco

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link

does the title actually refer to anything or is it insufferable quirky infantilism pt 939203354354

lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link

love your indie infantilism thing, lex.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link

All of a sudden I have a hankering for a cherry Fruit Roll-Up

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link

I usually love twee infantile indie maximalism and I can't stand Tune-Yards.

All The Craigers Gonna Craig Craig Craig Craig Craig (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link

Violently loathed Water Fountain, but maybe this harbours discreet depths I'm yet to discover. Trying now.

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link

Only heard one song (dunno from what album) and never felt encouraged to explore any further, even after she won the P&J in whatever year.

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link

we have no time for anything childlike ::roars with applause when nicki minaj becomes a human barbie doll::

some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link

that's a pretty low placing right?

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link

mmmm... not really?

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link

Would a Ting Tings comparison be unfair?

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link

Some infantilism is uncanny & inspired. Some is unconscionable & insipid

ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link

it's a low placing when her last album was #10 in our 2011 poll. but it's also not unexpected given that on Pazz & Jop she dropped from a #1 in 2011 to #29 in 2014. it doesn't even seem like there was a backlash or bad reviews, people just moved on and lost interest?

some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link

it's a low placing when her last album was #10 in our 2011 poll. but it's also not unexpected given that on Pazz & Jop she dropped from a #1 in 2011 to #29 in 2014. it doesn't even seem like there was a backlash or bad reviews, people just moved on and lost interest?

― some dude, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:21 AM (1 second ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

quite possibly. it's rough when you believe in an artist and this happens, but it's usually inevitable.

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link

never got into Tune-Yards but her stuff is definitely distinctive, not yr typical indie whatsit at all iirc

Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link

how much of TY's high placing in 2011 was down to 'shock of the new'? i don't feel as though this new album is much of a leap, is it?

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link

I was listening to this while showering this morning – some of her best choruses ever. I top tenned it.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link

Becky G would approve.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link

I liked "Real Thing" and "Water Fountain" off the album but not much else tbh

Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:27 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/FBf6x3y.jpg

59 KELIS Food [281 points, 13 votes]

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link

criminally underrated

Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link

great cover/title. not heard this though.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link

now this album I couldn't get into at all besides "Jerk Ribs" and, I think, "Rumble." Dave Sitek arranges the horns rather awkwardly.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link

criminally underrated

guess no-one was all that hungry?

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link

this falls into my 'like every track on the album' category
voted for it i think

nxd, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link

xpost yeah same as Alfred, I like the afrobeat touches though, maybe its due a relisten

Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link

Agree with Alfred, love 'Jerk Ribs' but found the production really cloying over a whole album.

Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link

I should love Kelis but to my ears her producers don't often find the most sympathetic settings for her chalky voice. I do ride for this album conceptually though.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link


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