King was just on the Quietus list! xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
king's exclusion from the decibel list was a real head-scratcher
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
lol
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
I didn't think KING existed outside of ILM so to see them on two lists so far is kind of amazing
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
they also got a grammy nomination
― maura, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
I think King are probably on the Quietus list BECAUSE of the ILM overlap?
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
racist much
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
go to hell
they're inside my own personal top ten THANKS TO ILX. the quietus is a british magazine whose writers READ ILX. it's not racist to draw the connection for fuck's sake
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
Yeah man, remember when Treeship got them booked on Conan?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
;_;
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
never understood whiney's long running personal beef with the quietus
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
this appears to have nothing to do with The Quietus and everything to do with assuming no one outside of ILX has ever heard of King
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
yeah, my beef was with imago
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
you really are KING of the specious racism accusation
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
^^ taking home the gold
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBZgP3rAibE
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
Um anyway
The USA Today list is shockingly emo-crew friendly.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
rosenstock deserved to be no. 1 on at least one list
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Is there a link for the USA Today?
Kinda surprised how underrepresented the year's big prestige emo albums are on a lot of these lists. But that may just be a reflection of the fact that 2016 was a strong year for a lot of music
― Evan R, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
I'm excited that he's getting so much exposure but also I am concerned about his bound-to-rise anxiety levels lol xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/the-50-best-albums-of-2016
Why the fuck are the Fat White Family on any of these lists? They're awful. I played with them once and as soon as they got there they asked the promoter where to score crack and then bounced w/o a soundcheck. Their music was horrible.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
That sounds kind of like the essence of 2016 to me.
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
fat white family are indeed terrible
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
Fat White FamilyFat White Family are an English rock band, formed 2011 in Peckham, South London.
Quick facts: Fat White Family, Background information ...Lead guitarist Saul Adamczewski was previously the frontman of indie-pop band The Metros, which also featured the band's original bass player, Joseph Pancucci-Simpson.
The band, fronted by Southampton born[1] and Huddersfield raised Lias Kaci Saoudi[2] released their debut album Champagne Holocaust in 2013. Their second album Songs for our Mothers was released in 2016.[3][4]
In early 2014 the band launched a PledgeMusic campaign to fund their show at South by South West festival, with a subsequent US tour. [5] Rewards for backers include a special massage from any member of the group, dinner for two with the fat white family, drum lessons and a "Primal scream workshop" with Lias Soudi.[6]
DiscographyAlbumsChampagne Holocaust (2013)Songs for Our Mothers (2016)EPsCrippled B-Sides And Inconsequential Rarities (2014) (Released to supporters of the FWF PledgeMusic fundraiser)SinglesSpecial Ape (2013)Cream of the Young (2013)Heaven On Earth (2013)Touch the Leather (2014)I Am Mark E Smith (2014)Whitest Boy On The Beach (2016)Breaking Into Aldi (2016)
― banfred bann (wins), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
They definitely play up the gobby British rock arseholes thing as part of their 'act', but the point of their music hasn't reached me yet either
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
ROCK IS BACK MATES
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
anglophobic much
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Union Jackoff
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:38 (seven years ago) link
Main guy nearly had a heart attack tripping on mushrooms and cracked out that night, i'm honestly surprised they're still alive and able to make a record at all.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Main guy returns as out and proud rock arsehole Johnny Rocket in the forthcoming Moonlandingz LP, itself a spin-off of The Eccentronic Research Council's excellent album last year. I'm sure you're all on tenterhooks
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
Rock band takes copious amounts of drugs shocker.
― Position Position, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
Rewards for backers include a special massage from any member of the group, dinner for two with the fat white family, drum lessons and a "Primal scream workshop" with Lias Soudi.
poll
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
dinner for two with the fat white family
lack of capitalization indicates this is a trick
― nomar, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
I’m not sure whether he’s Hitler and I’m Goebbels, or he’s Goebbels and I’m Hitler… I’m definitely Tina Turner.
― banfred bann (wins), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
I'm assuming the special massage was to take place in Nevada to cover all legal bases.
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link
I don't really care about their substance abuse problems or their hilarious gobshite antics, I'm not a music journalist, the thing for me is the music and the swagger or lack of swagger
― banfred bann (wins), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
bandcamp's list isn't done but (probably due to obvious self-imposed limitation, at least in the top reaches) is quite good: https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/06/the-best-albums-of-2016-80-61/
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
fat white family at least had the sense to have dilly dally open for them earlier this year. i saw dilly dally (who ruled) and then bounced
― maura, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
also that usa today list is on... the sports blog? shout out to lucy dacus tho
― maura, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
lucy ducas was one of my pitchfork discoveries, helps that i always keep my eyes peeled for Brad Nelson reviews
― nomar, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
i love bandcamp so much of late, so much of my listening comes directly from there. am kind of surprised how much of the stuff on their list i already knew about/loved that i _didn't_ get to through bandcamp, though!
having said that:
"The thing about dark magic is that it really isn’t something to trifle with, not something you can achieve with a couple of crystals from Urban Outfitters, a Stevie Nicks album, a leather corset, a smudge stick and a change to your Twitter handle."
this is false and i have the photos to prove it.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
brad nelson is def ilx tastemaker of teh year
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
tim's padawan breaks free ;)
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
whats up with quietus's #1 Årabrot - The Gospel? track 3 almost sounds like 90s alternative grunge metal
― just another (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
Arabrot is a headscratch record... feels like a contrarian statement to have that one on 1 but hey the rest of the list is good and at last I see an indie-focused list without that painfully average Car Head Seatrest album.
― Moka, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
<3 Doran and the gang but this happened with Grumbling Fur a few years ago and appears to be based largely on friendship with the band in question. Which is probably fine, these bands often require a boost, although I've not liked either record myself.
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
That Grumbling Fur album was great though.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
*shrug*
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link